Al-Haras Al-Malaki (Arabic: فريق الحرس الملكي, lit.
'Royal Guard'), was an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad.
[1] They also won seven Iraq Central FA Premier League titles in a row (the top-tier league for teams from Baghdad and its neighbouring cities between 1948 and 1973), making them the most successful team in the tournament's history.
[2] In 1950, the club played an unofficial friendly against the Pakistan national team on their tour to Iran and Iraq in the national team's international debut.
[3] In Iraq, due to the Iraqi FA's inability to gather a full national team, Pakistan played an unofficial friendly against the club resulting in a 1–1 draw.