Thanawiyat Al-Basra

Thanawiyat Al-Basra (فريق ثانوية البصرة), was an Iraqi football team based in Al-Ashar, Basra. The club was founded in the 1920s, and in 1931, the team played against the Bahrain national team in Basra and was able to defeat them with a score of 2–1. It was the first local Iraqi team to win over a national team.

In 1942 a very strong team was formed by high school principal Yousef Saleh and sports teacher Hamoudi Al-Bader. The team played in the official tournaments that were held during that period, and was able to qualifying for the final and finishing as runners-up in the Iraq FA Basra Premier League in 1950–51 season.

Stadium
The Thanawiyat Al-Basra stadium was established in 1925, and starting in 1941, the stadium began to become a stadium for many official tournaments such as the Hanna Al-Sheikh Cup, Al-Shamkhani Cup, and others. Various teams began choosing it to hold their friendly matches, and matches of several Iranian teams with Iraqi teams were held on it.

Regional

 * Iraq FA Basra Premier League (top tier)
 * Runners-up (1): 1950–51

Notable players

 * Saeed Easho
 * Karim Allawi Homaidi
 * Hamza Qasim
 * Faleh Hassan Wasfi