# 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 Umm al-Ma'arik 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
* Umm al-Ma'arik Championship
** Runners-up (1): 1998–99

### Continental

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

### Invitational

* Durand Cup (India)
** 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.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Waleed Attiya |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Samson Dare $^{FGN}$ |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Tariq |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Joel Tchofo $^{FGN}$ |
| 6 | DF | IRQ | Diyar Yakhy |
| 7 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Sabri |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Ammar Ghalib |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Hayder Hussein |
| 12 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Salim |
| — | FW | IRQ | Mazin Fayyadh |
| 16 | MF | IRQ | Ali Majid |
| 17 | FW | IRQ | Saif Eldin Dhaher |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BRA | Paulo Victor $^{FGN}$ |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Hayder Jamal |
| 23 | FW | CMR | Ramses Donfack $^{FGN}$ |
| 24 | MF | IRQ | Ridha Fadhil |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Sattar Yassin |
| 26 | DF | IRQ | Fadhel Kareem |
| 27 | FW | IRQ | Waleed Kareem |
| 31 | GK | IRQ | Ali Yaseen |
| 34 | MF | IRQ | Karrar Razzak |
| 35 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Khaled |
| 77 | MF | BFA | Sami Hien $^{FGN}$ |
| 99 | FW | IRQ | Hussam Jadallah |

### 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.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

Updated to match played 23 September 2021 Source: kooora.com

### Board members

Updated to match played 5 April 2012 Source: Ninanews.com

## Kit suppliers

| Period | Kit manufacturer |
| 2020– | Joma |

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