1977–78 Al-Mina'a SC season

Al-Mina'a SC
1977–78 season
Chairman	Adnan Ali Al-Qassab
Manager	Faleh Hassan Wasfi (until 16 October); Jamil Hanoon (from 16 October)
Ground	Al Mina'a Stadium
Iraqi National League	1st
Iraq FA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Jalil Hanoon (11 goals); All: Jalil Hanoon (> 11 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was Al-Minaa's 4th season in the Iraqi National League, having featured in all editions of the competition. Al-Minaa participated in the Iraqi National League and the Iraq FA Cup, winning the league for the first time in their history, after finishing two points ahead of second-place Al-Zawraa.^[1] The season saw the dismissal of first-team coach Faleh Hassan Wasfi after scoring a draw in the first two games of the season and being eliminated from the Iraqi FA Cup in the round of 16 before that,^[2] and then the appointment of coach Jamil Hanoon. Striker Jalil Hanoon scored 11 goals to end the league season as the league's top goal-scorer total.^[3]

Squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRQ	Sattar Farhan
—	GK	IRQ	Samir Noori Al-Mtori
—	DF	IRQ	Aziz Abdullah
—	DF	IRQ	Sabeeh Abed Ali
—	DF	IRQ	Abdul Ridha Hussein
—	DF	IRQ	Rahim Karim
—	DF	IRQ	Khalil Ibrahim Habib
—	MF	IRQ	Hadi Ahmed


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRQ	Alaa Ahmad
—	MF	IRQ	Hassan Abdul-Hussein
—	MF	IRQ	Hadi Jabbar
—	MF	IRQ	Adnan Saddam
—	FW	IRQ	Abdul Razzak Ahmed (captain)
—	FW	IRQ	Raad Abdullah
—	FW	IRQ	Jalil Hanoon
—	FW	IRQ	Ali Abdul Zahra

Pre-season[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Friendly

Erbil

0–6

Al-Minaa

Erbil

Friendly

Salahaddin

0–7

Al-Minaa

Erbil

Friendly

Al-Minaa

8–0

Salahaddin

Erbil

Iraqi National League[edit]

Summary table[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	8	5	0	27	10	+17	29	5	2	0	13	4	+9	3	3	0	14	6	+8

Last updated: September 2017.
Source: niiiis.com

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

1 October 1977 1	Al-Minaa	2 – 2	Salahaddin	Basra
	Ahmad Ibrahim		Yilanda	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

11 October 1977 2	Al-Sinaa	1 – 1	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
	Ahmed		Hanoon	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

16 October 1977 3	Al-Minaa	1 – 0	Al-Ittihad	Basra
	Hanoon			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

24 October 1977 4	Al-Zawraa	2 – 3	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
	Hassan (pen.) Yousif		Jabbar Ibrahim Hanoon	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

31 October 1977 5	Al-Minaa	1 – 0	Al-Iktisad	Basra
	Ahmad			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

11 November 1977 6	Al-Thawra	1 – 1	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
	Nouri (pen.)		Hanoon	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

13 January 1978 7	Al-Minaa	1 – 1	Al-Jamea	Basra
	Saddam		Kadhim	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

27 January 1978 8	Babil	0 – 6	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
			Hanoon Ahmed Abdul-Hussein	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

6 February 1978 9	Al-Minaa	2 – 0	Al-Amana	Basra
	Hanoon (pen.) Ahmed			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

17 February 1978 10	Al-Jaish	0 – 1	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
			Saddam	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

27 February 1978 11	Al-Minaa	5 – 1	Al-Hilla	Basra
	Ahmed Karim Abdul-Hussein Abdullah Saddam		Abdullah	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

21 March 1978 12	Al-Tayaran	2 – 2	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
	Malakh Mashkour		Hanoon (pen.) Abdul-Hussein	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

27 March 1978 13	Al-Minaa	1 – 0	Al-Shorta	Basra
	Hanoon 50' (pen.)		Hammoudi 87'	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Iraq FA Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss

9 September 1977 Round of 32	Al-Minaa	? – ?	Al-Umal	Basra
				Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

16 September 1977 Round of 16	Al-Amana	3 – 0 (w/o)	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Note: Al-Amana were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Minaa has violated the regulations of Iraq Football Association. While Al-Minaa won the game 2–0.^[4]

Statistics[edit]

Overall statistics[edit]

	League	Cup	Total Stats
Games played	13	2	15
Games won	8	1	9
Games drawn	5	0	5
Games lost	0	(1)	(1)
Goals scored	27	5	32
Goals conceded	10	0	10
Goal difference	+17	+5	+22
Clean sheets	6	2	8

Last updated: September 2017

References[edit]

^ "Iraqi League 1977/1978". niiiis.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
^ "Iraqi FA Cup 1977/1978". niiiis.com. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
^ "Interview with Iraqi player Jalil Hanoon". kooora.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
^ "Iraqi FA Cup History". kooora.com. Retrieved 2012-10-26.

Sources[edit]

External links[edit]

Iraq - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] "Iraqi League 1977/1978". niiiis.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.

[2] "Iraqi FA Cup 1977/1978". niiiis.com. Retrieved 2014-07-20.

[3] "Interview with Iraqi player Jalil Hanoon". kooora.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

[4] "Iraqi FA Cup History". kooora.com. Retrieved 2012-10-26.

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