2015–16 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2015–16 season was Al-Minaa's 40th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 42 editions of the competition except two.

Al-Mina'a SC

2015–16 season
Chairman	Omran Radhi Thani (until 13 March) Jalil Hanoon (from 13 March)
Manager	Hussam Al Sayed
Ground	Basra Sports City (temporary use)
Iraqi Premier League	6th
Iraq FA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Omar Khribin (10) All: Omar Khribin (10)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

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	Saad Attiya
3	DF	IRQ	Hamza Adnan
4	DF	SYR	Omar Midani
5	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Mohsin Ashour
6	DF	IRQ	Ali Bahjat
7	FW	BRA	Gleisson
8	MF	IRQ	Ali Hosni
9	MF	IRQ	Ammar Abdul Hussein
10	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan (vice-captain)
11	MF	IRQ	Jawad Kadhim
12	GK	IRQ	Medhat Abdul Hussein
14	MF	IRQ	Ali Qasim
15	DF	IRQ	Hussein Falah

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	IRQ	Haidar Sari
18	FW	IRQ	Ziyad Ahmed
19	FW	LBY	Ali Al-Shareef
20	GK	IRQ	Karrar Ibrahim (captain)
21	MF	IRQ	Ahmad Abbas Hattab
22	GK	IRQ	Saqr Ajail
24	DF	IRQ	Faisal Jassim
25	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Jabbar
28	MF	LBY	Abdul Hadi Zaqlam
30	MF	IRQ	Ali Majed
31	DF	IRQ	Mustafa Ali Abbas
32	MF	IRQ	Ali Tahseen
33	MF	IRQ	Hussein Muslim
35	DF	IRQ	Abdullah Mohsin

Players Data

As of November 2015

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Since	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Medhat Abdul Hussein		GK	(1985-10-21) 21 October 1985	Naft Al-Janoob	August 2015	0	0
20	Karrar Ibrahim		GK	(1994-09-19) 19 September 1994	Youth system	September 2009	90	1
22	Saqr Ajail		GK	(1993-01-03) 3 January 1993	Amanat Baghdad	July 2015	2	0
Defenders
2	Saad Attiya		CB	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	December 2014	24	0
3	Hamza Adnan		LB	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996	Youth system	September 2012	42	1
4	Omar Midani		CB/LB	(1994-01-26) 26 January 1994	Al-Wahda	August 2014	23	1
6	Ali Bahjat		CB	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992	Al-Shorta	December 2015	0	0
15	Hussein Falah		RB	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994	Duhok	February 2014	23	0
17	Haidar Sari		LB/AM	(1997-08-17) 17 August 1997	Youth system	September 2012	21	1
24	Faisal Jassim		RB	(1986-07-01) 1 July 1986	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	August 2015	7	0
35	Abdullah Mohsin		CB	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994	Youth system	September 2012	26	0
Midfielders
5	Ahmed Mohsin Ashour		CM	(1996-01-04) 4 January 1996	Youth system	September 2012	29	3
8	Ali Hosni		LW/RW	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994	Youth system	September 2012	67	12
9	Ammar Abdul Hussein		LW	(1992-02-13) 13 February 1992	Al-Shorta	July 2015	87	9
10	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan		CAM/LW/RW	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	September 2013	96	12
11	Jawad Kadhim		RW	(1993-10-14) 14 October 1993	Al-Naft	August 2015	4	0
14	Ali Qasim		CM/DM	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996	Youth system	November 2013	36	0
21	Ahmad Abbas Hattab		CM/DM	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994	Al-Shorta	December 2015	0	0
25	Ahmed Jabbar		DM	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992	Al-Talaba	July 2015	6	0
28	Abdul Hadi Zaqlam		CM/DM	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994	Al-Hilal	August 2015	7	1
Forwards
7	Gleisson		ST	(1982-05-03) 3 May 1982	Duque de Caxias	September 2014	16	5
18	Ziyad Ahmed		ST	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992	Duhok	July 2015	6	1
19	Ali Al-Shareef		ST	(1989-02-03) 3 February 1989	Al-Hilal	September 2015	5	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
July 2015	MF	Ammar Abdul Hussein	Al-Shorta	Undisclosed
July 2015	GK	Saqr Ajail	Amanat Baghdad	Undisclosed
July 2015	MF	Ahmed Jabbar	Al-Talaba	Undisclosed
July 2015	DF	Ali Hussein	Najaf	Undisclosed
July 2015	FW	Ziyad Ahmed	Duhok	Undisclosed
August 2015	FW	Omar Khribin	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Undisclosed
August 2015	MF	Jawad Kadhim	Al-Naft	Undisclosed
August 2015	GK	Medhat Abdul Hussein	Naft Al-Janoob	Undisclosed
August 2015	DF	Faisal Jassim	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Undisclosed
August 2015	MF	Ghiyath Shokor	Peshmerga Hawler	Undisclosed
September 2015	MF	Abdul Hadi Zaqlam	Al-Hilal	Undisclosed
September 2015	FW	Ali Al-Shareef	Al-Hilal	Undisclosed
September 2015	GK	Hameed Battal	Youth system	Undisclosed
September 2015	DF	Mustafa Ali Abbas	Youth system	Undisclosed
September 2015	MF	Ali Tahseen	Youth system	Undisclosed
September 2015	MF	Ali Majed	Youth system	Undisclosed
November 2015	MF	Ahmed Abbas	Al-Shorta	Undisclosed
December 2015	DF	Ali Bahjat	Al-Shorta	Undisclosed
March 2016	FW	Gleisson	Free agent	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
July 2015	MF	Júnior	End of contract	–
July 2015	FW	Gleisson	End of contract	–
July 2015	MF	Omar Alaa Ahmed	End of contract	–
July 2015	DF	Ali Jassim	End of contract	–
July 2015	FW	Hussein Ali Wahed	Al-Shorta	Undisclosed
July 2015	MF	Hussein Abdul Wahed	Al-Shorta	Undisclosed
July 2015	DF	Mohammed Abdul Karim	Naft Al-Janoob	Undisclosed
August 2015	GK	Amjad Rahim	Al-Shorta	Undisclosed
September 2015	MF	Hamid Mido	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Undisclosed
December 2015	DF	Ali Hussein		Released
December 2015	MF	Ghiyath Shokor		Released
December 2015	FW	Omar Khribin	Al-Dhafra	Undisclosed

