1977–78 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 1977–78 season was Al-Minaa's 4th season in the Iraqi National League, having featured in all editions of the competition. Al-Minaa participated in the Iraqi National League and the Iraq FA Cup, winning the league for the first time in their history, after finishing two points ahead of second-place Al-Zawraa.[1] The season saw the dismissal of first-team coach Faleh Hassan Wasfi after scoring a draw in the first two games of the season and being eliminated from the Iraqi FA Cup in the round of 16 before that,[2] and then the appointment of coach Jamil Hanoon. Striker Jalil Hanoon scored 11 goals to end the league season as the league's top goal-scorer total.[3]

Al-Mina'a SC
1977–78 season
ChairmanAdnan Ali Al-Qassab
ManagerFaleh Hassan Wasfi (until 16 October)
Jamil Hanoon (from 16 October)
GroundAl Mina'a Stadium
Iraqi National League1st
Iraq FA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Jalil Hanoon (11 goals)
All: Jalil Hanoon (> 11 goals)

Squad

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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
GK   IRQ Sattar Farhan
GK   IRQ Samir Noori Al-Mtori
DF   IRQ Aziz Abdullah
DF   IRQ Sabeeh Abed Ali
DF   IRQ Abdul Ridha Hussein
DF   IRQ Rahim Karim
DF   IRQ Khalil Ibrahim Habib
MF   IRQ Hadi Ahmed
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   IRQ Alaa Ahmad
MF   IRQ Hassan Abdul-Hussein
MF   IRQ Hadi Jabbar
MF   IRQ Adnan Saddam
FW   IRQ Abdul Razzak Ahmed (captain)
FW   IRQ Raad Abdullah
FW   IRQ Jalil Hanoon
FW   IRQ Ali Abdul Zahra

Pre-season

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly Erbil 0–6 Al-Minaa Erbil

Summary table

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
13 8 5 0 27 10  +17 29 5 2 0 13 4  +9 3 3 0 14 6  +8

Last updated: September 2017.
Source: niiiis.com

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

1 October 1977 1 Al-Minaa 2 – 2 Salahaddin Basra
Ahmad  
Ibrahim  
Yilanda  
 
Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium
11 October 1977 2 Al-Sinaa 1 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
Ahmed   Hanoon   Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 October 1977 3 Al-Minaa 1 – 0 Al-Ittihad Basra
Hanoon   Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium
24 October 1977 4 Al-Zawraa 2 – 3 Al-Minaa Baghdad
Hassan   (pen.)
Yousif  
Jabbar  
Ibrahim  
Hanoon  
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
31 October 1977 5 Al-Minaa 1 – 0 Al-Iktisad Basra
Ahmad   Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium
11 November 1977 6 Al-Thawra 1 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
Nouri   (pen.) Hanoon   Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
13 January 1978 7 Al-Minaa 1 – 1 Al-Jamea Basra
Saddam   Kadhim   Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium
27 January 1978 8 Babil 0 – 6 Al-Minaa Baghdad
Hanoon     
Ahmed  
Abdul-Hussein  
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
6 February 1978 9 Al-Minaa 2 – 0 Al-Amana Basra
Hanoon   (pen.)
Ahmed  
Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium
17 February 1978 10 Al-Jaish 0 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
Saddam   Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
27 March 1978 13 Al-Minaa 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Basra
Hanoon   50' (pen.) Hammoudi   87' Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 September 1977 Round of 32 Al-Minaa ? – ? Al-Umal Basra
Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium
16 September 1977 Round of 16 Al-Amana 3 – 0
(w/o)
Al-Minaa Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Note: Al-Amana were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Minaa has violated the regulations of Iraq Football Association. While Al-Minaa won the game 2–0.[4]

Statistics

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Overall statistics

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League Cup Total Stats
Games played 13 2 15
Games won 8 1 9
Games drawn 5 0 5
Games lost 0 (1) (1)
Goals scored 27 5 32
Goals conceded 10 0 10
Goal difference +17 +5 +22
Clean sheets 6 2 8

Last updated: September 2017

References

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  1. ^ "Iraqi League 1977/1978". niiiis.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  2. ^ "Iraqi FA Cup 1977/1978". niiiis.com. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  3. ^ "Interview with Iraqi player Jalil Hanoon". kooora.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  4. ^ "Iraqi FA Cup History". kooora.com. Retrieved 2012-10-26.

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