Al-Naft
Al-Naft SC
Iraqi football club
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.
| Full name | Al Naft Sports Club | ||
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| Founded | 1979; 45 years ago (1979) | ||
| Ground | Al Naft Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Moatasem Akram Hassan | ||
| Manager | Hassan Ahmad | ||
| League | Iraq Stars League | ||
| 2022–23 | Iraqi Premier League, 16th of 20 | ||
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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]
Domestic
- Iraq Stars League
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
- Umm al-Ma'arik Championship
- Runners-up (1): 1998–99
Continental
- Arab Club Champions Cup: 1 appearance
- Second Round: 2018–19
Invitational
- Durand Cup (India)[10]
- Runners-up (1): 1996
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.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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
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]
Fakhri Mohammed Salman (1979–1983)- Dhargham Mahdi Al-Haidari (1983–1984)
- Khalaf Hassan (1984–1985)
- Kadhim Al-Rubaie (1985–1986)
- Wathiq Naji (1986–1989)
- Anwar Jassam (1988–1989)
- Jamal Salih (1989–1990)
- Anwar Jassam (1991–1992)
- Mejbel Fartous (1992–1994)
- Amer Jameel (1994–1995)
- Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed (1995–1997)
- Nadhim Shaker (1997)
- Amer Jameel (1997–1998)
- Razzak Khazal (1998)
- Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli (1998–1999)
- Maad Ibrahim (1999–2001)
- Hamed Salman (2001–2002)
- Mohammed Tabra (2002)
- Ali Hussein Yassin (2002)
- Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed (2002–2003)
- Wathiq Aswad (2003)
- Jabar Hamed (2003–2004)
- Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli (2004)
- Hamed Salman (2004–2005)
- Salam Hashim (2005)
- Hamed Salman (2005–2007)
- Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli (2007)
- Mohammed Jassim (2007)
- Younis Abid Ali (2007–2008)
- Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2008–2009)
- Hamed Salman (2009–2010)
- Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2010–2011)
- Ali Wahab (2011)
- Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2011–2012)
- Nadhim Shaker (2012)
- Shaker Mahmoud (2012–2013
- Jamal Ali (2013)
- Basim Qasim (2013–2014)
- Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2014
- Thair Jassam (2014–2015)
- Hassan Ahmed (2015–2019)
- Basim Qasim (2019–2019)
- Yahya Alwan (2019–2021)
- Basim Qasim (2021–present)
- "النفط.. بلا ألقاب محلية". arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 28 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- The Durand Cup is the oldest existing association football tournament in the continental Asia
- Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Naft – Coaches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
