Al-Naft SC
Iraqi football club
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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.
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| Full name | Al-Naft Sports Club | ||
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| Founded | 1979 | ||
| Ground | Al Naft Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Moatasem Akram Hassan | ||
| Manager | Adel Nima | ||
| League | Iraq Stars League | ||
| 2024–25 | Iraq Stars League, 6th of 20 | ||
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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 Baghdad 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
- Iraq Stars League
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
- Baghdad Championship
- Runners-up (1): 1998–99
Continental
- Arab Club Champions Cup: 1 appearance
- Second Round: 2018–19
Invitational
- Durand Cup[10]
- Runners-up (1): 1996[11]
Current squad
First-team squad
- As of 15 September 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
Current technical staff
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Manager: | Adel Nima |  |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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:[12]
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)