2021–22 Al-Mina'a SC season

Al-Mina'a SC
2021–22 season
ChairmanJalil Hanoon
ManagerAli Wahab
GroundBasra Sports City
Premier League19th (relegated)
FA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Salem Ahmed (7 goals)
All: Salem Ahmed (7 goals)

The 2021–22 season will be Al-Minaa's 46th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 48 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.

Al-Mina'a will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.

Review

Background

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iraq IRQ Mujtaba Mohammed
4 DF Iraq IRQ Muntadher Abdul Sada
5 MF Iraq IRQ Sadeq Sami
7 MF Iraq IRQ Fadhel Wasmi
9 FW Iraq IRQ Thulfiqar Ayid
10 FW Iraq IRQ Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
11 FW Iraq IRQ Abdullah Wasfi
13 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Sattar
14 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Salam
15 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Lateef
16 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Shawqi
17 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Matar
18 FW Iraq IRQ Salem Ahmed
19 DF Iraq IRQ Hassan Odah
21 GK Iraq IRQ Ahmed Hamid
22 GK Iraq IRQ Ali Faisal
23 DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Yahya
24 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Jabbar
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Iraq IRQ Sajed Abbas Hashim
26 MF Iraq IRQ Ibrahim Naeem
27 DF Iraq IRQ Abdul Muhaimin Jabbar
28 MF Iraq IRQ Hamza Hadi Ahmed
29 DF Iraq IRQ Karrar Al-Amir Ali
31 GK Iraq IRQ Murtadha Sami
33 MF Iraq IRQ Abbas Yas
34 DF Iraq IRQ Abdullah Abdul Amir
35 DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Khaled (Captain)
44 MF Sierra Leone SLE Khalifa Jabbie
45 DF Tunisia TUN Afif Jebali
50 MF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Shaker
55 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Qasim
61 MF Yemen YEM Nasser Al-Gahwashi
93 MF Tunisia TUN Mohamed Ali Ragoubi
96 FW Brazil BRA Augusto Neto
97 DF Iraq IRQ Haider Abdul Salam

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
5 August 2021 ST Iraq Thulfiqar Ayid Iraq Naft Al-Wasat Free transfer [1]
11 August 2021 AM Iraq Sadeq Sami Iraq Al-Karkh Free transfer [2]
15 August 2021 RW Iraq Fadhel Wasmi Iraq Masafi Al-Janoob Free transfer
24 August 2021 CB Iraq Ali Lateef Iraq Al-Talaba Free transfer [3]
CB Iraq Muntadher Abdul Sada Iraq Al-Kahrabaa Free transfer [3]
DM Iraq Ahmed Jabbar Iraq Amanat Baghdad Free transfer [3]
25 August 2021 GK Iraq Ali Faisal Iraq Amanat Baghdad Free transfer
26 August 2021 GK Iraq Ahmed Hamid Iraq Al-Samawa Free transfer
LW Iraq Ali Sattar Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Free transfer
DM Iraq Ibrahim Naeem Iraq Al-Talaba Free transfer
RB Iraq Haider Abdul Salam Iraq Al-Qasim Free transfer
27 August 2021 CM Iraq Hamza Hadi Ahmed Iraq Al-Bahri Free transfer
LB Iraq Hassan Odah Iraq Masafi Al-Janoob Free transfer
LW Iraq Ahmed Matar Khalaf Iraq Masafi Al-Janoob Free transfer
LB Iraq Abdul Muhaimin Jabbar Iraq Naft Maysan Free transfer
3 September 2021 AM Tunisia Mohamed Ali Ragoubi Tunisia JS Kairouan Free transfer [4]
7 September 2021 CB Tunisia Afif Jebali Tunisia Espérance ST Free transfer [5]
8 September 2021 RW Iraq Ahmed Salam Iraq Zakho Free transfer
10 September 2021 DM Sierra Leone Khalifa Jabbie Moldova Sfîntul Gheorghe Free transfer [6]
ST Brazil Augusto Neto Hong Kong Rangers Free transfer
15 September 2021 CM Yemen Nasser Al-Gahwashi Iraq Naft Maysan Free transfer [7]
17 September 2021 CM Iraq Hussein Qasim Iraq Al-Karkh Free transfer
18 September 2021 CB Iraq Abdullah Abdul Amir Iraq Naft Al-Wasat Free transfer

