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Al Naft Sport Club

Full name	Al Naft Sports Club
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
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.

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. In the 1985 season the team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the "first time." And finished in the penultimate position that season, "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, the Durand Cup in 1996, the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship in 1998, and the Iraqi Premier League in 2017, and qualified——to play in the Arab Club Champions Cup. 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." But then lost to the Saudi club: Al-Hilal, and left the tournament.

Honours※

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)
  • Runners-up (1): 1996

Current squad※

First-team squad※

As of 30 May 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 3 DF  IRQ Hussein Tariq 6 MF  IRQ Ammar Dakhel 7 MF  IRQ Ali Raheem 8 MF  IRQ Ammar Ghalib (on loan from Al-Shorta) 9 FW  IRQ Hayder Ali Hussein 11 DF  IRQ Ahmed Sabri 15 DF  IRQ Ahmed Naeem 16 MF  IRQ Ali Jumaa

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  IRQ Hassan Dakhel 25 MF  IRQ Amir Ahmed 26 DF  IRQ Fadhel Kareem 27 FW  IRQ Waleed Kareem 29 DF  IRQ Hussein Abbas 31 GK  IRQ Ali Yaseen 32 FW  NGA Ndifreke Effiong 34 MF  IRQ Karrar Razzak 55 DF  IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Ridha 77 MF  NGA Ezekiel Tamara 80 FW  GHA Joseph Akomadi 99 FW  NGA Okiki Afolabi

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:

References※

External links※

• Iraq Clubs- Foundation Dates