Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Arabic: نادي القوة الجوية الرياضي, lit. 'Air Force Sports Club') is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, Baghdad that competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1931, it is the oldest existing club in Iraq.
| Full name | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Air Force Sports Club) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Soqoor (The Falcons) Al-Areeq (The Deep-Rooted) | ||
| Founded | 4 July 1931 as Gipsy Moth | ||
| Ground | Al-Shaab Stadium (league) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium (cup) | ||
| Capacity | 35,700 (league) 6,000 (cup) | ||
| President | Shihab Jahid | ||
| Manager | Ayoub Odisho | ||
| League | Iraq Stars League | ||
| 2022–23 | Iraqi Premier League, 2nd of 20 | ||
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Its football team is one of the most successful in Iraq, having won seven Iraq Stars League titles, most recently in the 2020–21 season, while they won their sixth Iraq FA Cup title in 2023. The club also won a joint-record three Umm al-Ma'arik Championships as well as two Iraqi Super Cups, and in the 1996–97 season became the first of only two clubs to win all four major national trophies in the same season.
On the continental level, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are joint-record winners of the AFC Cup having become the first club to win three consecutive titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018. They have also participated in the group stage of the AFC Champions League on six occasions.