# 2015–16 Al-Talaba SC season

The 2015–16 season was Al-Talaba Sports Club's 41st consecutive season in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 5th of Group 2 in the previous season, and having withdrawn from the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Talaba only competed in the Iraqi Premier League.
In the first stage of the league, Al-Talaba were inconsistent in their results, finishing in 4th place of the Group 1 table at 27 points with seven wins, six draws, four losses and a goal difference of +6. In the second stage, Al-Talaba lost their first match against Al-Shorta and before clinching a win against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. After drawing with the league leaders, Al-Zawra'a and the defending champions, Naft Al-Wasat, they won against Al-Mina'a which could have led them from 3rd to 2nd before drawing the next match with Al-Naft. They won their last match against Baghdad to remain in their position of 3rd in the league after three wins, three draws, a loss, at 12 points.

## Kit

| Period | Supplier |
| September 2015 – February 2016 | Nike |
| February 2016 – April 2016 | Nike |
| April 2016 | Record Sport |
| April 2016 – May 2016 | Record Sport, Nike |

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2016
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 | Saif Jameel |
| 2 | DF | SYR | Saad Hassan |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Saad Jassim |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Abdul-Zahra (3rd captain) |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Muthana Khalid |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Mtashar |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Sajjad Jassim |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Mustafa Al-Ameen |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Younis Mahmoud (captain) |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Abdul-Qadir Tariq |
| 11 | FW | IRQ | Amjad Abbas |
| 12 | GK | IRQ | Ali Abd Laftah |
| 13 | MF | SYR | Thaer Kroma |
| 14 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Ayyad |
| 15 | MF | IRQ | Yousif Nabeel |
| 16 | FW | IRQ | Yassir Abdul-Mohsen |
| 17 | MF | IRQ | Ihab Kadhim |
| 18 | MF | IRQ | Mahdi Karim (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | IRQ | Mustafa Ali Nima |
| 20 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Ali Hussein |
| 21 | FW | IRQ | Alaa Muhaisin |
| 22 | MF | IRQ | Samer Saeed |
| 23 | GK | IRQ | Muhannad Jabbar |
| 24 | MF | IRQ | Muthana Khalid |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Aqeel Abbas Jabur |
| 26 | DF | IRQ | Hassan Abbas |
| 27 | FW | IRQ | Karrar Ali Dodah |
| 28 | DF | IRQ | Haider Ali Abid |
| 31 | FW | SYR | Abdul-Latif Salqini |
| 32 | DF | IRQ | Ali Hussein Ali |
| 33 | DF | SYR | Moayad Al-Khouli |
| 34 | DF | IRQ | Haider Ali Kadhim |
| 35 | GK | IRQ | Ali Abdul-Muhsin |
| 37 | MF | IRQ | Mustafa Mohammed |
| 38 | FW | GHA | James Abban |
| 39 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Nadhim |

#### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | IRQ | Ali Rasheed (at Al-Karkh until 30 June 2016) |

### Players In

| N | Date | Pos | Player | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| 20 | 12 July 2015 | MF | Ahmed Ali Hussein | Al-Hedood | Transfer | Summer |
| 28 | 12 July 2015 | DF | Haider Ali Abid | Al-Karkh | Transfer | Summer |
| 11 | 14 July 2015 | FW | Amjad Abbas | Ahli Sidab | Transfer | Summer |
| 7 | 26 July 2015 | MF | Sajjad Jassim | Najaf | Transfer | Summer |
| 10 | 29 July 2015 | FW | Abdul-Qadir Tariq | Al-Karkh | Transfer | Summer |
| 34 | 29 July 2015 | DF | Haider Ali Kadhim | Zakho | Transfer | Summer |
| 16 | 30 July 2015 | FW | Yassir Abdul-Mohsen | Zakho | Transfer | Summer |
| 18 | 1 August 2015 | DF | Mahdi Karim | Al-Shorta | Transfer | Summer |
| 8 | 1 August 2015 | MF | Mustafa Al-Ameen | Naft Maysan | Transfer | Summer |
| 27 | 1 August 2015 | FW | Karrar Ali Dodah | Sulaymaniyah | Transfer | Summer |
| 4 | 12 August 2015 | DF | Mohammed Abdul-Zahra | Al-Sinaa | Transfer | Summer |
| 3 | 12 August 2015 | DF | Saad Jassim | Zakho | Transfer | Summer |
| 1 | 12 August 2015 | GK | Saif Jameel | Al-Shorta | Transfer | Summer |
| 17 | 12 August 2015 | MF | Ihab Kadhim | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Transfer | Summer |
| 15 | 16 August 2015 | MF | Yousif Nabeel | Al-Kahraba | Transfer | Summer |
| 13 | 6 September 2015 | MF | Thaer Kroma | Al-Wahda | Transfer | Summer |
| 31 | 6 September 2015 | FW | Abdul-Latif Salqini | Al-Jaish | Transfer | Summer |
| 33 | 6 September 2015 | DF | Moayad Al-Khouli | Al-Jaish | Transfer | Summer |
| 9 | 18 September 2015 | FW | Younis Mahmoud | Unattached | Free | Mid-season |
| 22 | 16 November 2015 | MF | Samer Saeed | Al-Karkh | Transfer | Mid-season |
| 37 | 30 November 2015 | MF | Mustafa Mohammed | Al-Shorta | Transfer | Mid-season |
| 38 | 12 December 2015 | FW | James Abban | Aduana Stars | Transfer | Mid-season |
| 39 | 7 January 2016 | DF | Ahmed Nadhim | Naft Al-Janoob | Transfer | Winter |
| 5 | 12 January 2016 | MF | Muthana Khalid | Baghdad | Transfer | Winter |
| 2 | 31 January 2016 | DF | Saad Hassan | Al-Jaish | Transfer | Winter |

