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Brief History

Malik Mirza

Al Quwa Al Jawiya is Arabic for "Air Force". It was the first club to be found in Iraq on July 4, 1931 under the name of "Gipsy Moth," by a group of Iraqi flight policemen from the RAF Base of Hinaidi. The men landed with their plaJawiya played its first match one day after it was founded, on July 5 against another military team from the Habbaniya (50 miles west of Baghdad) RAF base. Al Quwa Al Jawiya renamed its club to Al Tayaran (Airlines) in 1974 and decided to revert back to Al Quwa Al Jawiya in 1991

League of the Institutes: (4)

1961-62, 1963-64, 1972-73 (as League of the Institutes of Baghdad), 1973-74 (as League of the Institutes of Iraq)

Iraqi Premier League: (5)

1974-75, 1991-92, 1996-97, 1998-99, 2004-05

Iraq FA Cup Winners: (7)

1963, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1992, 1997

Quwa Jaweya FC (Air Force FC)
Iraqi Premier Division Champions 1974-1975
Standing from Left: Ammo Yousif, Falah Hassan, Malik Mirza, Salah Obaed, Ihsan Bahia, Mijbil Fartus (C)
Squatting from left: Sahib Khazal, Hamid Fartus, Sabah Abdul Razak, Abas Zghair, Qusai Quassim

Picture courtesy of Mr. Joe Lowe

Malik Mirza standing 1st from right
with the Chicago Winged Bull Soccer Team of the early 80's

Malik Mirza standing 2nd from right
with the Chicago Winged Bull Soccer Team of the early 80's