2016–17 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2016–17 season will be Al-Minaa's 41st season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 43 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.

Al-Mina'a SC
2016–17 season
ChairmanJalil Hanoon (until 5 February)
Abdul Razzaq Ahmed (from 5 February)
ManagerMarin Ion (until 18 April)
Ghazi Fahad (from 24 April)
GroundBasra Sports City (temporary use)
Premier League6th
FA CupSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mohammed Shokan (13)
All: Mohammed Shokan (14)

They enter this season having finished in a disappointing sixth place in the league in the 2015–16 season, and will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.

Squad edit

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 Hameed Battal
2 DF   IRQ Abbas Badie
3 DF   IRQ Hamza Adnan
4 MF   IRQ Yasser Ammar
5 MF   IRQ Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor
6 MF   IRQ Hussam Malik
7 MF   IRQ Hussein Abdul Wahed
9 MF   IRQ Ammar Abdul Hussein (captain)
10 MF   IRQ Mohammed Jabbar Shokan (vice-captain)
11 MF   IRQ Hussein Hosni
14 MF   IRQ Ali Qasim
15 DF   IRQ Hussein Falah
16 DF   IRQ Nadeem Karim
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   IRQ Haidar Sari
18 FW   IRQ Hussam Ibrahim
19 MF   GHA Akwetey Mensah
20 GK   IRQ Karrar Ibrahim
21 DF   IRQ Herdi Siamand
22 GK   IRQ Yassin Karim
23 DF   IRQ Mohammed Jabbar Rubat
24 MF   IRQ Ahmed Mohsin Jaber
27 MF   IRQ Hamza Taleb
28 MF   IRQ Ibrahim Kamil
30 MF   IRQ Ahmed Jalil Hanoon
35 DF   IRQ Abdullah Mohsin
40 DF   IRQ Mustafa Nadhim

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Name From Fee
June 2016 MF   Hussam Malik   Naft Al-Janoob  –
June 2016 MF   Hussein Abdul Wahed   Zakho  –
June 2016 MF   Safaa Hadi   Amanat Baghdad  –
June 2016 MF   Mustafa Hussein   Al-Sinaa  –
June 2016 DF   Herdi Siamand   Erbil  –
July 2016 MF   Yasser Ammar   Al-Sinaa  –
July 2016 DF   Mohammed Jabbar Rubat   Naft Al-Janoob  –
July 2016 DF   Abbas Badie Youth system  –
July 2016 MF   Ahmed Jalil Hanoon   Naft Al-Janoob  –
August 2016 GK   Yassin Karim   Sulaymaniyah  –
August 2016 MF   Ahmed Mohsin Jaber   Amanat Baghdad  –
August 2016 MF   Akwetey Mensah   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  –
August 2016 FW   David Rugamas   Metapán Loan
August 2016 MF   Ali Hosni Free agent  –
August 2016 DF   Ali Mohammed Alialah   Amanat Baghdad  –
August 2016 MF   Ibrahim Kamil   Salalah  –
August 2016 FW   Ricardinho   Santa Tecla Loan
January 2017 MF   Hussein Hosni   Naft Al-Janoob  –
January 2017 MF   Hamza Taleb   Al-Samawa  –
January 2017 GK   Noor Sabri   Al-Shorta  –
January 2017 FW   Hussam Ibrahim   Al-Kahraba  –
January 2017 DF   Nadeem Karim   Erbil  –
January 2017 DF   Mustafa Nadhim   Naft Al-Wasat  –
January 2017 FW   Ahmed Yasser   Al-Masry Loan

