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.

Al Naft Sport Club
Full nameAl-Naft Sports Club
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
GroundAl Naft Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanMoatasem Akram Hassan
ManagerAdel Nima
LeagueIraq Stars League
2023–24Iraq Stars League, 11th of 20
Current season

History

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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]

Honours

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Domestic

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Continental

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Invitational

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Current squad

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First-team squad

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As of 15 September 2024

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 Waleed Attiya
2 DF   NGA Samson Dare FGN
3 DF   IRQ Hussein Tariq
4 DF   IRQ Ahmed Khalid
5 DF   CMR Joel Tchofo FGN
7 FW   IRQ Ahmed Sabri
8 MF   IRQ Ammar Ghalib
9 FW   IRQ Hayder Hussein
12 DF   IRQ Karrar Salim
14 FW   AUS Ali Auglah CZN
16 MF   IRQ Ali Jumaa
16 MF   IRQ Ali Majid
17 FW   IRQ Saif Eldin Dhaher
18 FW   NGA Valentine Odoh FGN
20 GK   IRQ Hayder Jamal
23 FW   CMR Ramses Donfack FGN
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   IRQ Sattar Yassin
26 DF   IRQ Fadhel Kareem
27 FW   IRQ Waleed Kareem
29 DF   IRQ Hussein Abbas
31 GK   IRQ Ali Yaseen
34 MF   IRQ Karrar Razzak
42 FW   IRQ Mohammed Ali Waheed
43 MF   IRQ Aws Firas
55 MF   GHA Mohammed Sadat FGN
70 FW   YEM Ahmed Al-Sarori ARB
77 MF   BFA Sami Hien FGN
80 MF   IRQ Mustafa Qassim
99 FW   IRQ Hussam Jadallah
GK   IRQ Hussein Mohammed
MF   IRQ Ahmed Ali Abdullah
MF   IRQ Ahmed Jassim

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Personnel

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Current technical staff

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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

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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

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Period Kit manufacturer
2020– Joma

Managerial history

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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

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  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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