# 2016–17 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2016–17 season will be Al-Minaa's 41st season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 43 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 sixth place in the league in the 2015–16 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 | Hameed Battal |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Badie |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Hamza Adnan |
| 4 | MF | IRQ | Yasser Ammar |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohsin Ashour |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Hussam Malik |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul Wahed |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Ammar Abdul Hussein (captain) |
| 10 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Hosni |
| 14 | MF | IRQ | Ali Qasim |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Falah |
| 16 | DF | IRQ | Nadeem Karim |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | IRQ | Haidar Sari |
| 18 | FW | IRQ | Hussam Ibrahim |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Akwetey Mensah |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Karrar Ibrahim |
| 21 | DF | IRQ | Herdi Siamand |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Yassin Karim |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat |
| 24 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohsin Jaber |
| 27 | MF | IRQ | Hamza Taleb |
| 28 | MF | IRQ | Ibrahim Kamil |
| 30 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Jalil Hanoon |
| 35 | DF | IRQ | Abdullah Mohsin |
| 40 | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Nadhim |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| June 2016 | MF | Hussam Malik | Naft Al-Janoob | – |
| June 2016 | MF | Hussein Abdul Wahed | Zakho | – |
| June 2016 | MF | Safaa Hadi | Amanat Baghdad | – |
| June 2016 | MF | Mustafa Hussein | Al-Sinaa | – |
| June 2016 | DF | Herdi Siamand | Erbil | – |
| July 2016 | MF | Yasser Ammar | Al-Sinaa | – |
| July 2016 | DF | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat | Naft Al-Janoob | – |
| July 2016 | DF | Abbas Badie | Youth system | – |
| July 2016 | MF | Ahmed Jalil Hanoon | Naft Al-Janoob | – |
| August 2016 | GK | Yassin Karim | Sulaymaniyah | – |
| August 2016 | MF | Ahmed Mohsin Jaber | Amanat Baghdad | – |
| August 2016 | MF | Akwetey Mensah | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | – |
| August 2016 | FW | David Rugamas | Metapán | Loan |
| August 2016 | MF | Ali Hosni | Free agent | – |
| August 2016 | DF | Ali Mohammed Alialah | Amanat Baghdad | – |
| August 2016 | MF | Ibrahim Kamil | Salalah | – |
| August 2016 | FW | Ricardinho | Santa Tecla | Loan |
| January 2017 | MF | Hussein Hosni | Naft Al-Janoob | – |
| January 2017 | MF | Hamza Taleb | Al-Samawa | – |
| January 2017 | GK | Noor Sabri | Al-Shorta | – |
| January 2017 | FW | Hussam Ibrahim | Al-Kahraba | – |
| January 2017 | DF | Nadeem Karim | Erbil | – |
| January 2017 | DF | Mustafa Nadhim | Naft Al-Wasat | – |
| January 2017 | FW | Ahmed Yasser | Al-Masry | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| June 2016 | MF | Abdul Hadi Zaqlam | End of contract | – |
| June 2016 | FW | Ali Al-Shareef | End of contract | – |
| June 2016 | FW | Gleisson Freire | End of contract | – |
| June 2016 | MF | Ali Hosni | Çaykur Rizespor | – |
| June 2016 | FW | Ziyad Ahmed | Naft Al-Wasat | – |
| June 2016 | MF | Ahmed Jabbar | Naft Al-Wasat | – |
| June 2016 | GK | Saqr Ajail | Amanat Baghdad | – |
| June 2016 | GK | Medhat Abdul Hussein | Al-Bahri | – |
| June 2016 | MF | Ahmad Abbas Hattab | Naft Al-Janoob | – |
| June 2016 | MF | Jawad Kadhim | Al-Shorta | – |
| July 2016 | DF | Ali Bahjat | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | – |
| July 2016 | MF | Faisal Jassim | Al-Shorta | – |
| July 2016 | DF | Omar Midani | Al-Wahda | – |
| September 2016 | DF | Saad Attiya | Zakho | – |
| November 2016 | FW | David Rugamas | Released | – |
| November 2016 | FW | Ricardinho | Released | – |
| December 2016 | DF | Ali Mohammed Alialah | Released | – |
| December 2016 | MF | Mustafa Hussein | Released | – |
| December 2016 | MF | Safaa Hadi | Released | – |
| January 2017 | MF | Ali Hosni | Al-Arabi | Loan |
| June 2017 | GK | Noor Sabri | Released | – |
| August 2017 | FW | Ahmed Yasser | Al-Masry | End of loan |
Updated to match played August 2017 Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Coach | Ghazi Fahad |
| Assistant coach | Munir Jaber |
| Goalkeeping coach | Amer Abdul Wahab |
| Administrative director | Mohammed Nasser Shakroun |
| Club doctor | Faris Abdullah |
| Doctor's assistant | Fouad Mahdi |
Updated to match played 24 April 2017 Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