### Players Out

| Date | Pos | Player | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Nozad Abdul-Hameed | Al-Karkh | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | FW | Sayyid Arafat | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Mohammed Saeed | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Karrar Salih | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Sadiq Abbas | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Yousif Dhaidan | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Ali Faez Qasim | Naft Maysan | Transfer | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | FW | Ali Rasheed | Al-Karkh | Loan | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Adnan Atiya | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Mohammed Abdul-Zahra | Al-Sinaa | Transfer | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Adnan Atiya | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | GC | Badir Shakir | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Thamir Fouad | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Salah Hilal | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Hassan Attwan | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Al-Habib Mohammed | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Mohammed Ali Karim | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | MF | Wisam Zaki | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 15 July 2015 | AM | Ahmed Kadhim Assad | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 16 July 2015 | FW | Ali Salah Hashim | Zakho | Transfer | Summer |
| 21 July 2015 | MF | Salih Sadir | Naft Al-Wasat | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 July 2015 | AM | Nawaf Slall | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | Mustafa Hussein | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 22 July 2015 | DF | Majeed Hameed | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 23 July 2015 | DF | Waleed Bahar | Al-Naft | Transfer | Summer |
| 23 July 2015 | DF | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat | Naft Al-Janoob | Transfer | Summer |
| 26 July 2015 | MF | Mustafa Jalal | Wadi Degla | Transfer | Summer |
| 26 July 2015 | MF | Ahmed Jabbar | Al-Mina'a | Transfer | Summer |
| 12 August 2015 | GK | Muhannad Qassim | Baghdad | Transfer | Summer |
| 12 August 2015 | DF | Ahmed Khalid | Unattached | End of contract | Summer |
| 12 August 2015 | DF | Ahmed Essa | Al-Zawra'a | Transfer | Summer |
| 5 December 2015 | MF | Osama Ali | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Transfer | Winter |

## Technical staff

As of 7 June 2015
| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Ayoub Odisho |
| Assistant coach | Hassan Turki |
| Assistant coach | Kareem Salman |
| Assistant coach | Sadiq Saadoun |
| Goalkeeping coach | Hisham Ali |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Iraqi Premier League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Abdul-Qadir Tariq | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Younis Mahmoud | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 16 | Yassir Abdul-Mohsen | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 38 | James Abban | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 13 | Thaer Kroma | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 31 | Abdul-Latif Salqini | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | 27 | Karrar Ali Dodah | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Mustafa Al-Ameen | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 22 | Samer Saeed | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 4 | Mohammed Abdul-Zahra | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 18 | Mahdi Karim | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 2 | Saad Hassan | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 39 | Ahmed Nadhim | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 28 |

### Captains

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Starts |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Younis Mahmoud | 13 |
| 2 | DF | 18 | Mahdi Karim | 6 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Mohammed Abdul-Zahra | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 |

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opponent | Result |
| 21 October 2015 | Abdul-Qadir Tariq | Al-Karkh | Y |
| 28 February 2016 | Mahdi Karim | Samawa | Y |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Iraqi Premier League | 14 September 2015 | 21 May 2016 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 041.67 |

### Iraqi Premier League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Naft Al-Wasat | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 35 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 3 | Al-Naft | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 32 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 27 | Qualified to Elite Stage |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Al-Kahrabaa | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 16 | |

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | – | D | W | D | W | L |

##### Matches

Last updated: 3 March 2016 Source: Kooora

#### Final stage
##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ground | N | N | N | A | H | N | N |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | D | W |

##### Matches

Last updated: 21 May 2016 Source: Kooora