Out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee
June 2016 MF   Abdul Hadi Zaqlam End of contract  –
June 2016 FW   Ali Al-Shareef End of contract  –
June 2016 FW   Gleisson Freire End of contract  –
June 2016 MF   Ali Hosni   Çaykur Rizespor  –
June 2016 FW   Ziyad Ahmed   Naft Al-Wasat  –
June 2016 MF   Ahmed Jabbar   Naft Al-Wasat  –
June 2016 GK   Saqr Ajail   Amanat Baghdad  –
June 2016 GK   Medhat Abdul Hussein   Al-Bahri  –
June 2016 MF   Ahmad Abbas Hattab   Naft Al-Janoob  –
June 2016 MF   Jawad Kadhim   Al-Shorta  –
July 2016 DF   Ali Bahjat   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  –
July 2016 MF   Faisal Jassim   Al-Shorta  –
July 2016 DF   Omar Midani   Al-Wahda  –
September 2016 DF   Saad Attiya   Zakho  –
November 2016 FW   David Rugamas Released  –
November 2016 FW   Ricardinho Released  –
December 2016 DF   Ali Mohammed Alialah Released  –
December 2016 MF   Mustafa Hussein Released  –
December 2016 MF   Safaa Hadi Released  –
January 2017 MF   Ali Hosni   Al-Arabi Loan
June 2017 GK   Noor Sabri Released  –
August 2017 FW   Ahmed Yasser   Al-Masry End of loan

Updated to match played August 2017
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

Technical staff edit

Position Name
Coach   Ghazi Fahad
Assistant coach   Munir Jaber
Goalkeeping coach   Amer Abdul Wahab
Fitness coach vacant
Administrative director   Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
Club doctor   Faris Abdullah
Doctor's assistant   Fuad Mahdi

Updated to match played 24 April 2017
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

Board members edit

President   Abdul Razzaq Ahmed
Secretary   Haider Oufi Ahmed
Treasurer   Hassan Mawla
Board of Directors Member   Abdul Mahdi Hadi
Board of Directors Member   Wasfi Ghazi Hussein
Board of Directors Member   Adnan Mohsin Bader
Board of Directors Member   Salem Hameed Mhawis

Updated to match played 5 February 2017
Source: Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south

Kit edit

Period Home colours Away colours Supplier Sponsor
September 2016 – October 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Uhlsport
October 2016 – May 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adidas Fuchs Petrolub
May 2017 –
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nike

Stadium edit

During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2018. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.

Pre-season edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 August 2016 Friendly Al-Mina'a   1–0   Ghaz Al-Janoob Basra
14:00 GMT Malik  
Abu Kraisha  
Stadium: Basra Sports City
18 August 2016 Friendly Al-Mina'a   5–1   Shortat Al-Basra Basra
14:00 GMT Malek    
Adnan  
Siamand  
Abdul Hussein  
  Stadium: Basra Sports City
24 August 2016 Friendly Al-Mina'a   3–1   Ghaz Al-Janoob Basra
15:00 GMT Hadi    
Hanoon    
  Stadium: Basra Sports City
29 August 2016 Friendly Al-Mina'a   2–1   Al-Zawraa Antalya
14:00 GMT Malik   20'
Abdul Wahed   42'
Salah   53' Stadium: Akdeniz University Stadium
1 September 2016 Friendly Al-Mina'a   4–1   Naft Al-Janoob Antalya
14:00 GMT Abdul Hussein   5', 53'
Malik   49'
Hadi   64'
Salah   56' Stadium: Akdeniz University Stadium
3 September 2016 Friendly Alanyaspor   4 –1   Al-Mina'a Antalya
14:00 GMT Abdul Hussein   Stadium: Alanya Oba Stadium
5 September 2016 Friendly Eğirdirspor   1–2   Al-Mina'a Antalya
14:00 GMT   87' (pen.) Ricardinho   15'
Hussein   67'
Stadium: Cumhuriyet Stadium
6 September 2016 Friendly Kepezspor   2–2   Al-Mina'a Antalya
14:00 GMT   41'
  76'
Rugamas   18'
Malik   87'
Stadium: Kepez Sahası Stadium
24 March 2017 Friendly Al-Mina'a   1– 0   Turkmenistan Antalya, Turkey
08:30 GMT Yasser   30' Attendance: Akdeniz University Stadium

