The 2017–18 season will be Al-Minaa's 42nd season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 44 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 2016–17 season, and will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.
Squad
Players data
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Since Goalkeepers1Hussam MahdiGKYouth system October 2017 0 020Saqr AjailGK Amanat Baghdad October 2017 18 022Yassin KarimGK Al-Sulaymaniyah August 2016 41 030Hameed BattalGKYouth system September 2015 0 0 Defenders3Hamza AdnanLBYouth system September 2012 126 215Hussein FalahRBDuhok February 2014 87 017Haidar SariLB Youth system September 2012 57 121Herdi SiamandCBErbil June 2016 60 123Mohammed Jabbar RubatRB/LBYouth system September 2009 130 1124Abbas BadieCBYouth system July 2016 1 026Ammar Kadhim CBAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya September 2017 21 035Abdullah MohsinCBYouth system September 2012 80 1 Midfielders4Osama AliDMAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya September 2017 22 05Ahmed Mohsin Ashour CM/RWYouth system September 2012 92 76Didier TallaDMAl-Merrikh February 2018 16 18Ali HosniLW/RWYouth system September 2012 100 199Mohammed JaffalCAM/RWAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya September 2017 25 311Ahmed Jalil HanoonLW/RWYouth system September 2011 17 013Ahmed FarhanCAMYouth system October 2017 5 014Hussam MalikCAM/LW/RWNaft Al-Janoob June 2016 58 1125Omar JabbarDMAl-Talaba September 2017 26 1 Forwards10Edin JunuzovićSTRudar Velenje April 2018 6 412Ahmed YasserST/CF/SS/RWAl-Masry January 2017 31 542Mustafa KarimSTAl-Talaba January 2018 13 8
Transfers
In
#PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource12 Ahmed Yasser Al-MasryLoan return7 Salih Sadir Naft Al-WasatFree transfer9 Mohammed Jaffal Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya24 Arkan Ammar Al-Karkh4 Osama Ali Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya8 Ali Hosni Al-ArabiEnd of loan10 Bassim Ali Naft Al-JanoobFree transfer25 Omar Jabbar Al-Shorta26 Ammar Kadhim Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1 Hussam MahdiYouth systemn/a13 Ahmed Farhan20 Saqr Ajail Amanat BaghdadFree transfer32 Karrar Amer Al-NajafLoan 42 Mustafa Karim Al-TalabaFree transfer 6 Didier Talla Al-Merrikh 10 Edin Junuzović Rudar Velenje
Out
#PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource10 Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-RamthaFree transfer19 Akwetey Mensah Al-Shorta24 Ahmed Mohsin Jaber Al-Naft7 Hussein Abdul Wahed Al-Talaba20 Karrar IbrahimReleasedn/a9 Ammar Abdul Hussein Al-ShortaFree transfer4 Yasser Ammar Zakho16 Nadeem Karim Al-Talaba14 Ali Qasim Naft Maysan18 Hussam Ibrahim Al-Bahri40 Mustafa Nadhim Al-Najaf11 Hussein Husni Al-Sinaa28 Ibrahim Kamil Al-Hedood7 Salih Sadir Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya24 Arkan Ammar Al-Talaba2 Karrar Amer Al-NajafEnd of loan10 Bassim Ali Naft Al-JanoobFree transfer
Technical staff
Position Name Coach Mahmoud Yasser Goalkeeping coach Amer Abdul Wahab Fitness coach Hicham GhaziaAdministrative director Mohammed Nasser Shakroun Club doctor Faris Abdullah
Board members
Club Kits Supplier: Jako / Sponsor: GCPI
Stadium During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a was demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2019. 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
Matches
Statistics
Squad informationPlayers sold but featured this season
Goalscorers Rank Pos.Nationality No.Name Iraqi Premier LeagueIraq FA Cup Total1 FW 42 Mustafa Karim 8 0 82 FW 10 Edin Junuzović 4 0 4 MF 14 Hussam Malik 4 0 43 MF 9 Mohammed Jaffal 3 0 34 MF 5 Ahmed Mohsin Ashour 2 0 2 MF 8 Ali Hosni 2 0 2 MF 13 Ahmed Farhan 2 0 2 FW 10 Bassim Ali 2 0 2 MF 7 Salih Sadir 2 0 25 MF 25 Omar Jabbar 1 0 1 MF 6 Didier Talla 1 0 1 DF 21 Herdi Siamand 1 0 1 MF Ali Shawqi 1 0 1 MF Karrar Lateef 1 0 1Own goals000TOTALS 34 0 34 Last updated: 17 July 2018
Clean sheets Rank Nationality NumberName Iraqi Premier LeagueIraq FA Cup Total 1 22 Yassin Karim 6 0 6 2 20 Saqr Ajail 4 0 4 3 1 Hussam Mahdi 1 0 1TOTALS 11 0 11 Last updated: 17 July 2018
Overall statistics LeagueCupTotal StatsGames played 38 0 38Games won 8 0 8Games drawn 17 0 17Games lost 13 0 13Goals scored 34 0 34Goals conceded 38 0 38 Goal difference -4 +0 -4Clean sheets 11 0 11Goal by substitute 2 0 2 Last updated: 17 July 2018
Sources FIFA.COM Iraqi League 2017/2018 Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News
References