Amanat Baghdad
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Amanat Baghdad Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أمانة بغداد الرياضي, lit. 'Mayoralty of Baghdad Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional football team based in Karkh District, Baghdad, that competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Formed in 1957 as Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: أمانة العاصمة, lit. 'Capital Mayoralty'), the team merged with Al-Baladiyat SC in 1977, who had finished as runners-up of the 1975–76 Iraq FA Cup.
History
On 1 July 1957, Amanat Al-Asima (Arabic: أمانة العاصمة, lit. 'Capital Mayoralty') were formed to represent the Mayoralty of Baghdad. Amanat Al-Asima won the Iraq Central FA Premier League title in the 1958–59 season and won the Police Director General Cup twice in 1959 and 1960.
In 1977, Amanat Al-Asima merged with Al-Baladiyat SC to form Al-Amana SC (Arabic: الأمانة). On 5 August 2009, Al-Amana SC was renamed to Baghdad SC (Arabic: بغداد). In 2014, Baghdad SC renamed to Amanat Baghdad SC (Arabic: أمانة بغداد).
Merged teams
Al-Baladiyat
Al-Baladiyat SC (Arabic: البلديات, lit. 'Municipalities') was a club formed in 1974 by the merger of Isalat Al-Mai and Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab. Al-Baladiyat finished as runners-up of the Iraq FA Cup in the 1975–76 season.
Isalat Al-Mai
Isalat Al-Mai (Arabic: إسالة الماء, lit. 'Water Board') was a team formed in 1954. Isalat Al-Mai won the Iraq Central FA Second Division in the 1959–60 season.
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab
Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab (Arabic: مصلحة نقل الركاب, lit. 'Passenger Transport Service') was a team formed in 1956. Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won the Iraq Central FA Premier League four times in 1956–57, 1960–61, 1964–65 and 1970–71, and finished as runners-up in 1967–68. They also won the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup in 1965. The team wore red shirts.