Naft Al-Basra SC

Naft Al-Basra SC (Arabic: نادي نفط البصرة الرياضي, lit. 'Basra Oil Sports Club') is a professional football club based in Al-Tamimia District, Basra, Iraq, that plays in Iraq Stars League. The club was formerly known as Naft Al-Junoob (1979–1990; 2003–2020) and Al-Rumaila (1990–2003), and have been called Naft Al-Basra since 2020.

Naft Al-Basra

Full name	Naft Al-Basra Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan Al-Junoob (Southern Knights)
Founded	27 November 1979; 45 years ago (1979-11-27) (as Naft Al-Junoob)
Ground	Al-Fayhaa Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Ali Hanoon
Manager	Andrej Panadić
League	Iraq Stars League
2023–24	Iraq Stars League, 18th of 20
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Name changes

The club was founded on 27 November 1979 as "Naft Al-Junoob", before changing to the name "Al-Rumaila" on 6 March 1990, and returned to the name "Naft Al-Junoob" on 20 April 2003, the club played in Iraqi Premier League at the 2004–05 season for the first time.^[1]

On October 23, 2020, the club's management, which was elected a few days prior, decided to change the name of the club from "Naft Al-Junoob" to "Naft Al-Basra" and officially announced this, as they changed the logo.^[2][3]

Rivalries

Main article: Basra Derby

Naft Al-Basra contest the Basra Derby with Al-Mina'a.^[4][5] Since 2005, there have been 29 competitive Basra Derbies. Al-Mina'a hold the precedence in these matches, with 10 victories to Naft Al-Basra's 7; there have been 12 draws. The most decisive result in an Al-Mina'a–Naft Al-Basra game is Al-Mina'a's 4–1 victory at Al Mina'a Stadium, their home ground, on March 11, 2005. There have been two incidences of 3–1, Al-Minaa have been won in both matches; home in December 2005, and away in January 2006. The competition saw 54 goals scored, 30 for Al-Mina'a and 24 for Naft Al-Basra; the individual player who scored the most goals was Al-Mina'a player Ihsan Hadi and Naft Al-Basra player Bassim Ali, each scored four goals. And there are five players who scored for both teams, they are Alaa Aasi, Nasser Talla Dahilan, Ahmed Hassan, Sajjad Abdul Kadhim and Hussam Malik.^[6]

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 20 September 2024

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  IRQ Abbas Ahmed 2 DF  TOG Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui FGN 4 DF  IRQ Jassim Faisal 8 MF  IRQ Ahmed Saeed 9 MF  IRQ Sajjad Saeed 10 MF  IRQ Hossam Malik 12 GK  IRQ Ahmed Shakir 14 MF  IRQ Mustafa Hadi 15 DF  IRQ Hussein Falah 15 MF  IRQ Ahmed Fadhel 16 DF  IRQ Kadhem Abdulkareem 18 DF  IRQ Sabah Auad 18 DF  CIV Hamed Touré FGN 19 MF  IRQ Ali Al-Sajjad 22 GK  IRQ Hussam Mahdi 23 MF  IRQ Mohammed Rubat 24 DF  IRQ Wael Abdulhussein 24 FW  NGA Joseph Onoja FGN

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  IRQ Sadeq Zamel 28 FW  TOG Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro FGN 30 DF  IRQ Karrar Jumaa 33 DF  IRQ Mustafa Abduljalil 38 FW  CIV Paved Job Atton FGN 52 DF  IRQ Abbas Badeea 60 MF  IRQ Murtadha Majid 61 DF  IRQ Mohammed Saeed 88 FW  IRQ Mohammed Salah 88 FW  IRQ Ali Khalil 99 MF  IRQ Hayder Ahmed — GK  IRQ Mujtaba Mohammed — DF  BRA Sergio Raphael FGN — DF  BRA Romeu Martins FGN — DF  IRQ Mustafa Moayed — MF  IRQ Ahmed Jalal — FW  IRQ Alaa Mohaisen — FW  IRQ Mahmoud Ahmed

Out on loan

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

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Emad Aoda
Assistant manager:	Salim Nayrouz
Goalkeeping coach:	Akram Sabeeh
Fitness coach:	Dhurgham Brazili
Reserve Coach:	Ali Jassim
U19 Manager:	Muntasser Hamdan
U16 Manager:	Ahmed Hassan
Administrative director:	Alaa Nayrouz

Updated to match played 29 July 2019
Source: almirbad.com

Board members

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Ali Hanoon
Vice-president:	Hassan Abdul Hadi
Secretary:	Aaliyah Makki
Treasurer:	Asaad Karim Jassim
Member of the Board:	Sajjad Kadhim
Member of the Board:	Hisham Mohammed
Member of the Board:	Mohammed Karim
Member of the Board:	Maan Abdul Hassan
Member of the Board:	Aqeel Najem
Member of the Board:	Ali Abdul Karim Hashim

Updated to match played 15 October 2020
Source: Alforatnews.com

Managerial history

• Hassan Muwla (2004–2005)
• Abdul Karim Jassim (2005–2006)
• Abdul Razzaq Ahmed (2006–2007)
• Aqeel Hato (2007–2009)
• Asaad Abdul Razzaq (2009–2010)
• Abdul Karim Jassim (2010–2011)
• Hameed Salman (2011–2012)
• Adel Nasser (2012–2014)
• Emad Aoda (2014–2015)
• Hassan Muwla (2015–2016)
• Ali Wahab (2016–2017)
• Adel Nasser (2017–2019)
• Ammar Hussein (2019–2021)
• Salim Nayrouz (2021)
• Emad Aoda (2021–)

Records

All-time top goalscorers

As of 16 July 2019

#	Nat.	Name	Career	Goals
1		Bassim Ali	2008–2019	54
2		Ali Jawad Ismail	2009–2012	34
3		Wesam Malik	2008–2019	22
4		Amer Sahib	2010–2015	16
5		Hossam Malik	2010–2016	15
6		Faisal Kadhim	2013–2019	13
		Nasser Talla Dahilan	2007–2010
		Nawaf Falah	2008–2015
9		Murtaja Adel Nasser	2017–2019	10
10		Ahmed Hassan Shanshool	2008–2011	9
		Ali Aoda	2013–2016

• Players in bold are still available for selection.

Honours

• Oil Minister's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2010
• Thaghr al-Iraq Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2009

Other games

Handball

The Naft Al-Basra handball team won the Iraqi Handball League title at 2013–14^[7] and 2014–15 seasons.^[8] The team also participated in Asian Club League Handball Championship and Arab Handball Championship of Champions as a representative of Iraq.^[9][10]