Al-Naqil SC

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'''Al-Naqil Sports Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي النقل الرياضي}}, meaning ''Transport Sports Club''), was an [[Iraq]]i sports club based in [[Baghdad]] that was founded in 1937 under the name '''Al-Sikak Al-Hadeed''' ({{langx|ar|السكك الحديد}}, meaning ''Railways''). They were renamed Al-Naqil in 1974, competing in the first season of the [[Iraqi Premier League]] (the top tier of Iraqi club football) and finishing as runners-up.

The club was dissolved in 1975 as they had no administration or financial backing. Their football players left to join newly promoted club [[Al-Zawra'a SC|Al-Zawraa]], who went on to become one of Iraqi football's most successful clubs.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iraq75.html Iraq 1974/75]</ref>

Al-Naqil won the [[Independent Baghdad Tournament]] in 1973, which was a tournament held to allow teams to continue playing matches after the premature end to the [[1972–73 Iraq Central FA First Division]]. They won the tournament by defeating [[Aliyat Al-Shorta SC|Aliyat Al-Shorta]] 3–1 in the final match.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alshorta.webs.com/overview |title=Al-Shorta SC History |access-date=2017-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413215912/http://alshorta.webs.com/overview |archive-date=2017-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They also reached the final of the [[Iraq FA Baghdad Cup|1974 Iraq FA Baghdad Cup]], but they lost 2–1 against [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]].<ref>[http://www.niiiis.com/c74-75.html 1973/74 Iraq FA Baghdad Cup]</ref>

==Honours== ===Domestic=== ====National==== *'''[[Iraq Stars League]]''' **''Runners-up (1):'' [[1974–75 Iraqi National League|1974–75]]

====Regional==== *'''Iraq Central FA Second Division''' **'''Winners (1):''' 1965–66 *'''[[Iraq FA Baghdad Cup]]''' **''Runners-up (1):'' [[Iraq FA Baghdad Cup|1974]] *'''[[Independent Baghdad Tournament]]''' **'''Winners (1):''' [[Independent Baghdad Tournament|1973]] *'''Iraq Central FA Second Division Perseverance Cup''' **''Runners-up (1):'' 1966

==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210421035308/https://iraqi-football.com/ Iraqi Football Website]}}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Baghdad]] [[Category:Railway association football clubs]] [[Category:Defunct football clubs in Iraq]] [[Category:1937 establishments in Iraq]] [[Category:1975 disestablishments in Iraq]] [[Category:Association football clubs established in 1937]] [[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1975]]