2021–22 Al-Mina'a SC season

Al-Mina'a SC
2021–22 season
Chairman	Jalil Hanoon
Manager	Ali Wahab
Ground	Basra Sports City
Premier League	19th (relegated)
FA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Salem Ahmed (7 goals); All: Salem Ahmed (7 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season will be Al-Minaa's 46th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 48 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.

Al-Mina'a will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.

Review

Background

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	Mujtaba Mohammed
4	DF	IRQ	Muntadher Abdul Sada
5	MF	IRQ	Sadeq Sami
7	MF	IRQ	Fadhel Wasmi
9	FW	IRQ	Thulfiqar Ayid
10	FW	IRQ	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
11	FW	IRQ	Abdullah Wasfi
13	MF	IRQ	Ali Sattar
14	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Salam
15	DF	IRQ	Ali Lateef
16	MF	IRQ	Ali Shawqi
17	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Matar
18	FW	IRQ	Salem Ahmed
19	DF	IRQ	Hassan Odah
21	GK	IRQ	Ahmed Hamid
22	GK	IRQ	Ali Faisal
23	DF	IRQ	Ahmed Yahya
24	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Jabbar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	IRQ	Sajed Abbas Hashim
26	MF	IRQ	Ibrahim Naeem
27	DF	IRQ	Abdul Muhaimin Jabbar
28	MF	IRQ	Hamza Hadi Ahmed
29	DF	IRQ	Karrar Al-Amir Ali
31	GK	IRQ	Murtadha Sami
33	MF	IRQ	Abbas Yas
34	DF	IRQ	Abdullah Abdul Amir
35	DF	IRQ	Ahmed Khaled (Captain)
44	MF	SLE	Khalifa Jabbie
45	DF	TUN	Afif Jebali
50	MF	IRQ	Murtadha Shaker
55	MF	IRQ	Hussein Qasim
61	MF	YEM	Nasser Al-Gahwashi
93	MF	TUN	Mohamed Ali Ragoubi
96	FW	BRA	Augusto Neto
97	DF	IRQ	Haider Abdul Salam

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 August 2021	ST	Thulfiqar Ayid	Naft Al-Wasat	Free transfer	^[1]
11 August 2021	AM	Sadeq Sami	Al-Karkh	Free transfer	^[2]
15 August 2021	RW	Fadhel Wasmi	Masafi Al-Janoob	Free transfer
24 August 2021	CB	Ali Lateef	Al-Talaba	Free transfer	^[3]
	CB	Muntadher Abdul Sada	Al-Kahrabaa	Free transfer	^[3]
	DM	Ahmed Jabbar	Amanat Baghdad	Free transfer	^[3]
25 August 2021	GK	Ali Faisal	Amanat Baghdad	Free transfer
26 August 2021	GK	Ahmed Hamid	Al-Samawa	Free transfer
	LW	Ali Sattar	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Free transfer
	DM	Ibrahim Naeem	Al-Talaba	Free transfer
	RB	Haider Abdul Salam	Al-Qasim	Free transfer
27 August 2021	CM	Hamza Hadi Ahmed	Al-Bahri	Free transfer
	LB	Hassan Odah	Masafi Al-Janoob	Free transfer
	LW	Ahmed Matar Khalaf	Masafi Al-Janoob	Free transfer
	LB	Abdul Muhaimin Jabbar	Naft Maysan	Free transfer
3 September 2021	AM	Mohamed Ali Ragoubi	JS Kairouan	Free transfer	^[4]
7 September 2021	CB	Afif Jebali	Espérance ST	Free transfer	^[5]
8 September 2021	RW	Ahmed Salam	Zakho	Free transfer
10 September 2021	DM	Khalifa Jabbie	Sfîntul Gheorghe	Free transfer	^[6]
10 September 2021	ST	Augusto Neto	Rangers	Free transfer
15 September 2021	CM	Nasser Al-Gahwashi	Naft Maysan	Free transfer	^[7]
17 September 2021	CM	Hussein Qasim	Al-Karkh	Free transfer
18 September 2021	CB	Abdullah Abdul Amir	Naft Al-Wasat	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
5 August 2021	ST	Rostand Junior M'baï	Unattached	Released
	GK	Hussein Saleh Mahdi
	CB	Ali Qasim
10 August 2021	GK	Yassin Karim	Al-Shorta	Free transfer
	CB	Karrar Mohammed	Al-Naft	Free transfer	^[8]
	GK	Hussam Mahdi	Naft Al-Basra	Free transfer
17 August 2021	DM	Abdoul Madjid Moumouni	Al-Shorta	Free transfer
21 August 2021	DM	Saif Jassim	Al-Talaba	Free transfer	^[9]
21 August 2021	LB	Hamza Adnan	Al-Talaba	Free transfer	^[9]
22 August 2021	ST	Sajjad Saeed	Naft Al-Basra	Free transfer
26 August 2021	DM	Idrissa Niang	Al-Talaba	Free transfer
26 August 2021	RB	Aqeel Mahdi	Naft Al-Basra	Free transfer
28 August 2021	AM	Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor	Al-Najaf	Free transfer	^[10]
1 September 2021	CB	Abbas Badie	Naft Maysan	Free transfer
2 September 2021	RW	Hussein Younis	Al-Shorta	Free transfer

