Al-Naft SC
Al Naft Sport Club (Arabic: نادي النفط الرياضي, lit. 'Oil SC') is an Iraqi professional football club based in the Adhamiyah District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. They play in the highest division in Iraq which is the Iraqi Premier League, which they have never been relegated from.
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| Full name | Al Naft Sport Club | ||
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| Founded | 1979 | ||
| Ground | Al Naft Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Chairman | Moatasem Akram Hassan | ||
| Manager | Yahya Alwan | ||
| League | Iraqi Premier League | ||
| 2018–19 | Iraqi Premier League, 4th | ||
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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, being one of only nine clubs to never be relegated from the top flight. The club has not won a trophy in its 40-year existence,[3] but they were runners-up of the Al-Nasr Wal-Salam Cup in 1996,[4] the Durand Cup in 1996,[5] the Iraqi Elite Cup in 1998,[6] and the Iraqi Premier League in 2017,[7] 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,[8] but then lost to the Saudi club: Al-Hilal, and left the tournament.[9]
Honours
Domestic
National
- Iraqi Premier League
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
- Iraqi Elite Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1998
Current squad
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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: | Yahya Alwan |  |
| Assistant manager: | Mohammed Jasim | |
| Goalkeeping coach: | Hussein Kamel | |
| Fitness coach: | Dhia Naji | |
| Director of football: | Mushtak Kadhim | |
Updated to match played 26 July 2019
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
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:[10]
References
- "النفط.. بلا ألقاب محلية". arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 28 October 2018.
- "تاريخ الدوري العراقي موسم 1985- 1986". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 2 July 2009.
- "النفط العراقي.. "39 عاما" وما زال يبحث عن أول ألقابه". alarabiya.net (in Arabic). 29 November 2018.
- "هادي مطنش ..عمو بابا ورائي اينما ذهبت؟؟". Kooora (in Arabic). 26 July 2006.
- "تاريخ الكرة العراقية نتائج عام 1996". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 28 October 2009.
- "تاريخ الكرة العراقية كأس النخبة 1998". niiiis.com (in Arabic). 14 May 2009.
- "الجوية يتوّج بطلاً والنفط وصيفاً". magazine.imn.iq (in Arabic). 24 August 2017.
- "النفط العراقي يقصي الصفاقسي التونسي من البطولة العربية". goal.com (in Arabic). 1 October 2018.
- "النفط يخسر مجددا من الهلال ويودع البطولة العربية". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 30 November 2018.
- Mubarak, Hassanin. "Al-Naft – Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 July 2015.