Updated to match played December 2015
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

Technical staff

Position	Name
Coach	Hussam Al Sayed
Assistant coach	Ahmad Rahim
Fitness coach	Waleed Juma
Goalkeeping coach	Aqeel Abdul Mohsin
Club doctor	Faris Abdullah
Doctor's assistant	Fouad Mahdi

Updated to match played July 2015
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

Board members

President	Jalil Hanoon
Amanuensis	Mohammad Jaber Hassan
Board of Directors Member	Naji Abdulla Hassan Al Mosawi
Board of Directors Member	Nazar Taha Humood
Board of Directors Member	Nabeel Abdul Ameer Jamil
Board of Directors Member	Ali Fadhel Hassan
Board of Directors Member	Karim Jasim Hassan
Female Board Member	Ikhlas Naji Jasim

Updated to match played 13 March 2016
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

Kit

Period	Home colours	Away colours	Supplier	Sponsor
September 2015 – November 2015			Uhlsport	—
November 2015 – February 2016			Lescon	Elaph Islamic Bank
February 2016 – May 2016			Select

Stadium

During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2016. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Al-Mina'a v Bahrain

21 August 2015 Friendly	Al-Mina'a	0–0	Bahrain	İzmit, Turkey
08:30 GMT				Stadium: The Green Park Kartepe Resort

Al-Mina'a v Libya

23 August 2015 Friendly	Al-Mina'a	1–0	Libya	İzmit, Turkey
08:30 GMT	Ziyad Ahmed 15'			Stadium: İzmit stadium

Al-Mina'a v Jordan U-22

27 August 2015 Friendly	Al-Mina'a	2–0	Jordan U-22	İzmit, Turkey
12:30 GMT	Ziyad Ahmed 22' Hamid Mido 36'			Stadium: The Green Park Kartepe Resort

Al-Karkh v Al-Mina'a

5 September 2015 Friendly	Al-Karkh	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad, Iraq
12:30 GMT	Saad Fawzi 77'			Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium

Al-Naft v Al-Mina'a

7 September 2015 Friendly	Al-Naft	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad, Iraq
12:30 GMT				Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Al-Bahri

9 October 2015 Friendly	Al-Mina'a	3–1	Al-Bahri	Basra, Iraq
12:30 GMT	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Ammar Abdul Hussein		.	Stadium: Basra Sports City

Iraqi Premier League

Group stage : Group – 2

Summary table

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	9	5	4	27	16	+11	32	5	3	1	17	7	+10	4	2	3	10	9	+1

Last updated: 4 March 2016.
Source: Goalzz.com

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W
Position	4	3	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2016. Source: Goalzz.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Away matches

Zakho v Al-Mina'a

15 September 2015 1	Zakho	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Zakho
12:30 GMT	Sattar Yasin  8' Raiber Mohammed  55' Mihai Leca 76' Safaa Jabbar  85'	Al-Minaa report	Abdul Hadi Ibrahim  12' Omar Khribin 73'	Stadium: Dalal Stadium Attendance: (nil) Punishment from IFA Referee: Mohammed Tareq Ahmed

