Haris Al-Maliki (English: Royal Guards) were one of the best Iraqi teams of the 40s and 50s, winning seven Army Championship titles from 1949.

The team was formed by Obaid Abdullah Al-Mudhayifi in 1947, who headed the Royal Guards that protected the Iraqi monarchy.

The team was disbanded in 1957 after a defeat to rivals Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Air Force Club or Nadi Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya is a football club based in Baghdad, Iraq. "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...

 and many of the players such as Ammo Baba

Ammo Baba

Emmanuel Baba Dawud better known as Ammo Baba , was a former Iraqi and ethnic Assyrian international football player and coach of the Iraq national football team...

, Fakhri Mohammed Salman and Abbas Hamadi joined Al-Jawiya.