# 2020–21 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2020–21 season will be Al-Minaa's 45th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 47 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

After the good level that the team showed in last season under the leadership of Valeriu Tița, who made the team top the league table after four rounds without losing, and had it not been for the cancellation of the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team would have continued to make impressive performances, so the club management saw the need to renew the coach's contract and keep the players. Indeed, Tița's contract was renewed, and contracts renewed for most of the players of the previous season, also, good deals were added to the team, as the club signed the international player Emad Mohsin, the U-23 national team player, Abdul Abbas Ayad, and the U-20 national team player, Ali Shawqi. And the three foreign players were released, except for Abdoul Madjid Moumouni, who performed well, and three foreign professionals were signed, Senegalese Idrissa Niang, Ivorian Jean-Jacques Bougouhi, and Cameroonian Rostand Junior M'baï, as well as the Roman fitness coach Marius. It also appointed former player Rahim Bakr as a sports consultant within the technical staff. The league fixtures were released on 1 October, with Al-Minaa to kick off the new season home at Basra against Al-Hudood on 25 October.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Hamza Adnan (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Mohammed |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohsin Ashour |
| 6 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Badie |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Younis |
| 11 | DF | IRQ | Aqeel Mahdi |
| 12 | GK | IRQ | Yassin Karim |
| 16 | MF | IRQ | Ali Shawqi |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Rostand Junior M'baï |
| 18 | FW | IRQ | Salem Ahmed |
| 21 | GK | IRQ | Mujtaba Mohammed |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Hussam Mahdi |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Yahya |
| 28 | MF | NIG | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Al-Amir Ali |
| 31 | GK | IRQ | Murtadha Sami |
| 32 | DF | IRQ | Ali Qasim |
| 33 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Yas |
| 34 | MF | IRQ | Sajed Abbas Hashim |
| 35 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Khaled |
| 36 | FW | IRQ | Sajjad Saeed |
| 38 | MF | IRQ | Murtadha Shaker |
| 39 | MF | IRQ | Abdullah Wasfi |
| 40 | GK | IRQ | Hussein Saleh Mahdi |
| 55 | MF | IRQ | Saif Jassim |
| 77 | MF | IRQ | Sadeq Sami |
| 92 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Niang |
| 99 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Shokan |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 27 July 2020 | DM | Abdul Abbas Ayad | Al-Naft | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2020 | CF | Emad Mohsin | Al-Hilal | Free transfer |
| 18 September 2020 | AM | Ali Shawqi | Al-Bahri | Free transfer |
| 19 September 2020 | GK | Murtadha Sami | Youth system | n/a |
| 1 October 2020 | DM | Idrissa Niang | Nejmeh | Free transfer |
| 6 October 2020 | CF | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | Ararat-Armenia | Free transfer |
| 7 October 2020 | CF | Rostand Junior M'baï | Ittihad Tanger | Free transfer |
| 12 October 2020 | CF | Sajjad Saeed | Youth system | n/a |
| 4 February 2021 | LW | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | Al-Zawraa | Free transfer |
| 5 February 2021 | CF | Murtaja Adel Nasser | Naft Maysan | Free transfer |
| 16 February 2021 | RB | Karrar Al-Amir Ali | Al-Bahri | Free transfer |
| 16 February 2021 | CF | Mohammed Shokan | Al-Shorta | Free transfer |
| 18 February 2021 | CB | Karrar Mohammed | Amanat Baghdad | Free transfer |
| 28 February 2021 | GK | Hussein Salih Mahdi | Youth system | n/a |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June 2020 | CB | Kassem El Zein | Nejmeh | End of Loan |
| 13 September 2020 | RW | Ahmed Zamel | Naft Al-Basra | Free transfer |
| 13 September 2020 | LW | Ahmed Farhan | Naft Al-Basra | Free transfer |
| 1 October 2020 | CF | Stephen Sarfo | Berekum Chelsea | Free transfer |
| 7 October 2020 | CF | Ely Cheikh Voulany | Wej | Free transfer |
| 2 November 2020 | CF | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | Unattached | Released |
| 2 January 2021 | CF | Emad Mohsin | Naft Al-Wasat | Free transfer |
| 4 February 2021 | DM | Abdul Abbas Ayad | Naft Al-Wasat | Free transfer |
| 9 June 2021 | RB | Hussein Falah | Unattached | Released |
| 9 June 2021 | CF | Murtaja Adel Nasser | Unattached | Released |
| 9 June 2021 | RW | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | Unattached | Released |
| 9 June 2021 | SS | Hossam Malik | Unattached | Released |

## Personnel
### Technical staff

Updated to match played 10 April 2021 Source: sportnow-iq.net

### Board members

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 March 2021. 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  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 25 October 2020 | 18 July 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 031.58 |
| FA Cup | 18 November 2020 | 4 June 2021 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 034.15 |
Last updated: 18 July 2021 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Al-Naft | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 53 |
| 7 | Amanat Baghdad | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 50 |
| 8 | Al-Minaa | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 49 |
| 9 | Zakho | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 46 |
| 10 | Al-Karkh | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 45 |

#### Summary table

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 July 2021. 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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 11 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
### FA Cup
## Squad statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Hussein Younis | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | | Rostand Junior M'baï | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Hossam Malik | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 55 | MF | | Saif Jassim | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Hamza Adnan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 99 | FW | | Mohammed Shokan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | FW | | Salem Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 33 | MF | | Abbas Yas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | MF | | Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Emad Mohsin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 13 | MF | | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 35 | DF | | Ahmed Khaled | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Karrar Mohammed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Murtaja Adel Nasser | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | MF | | Abdoul Magid Moumouni | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 45 | 2 | 47 |
Last updated: 18 July 2021

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opponent |
| 23 December 2020 | Hossam Malik | Erbil |
| 7 January 2021 | Saif Jassim | Zakho |
| 21 January 2021 | Saif Jassim | Al-Qasim |
| 5 March 2021 | Mohammed Shokan | Al-Kahrabaa |
| 11 March 2021 | Mohammed Shokan | Naft Al-Basra |
| 16 May 2021 | Hossam Malik | Al-Shorta |
| 21 June 2021 | Saif Jassim | Zakho |
| 21 June 2021 | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | Zakho |
| 4 July 2021 | Saif Jassim | Al-Talaba |

## Overall statistics

| | League | Cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 38 | 3 | 40 |
| Games won | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Games drawn | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Games lost | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Goals scored | 45 | 2 | 47 |
| Goals conceded | 44 | 2 | 46 |
| Goal difference | +1 | 0 | +1 |
| Clean sheets | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Yellow Cards | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Red Cards | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Last updated: 18 July 2021