Al-Mina'a v Erbil

20 September 2015 2	Al-Mina'a	3–1	Erbil	Basra
12:30 GMT	Omar Khribin 4', 90+1' Ziyad Ahmed 81'		Miram Karim 90+5'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Mohanad Qasim

Al-Mina'a v Amanat Baghdad

25 September 2015 3	Al-Mina'a	0–2	Amanat Baghdad	Basra
15:00 GMT	Karrar Ibrahim  90+4'		Ahmed Mohsin  24' Marwan Abbas  69' Sattar Jabbar  77' Mustafa Ahmed 81' Muthana Khalid  90+1' Redha Nasrallah 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Mohammed Ghani

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Mina'a

30 September 2015 4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–2	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
12:30 GMT	Hammadi Ahmad  45+2' Saad Natik  52' Hammadi Ahmad 89'		Abdul Hadi Ibrahim 14' Ammar Abdul Hussein  16' Faisal Jassim  25' Abdul Hadi Ibrahim  45' Ali Hosni  90+4' Hamza Adnan 90+6'	Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium Referee: Salim Amer

Al-Mina'a v Karbalaa

15 October 2015 5	Al-Mina'a	2–0	Karbalaa	Basra
15:00 GMT	Ahmed Jabbar  34' Karrar Ibrahim  38' Omar Khribin 60' Ammar Abdul Hussein 87' Mohammed Jabbar Shokan  90'		Hussein Jamal  38' Noor Al Mustafa  45+3'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Tahseen Ali

Al-Hedood v Al-Mina'a

20 October 2015 6	Al-Hedood	0–2	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Hussein Hakim  81'		Omar Khribin 14', 82' Saad Attiya  25' Hamza Adnan  53' Abdul Hadi Ibrahim  72'	Stadium: Baghdad Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Hadi Ibrahim

Al Shorta v Al-Mina'a

27 October 2015 7	Al Shorta	0–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Ahmad Fadhel  64' Nabeel Sabah  74' Ahmad Al Salih  75'	Alamalsport report	Omar Khribin 31' Ahmed Jabbar  52' Mohammed Jabbar Shokan  74' Omar Khribin  78'	Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium Referee: Watheq Mohammed

Al-Mina'a v Al-Sinaa

6 November 2015 8	Al-Mina'a	4–1	Al-Sinaa	Basra
11:30 GMT	Faisal Jassim  10' Ammar Abdul Hussein  44' Omar Khribin 50', 90' Abdullah Mohsin  63' Ali Hosni 72' Abu Kraisha 79' Hamza Adnan  81' Saad Attiya  86'		Hassan Atwan  40' Abbas Juma  60' Mahmoud Khalil 75'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Falah Abed

Najaf v Al-Mina'a

8 December 2015 9	Najaf	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Najaf
11:00 GMT	Saeed Mohsen 82' Ali Qassim  86'		Ali Hosni  86'	Stadium: An Najaf Stadium Referee: Salim Amer

Home matches

Al-Mina'a v Zakho

13 December 2015 10	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Zakho	Basra
11:00 GMT	Ammar Abdul Hussein 26'		Abdelsalam Al Faitori 58'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Falah Abed

Erbil v Al-Mina'a

17 December 2015 11	Erbil	3–1	Al-Mina'a	Erbil
11:00 GMT	Mohammed Jaffal 56' (pen.) Ahmed Abdul Ameer 58' Kosrat Baez 90'		Ali Bahjat  55' Faisal Jassim  67' Omar Khribin 70'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed

Karbalaa v Al-Mina'a

2 January 2016 12	Karbalaa	3–1	Al-Mina'a	Karbalaa
11:00 GMT	Jabbar Karim 23', 63' Alaa Abbas 90'		Ammar Abdul Hussein 72'	Stadium: Karbala Stadium

Amanat Baghdad v Al-Mina'a

7 February 2016 13	Amanat Baghdad	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
11:00 GMT				Stadium: Baghdad Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

11 February 2016 14	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Basra
11:00 GMT	Abdullah Mohsin 62'		Emad Mohsin 90'	Stadium: Basra Sports City

Al-Mina'a v Al-Hedood

16 February 2016 15	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Hedood	Basra
11:00 GMT	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 49' (pen.)		Manar Taha 6'	Stadium: Basra Sports City

Al-Mina'a v Al Shorta

24 February 2016 16	Al-Mina'a	2–0	Al Shorta	Basra
11:00 GMT	Ali Bahjat 58' (pen.) Ammar Abdul Hussein 88'			Stadium: Basra Sports City