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
5 August 2021 ST Cameroon Rostand Junior M'baï Unattached Released
GK Iraq Hussein Saleh Mahdi
CB Iraq Ali Qasim
10 August 2021 GK Iraq Yassin Karim Iraq Al-Shorta Free transfer
CB Iraq Karrar Mohammed Iraq Al-Naft Free transfer [8]
GK Iraq Hussam Mahdi Iraq Naft Al-Basra Free transfer
17 August 2021 DM Niger Abdoul Madjid Moumouni Iraq Al-Shorta Free transfer
21 August 2021 DM Iraq Saif Jassim Iraq Al-Talaba Free transfer [9]
LB Iraq Hamza Adnan Iraq Al-Talaba Free transfer [9]
22 August 2021 ST Iraq Sajjad Saeed Iraq Naft Al-Basra Free transfer
26 August 2021 DM Senegal Idrissa Niang Iraq Al-Talaba Free transfer
RB Iraq Aqeel Mahdi Iraq Naft Al-Basra Free transfer
28 August 2021 AM Iraq Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor Iraq Al-Najaf Free transfer [10]
1 September 2021 CB Iraq Abbas Badie Iraq Naft Maysan Free transfer
2 September 2021 RW Iraq Hussein Younis Iraq Al-Shorta Free transfer

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager: Qusay Munir Iraq
Assistant coach: Uday Omran Iraq
Assistant coach: Taiseer Abdul-Hussein Iraq
Assistant coach: Ihsan Hadi Iraq
Goalkeeping coach: Ali Hussein Jalil Iraq
Fitness coach: Ali Mohammed Iraq
Team doctor: Fares Abdullah Iraq
Sport consultant: Rahim Bakr Iraq
Team supervisor: Jihad Madlool Iraq
Administrator: Salah Khalil Iraq

Updated to match played 21 August 2021
Source: almirbad.com

Board members

Position Name Nationality
President: Mohammad Jaber Al-Jaberi Iraq
Secretary: Taher Balas Iraq
Treasurer: Ali Kadhim Mubarak Iraq
Member of the Board: Nazar Taha Humoud Iraq
Member of the Board: Jihad Madlool Obaid Iraq
Member of the Board: Ahmed Hamed Al-Jaberi Iraq
Member of the Board: Nabeel Abdul Ameer Jamil Iraq
Member of the Board: Jalil Hanoon Iraq
Member of the Board: Hani Abed Waleed Iraq

Updated to match played 8 December 2018
Source: Alsumaria.tv

Stadium

During the previous seasons, the stadium of Al-Mina'a was demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in the end of 2021.[11][12] Since the team can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 September 2021 Friendly Al-Kahrabaa 2–3 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
14:00 GMT
(o.g.)		 Report Wasfi
Ayid 		Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium
7 September 2021 Friendly Al-Sinaa 2–3 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
14:00 GMT
Mazin
Al-Amir
Ayid 		Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
9 September 2021 Friendly Iraq U20 0–1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
13:30 GMT Report Sami Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium
11 September 2021 Friendly Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
13:30 GMT Report Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
15 September 2021 Friendly Al-Mina'a 1–1 Naft Al-Basra Basra
13:30 GMT S.Ahmed H.Ahmed Stadium: Basra Sports City
5 October 2021 Friendly Al-Mina'a 1–0 Masafi Al-Janoob Basra
13:30 GMT Ragoubi Stadium: Basra Sports City

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 21 September 2021 3 July 2022 Matchday 1 38 3 21 14 33 49 −16 007.89
FA Cup 9 November 2021 9 November 2021 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 39 3 21 15 34 51 −17 007.69

Last updated: 3 July 2022
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Iraqi Premier League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Al-Sinaa 38 8 17 13 30 37 −7 41[a]
17 Al-Diwaniya 38 10 9 19 33 51 −18 39[b]
18 Amanat Baghdad (R) 38 9 12 17 32 41 −9 39[b] Qualification for the relegation play-off
19 Al-Minaa (R) 38 3 21 14 33 49 −16 30 Relegation to the Iraqi First Division League
20 Samarra (R) 38 1 9 28 20 70 −50 12
Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Qasim finished ahead of Al-Sinaa on head-to-head points: Al-Qasim 0–0 Al-Sinaa, Al-Sinaa 0–1 Al-Qasim.
  2. ^ a b Al-Diwaniya finished ahead of Amanat Baghdad on head-to-head points: Al-Diwaniya 2–0 Amanat Baghdad, Amanat Baghdad 0–1 Al-Diwaniya.

