[1] The request was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior, which was responsible for the authorisation of sports clubs in Iraq at that time.

In 1961, the Ministry of the Interior approved their request to establish the club and thus wrote the birth certificate of the first sports club in the city of Najaf and consisted of the first administrative body of Messrs. Naji Hassan Hasswa as president and Maki Hadi Maala Vice-President and Alwan Elsafer as secretary.

Until 2018, the club played its home matches at An-Najaf Stadium (Arabic: ستاد النجف).

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Since the club's promotion to the Iraqi Premier League in the 1987–88 season so far, twenty-six coaches have led the team:[3][4]