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Iraqi football club
Football club
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.
[1] In the
1985 season the team played in the
Iraqi Premier League for the first time, and finished in the penultimate position that season,
[2] 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,
[3] the
Durand Cup in 1996,
[4] the
Umm al-Ma'arik Championship in
1998 ,
[5] and the
Iraqi Premier League in
2017 ,
[6] and qualified to play in the
Arab Club Champions Cup .
[7] 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,
[8] but then lost to the
Saudi club:
Al-Hilal , and left the tournament.
[9]
Honours
Domestic
Continental
Invitational
Current squad
First-team squad
As of 30 May 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Personnel
Current technical staff
Position
Name
Nationality
Manager:
Basim Qasim
Assistant manager:
Mohammed Jasim
Goalkeeping coach:
Ghanim Ibrahim
Fitness coach:
Nasir Abdul-Ameer
Director of football:
Mushtak Kadhim
U-19 Manager:
Salam Touma
Updated to match played 23 September 2021 Source:
kooora.com
Board members
Position
Name
Nationality
President:
Moatasem Akram Hassan
Vice-president:
Kadhim Mohammed Sultan
Member of the Board:
Falah Abdul Zahra
Member of the Board:
Mohammad Jaber Hassan
Member of the Board:
Jalil Farhan
Member of the Board:
Shaker Abboud
Member of the Board:
Adel Hussein
Member of the Board:
Falah Khashan
Member of the Board:
Rana Abdul Rahman
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:
[11]
References
External links
Seasons
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Clubs
Competition Statistics and awards Associated competitions