The 2015–16 season was Al-Minaa's 40th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 42 editions of the competition except two.
Squad
Players Data
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Since Goalkeepers12Medhat Abdul HusseinGK Naft Al-Janoob August 2015 0 020Karrar Ibrahim GK Youth system September 2009 90 122Saqr AjailGK Amanat Baghdad July 2015 2 0 Defenders2Saad Attiya CBAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya December 2014 24 03Hamza AdnanLBYouth system September 2012 42 1 4 Omar Midani CB/LB Al-Wahda August 2014 23 1 6Ali BahjatCBAl-Shorta December 2015 0 015Hussein FalahRBDuhok February 2014 23 017Haidar SariLB/AM Youth system September 2012 21 124Faisal JassimRBAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya August 2015 7 035Abdullah MohsinCBYouth system September 2012 26 0 Midfielders5Ahmed Mohsin Ashour CMYouth system September 2012 29 38Ali HosniLW/RWYouth system September 2012 67 129Ammar Abdul HusseinLWAl-Shorta July 2015 87 910Mohammed Jabbar ShokanCAM/LW/RWAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya September 2013 96 1211Jawad KadhimRWAl-Naft August 2015 4 014Ali QasimCM/DMYouth systemNovember 2013 36 021Ahmad Abbas HattabCM/DMAl-Shorta December 2015 0 025Ahmed JabbarDMAl-Talaba July 2015 6 028Abdul Hadi ZaqlamCM/DMAl-Hilal August 2015 7 1 Forwards7GleissonSTDuque de Caxias September 2014 16 518Ziyad AhmedSTDuhok July 2015 6 119Ali Al-ShareefSTAl-Hilal September 2015 5 0
Transfers
In Date Pos. Name From Fee July 2015 MF Ammar Abdul Hussein Al-Shorta Undisclosed July 2015 GK Saqr Ajail Amanat Baghdad Undisclosed July 2015 MF Ahmed Jabbar Al-Talaba Undisclosed July 2015 DF Ali Hussein Najaf Undisclosed July 2015 FW Ziyad Ahmed Duhok Undisclosed August 2015 FW Omar Khribin Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Undisclosed August 2015 MF Jawad Kadhim Al-Naft Undisclosed August 2015 GK Medhat Abdul Hussein Naft Al-Janoob Undisclosed August 2015 DF Faisal Jassim Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Undisclosed August 2015 MF Ghiyath Shokor Peshmerga Hawler Undisclosed September 2015 MF Abdul Hadi Zaqlam Al-Hilal Undisclosed September 2015 FW Ali Al-Shareef Al-Hilal Undisclosed September 2015 GK Hameed Battal Youth system Undisclosed September 2015 DF Mustafa Ali Abbas Youth system Undisclosed September 2015 MF Ali Tahseen Youth system Undisclosed September 2015 MF Ali Majed Youth system Undisclosed November 2015 MF Ahmed Abbas Al-Shorta Undisclosed December 2015 DF Ali Bahjat Al-Shorta Undisclosed March 2016 FW Gleisson Free agent Undisclosed
Out {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date ! Pos. ! Name ! To ! Fee |- | July 2015 | MF | Júnior | End of contract | – |- | July 2015 | FW | Gleisson | End of contract | – |- | July 2015 | MF | Omar Alaa Ahmed | End of contract | – |- | July 2015 | DF | Ali Jassim | End of contract | – |- | July 2015 | FW | Hussein Ali Wahed | Al-Shorta | Undisclosed |- | July 2015 | MF | Hussein Abdul Wahed | Al-Shorta | Undisclosed |- | July 2015 | DF | Mohammed Abdul Karim | Naft Al-Janoob | Undisclosed |- | August 2015 | GK | Amjad Rahim | Al-Shorta | Undisclosed |- | September 2015 | MF | Hamid Mido | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Undisclosed |- | December 2015 | DF | Ali Hussein | | Released |- | December 2015 | MF | Ghiyath Shokor | | Released |- | December 2015 | FW | Omar Khribin | Al-Dhafra | Undisclosed
Technical staff
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Position ! Name |- | Coach | Hussam Al Sayed |- | Assistant coach | Ahmad Rahim |- | Fitness coach | Waleed Juma |- | Goalkeeping coach | Aqeel Abdul Mohsin |- | Club doctor | Faris Abdullah |- | Doctor's assistant | Fouad Mahdi
Board members
Kit PeriodHome coloursAway coloursSupplierSponsorSeptember 2015 – November 2015Uhlsport—November 2015 – February 2016LesconElaph Islamic BankFebruary 2016 – May 2016Select
Stadium During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2016. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.
Friendlies
Iraqi Premier League
Group stage : Group – 2
Summary table
Results by matchday
Matches
Away matches
Home matches
Final stage
Results by matchday
Matches
Iraq FA Cup
Squad statistics
No.Pos.Nat.NameAppsGoals1GKHameed Bakkal00002DFSaad Attiya110213DFHamza Adnan10 (1)1204DFOmar Midani40005MFAhmed Mohsin Ashour 1 (3)1006DFAli Bahjat10017FWOmar Khribin1010108MFAli Hosni7 (1)1119MFAmmar Abdul Hussein8 (3)22010MFMohammed Jabbar Shokan8 (2)03011MFJawad Kadhim1 (4)00012GKMedhat Abdul Hussein000014MFAli Qasim900015DFHussein Falah1 (1)00017DFHaidar Sari0 (2)00018FWZiyad Ahmed6 (1)10019FWAli Al-Shareef3 (4)00020GKKarrar Ibrahim10011 21MFAhmad Abbas Hattab000022GKSaqr Ajail1 (1)00024DFFaisal Jassim1003025MFAhmed Jabbar4 (3)02028MFAbdul Hadi Zaqlam9 (1)140 30MFAli Majed000031DFMustafa Ali Abbas0000 32MFAli Tahseen000033MFHussein Muslim000035DFAbdullah Mohsin7 (1)010
Top scorers
#NameGoalsCapsGoal ratio 1 Omar Khribin 10 10 1 2 Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 6 22 0.11 3 Ammar Abdul Hussein 4 19 0.21 4 Ali Bahjat 3 10 0.3 5 Ali Hosni 3 17 0.13 6 Ziyad Ahmed 2 11 0.2 7 Ahmed Mohsin Ashour 1 9 0.12 8 Abdul Hadi Zaqlam 1 17 0.06 9 Hamza Adnan 1 20 0.05 10 Abdullah Mohsin 1 13 0.07
Sources FIFA.COM Iraqi League 2015/2016 Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News