Al-Talaba SC is an Iraqi professional association football club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad, who currently play in the Iraqi Premier League.
It was established in 1969,[1] and has not been relegated from the Iraqi Premier League since its promotion in 1975.
Al-Talaba is part of the Popular Teams of Baghdad, who whenever they play against each other, it is considered a derby.
The other Popular Teams are Al-Shorta, Al-Zawraa and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
In the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Al-Talaba reached the final and lost to Bellmare Hiratsuka, becoming only the third Iraqi team (Aliyat Al-Shorta were the first in 1971 and Al-Rasheed were the second in 1989) to have reached this far into an AFC competition.