 For 27 years, they had been languishing in the lower divisions.Taking the Al Karkh Stadium as his club's, on 23 November 1983, Uday Hussein founded a new sports club named Al-Rasheed.Al-Rasheed soon became the biggest club in Iraq, winning the lower division in their first season followed by three top division league titles, two FA Cups, three continental trophies and a runners-up spot at the AFC Champions League, all between 1983 and 1990.