During the 1950s, the club began to earn a reputation for producing young footballing talent such as Khoshaba Lawo, who was spotted by national coach Ismail Mohammed and later transferred him to one of the best teams in Iraq at the time Al-Maslaha and in 1957. Khoshaba made his international debut at the 1957 Pan Arab Games in Beirut at the tender age of 17, the youngest player at the Games. Other players quickly followed such as Gorgis Ismail, Albert Khoshaba and Gilbert Sami.