Matches

21 September 2021 1 Al-Mina'a 0–0 Erbil Basra
15:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray
26 September 2021 2 Naft Al-Basra 3–1 Al-Mina'a Basra
17:30 GMT Youmbi 2'
Abdul-Amir 51'
Malik 79' (pen.)		 Ayid 62' Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Mohammed Sadeq
1 October 2021 3 Al-Mina'a 0–2 Zakho Basra
15:00 GMT Waleed 33'
Esquerdinha 86'		 Stadium: Basra Sports City
Referee: Muhannad Manaf
16 October 2021 4 Al-Mina'a 0–0 Al-Naft Basra
14:15 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
21 October 2021 5 Naft Al-Wasat 2–0 Al-Mina'a Karbala
16:35 GMT Stadium: Karbalaa International Stadium
26 October 2021 6 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Basra
16:30 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
30 October 2021 7 Al-Sinaa 1–0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
4 November 2021 8 Al-Mina'a 2–2 Al-Qasim Basra
11:55 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
15 November 2021 9 Samarra 1–1 Al-Mina'a Saladin
11:30 GMT Stadium: Samarra Stadium
21 November 2021 10 Al-Mina'a 1–2 Naft Maysan Basra
17:10 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
27 November 2021 11 Newroz 1–1 Al-Mina'a Sulaymaniyah
14:00 GMT Stadium: Zanko Stadium
11 December 2021 12 Al-Karkh 1–1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
12:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium
17 December 2021 13 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Al-Zawra'a Basra
13:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
21 December 2021 14 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Amanat Baghdad Basra
11:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
26 December 2021 15 Al-Shorta 3–1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
13:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
31 December 2021 16 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Al-Najaf Basra
15:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
6 January 2022 17 Al-Mina'a 3–0 Al-Diwaniya Basra
16:45 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
12 January 2022 18 Al-Talaba 0–0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 January 2022 19 Al-Kahrabaa 1–0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
11:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
9 February 2022 20 Erbil 3-0 Al-Mina'a Erbil
13:45 GMT Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
14 February 2022 21 Al-Mina'a 0–1 Naft Al-Basra Basra
17:20 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
19 February 2022 22 Zakho 0–0 Al-Mina'a Zakho
10:45 GMT Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
24 February 2022 23 Al-Naft 4–1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
10:30 GMT Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
3 March 2022 24 Al-Mina'a 3–3 Naft Al-Wasat Basra
13:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
9 March 2022 25 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
16:15 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
5 April 2022 26 Al-Mina'a 0–1 Al-Sinaa Basra
19:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
14 April 2022 27 Al-Qasim 2–1 Al-Mina'a Babil
13:35 GMT Stadium: Al Kifl Stadium
21 April 2022 28 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Samarra Basra
19:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
28 April 2022 29 Naft Maysan 1–1 Al-Mina'a Amarah
19:00 GMT Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
5 May 2022 30 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Newroz Basra
14:30 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
11 May 31 Al-Mina'a 0–0 Al-Karkh Basra
16:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
19 May 2022 32 Al-Zawra'a 1–1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
15:30 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 May 2022 33 Amanat Baghdad 0–1 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
13:00 GMT Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
2 June 2022 34 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Al-Shorta Basra
16:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
8 June 2022 35 Al-Najaf 2–2 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
13:45 GMT Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium
15 June 2022 36 Al-Diwaniya 1–0 Al-Mina'a Diwaniya
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium
22 June 2022 37 Al-Mina'a 1–1 Al-Talaba Basra
16:35 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
3 July 2022 38 Al-Mina'a 3–1 Al-Kahrabaa Basra
15:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Iraq FA Cup
9 November 2021 Round of 32 Al-Mina'a 1–2 Al-Karkh Basra
14:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup Total
1 18 FW Iraq Salem Ahmed 7 0 7
2 61 MF Yemen Nasser Al-Gahwashi 5 0 5
3 8 FW Iraq Manar Taha 4 0 4
10 FW Iraq Mohammed Shokan 4 0 4
5 6 MF Jordan Mehdi Alamah 2 0 2
11 MF Iraq Abdullah Wasfi 2 0 2
28 MF Iraq Hamza Hadi Ahmed 2 0 2
8 3 DF Iraq Ali Helo 1 0 1
9 FW Iraq Thulfiqar Ayid 1 0 1
23 DF Iraq Ahmed Yahya 1 0 1
25 MF Iraq Sajid Abbas Hashim 1 0 1
29 DF Iraq Karrar Al-Amir Ali 1 0 1
33 MF Iraq Abbas Yas 1 0 1
35 DF Iraq Ahmed Khalid 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 1 34

Last updated: 3 July 2022

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