Quwat Salahaddin (Arabic: فريق قوات صلاح الدين, lit.

'Salahaddin Forces'), formerly known as Al-Firqa Al-Thalitha (Arabic: فريق الفرقة الثالثة, lit.

Quwat Salahaddin were founded in 1957 and were originally based in Baqubah before moving to Habbaniyah.

In 1974, the Iraq Football Association decided to implement a clubs-only policy for domestic competitions, forming the Iraqi National Clubs League which was only open to clubs and not institute-representative teams such as Quwat Salahaddin.

[2] With the IFA dictating that only a single club would be allowed to represent the Army in the new top-flight, Al-Jaish Sports Club was established on 18 August 1974 by the Iraqi Olympic Committee,[3] replacing Quwat Salahaddin, Quwat Al-Nasr and Al-Quwa Al-Bahriya in the top-flight.