Iraqi Premier League edit

Summary table edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 18 12 6 40 24  +16 66 13 4 1 28 10  +18 5 8 5 12 14  −2

Last updated: 10 August 2017.
Source: Goalzz.com

Results by matchday edit

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAAH
ResultWLWDWWDWDDLWLWDWWLWDDWDWWDWLDWLDDWWW
Position164522334365666657666554444566666666
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2017. Source: Goalzz.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 September 2016 1 Al-Mina'a 3 – 1 Al-Hussein Basra
12:45 GMT Shokan   13'  18'
Abdul Wahed   60'
Hosni   68'
Sportgram report Karim   75' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Sabah Abed
21 September 2016 2 Al-Bahri 2 – 1 Al-Mina'a Basra
12:45 GMT Saad   70', 85'
Abdul Hassein   68'
Hosni   44'
Abdul Hussein   46'
Alialah   59'
Abdul Wahed   90+2'
Stadium: Az-Zubayr Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Tareq
26 September 2016 3 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Al-Naft Basra
12:30 GMT Shokan   41' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
16 October 2016 4 Al-Samawa 0 – 0 Al-Mina'a Samawa
12:30 GMT Stadium: As Samawah Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer
21 October 2016 5 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Naft Maysan Basra
12:30 GMT Shokan   21' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Salem Amer
26 October 2016 6 Al-Karkh 0 – 1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
12:30 GMT Abdul Hussein   68' Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium
31 October 2016 7 Al-Hedood 1 – 1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
12:00 GMT Embo   80' Malik   72' Stadium: Baghdad Stadium
26 November 2016 8 Al-Mina'a 3 – 1 Zakho Basra
11:00 GMT Hosni   5'
Shokan   27' (pen.)
Abdul Wahed   31'
Haji   13' Stadium: Basra Sports City
1 December 2016 9 Al-Kahraba 0 – 0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al Kahraba Stadium
6 December 2016 10 Al-Mina'a 1 – 1 Al-Zawra'a Basra
14:00 GMT Akwetey   47' Abdul-Zahra   37' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohammed Tareq
11 December 2016 11 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2 – 1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
12:30 GMT Ahmad   52'
Mohsin   70'
Hosni   61' Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali
16 December 2016 12 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Karbalaa Basra
15:00 GMT Malek   66' Stadium: Basra Sports City
26 December 2016 13 Al-Mina'a 0 – 1 Naft Al-Janoob Basra
19:00 GMT Adamu   29' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
31 December 2016 14 Amanat Baghdad 0 – 1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
11:30 GMT Shokan   37' Stadium: Baghdad Stadium
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali
7 January 2017 15 Naft Al-Wasat 0 – 0 Al-Mina'a Najaf
15:30 GMT Nadhim   27'
Al-Shbli   48'
Al-Alousi   60'
Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Ghani
12 January 2017 16 Al-Mina'a 2 – 1 Al-Najaf Basra
15:30 GMT Shokan   17', 66'   90+2'
Malik   86'
Qabel   39'
Karim   75'
Hameed   82'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohammed Sadek
17 January 2017 17 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Al-Talaba Basra
15:30 GMT Hosni  17'   75'
Falah   85'
Abdul Mohsin   77'
Arzeej   78'
Dally   90+4'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali
23 January 2017 18 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
