# Naft Al-Basra SC

Naft Al-Basra SC (Arabic: نادي نفط البصرة الرياضي, lit. 'Basra Oil Sports Club') is a professional football club based in Al-Tamimia District, Basra, Iraq, that plays in Iraq Stars League. The club was formerly known as Naft Al-Junoob (1979–1990; 2003–2020) and Al-Rumaila (1990–2003), and have been called Naft Al-Basra since 2020.

## History
### Name changes

The club was founded on 27 November 1979 as "Naft Al-Junoob", before changing to the name "Al-Rumaila" on 6 March 1990, and returned to the name "Naft Al-Junoob" on 20 April 2003, the club played in Iraqi Premier League at the 2004–05 season for the first time.
On October 23, 2020, the club's management, which was elected a few days prior, decided to change the name of the club from "Naft Al-Junoob" to "Naft Al-Basra" and officially announced this, as they changed the logo.

## Rivalries

Naft Al-Basra contest the Basra Derby with Al-Mina'a. Since 2005, there have been 29 competitive Basra Derbies. Al-Mina'a hold the precedence in these matches, with 10 victories to Naft Al-Basra's 7; there have been 12 draws. The most decisive result in an Al-Mina'a–Naft Al-Basra game is Al-Mina'a's 4–1 victory at Al Mina'a Stadium, their home ground, on March 11, 2005. There have been two incidences of 3–1, Al-Minaa have been won in both matches; home in December 2005, and away in January 2006. The competition saw 54 goals scored, 30 for Al-Mina'a and 24 for Naft Al-Basra; the individual player who scored the most goals was Al-Mina'a player Ihsan Hadi and Naft Al-Basra player Bassim Ali, each scored four goals. And there are five players who scored for both teams, they are Alaa Aasi, Nasser Talla Dahilan, Ahmed Hassan, Sajjad Abdul Kadhim and Hussam Malik.

## Current squad
### First-team squad

    As of 20 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 | Abbas Ahmed |
| 2 | DF | TOG | Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui $^{FGN}$ |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Jassim Faisal |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Saeed |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Sajjad Saeed |
| 10 | MF | IRQ | Hussam Malek |
| 12 | GK | IRQ | Ahmed Shakir |
| 14 | MF | IRQ | Mustafa Hadi |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Falah |
| 15 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Fadhel |
| 16 | DF | IRQ | Kadhem Abdulkareem |
| 18 | DF | IRQ | Sabah Auad |
| 18 | DF | CIV | Hamed Touré $^{FGN}$ |
| 19 | MF | IRQ | Ali Al-Sajjad |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Hussam Mahdi |
| 23 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Rubat |
| 24 | DF | IRQ | Wael Abdulhussein |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Joseph Onoja $^{FGN}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Sadeq Zamel |
| 28 | FW | TOG | Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro $^{FGN}$ |
| 30 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Jumaa |
| 33 | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Abduljalil |
| 38 | FW | CIV | Paved Job Atton $^{FGN}$ |
| 52 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Badeea |
| 60 | MF | IRQ | Murtadha Majid |
| 61 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Saeed |
| 88 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Salah |
| 88 | FW | IRQ | Ali Khalil |
| 99 | MF | IRQ | Hayder Ahmed |
| — | GK | IRQ | Mujtaba Mohammed |
| — | DF | BRA | Sergio Raphael $^{FGN}$ |
| — | DF | BRA | Romeu Martins $^{FGN}$ |
| — | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Moayed |
| — | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Jalal |
| — | FW | IRQ | Alaa Mohaisen |
| — | FW | IRQ | Mahmoud Ahmed |

### 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 29 July 2019 Source: almirbad.com

### Board members

Updated to match played 15 October 2020 Source: Alforatnews.com

## Managerial history

* Hassan Muwla (2004–2005)
* Abdul Karim Jassim (2005–2006)
* Abdul Razzaq Ahmed (2006–2007)
* Aqeel Hato (2007–2009)
* Asaad Abdul Razzaq (2009–2010)
* Abdul Karim Jassim (2010–2011)
* Hameed Salman (2011–2012)
* Adel Nasser (2012–2014)
* Emad Aoda (2014–2015)
* Hassan Muwla (2015–2016)
* Ali Wahab (2016–2017)
* Adel Nasser (2017–2019)
* Ammar Hussein (2019–2021)
* Salim Nayrouz (2021)
* Emad Aoda (2021–)

## Records
### All-time top goalscorers

    As of 16 July 2019
| # | Name | Career | Goals |
| 1 | Bassim Ali | 2008–2019 | 54 |
| 2 | Ali Jawad Ismail | 2009–2012 | 34 |
| 3 | Wesam Malik | 2008–2019 | 22 |
| 4 | Amer Sahib | 2010–2015 | 16 |
| 5 | Hossam Malik | 2010–2016 | 15 |
| 6 | Faisal Kadhim | 2013–2019 | 13 |
| 6 | Nasser Talla Dahilan | 2007–2010 | 13 |
| 6 | Nawaf Falah | 2008–2015 | 13 |
| 9 | Murtaja Adel Nasser | 2017–2019 | 10 |
| 10 | Ahmed Hassan Shanshool | 2008–2011 | 9 |
| 10 | Ali Aoda | 2013–2016 | 9 |
    Players in bold are still available for selection.

## Honours

* Oil Minister's Cup
** Winners (1): 2010
* Thaghr al-Iraq Championship
** Runners-up (1): 2009

## Other games
### Handball

The Naft Al-Basra handball team won the Iraqi Handball League title at 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. The team also participated in Asian Club League Handball Championship and Arab Handball Championship of Champions as a representative of Iraq.