Al-Minaa SC Under-19s and Academy

Al-Minaa Football Club Academy is the youth system of Al-Minaa Football Club based in Al Maqal, Basra, Iraq. The academy teams play in the Iraqi Youth Premier League,[1][2] the highest level of youth football in Iraq. The club also competes in the Basra Clubs Youth League.[3] Former player Mohammed Abdul Hussein is the current academy manager.[4][5]

Al-Minaa Under-19s and Academy
Full nameAl-Minaa Football Club (Under-19s and Academy)
Founded1931 (1931)
GroundAl-Fayhaa Stadium
Capacity10,000
Academy ManagerMohammed Abdul Hussein
LeagueIraqi Youth Premier League, (Division 1)

Al-Minaa Under-19s, previously referred to as the Reserves, is the highest level squad within the setup. They train at the Al-Minaa Training Centre and play the majority of their home games at Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Basra Sports City.

Al-Minaa's Academy is one of Iraq's most successful, winning several championships, including winning the last Iraqi Youth Premier League title in 2022.[6][7][8][9][10] Numerous international players have graduated from the academy and reserve teams.[11][12]

Al-Minaa Academy team also participated in international tournaments, as in the Paris World Games, Football U19, where it participated four times, won the tournament in 2017, and was runner-up three times, the last of which was in 2019.[13]

Current squad

Under-19s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRQ Haider Basim
2 DF  IRQ Zain Al-Abidin Hussein
3 DF  IRQ Ali Abdullah
4 DF  IRQ Mohammed Karim
5 DF  IRQ Mohammed Qasim
6 MF  IRQ Daniel Waleed
7 MF  IRQ Hassan Hamed Khalaf
8 MF  IRQ Abbas Ahmed
9 FW  IRQ Hassan Mohammed
10 MF  IRQ Ali Saleem
11 MF  IRQ Mohannad Mohsin
13 FW  IRQ Hussien Makki
14 MF  IRQ Muntadher Qahtan
15 FW  IRQ Ali Haider Adnan
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  IRQ Zain Al-Abidin Jassim
17 DF  IRQ Sajjad Ali
18 MF  IRQ Habib Shaalan
19 FW  IRQ Ahmed Lateef
20 DF  IRQ Hussein Khalid
22 GK  IRQ Abbas Emad
24 MF  IRQ Abbas Amer
25 MF  IRQ Ali Aqeel
26 MF  IRQ Zaid Ali Jassim
27 MF  IRQ Ali Haider Chasib
28 FW  IRQ Hussein Adnan
29 MF  IRQ Saif Al-Din
30 GK  IRQ Ashtar Mohammed
38 DF  IRQ Mahdi Hashim Shihan

Under-16s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  IRQ Abu Al-Fadl Osama
3 DF  IRQ Hussein Kadhim Salem
4 DF  IRQ Mohammed Abdullah Jabbar
5 DF  IRQ Mohammed Hussein
6 MF  IRQ Hussein Ammar
7 MF  IRQ Jaafar Salem Gatea
8 MF  IRQ Ali Abdul Karim
9 DF  IRQ Ali Hussein
10 FW  IRQ Muslim Dawood
11 MF  IRQ Hussein Mohammed Abboud
12 MF  IRQ Sajjad Basim Maitham
14 MF  IRQ Jaafar Hassan Kadhim
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  IRQ Haider Abdul Qassam
17 MF  IRQ Hassan Munther
18 MF  IRQ Ali Mohannad
19 MF  IRQ Baqer Khalid
20 MF  IRQ Saad Khalaf
21 GK  IRQ Abbas Saleh Hassan
22 GK  IRQ Yousef Musa
24 FW  IRQ Ali Taleb Saad
25 MF  IRQ Falah Nayef Falah
26 DF  IRQ Mohammed Akram Hassan
27 MF  IRQ Tarqan Zaidan

Under-14s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRQ Abbas Alaa
4 DF  IRQ Fahad Alaa
5 DF  IRQ Ammar Hussein
7 MF  IRQ Sajjad Raed
8 MF  IRQ Ali Mansour
9 FW  IRQ Karrar Alaa
10 FW  IRQ Jaafar Haider
11 FW  IRQ Mohammed Saif
13 DF  IRQ Mahdi Raad
14 MF  IRQ Abbas Khelain
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  IRQ Hussein Haider
16 MF  IRQ Mohammed Ali
17 DF  IRQ Hassan Hussam
18 MF  IRQ Mohammed Hani
19 MF  IRQ Ali Sadeq
21 MF  IRQ Dhu Al-Faqar
22 GK  IRQ Moamal Abbas
23 DF  IRQ Mahdi Haider
24 DF  IRQ Abbas Rahim
25 MF  IRQ Hassan Ayad

Current staff

Head Coaches:

Mohammed Abdul HusseinU19 Head Coach
Fadhel NasserU16 Head Coach
Fadhel JatherU14 Head Coach

Staff:

Taher BalassTeam General Supervisor
Shaker ShabibU19 Assistant Coach
Yousef RehaimaU19 Assistant Coach
Ismail HashimU19 Goalkeeping Coach
Ahmed HelouFitness Trainer
Ali SamiMedical Therapist
Haider KarimAdministrative
Ali Abdul MoneimAdministrative

Honours
  • Iraqi Youth Premier League: 1
2021–22[14]
  • Basra Clubs Youth League: 2
2009,[15] 2011[16]
  • Basra Clubs U16 League: 3
2011,[16] 2015,[17] 2019[18]
  • Paris World Games, Football U19: 1
2017[19][20]

Academy graduates

This is a list of former Al-Minaa academy or Al-Minaa 'A' graduates who have gone on to represent their country at full international level. Players who are still at Al-Minaa, or play at another club on loan from Al-Minaa, are highlighted in bold.

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