Al-Hussein (Arabic: نادي الحسين) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Baghdad.

[2] Their first participation in the Iraq FA Cup was in the 2002–03 edition when they were in the third division of Iraqi football; they faced Al-Tharthar in Round 1 on September 2, 2002, and the game ended 0–0 with Al-Hussein being knocked out of the competition via penalty shootout.

[citation needed] By the time the 2011–12 Iraqi First Division League came around, Al-Hussein had still failed to gain promotion.

In that season, Al-Hussein performed poorly, finishing tenth in their 12-team group, losing half of their 22 matches.

In the quarter-final, Al-Hussein were drawn with Al-Zawra'a, who would eventually win the Iraqi Premier League that season without a single loss.