Al-Naft SC

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 Baghdad 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
• Baghdad Championship Runners-up (1): 1998–99

Continental

• Arab Club Champions Cup: 1 appearance Second Round: 2018–19

Invitational

• Durand Cup Runners-up (1): 1996

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 15 September 2024

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

Out on loan

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

Personnel

Current technical staff

Updated to match played 23 September 2021 Source:

Board members

Updated to match played 5 April 2012 Source:

Kit suppliers

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:

• Iraq Fakhri Mohammed Salman (1979–1983)
• Iraq Dhargham Mahdi Al-Haidari (1983–1984)
• Iraq Khalaf Hassan (1984–1985)
• Iraq Kadhim Al-Rubaie (1985–1986)
• Iraq Wathiq Naji (1986–1989)
• Iraq Anwar Jassam (1988–1989)
• Iraq Jamal Salih (1989–1990)
• Iraq Anwar Jassam (1991–1992)
• Iraq Mejbel Fartous (1992–1994)
• Iraq Amer Jameel (1994–1995)
• Iraq Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed (1995–1997)
• Iraq Nadhim Shaker (1997)
• Iraq Amer Jameel (1997–1998)
• Iraq Razzak Khazal (1998)
• Iraq Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli (1998–1999)
• Iraq Maad Ibrahim (1999–2001)
• Iraq Hamed Salman (2001–2002)
• Iraq Mohammed Tabra (2002)
• Iraq Ali Hussein Yassin (2002)
• Iraq Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed (2002–2003)
• Iraq Wathiq Aswad (2003)
• Iraq Jabar Hamed (2003–2004)
• Iraq Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli (2004)
• Iraq Hamed Salman (2004–2005)
• Iraq Salam Hashim (2005)
• Iraq Hamed Salman (2005–2007)
• Iraq Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli (2007)
• Iraq Mohammed Jassim (2007)
• Iraq Younis Abid Ali (2007–2008)
• Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2008–2009)
• Iraq Hamed Salman (2009–2010)
• Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2010–2011)
• Iraq Ali Wahab (2011)
• Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2011–2012)
• Iraq Nadhim Shaker (2012)
• Iraq Shaker Mahmoud (2012–2013)
• Iraq Jamal Ali (2013)
• Iraq Basim Qasim (2013–2014)
• Iraq Sabah Abdul-Jalil (2014)
• Iraq Thair Jassam (2014–2015)
• Iraq Hassan Ahmed (2015–2019)
• Iraq Basim Qasim (2019–2019)
• Iraq Yahya Alwan (2019–2021)
• Iraq Basim Qasim (2021–present)

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