Al-Naft SC

Al Naft Sports Club (Arabic: نادي النفط الرياضي, lit. 'Oil Sports Club') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the Adhamiyah District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. Their football team plays in the highest division in Iraq which is the Iraq Stars League, which they have never been relegated from.

For the basketball team, see Al-Naft SC (basketball).
Al Naft Sport Club
Full nameAl Naft Sports Club
Founded1979 (1979)
GroundAl Naft Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanMoatasem Akram Hassan
ManagerHassan Ahmad
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi Premier League, 16th of 20

History

Al-Naft Sports Club was established in 1979 by the Ministry of Oil, and was officially registered in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1982.[1] In the 1985 season the team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time, and finished in the penultimate position that season,[2] and have remained in the Premier League since then. The club's football team were runners-up of the Al-Nasr wal-Salam Cup in 1996,[3] the Durand Cup in 1996,[4] the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship in 1998,[5] and the Iraqi Premier League in 2017,[6] and qualified to play in the Arab Club Champions Cup.[7] In the 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, Al-Naft managed to overcome the Tunisian club: CS Sfaxien and expelled it from the championship and qualify for the round 16,[8] but then lost to the Saudi club: Al-Hilal, and left the tournament.[9]

Honours

Domestic

Continental

Invitational

Current squad

First-team squad
As of 3 April 2023

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 Mohammed Ahmed
13 GK  IRQ Mohammed Abbas
22 GK  IRQ Mustafa Tareq
4 DF  IRQ Abbas Badeea
6 DF  IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Majid
55 DF  IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Ridha
— DF  IRQ Barhan Jumah
26 DF  IRQ Fadhel Kareem
18 DF  IRQ Hassan Hakim
2 DF  IRQ Uday Shehab
66 DF  IRQ Ibrahim Khalaf
— DF  IRQ Hayder Ali
— DF  IRQ Ahmed Naeem
23 DF  BFA Mohamed Ouattara
— MF  IRQ Yassir Abdul-Mohsen
— MF  IRQ Mohammed Saad Al Hasan
30 MF   Moussa Kamara
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  IRQ Karrar Mohammed Al-Mukhtar
24 MF  IRQ Hassan Dakhel
— MF  IRQ Ammar Dakhel
7 MF  IRQ Ali Raheem
10 MF  IRQ Atheer Salih (on loan from Al-Shorta)
34 MF  IRQ Karrar Razzak
28 MF  TOG Akaté Gnama
— MF  IRQ Ali Qasim
29 MF  IRQ Mahmoud Ahmed
9 FW  IRQ Husam Jadallah Khalaf
77 FW  IRQ Ali Khalil
27 FW  IRQ Waleed Kareem
11 FW  NGA Okiki Afolabi
12 FW   Othman Sane
99 FW  IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Razzaq

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  IRQ Zaid Ismail (on loan at Diyala until the end of the 2022–23 season)

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Name Nationality
Manager:Basim Qasim
Assistant manager:Mohammed Jasim
Goalkeeping coach:Ghanim Ibrahim
Fitness coach:Nasir Abdul-Ameer
Director of football:Mushtak Kadhim
U-19 Manager:Salam Touma

Updated to match played 23 September 2021
Source: kooora.com

Board members
Position Name Nationality
President:Moatasem Akram Hassan
Vice-president:Kadhim Mohammed Sultan
Member of the Board:Falah Abdul Zahra
Member of the Board:Mohammad Jaber Hassan
Member of the Board:Jalil Farhan
Member of the Board:Shaker Abboud
Member of the Board:Adel Hussein
Member of the Board:Falah Khashan
Member of the Board:Rana Abdul Rahman

Updated to match played 5 April 2012
Source: Ninanews.com

Kit suppliers
Period Kit manufacturer
2020– Joma

Managerial history

Since the club's promotion to the Iraqi Premier League in the 1985–86 season so far, twenty six coaches have led the team:[11]

References
  1. "النفط.. بلا ألقاب محلية". arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 28 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1985- 1986". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 2 July 2009. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. "هادي مطنش ..عمو بابا ورائي اينما ذهبت؟؟". Kooora (in Arabic). 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. "تاريخ الكرة العراقية نتائج عام 1996". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 28 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  5. "تاريخ الكرة العراقية كأس النخبة 1998". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  6. "الجوية يتوّج بطلاً والنفط وصيفاً". magazine.imn.iq (in Arabic). 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  7. "النفط العراقي.. "39 عاما" وما زال يبحث عن أول ألقابه". alarabiya.net (in Arabic). 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  8. "النفط العراقي يقصي الصفاقسي التونسي من البطولة العربية". goal.com (in Arabic). 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  9. "النفط يخسر مجددا من الهلال ويودع البطولة العربية". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  10. The Durand Cup is the oldest existing association football tournament in the continental Asia
  11. Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Naft – Coaches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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