## Board members

| President | Abdul Razzaq Ahmed |
| Secretary | Haider Oufi Ahmed |
| Treasurer | Hassan Mawla |
| Board of Directors Member | Abdul Mahdi Hadi |
| Board of Directors Member | Wasfi Ghazi Hussein |
| Board of Directors Member | Adnan Mohsin Bader |
| Board of Directors Member | Salem Hameed Mhawis |
Updated to match played 5 February 2017 Source: Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south

## Kit

| Period | Supplier | Sponsor |
| September 2016 – October 2016 | Uhlsport | — |
| October 2016 – May 2017 | Adidas | Fuchs Petrolub |
| May 2017 – | Nike | Fuchs Petrolub |

## Stadium

During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2018. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.

## Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Iraqi Premier 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: 10 August 2017. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Iraq FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Squad information

    As of 20 August 2017
| 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 |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Hamza Adnan | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRQ | Yasser Ammar | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohsin Ashour | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Hussam Malik | 35 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul Wahed | 35 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Ammar Abdul Hussein | 37 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | 33 | 14 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | EGY | Ahmed Yasser | 15 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | IRQ | Ali Qasim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Falah | 34 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRQ | Nadeem Karim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRQ | Haidar Sari | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRQ | Hussam Ibrahim | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Akwetey Mensah | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Karrar Ibrahim | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | IRQ | Herdi Siamand | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Yassin Karim | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohsin Jaber | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | IRQ | Noor Sabri | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IRQ | Ibrahim Kamil | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Jalil Hanoon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | IRQ | Abdullah Mohsin | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Nadhim | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players out on loan for rest of the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Ali Hosni | 18 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Pos. | Nationality | No. | Name | Iraqi Premier League | Iraq FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 10 | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | | 6 | Hussam Malik | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 12 | Ahmed Yasser | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 8 | Ali Hosni | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 9 | Ammar Abdul Hussein | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 7 | Hussein Abdul Wahed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 18 | Hussam Ibrahim | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 19 | Akwetey Mensah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 24 | Ahmed Mohsin Jaber | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 5 | Ahmed Mohsin Ashour | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 3 | Hamza Adnan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 40 | 5 | 45 |
Last updated: 20 August 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Nationality | Number | Name | Iraqi Premier League | Iraq FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 22 | Yassin Karim | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | | 25 | Noor Sabri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | | 20 | Karrar Ibrahim | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 19 | 1 | 20 |
Last updated: 14 August 2017

### Penalties

| Date | Name | Opponent |
| 15 September 2016 | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Al-Hussein |
| 25 November 2016 | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Zakho |
| 17 January 2017 | Ali Hosni | Al-Talaba |
| 24 February 2017 | Hussam Malik | Al-Hussein |
| 30 March 2017 | Ahmed Yasser | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya |
| 30 March 2017 | Ahmed Yasser | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya |
| 3 April 2017 | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Al-Karkh |

### Overall statistics

| | League | Cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 36 | 3 | 39 |
| Games won | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| Games drawn | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Games lost | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Goals scored | 40 | 5 | 45 |
| Goals conceded | 24 | 2 | 26 |
| Goal difference | +16 | +3 | +19 |
| Clean sheets | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| Goal by Substitute | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 36 | 4 | 40 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 August 2017

## Sources

* FIFA.COM
* Iraqi League 2015/2016
* Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News