| Full name | Iraqi Air Force Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al Soqoor "Falcons" الصقور | ||
| Founded | 1931 as Gipsy Moth | ||
| Ground | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium | ||
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| League | Iraqi Premier League | ||
| 2010-11 | 4th | ||
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Air Force Club or Nadi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Arabic: نادي القوة الجوية) is a football club based in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Al Quwa Al Jawiya is Arabic for "Air Force". It was the first club to be found in Iraq on July 4, 1931 under the name of "Gipsy Moth," by a group of Iraqi flight policemen from the RAF Base of Hinaidi. The men landed with their plaJawiya played its first match one day after it was founded, on July 5 against another military team from the Habbaniya (50 miles west of Baghdad) RAF base. Al Quwa Al Jawiya renamed its club to Al Tayaran (Airlines) in 1974 and decided to revert back to Al Quwa Al Jawiya in 1991.
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya rival team is Al-Zawraa.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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