# 2018–19 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2018–19 season will be Al-Minaa's 43nd season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 45 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.
They enter this season having finished in a disappointing 15th place in the league in the 2017–18 season, and will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.

## 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 | Hussam Mahdi |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Badie |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Ali Qasim |
| 4 | MF | IRQ | Alaa Jawad |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Sadeq Sami |
| 6 | MF | CMR | Didier Talla |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul Wahed |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Farhan |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Sultan Jassim (captain) |
| 10 | MF | IRQ | Hussam Malik |
| 11 | DF | IRQ | Aqeel Mahdi |
| 12 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Hatem |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Falah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | IRQ | Haidar Sari |
| 19 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Zamel |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Karrar Ibrahim |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Yassin Karim |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Omar Jabbar |
| 30 | MF | IRQ | Hamza Talib |
| 33 | DF | GHA | Nuru Sulley |
| 35 | DF | IRQ | Abdullah Mohsin |
| 40 | GK | IRQ | Hameed Battal |
| 53 | DF | IRQ | Hamza Adnan |
| 77 | MF | IRQ | Mustafa Hadi Ahmed |
| 99 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 20 | GK | Karrar Ibrahim | Naft Al-Janoob | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 32 | DF | Jassim Mohammed | Al-Bahri | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Hussein Abdul Wahed | Al-Talaba | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 11 | MF | Aqeel Mahdi | Karbalaa | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 14 | MF | Ali Majed | Al-Diwaniya | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 4 | MF | Alaa Jawad | Masafi Al-Janoob | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 19 | FW | Ahmed Zamel | Masafi Al-Janoob | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Sultan Jassim | Naft Maysan | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 5 | MF | Sadeq Sami | Youth system | n/a | 20 September 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Ali Mohammed Kanoosh | Youth system | n/a | 20 September 2018 |
| 29 | DF | Goran Obradović | Ararat Yerevan | Free transfer | 15 October 2018 |
| 24 | MF | Jawad Kadhim | Al-Shorta | Free transfer | 4 January 2019 |
| 77 | MF | Mustafa Hadi Ahmed | Al-Bahri | Free transfer | 10 January 2019 |
| 99 | FW | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Al-Shorta | Free transfer | 20 January 2019 |
| 12 | FW | Mohammed Hatem | Amanat Baghdad | Free transfer | 21 January 2019 |
| 53 | DF | Hamza Adnan | Al-Zawraa | Free transfer | 24 January 2019 |
| 25 | MF | Omar Jabbar | Al-Zawraa | Free transfer | 24 January 2019 |
| 33 | DF | Nuru Sulley | Alanyaspor | Free transfer | 31 January 2019 |

### Out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | MF | Ahmed Mohsin Ashour | Al-Zawraa | Free transfer | 25 July 2018 |
| 8 | MF | Ali Husni | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Free transfer | 27 July 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Hamza Adnan | Al-Zawraa | Free transfer | 28 July 2018 |
| 25 | MF | Omar Jabbar | Al-Zawraa | Free transfer | 28 July 2018 |
| 11 | MF | Ahmed Jalil Hanoon | Al-Talaba | Free transfer | 3 August 2018 |
| 20 | GK | Saqr Ajail | Naft Al-Janoob | Free transfer | 9 August 2018 |
| 21 | DF | Herdi Siamand | Al-Naft | Free transfer | 11 August 2018 |
| 9 | MF | Mohammed Jaffal | Erbil | Free transfer | 23 August 2018 |
| 12 | FW | Ahmed Yasser | Al-Masry | End of loan | 20 September 2018 |
| 26 | DF | Ammar Kadhim | Amanat Baghdad | Free transfer | 20 September 2018 |
| 4 | MF | Osama Ali | Released | n/a | 20 September 2018 |
| 42 | FW | Mustafa Karim | Naft Al-Wasat | Free transfer | 23 September 2018 |
| 26 | DF | Ali Mohammed Kanoosh | Al-Bahri | Free transfer | 24 January 2019 |
| 18 | MF | Hussein Mohammed | Released | n/a | 24 January 2019 |
| 32 | DF | Jassim Mohammed | Released | n/a | 24 January 2019 |
| 33 | MF | Haider Ali | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | Free transfer | 30 January 2019 |
| 28 | FW | Edin Junuzović | Released | n/a | 22 March 2019 |
| 29 | DF | Goran Obradović | Released | n/a | 31 March 2019 |
| 24 | MF | Jawad Kadhim | Released | n/a | 18 May 2019 |

## Personnel
### Technical staff

Updated to match played 22 May 2019 Source: alghadpress.com

### Board members

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

## Club
### Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: GCPI
| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Away | Away alt. | Away alt. 2 |

## Stadium

During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a was demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2020. 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

## Iraqi Premier League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Naft Al-Junoob | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 42 | |
| 16 | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 41 | |
| 17 | Al-Minaa | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 40 | |
| 18 | Al-Samawa | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 33 | |
| 19 | Al-Bahri (R) | 38 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 66 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League |

### Summary table

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 July 2019. Source: Goalzz.com

### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad information

    As of 22 July 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Iraqi Premier League | Iraqi Premier League | Iraq FA Cup | Iraq FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Hussam Mahdi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Badie | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Ali Qasim | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRQ | Alaa Jawad | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Sadeq Sami | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CMR | Didier Talla | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul Wahed | 36 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Farhan | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Sultan Jassim | 27 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | IRQ | Hussam Malik | 33 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | IRQ | Aqeel Mahdi | 26 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Hatem | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Falah | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRQ | Haidar Sari | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Zamel | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Karrar Ibrahim | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Yassin Karim | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat | 25 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Omar Jabbar | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | IRQ | Hamza Talib | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GHA | Nuru Sulley | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | IRQ | Abdullah Mohsin | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | IRQ | Hameed Battal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | IRQ | Hamza Adnan | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | IRQ | Mustafa Hadi Ahmed | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | 18 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sold but featured this season ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | IRQ | Ali Majed | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Mohammed | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | IRQ | Jawad Kadhim | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IRQ | Ali Mohammed Kanoosh | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | CRO | Edin Junuzović | 16 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | SRB | Goran Obradović | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | IRQ | Jassim Mohammed | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | IRQ | Haider Ali | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Nationality | No. | Name | Iraqi Premier League | Iraq FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 99 | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | | 28 | Edin Junuzović | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | 10 | Hussam Malik | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Sultan Jassim | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | 4 | Alaa Jawad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 11 | Aqeel Mahdi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 12 | Mohammed Hatem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 77 | Mustafa Hadi Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | 7 | Hussein Abdul Wahed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 35 | Abdullah Mohsin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 53 | Hamza Adnan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 23 | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 34 | 3 | 37 |
Last updated: 22 July 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Nationality | Number | Name | Iraqi Premier League | Iraq FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 22 | Yassin Karim | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | | 20 | Karrar Ibrahim | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | 1 | Hussam Mahdi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Last updated: 22 July 2019

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opponent |
| 24 September 2018 | Hussam Malik | Al-Karkh |
| 16 November 2018 | Edin Junuzović | Amanat Baghdad |
| 1 June 2019 | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Naft Maysan |
| 15 June 2019 | Hussam Malik | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |

### Overall statistics

| | League | Cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 38 | 2 | 40 |
| Games won | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Games drawn | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Games lost | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Goals scored | 34 | 3 | 37 |
| Goals conceded | 42 | 6 | 48 |
| Goal difference | -8 | -3 | -11 |
| Clean sheets | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Goal by substitute | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Last updated: 22 July 2019