Personnel

Technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Qusay Munir
Assistant coach:	Uday Omran
Assistant coach:	Taiseer Abdul-Hussein
Assistant coach:	Ihsan Hadi
Goalkeeping coach:	Ali Hussein Jalil
Fitness coach:	Ali Mohammed
Team doctor:	Fares Abdullah
Sport consultant:	Rahim Bakr
Team supervisor:	Jihad Madlool
Administrator:	Salah Khalil

Updated to match played 21 August 2021
Source: almirbad.com

Board members

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Mohammad Jaber Al-Jaberi
Secretary:	Taher Balas
Treasurer:	Ali Kadhim Mubarak
Member of the Board:	Nazar Taha Humoud
Member of the Board:	Jihad Madlool Obaid
Member of the Board:	Ahmed Hamed Al-Jaberi
Member of the Board:	Nabeel Abdul Ameer Jamil
Member of the Board:	Jalil Hanoon
Member of the Board:	Hani Abed Waleed

Updated to match played 8 December 2018
Source: Alsumaria.tv

Stadium

During the previous seasons, the stadium of Al-Mina'a was demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in the end of 2021.^[11]^[12] Since the team can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.^[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 September 2021 Friendly	Al-Kahrabaa	2–3	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	(o.g.)	Report	Wasfi Ayid	Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium

7 September 2021 Friendly	Al-Sinaa	2–3	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
14:00 GMT			Mazin Al-Amir Ayid	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

9 September 2021 Friendly	Iraq U20	0–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
13:30 GMT		Report	Sami	Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium

11 September 2021 Friendly	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
13:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

15 September 2021 Friendly	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Naft Al-Basra	Basra
13:30 GMT	S.Ahmed		H.Ahmed	Stadium: Basra Sports City

5 October 2021 Friendly	Al-Mina'a	1–0	Masafi Al-Janoob	Basra
13:30 GMT	Ragoubi			Stadium: Basra Sports City

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	21 September 2021	3 July 2022	Matchday 1	38	3	21	14	33	49	−16	007.89
FA Cup	9 November 2021	9 November 2021	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total				39	3	21	15	34	51	−17	007.69

Last updated: 3 July 2022
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Al-Sinaa	38	8	17	13	30	37	−7	41^[a]
17	Al-Diwaniya	38	10	9	19	33	51	−18	39^[b]
18	Amanat Baghdad (R)	38	9	12	17	32	41	−9	39^[b]	Qualification for the relegation play-off
19	Al-Minaa (R)	38	3	21	14	33	49	−16	30	Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
20	Samarra (R)	38	1	9	28	20	70	−50	12	Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League

Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Al-Qasim finished ahead of Al-Sinaa on head-to-head points: Al-Qasim 0–0 Al-Sinaa, Al-Sinaa 0–1 Al-Qasim.
^ ^a ^b Al-Diwaniya finished ahead of Amanat Baghdad on head-to-head points: Al-Diwaniya 2–0 Amanat Baghdad, Amanat Baghdad 0–1 Al-Diwaniya.