11:30 GMT Mohammed   59' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
24 February 2017 19 Al-Hussein 0 – 1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
11:00 GMT Malik   77' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Sader City Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
1 March 2017 20 Al-Mina'a 2 – 2 Al-Bahri Basra
13:30 GMT Ibrahim   54'
Shokan   83'
Hadi   24'   65'
Athab   34'   64'
Abdul-Hussein   86'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Salem Amer
6 March 2017 21 Al-Naft 0 – 0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
12:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium
10 March 2017 22 Al-Mina'a 2 – 0 Al-Samawa Basra
13:00 GMT Shokan   29'
Malik   42'
Abdul Wahed   53'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali
14 March 2017 23 Naft Maysan 1 – 1 Al-Mina'a Amarah
12:00 GMT Saeed   65'
Fernando   21'
Hanoon   66'
Shokan   6'
Omega   26'
Siamand   57'
Stadium: Al-Maimuna Stadium
Referee: Dhiaa Jandeel
3 April 2017 24 Al-Mina'a 4 – 0 Al-Karkh Basra
12:00 GMT Shokan   20', 58' (pen.)
Yasser   23', 66'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Sabah Abed
7 April 2017 25 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Al-Hedood Basra
13:00 GMT Falah   45+2'
Omega   58'
Akwetey   88'
Abdul Wahed   90+7'
Obaid   34'
Mahmood   88'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
12 April 2017 26 Zakho 0 – 0 Al-Mina'a Zakho
13:00 GMT Yasser   81' Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
Referee: Ayad Zahef
18 April 2017 27 Al-Mina'a 2 – 1 Al-Kahraba Basra
13:00 GMT Ibrahim   45+3'
Malik   90+4'   90+4'
Aoda   90+2' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Sabah Abed
6 May 2017 28 Al-Zawra'a 4 – 1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
15:00 GMT Abdul-Zahra   27', 49'
Kalaf   74'
Gassid   76'
Al Saedi   88'
Yasser   30'
Adnan   43'   44'
Siamand   60'
Shokan   76'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer
10 May 2017 29 Al-Mina'a 1 – 1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Basra
17:00 GMT Yasser   72'
Akwetey   80'
Mohsin   64' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Salem Amer
20 June 2017 30 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Naft Al-Wasat Basra
19:00 GMT Yasser   32'
Abdul Hussein   90+1'
Bayesh   45'
Al-Shbli   55'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Wathek Mohammed
1 July 2017 31 Karbalaa 1 – 0 Al-Mina'a Karbalaa
16:00 GMT Jassim   13' Stadium: Karbala Sports City
Referee: Salem Amer
6 July 2017 32 Naft Al-Janoob 0 – 0 Al-Mina'a Basra
17:00 GMT Faisal   42'
Hussein   62'
Kamil   68'
Falah   75'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohanad Qasim
10 July 2017 33 Al-Mina'a 1 – 1 Amanat Baghdad Basra
17:00 GMT Yasser   78' Yousif   15' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Zaid Thamer
1 August 2017 34 Al-Najaf 2 – 3 Al-Mina'a Najaf
13:45 GMT Sabah   35', 57' Shokan   17'
Malik   23'
Abu Kraisha   90+2'
Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium
5 August 2017 35 Al-Talaba 0 – 1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
13:45 GMT Nadhim   67'
Jabbar   70'
Saleem   75'
Sattar   90+1'
Omega   8'
Malik   26'
Akwetey   64'
Siamand   70'
Abdul Hussein   89'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Yousuf Saeed
10 August 2017 36 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Basra
13:45 GMT Abdul Hussein   45'
Akwetey   45+2'
Siamand   58'
Abu Kraisha   67'
Tariq   71'
Mohammed   87'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohanad Qasim

