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
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 {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 | 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
Technical staff
Position Name Coach Ghazi Fahad Assistant coach Munir Jaber Goalkeeping coach Amer Abdul WahabAdministrative director Mohammed Nasser Shakroun Club doctor Faris Abdullah Doctor's assistant Fouad Mahdi
Board members
Kit PeriodHome coloursAway coloursSupplierSponsorSeptember 2016 – October 2016Uhlsport—October 2016 – May 2017Adidas Fuchs PetrolubMay 2017 – Nike
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
Iraqi Premier League
Summary table
Results by matchday
Matches
Iraq FA Cup
Statistics
Squad informationPlayers out on loan for rest of the season
Top scorers Rank Pos.Nationality No.Name Iraqi Premier LeagueIraq FA Cup Total1 MF 10 Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 13 1 142 MF 6 Hussam Malik 7 1 83 FW 12 Ahmed Yasser 5 1 6 MF 8 Ali Hosni 5 1 64 MF 9 Ammar Abdul Hussein 2 1 35 MF 7 Hussein Abdul Wahed 2 0 2 FW 18 Hussam Ibrahim 2 0 26 MF 19 Akwetey Mensah 1 0 1 MF 24 Ahmed Mohsin Jaber 1 0 1 MF 5 Ahmed Mohsin Ashour 1 0 1 DF 3 Hamza Adnan 1 0 1Own goals000TOTALS 40 5 45 Last updated: 20 August 2017
Clean sheets Rank Nationality NumberName Iraqi Premier LeagueIraq FA Cup Total 1 22 Yassin Karim 15 0 152 25Noor Sabri 3 0 33 20 Karrar Ibrahim 1 1 2TOTALS 19 1 20 Last updated: 14 August 2017
Penalties Date Name Opponent Result15 September 2016 Mohammed Jabbar ShokanAl-Hussein25 November 2016 Mohammed Jabbar ShokanZakho17 January 2017 Ali HosniAl-Talaba24 February 2017 Hussam MalikAl-Hussein30 March 2017 Ahmed YasserAl-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya30 March 2017 Ahmed YasserAl-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya3 April 2017 Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-Karkh
Overall statistics LeagueCupTotal StatsGames played 36 3 39Games won 18 1 19Games drawn 12 2 14Games lost 6 0 6Goals scored 40 5 45Goals conceded 24 2 26Goal difference +16 +3 +19Clean sheets 19 1 20Goal by Substitute 4 1 5Yellow cards 36 4 40Red cards 0 0 0 Last updated: 20 August 2017
Sources FIFA.COM Iraqi League 2015/2016 Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News