Matches

21 September 2021 1	Al-Mina'a	0–0	Erbil	Basra
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray

26 September 2021 2	Naft Al-Basra	3–1	Al-Mina'a	Basra
17:30 GMT	Youmbi 2' Abdul-Amir 51' Malik 79' (pen.)		Ayid 62'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Mohammed Sadeq

1 October 2021 3	Al-Mina'a	0–2	Zakho	Basra
15:00 GMT			Waleed 33' Esquerdinha 86'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Muhannad Manaf

16 October 2021 4	Al-Mina'a	0–0	Al-Naft	Basra
14:15 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

21 October 2021 5	Naft Al-Wasat	2–0	Al-Mina'a	Karbala
16:35 GMT				Stadium: Karbalaa International Stadium

26 October 2021 6	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Basra
16:30 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

30 October 2021 7	Al-Sinaa	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

4 November 2021 8	Al-Mina'a	2–2	Al-Qasim	Basra
11:55 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

15 November 2021 9	Samarra	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Saladin
11:30 GMT				Stadium: Samarra Stadium

21 November 2021 10	Al-Mina'a	1–2	Naft Maysan	Basra
17:10 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

27 November 2021 11	Newroz	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Sulaymaniyah
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Zanko Stadium

11 December 2021 12	Al-Karkh	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium

17 December 2021 13	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Zawra'a	Basra
13:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

21 December 2021 14	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Amanat Baghdad	Basra
11:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

26 December 2021 15	Al-Shorta	3–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
13:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

31 December 2021 16	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Najaf	Basra
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

6 January 2022 17	Al-Mina'a	3–0	Al-Diwaniya	Basra
16:45 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

12 January 2022 18	Al-Talaba	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

16 January 2022 19	Al-Kahrabaa	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
11:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

9 February 2022 20	Erbil	3-0	Al-Mina'a	Erbil
13:45 GMT				Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium

14 February 2022 21	Al-Mina'a	0–1	Naft Al-Basra	Basra
17:20 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

19 February 2022 22	Zakho	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Zakho
10:45 GMT				Stadium: Zakho International Stadium

24 February 2022 23	Al-Naft	4–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
10:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

3 March 2022 24	Al-Mina'a	3–3	Naft Al-Wasat	Basra
13:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

9 March 2022 25	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
16:15 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

5 April 2022 26	Al-Mina'a	0–1	Al-Sinaa	Basra
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

14 April 2022 27	Al-Qasim	2–1	Al-Mina'a	Babil
13:35 GMT				Stadium: Al Kifl Stadium

21 April 2022 28	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Samarra	Basra
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

28 April 2022 29	Naft Maysan	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Amarah
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium

5 May 2022 30	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Newroz	Basra
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

11 May 31	Al-Mina'a	0–0	Al-Karkh	Basra
16:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

19 May 2022 32	Al-Zawra'a	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
15:30 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

28 May 2022 33	Amanat Baghdad	0–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
13:00 GMT				Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

2 June 2022 34	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Shorta	Basra
16:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

8 June 2022 35	Al-Najaf	2–2	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
13:45 GMT				Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium

15 June 2022 36	Al-Diwaniya	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Diwaniya
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium

22 June 2022 37	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Talaba	Basra
16:35 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