Iraq FA Cup edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

30 March 2017 Round of 32 Al-Mina'a 4 – 1 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Basra
12:00 GMT Yasser   23' (pen.)   25'  72'
Akwetey   48'
Shokan   50'
Abdul Hussein   70'
Malik   72'
Faisal   20'
Flaih   45+1'
Fazzaa   71'
Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Ahmed Majid
14 August 2017 Round of 16 Al-Hurr 0 – 0
(3–4 p)
Al-Mina'a Karbalaa
13:30 GMT Stadium: Karbalaa Stadium
Referee: Sabah Abed
20 August 2017 Semifinals Naft Al-Wasat 1 – 1
(4–3 p)
Al-Mina'a Najaf
13:30 GMT Nomi   23'
Bayesh   48'
Attwan   50'
Abbas   84'
Adnan   45+3'
Kamil   48'
Hosni   68'
Stadium: Naft Al-Wasat Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer
Penalties

Statistics edit

Squad information edit

As of 20 August 2017
No. Pos Nat Player Total Iraqi Premier League Iraq FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF   IRQ Hamza Adnan 27 1 24 1 3 0
4 MF   IRQ Yasser Ammar 5 0 3 0 2 0
5 MF   IRQ Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor 32 1 30 1 2 0
6 MF   IRQ Hussam Malik 35 8 32 7 3 1
7 MF   IRQ Hussein Abdul Wahed 35 2 32 2 3 0
9 MF   IRQ Ammar Abdul Hussein 37 3 34 2 3 1
10 MF   IRQ Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 33 14 31 13 2 1
12 FW   EGY Ahmed Yasser 15 6 14 5 1 1
14 MF   IRQ Ali Qasim 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   IRQ Hussein Falah 34 0 31 0 3 0
16 DF   IRQ Nadeem Karim 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 DF   IRQ Haidar Sari 18 0 17 0 1 0
18 FW   IRQ Hussam Ibrahim 10 2 9 2 1 0
19 MF   GHA Akwetey Mensah 26 1 24 1 2 0
20 GK   IRQ Karrar Ibrahim 7 0 5 0 2 0
21 DF   IRQ Herdi Siamand 36 0 34 0 2 0
22 GK   IRQ Yassin Karim 27 0 25 0 2 0
23 DF   IRQ Mohammed Jabbar Rubat 10 0 10 0 0 0
24 MF   IRQ Ahmed Mohsin Jaber 25 1 23 1 2 0
25 GK   IRQ Noor Sabri 7 0 7 0 0 0
28 MF   IRQ Ibrahim Kamil 27 0 24 0 3 0
30 MF   IRQ Ahmed Jalil Hanoon 4 0 4 0 0 0
35 DF   IRQ Abdullah Mohsin 27 0 26 0 1 0
40 DF   IRQ Mustafa Nadhim 17 0 14 0 3 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
8 MF   IRQ Ali Hosni 18 6 17 5 1 1

Top scorers edit

Rank Pos. Nationality No. Name Iraqi Premier League Iraq FA Cup Total
1 MF   10 Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 13 1 14
2 MF   6 Hussam Malik 7 1 8
3 FW   12 Ahmed Yasser 5 1 6
MF   8 Ali Hosni 5 1 6
4 MF   9 Ammar Abdul Hussein 2 1 3
5 MF   7 Hussein Abdul Wahed 2 0 2
FW   18 Hussam Ibrahim 2 0 2
6 MF   19 Akwetey Mensah 1 0 1
MF   24 Ahmed Mohsin Jaber 1 0 1
MF   5 Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor 1 0 1
DF   3 Hamza Adnan 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 5 45

Last updated: 20 August 2017

Clean sheets edit

Rank Nationality Number Name Iraqi Premier League Iraq FA Cup Total
1   22 Yassin Karim 15 0 15
2   25 Noor Sabri 3 0 3
3   20 Karrar Ibrahim 1 1 2
TOTALS 19 1 20

Last updated: 14 August 2017

Penalties edit

Date Name Opponent Result
15 September 2016   Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-Hussein  
25 November 2016   Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Zakho  
17 January 2017   Ali Hosni Al-Talaba  
24 February 2017   Hussam Malik Al-Hussein  
30 March 2017   Ahmed Yasser Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya  
30 March 2017   Ahmed Yasser Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya  
3 April 2017   Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-Karkh  

Overall statistics edit

League Cup Total Stats
Games played 36 3 39
Games won 18 1 19
Games drawn 12 2 14
Games lost 6 0 6
Goals scored 40 5 45
Goals conceded 24 2 26
Goal difference +16 +3 +19
Clean sheets 19 1 20
Goal by Substitute 4 1 5
Yellow cards 36 4 40
Red cards 0 0 0

Last updated: 20 August 2017

Sources edit