Al-Talaba SC

Al-Talaba
Full name	Al-Talaba Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Aneeq (The Elegant)
Founded	17 December 1969 (as Jami'at Baghdad)
Ground	Al-Madina Stadium (league); Al-Talaba Stadium (cup)
Capacity	32,000 (league); 10,000 (cup)
President	Salah Hadi Al-Fatlawi
Coach	Basim Qasim
League	Iraq Stars League
2023–24	Iraq Stars League, 8th of 20
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Al-Talaba Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الطلبة الرياضي, lit. ''Students Sports Club'') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. Its football team competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football. Founded in 1969, the club was named Al-Jamiea but became known as Al-Talaba ahead of the 1978–79 season after being merged with a new club of the same name. Their home stadium is Al-Talaba Stadium.

Al-Talaba are one of Iraq's most successful teams having won five league titles, most recently in the 2001–02 season. They have also achieved two FA Cups, one Super Cup and a joint-record three Umm al-Ma'arik Championships. The club's best achievements on the continental stage include finishing fourth at the 1986 Asian Club Championship and finishing second and fourth at the 1995 and 1998–99 editions of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup respectively.

The club was owned by the National Union of Iraqi Students until 1993, when the club was attached to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research with the minister being the honorary president of the club.^[1]

^ "التعليم العالي تضع حجر الأساس لمجمع نادي الطلبة وتؤكد: الشركة المصممة له اهلت ملعب برشلونه مؤخرا". Al-Mada Press (in Arabic). 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

[Ministry_of_Higher_Education-1] "التعليم العالي تضع حجر الأساس لمجمع نادي الطلبة وتؤكد: الشركة المصممة له اهلت ملعب برشلونه مؤخرا". Al-Mada Press (in Arabic). 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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