About

Samawa FC (Arabic: نادي السماوة‎), is an Iraqi sports club based in As-Samawa, Al-Muthanna, Iraq, which plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the top tier of the Iraqi football. The club's home stadium is As Samawah Stadium. Al-Samawa Football Club was founded in 1963 by Shamkhi Jabr Athab, the first president of the club was Hatem Rashid Deibes. In 1974 the team played in the Iraqi Premier League since the beginning of the league, they won sixth place. In the end of next season 1975–76 they came in last place and relegated to Iraq Division One. Twenty-three years later, the club returned to play in the Premier League again in the 1999–2000 season, and continued for seven seasons until they relegated to Division One in the 2005–06 season. The club returned after a year to qualification for the Premier League again since the 2007–08 season, and after three seasons relegated to Division One in the 2009–10 season, but returned to play in the Premier League in 2015–16 season where qualified after winning the Iraqi First Division championship for 2014-15 season.