Iraqi football club
Football club
Naft Missan![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/00/Naft_Maysan_FC_logo.png/175px-Naft_Maysan_FC_logo.png) |
Full name | Naft Missan Sports Club |
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Nickname(s) | Fursan Al Mamlaka (Kingdom Knights) |
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Founded | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
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Ground | Maysan Olympic Stadium |
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Capacity | 25,000 |
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Chairman | Ahmed Salem |
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Manager | Uday Ismail |
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League | Iraq Stars League |
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2023–24 | Iraq Stars League, 10th of 20 |
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Website | Club website |
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Naft Maysan SC (also known as Naft Missan) (Arabic: نادي نفط ميسان, lit. 'Maysan's Oil') is an Iraqi professional football club based in Amarah, Maysan that competes in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of football in Iraq.
History
Naft Maysan Sports Club was founded in 2003 by the Ministry of Oil.[1] In 2009–10 season, the club was playing in the Iraqi Premier League[2] until it relegated to Iraqi First Division League in the 2011 season. But the team returned to play in the Iraqi Premier League after winning the runner-up in the 2012–13 Iraqi First Division League[3] where it remains.
Oil Minister's Cup
In addition to the club's participation in the Iraqi Premier League and Iraq FA Cup, the club participates in Oil Minister's Cup championship with the clubs belonging to the Ministry of Oil periodically.[4]
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.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | 1 | GK | IRQ | Hassan Najem | 3 | DF | IRQ | Sajjad Mohammed Mahdi | 6 | DF | IRQ | Jafar Gatea | 7 | MF | IRQ | Jafar Nasser | 8 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohammed | 9 | FW | SYR | Alaa Al-Dali | 10 | MF | IRQ | Alaa Saad | 11 | MF | IRQ | Ali Lateef | 12 | GK | IRQ | Mahdi Hashim | 13 | FW | IRQ | Hayder Abdulraheem | 14 | MF | IRQ | Haider Mohsin | 15 | MF | IRQ | Wissam Saadoun | 16 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Kadhim | 17 | DF | IRQ | Ali Hussein | 18 | MF | IRQ | Abbas Fadhel | 19 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Ali | 20 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Amer | | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | 21 | MF | IRQ | Obaida Kadhim | 22 | GK | IRQ | Hassan Najim | 23 | MF | IRQ | Sajjad Jabbar | 24 | DF | CIV | Soualio Dabilo Ouattara | 25 | DF | IRQ | Hussein Mutar | 26 | DF | IRQ | Ammar Kadhim | 27 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Saeed | 28 | MF | BFA | Maarouf Yussuf | 29 | MF | CMR | Regis Baha | 31 | MF | IRQ | Akram Raheem | 33 | FW | NGA | Okiki Afolabi | 35 | FW | NGA | Kingsley Fidelis Kuku | 36 | MF | IRQ | Salam Mohammed | 40 | GK | IRQ | Mustafa Zohair | 41 | GK | IRQ | Amjad Raheem | 44 | DF | YEM | Rami Al-Wasmani | 70 | FW | IRQ | Ali Sabeeh | 88 | FW | NGA | Benjamin Okoronkwo | |
Youth team squad
- As of 9 May 2023
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 | | IRQ | Mustafa Arif | 2 | | IRQ | Baqer Qasim | 3 | | IRQ | Moammel Saadoun | 4 | | IRQ | Abu Al-Hassan Al-Kareem | 5 | | IRQ | Nasrullah Ahmed | 6 | | IRQ | Nour Aldin Qasim | 7 | | IRQ | Hamza Mahdi | 8 | | IRQ | Hayder Sadiq | 9 | | IRQ | Fiqar Abid | 11 | | IRQ | Hassan Hussein | 12 | | IRQ | Ali Abdul-Kareem | 13 | | IRQ | Muqtada Kamel | 14 | | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar | 15 | | IRQ | Ahmed Uday | 16 | | IRQ | Ali Salman | 17 | | IRQ | Muqtada Saad | | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | 18 | | IRQ | Muntadher Maytham | 19 | | IRQ | Muqtada Hamdan | 20 | | IRQ | Hussein Kadhim | 21 | | IRQ | Sajjad Jumaa | 22 | | IRQ | Sajjad Sabeeh | 23 | | IRQ | Mohammed Qasim Gatea | 24 | | IRQ | Moammel Hassan | 25 | | IRQ | Muntadher Kheraal | 26 | | IRQ | Abdul-Muttalib Ahmed | 27 | | IRQ | Yousif Ahmed | 28 | | IRQ | Hayder Ali | 29 | | IRQ | Mustafa Adel | 31 | | IRQ | Hussein Saeed | 32 | | IRQ | Moammel Fadhil | 33 | | IRQ | Abbas Fadhil | 34 | | IRQ | Muqtada Faisal | 36 | | IRQ | Jaafer Ghazi | |
Current technical staff
Position | Name | Nationality |
Manager: | Uday Ismail | |
Assistant manager: | Shafiq Jabal | |
Assistant manager: | Ashraf ben Razzaq | |
Goalkeeping coach: | Ahmed Abdul Ridha | |
Director of football: | Hamid Kareem | |
Administrative director: | Ali Dawoud | |
Team analyst: | Ramadan Al-Zubaidy | |
Club doctor: | Aboud Hameed | |
U-16 Manager: | Sattar Shet | |
Updated to match played 9 July 2022
Source: kooora.com
Managerial history
Ahmed Salim (2009–2010)
Ahmed Daham (2010–2011)
Hussein Afash (2013)
Sabah Abdul Jalil (2013–2014)
Asaad Abdul Razzaq (2014–2014)
Hassan Ahmed (2014–2015)
Abbas Obeid (2015-2015)
Ahmed Daham (2015–2016)
Uday Ismail (2016–2018)
Ahmed Daham (2018–2020)
Razzaq Farhan (2020–2021)
Uday Ismail (2021–2021)
Thair Jassam (2021–2021)
Asaad Abdul Razzaq (2021–2022)
Ahmed Khalaf (2022)
Uday Ismail (2022–)
Records
Statistics
The season-by-season performance of the club over the recent years:
1 The league was not completed and was cancelled.
2 Naft Maysan had not yet been eliminated from the cup but it was abandoned midway through.
All-time top goalscorers
- As of 16 July 2019
# | Nat. | Name | Career | Goals |
1 | | Wissam Saadoun | 2009–2019 | 48 |
2 | | Ahmed Saeed | 2015–2019 | 19 |
3 | | Karrar Ali | 2016–2019 | 12 |
4 | | Hassan Hamoud | 2009–2019 | 11 |
| Thamir Barghash | 2013–2019 |
5 | | Ali Abed Thyab | 2009–2011 | 10 |
6 | | Khodor Salame | 2013–2015 | 9 |
7 | | Mohammed Zamil | 2009–2019 | 8 |
- Players in bold are still available for selection.
References
- ^ "Interview with chairman of Naft Maysan Club". alnoor.se (in Arabic). April 26, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ "42 clubs will play in Iraqi Premier League". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). August 11, 2009. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ "Naft Maysan returned to play in the Iraqi Premier League". adwaa-nasiriyah.com (in Arabic). October 7, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ^ "Naft Maysan play in the Oil Minister's Cup". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). July 11, 2010.
External links
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