Al-Sinaa v Al-Mina'a

29 February 2016 17	Al-Sinaa	1–2	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
11:00 GMT	Aqeel Khairi 67'		Ali Bahjat 47' Ali Hosni 75'	Stadium: Baghdad Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Najaf

4 March 2016 18	Al-Mina'a	3–0	Najaf	Basra
11:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

Final stage

Main article: 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	A
Result	W	L	W	D	L	L	D
Position	3	4	2	3	4	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2016. Source: Goalzz
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Al-Mina'a v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

2 April 2016 1	Al-Mina'a	1–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Basra
15:30 GMT	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 82'			Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Mohanad Qasim

Al-Naft v Al-Mina'a

9 April 2016 2	Al-Naft	3–2	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
15:30 GMT	Mostfa Jowda 49' Hussam Kadhem 71' Dhul Fuqar Aed 84'		Ali Bahjat 17' Ziyad Ahmed 86'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Wathiq Mohammed

Al-Mina'a v Amanat Baghdad

15 April 2016 3	Al-Mina'a	1–0	Amanat Baghdad	Basra
15:30 GMT	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 3'			Stadium: Basra Sports City

Al-Mina'a v Al Shorta

24 April 2016 4	Al-Mina'a	2–2	Al Shorta	Basra
15:30 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

Al-Talaba v Al-Mina'a

8 May 2016 5	Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
15:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Zawraa v Al-Mina'a

15 May 2016 6	Al-Zawraa	5–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
15:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Naft Al-Wasat v Al-Mina'a

20 May 2016 7	Naft Al-Wasat	2–2	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
15:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Iraq FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Iraq FA Cup

Al-Hussein v Al-Mina'a

11 November 2015 Second round	Al-Hussein	2 – 1 (w/o)	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
10:30 GMT	Taha 32' Ali Sabri 106'		Ali Al-Shareef 21'	Stadium: Sadr City Stadium

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRQ	Hameed Bakkal	0	0	0	0
2	DF	IRQ	Saad Attiya	11	0	2	1
3	DF	IRQ	Hamza Adnan	10 (1)	1	2	0
4	DF	SYR	Omar Midani	4	0	0	0
5	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Mohsin Ashour	1 (3)	1	0	0
6	DF	IRQ	Ali Bahjat	1	0	0	1
7	FW	SYR	Omar Khribin	10	10	1	0
8	MF	IRQ	Ali Hosni	7 (1)	1	1	1
9	MF	IRQ	Ammar Abdul Hussein	8 (3)	2	2	0
10	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan	8 (2)	0	3	0
11	MF	IRQ	Jawad Kadhim	1 (4)	0	0	0
12	GK	IRQ	Medhat Abdul Hussein	0	0	0	0
14	MF	IRQ	Ali Qasim	9	0	0	0
15	DF	IRQ	Hussein Falah	1 (1)	0	0	0
17	DF	IRQ	Haidar Sari	0 (2)	0	0	0
18	FW	IRQ	Ziyad Ahmed	6 (1)	1	0	0
19	FW	LBY	Ali Al-Shareef	3 (4)	0	0	0
20	GK	IRQ	Karrar Ibrahim	10	0	1	1
21	MF	IRQ	Ahmad Abbas Hattab	0	0	0	0
22	GK	IRQ	Saqr Ajail	1 (1)	0	0	0
24	DF	IRQ	Faisal Jassim	10	0	3	0
25	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Jabbar	4 (3)	0	2	0
28	MF	LBY	Abdul Hadi Zaqlam	9 (1)	1	4	0
30	MF	IRQ	Ali Majed	0	0	0	0
31	DF	IRQ	Mustafa Ali Abbas	0	0	0	0
32	MF	IRQ	Ali Tahseen	0	0	0	0
33	MF	IRQ	Hussein Muslim	0	0	0	0
35	DF	IRQ	Abdullah Mohsin	7 (1)	0	1	0

Last updated: 17 December 2015.
Source: Goalzz.com

Top scorers

As of 20 May 2016

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Goal ratio
1	Omar Khribin	10	10	1
2	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan	6	22	0.11
3	Ammar Abdul Hussein	4	19	0.21
4	Ali Bahjat	3	10	0.3
5	Ali Hosni	3	17	0.13
6	Ziyad Ahmed	2	11	0.2
7	Ahmed Mohsin Ashour	1	9	0.12
8	Abdul Hadi Zaqlam	1	17	0.06
9	Hamza Adnan	1	20	0.05
10	Abdullah Mohsin	1	13	0.07

Sources

• FIFA.COM
• Iraqi League 2015/2016
• Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News