3 July 2022 38	Al-Mina'a	3–1	Al-Kahrabaa	Basra
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

FA Cup

9 November 2021 Round of 32	Al-Mina'a	1–2	Al-Karkh	Basra
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	Total
1	18	FW	Salem Ahmed	7	0	7
2	61	MF	Nasser Al-Gahwashi	5	0	5
3	8	FW	Manar Taha	4	0	4
3	10	FW	Mohammed Shokan	4	0	4
5	6	MF	Mehdi Alamah	2	0	2
	11	MF	Abdullah Wasfi	2	0	2
	28	MF	Hamza Hadi Ahmed	2	0	2
8	3	DF	Ali Helo	1	0	1
	9	FW	Thulfiqar Ayid	1	0	1
	23	DF	Ahmed Yahya	1	0	1
	25	MF	Sajid Abbas Hashim	1	0	1
	29	DF	Karrar Al-Amir Ali	1	0	1
	33	MF	Abbas Yas	1	0	1
	35	DF	Ahmed Khalid	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				33	1	34

Last updated: 3 July 2022

External links

References

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^ الميناء يبرم صفقتين جديدتين (in Arabic). kooora.com. 12 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c الميناء يدعم صفوفه بعدد من اللاعبين (in Arabic). altaakhipress.com. 26 August 2021.
^ التونسي الراقوبي ينضم للميناء العراقي (in Arabic). kooora.com. 5 September 2021.
^ الميناء يعزز دفاعه بصفقة تونسية (in Arabic). kooora.com. 7 September 2021.
^ تعزيز سيراليوني لكتيبة الميناء (in Arabic). kooora.com. 10 September 2021.
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^ النفط يرمم صفوفه بثلاث صفقات (in Arabic). kooora.com. 12 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b الطلبة يضم ثنائي الميناء (in Arabic). kooora.com. 21 August 2021.
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^ ملعب الميناء يقهر المعوقات ويصل إلى نسبة إنجاز متقدّمة (in Arabic). azzaman.com. 31 July 2021.
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[table_hth_QSM0.82875098838878-14] Al-Qasim finished ahead of Al-Sinaa on head-to-head points: Al-Qasim 0–0 Al-Sinaa, Al-Sinaa 0–1 Al-Qasim.

[table_hth_DIW0.82875098838878-15] Al-Diwaniya finished ahead of Amanat Baghdad on head-to-head points: Al-Diwaniya 2–0 Amanat Baghdad, Amanat Baghdad 0–1 Al-Diwaniya.

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[Sad-2] الميناء يبرم صفقتين جديدتين (in Arabic). kooora.com. 12 August 2021.

[AMA-3] الميناء يدعم صفوفه بعدد من اللاعبين (in Arabic). altaakhipress.com. 26 August 2021.

[4] التونسي الراقوبي ينضم للميناء العراقي (in Arabic). kooora.com. 5 September 2021.

[5] الميناء يعزز دفاعه بصفقة تونسية (in Arabic). kooora.com. 7 September 2021.

[6] تعزيز سيراليوني لكتيبة الميناء (in Arabic). kooora.com. 10 September 2021.

[7] لاعب منتخب اليمن “ناصر محمدوه” يوقع عقد جديد للاحتراف بصفوف ناد عراقي (in Arabic). yemenmonitor.com. 15 September 2021.

[8] النفط يرمم صفوفه بثلاث صفقات (in Arabic). kooora.com. 12 August 2021.

[HS-9] الطلبة يضم ثنائي الميناء (in Arabic). kooora.com. 21 August 2021.

[10] ابو كريشة يعزز صفوف غزلان البادية (in Arabic). almaalomah.me. 29 August 2021.

[stad-11] ملعب "الميناء" يسابق الوقت ليكون ضمن ملاعب "خليجي 25" في البصرة (in Arabic). alssaa.com. 29 July 2021.

[12] ملعب الميناء يقهر المعوقات ويصل إلى نسبة إنجاز متقدّمة (in Arabic). azzaman.com. 31 July 2021.

[City-13] درجال يأمر بفتح ابواب المدينة الرياضة للميناء تمهيدا لعودة النشاط الرياضي (in Arabic). alkhutaa.news. 18 September 2020.

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