Al-Karma SC
Iraqi football club
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Al-Karma Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الكرمة الرياضي), also pronounced Al-Garma, is an Iraqi professional football club based in Al-Karmah, Al-Anbar, that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football. Founded in 2020, Al-Karma have won the Iraqi First Division League once and were the runner-up of the Iraqi Premier Division League once, and now participate in the Iraq Stars League.
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| Full name | Al-Karma Sport Club | ||
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| Nickname | Soqoor Al-Gharbiya (Western Falcons) | ||
| Founded | 2020 | ||
| Ground | Al-Ramadi Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman | Muthana Reikan Al-Halbousi | ||
| Head coach | Ghazi Fahad | ||
| League | Iraq Stars League | ||
| 2024–25 | Iraq Stars League, 8th of 20 | ||
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History
Founded in 2020,[1][2] Al-Karma was promoted 3 times in the space of 4 years,[3][4][5] having started off in the fourth tier of Iraqi football.[6][7] In the 2023–24 season,[8][9][10] Al-Karma managed to finish runner-up in the Iraqi Premier Division League and be promoted to play in the Iraq Stars League for the 2024–25 season for the first time in its history.[11][12][13][14]
Stadium
On March 9, 2020, work began on the construction of Al-Karma Stadium, with a capacity of 5,000,[15][16] and the work is still ongoing.[17][18] For their first season in the Iraq Stars League, they have used Al-Ramadi Stadium as their home stadium in Ramadi, the capital of Al Anbar Governorate which Al-Karmah is located in.
Current squad
First-team squad
- As of 3 August 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
Technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Ghazi Fahad |
| Assistant coach | Munir Jaber |
| Goalkeeping coach |  Dragoș Plopeanu |
| Fitness coach |  Mohammed Mustafa |
| Match analyst |  Dani Fernández |
Managerial history
Shokur Ali Hassan- Faleh Munif
- Khamis Humoud
- Shaker Mohammed Sabbar
- Haidar Mahmoud
- Ali Waheed
- Natiq Haddad
- Ghazi Fahad
- Ahmed Khalaf
Honours
- Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
- Runners-up (1): 2023–24
- Iraqi First Division League (third tier)
- Winners (1): 2022–23
