2014–15 Al-Mina'a SC season

Al-Mina'a SC
2014–15 season
Chairman	Omran Radhi Thani
Manager	Asaad Abdul Razzak (until 5 January) ; Hussam Al Sayed (from 5 January)
Ground	Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium (temporary use)
Iraqi Premier League	4th
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hussein Ali Wahed (10); All: ; Hussein Ali Wahed (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season will be Al-Minaa's 39th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 41 editions of the competition except two.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRQ	Hussein Jaber
2	DF	SYR	Omar Midani
3	DF	IRQ	Hamza Adnan
4	DF	IRQ	Ali Jassim
5	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Mohsen Ashour
6	MF	IRQ	Omar Alaa Ahmed (Captain)
7	MF	SYR	Hamid Mido
8	MF	IRQ	Ali Hosni
9	MF	IRQ	Hussein Abdul Wahed
10	FW	IRQ	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan (3rd Captain)
11	MF	IRQ	Hussein Muslim
12	MF	IRQ	Hassan Ali
13	DF	IRQ	Sami Jabor
14	MF	IRQ	Ali Qasim
15	DF	IRQ	Hussein Falah


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	IRQ	Ahmed Hussein
17	DF	IRQ	Haidar Sari
18	MF	BRA	Júnior
19	FW	IRQ	Hussein Ali Wahed
20	GK	IRQ	Karrar Ibrahim (vice-captain)
21	GK	IRQ	Amjad Rahim
22	DF	IRQ	Saad Attiya
25	FW	BRA	Gleisson
26	DF	IRQ	Mohammed Abdul Karim
28	MF	IRQ	Ahmed Jalil Hanoon
35	DF	IRQ	Abdullah Mohsin
—	FW	IRQ	Mohammed Mawla
—	MF	IRQ	Essam Majeed
—	MF	IRQ	Aqeel Mahdi

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
August 2014	DF	Ali Jassim	Al Zawraa	–
August 2014	DF	Omar Midani	Al-Wahda	–
September 2014	MF	Júnior	Wacker Innsbruck	–
September 2014	FW	Gleisson	Duque de Caxias	–
December 2014	DF	Saad Attiya	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	–

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
August 2014	DF	Ahmed Sadeq	Al-Shula	–
August 2014	DF	Anas Jassim	Naft Al-Janoob	–
August 2014	DF	Jassim Faisal	Naft Al-Janoob	–
August 2014	DF	Safaa Hussein	Naft Maysan	–
August 2014	MF	Nayef Falah	Naft Maysan	–
August 2014	MF	Hassan Homood	Naft Maysan	–
August 2014	FW	Bassim Ali	Al Zawraa	–
December 2014	DF	Mohammed Jabbar Rubat	Al-Talaba	–

Updated to match played January 2015
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

Technical staff

Position	Name
Coach	Hussam Al Sayed
Assistant coach	Ahmad Raheem
Fitness coach	Waleed Juma
Goalkeeping coach	Aqeel Abdul Muhsin
Club doctor	Faris Abdullah
Doctor's assistant	Fuad Mahdi

Updated to match played January 2015
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News

Board members

President	Omran Radhi Thani
Vice President	Jalil Hanoon
Amanuensis	Mohammad Jaber Hassan
Board of Directors Member	Naji Abdulla Hassan Al Mosawi
Board of Directors Member	Nazar Taha Homood
Board of Directors Member	Nabeel Abdul Ameer Jamil
Board of Directors Member	Ali Fadhel Hassan
Board of Directors Member	Karim Jassim Hassan
Female Board Member	Ikhlas Naji Jassim

Updated to match played 11 December 2012
Source: Al-Mina'a SC^{[permanent dead link]}

Stadium

During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2015. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium during this season.

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

3 September 2014 Friendly	Acibadem üsküdar spor	1–9	Al-Mina'a	Isparta
14:00 GMT			Wahed Shokan Mido Hosni Mohsin A test player 1 A test player 2	Stadium: Stadium Sports Academy

5 September 2014 Friendly	Eğirdir Spor	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Isparta
14:00 GMT	5'			Stadium: Town hall Stadium

8 September 2014 Friendly	Eğirdir Spor	0–4	Al-Mina'a	Isparta
14:00 GMT			Shokan Mido Jabor	Stadium: Town hall Stadium

11 September 2014 Friendly	Antalyaspor	1–3	Al-Mina'a	Antalya
14:00 GMT	.' (pen.)		Hosni Jassim	Stadium: Akdeniz University Stadium

13 September 2014 Friendly	Naft Al-Wasat	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Antalya
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Akdeniz University Stadium

Mid-season friendlies

21 September 2014 Friendly	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Jassim			Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

24 September 2014 Friendly	Al-Karkh	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
14:00 GMT				Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium

30 September 2014 Friendly	Naft Al-Wasat	3–1	Al-Mina'a	Najaf
14:00 GMT	Hassoun Sabah Karim			Stadium: Naft Al-Wasat Stadium

14 October 2014 Friendly	Al-Mina'a	5–0	Ghaz Al-Janoob	Basra
14:00 GMT	Shokan Gleisson Midani Hanoon			Stadium: Basra Sports City

Iraqi Premier League

Group stage : Group – 2

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	8	7	7	6	7	8	7	8	8	5	4	4	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2015. Source: Goalzz.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Away matches

18 October 2014 1	Naft Maysan	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Amarah
12:00 GMT	Hussein 43'			Stadium: Al-Maimuna Stadium Referee: Ahmed Thari Hani

26 October 2014 2	Al-Mina'a	2–0	Najaf	Basra
12:00 GMT	Wahed 10' (pen.) Abu-Kraisha 48'			Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Sabah Abed

31 October 2014 3	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Al-Talaba	Basra
12:00 GMT	Gleisson 20'		Abbas 90+4'	Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Haytham Mohammed Ali

20 November 2014 4	Amanat Baghdad	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
11:30 GMT				Stadium: Baghdad Stadium

6 December 2014 5	Al-Mina'a	2–3	Al-Hedood	Basra
11:30 GMT	Midani 64' Gleisson 80'		Hamed 38' Athab 55' Jabbar 90+5'	Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Sabah Abed

25 December 2014 6	Al-Naft	2–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	J.Kadhim 44' A.Kadhim 88'		Júnior 9'	Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

5 January 2015 7	Al-Mina'a	2–1	Dohuk	Basra
11:30 GMT	Wahed 45', 81'		Shokan 31' (o.g.)	Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Sabah Abed

3 February 2015 8	Al Shorta	2–1	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Caion 25' Shaker 49'		Wahed 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Baghdad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Tarek

Home matches

10 February 2015 9	Al-Mina'a	0–2	Al Shorta	Basra
11:30 GMT			Abdul-Zahra 8' Ismail 70'	Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Sabah Abed

16 February 2015 10	Dohuk	1–3	Al-Mina'a	Duhok
11:30 GMT	Mosheer 90+1' (pen.)		Wahed 29' Shokan 81' Abdul-Wahed 86'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium Referee: Zaid Thamir

21 February 2015 11	Al-Mina'a	2–1	Amanat Baghdad	Basra
11:30 GMT	Júnior 55' Abdul-Wahed 89'		Sabah 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Haytham Mohammed Ali

1 March 2015 12	Al-Mina'a	1–1	Naft Maysan	Basra
11:30 GMT	Wahed 31'		Ali 44'	Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Amjad Subhi

7 March 2015 13	Najaf	2–3	Al-Mina'a	Najaf
12:30 GMT	Jobayer 53' Ayed 82'		Wahed 6' Hosni 48' Gleisson 81'	Stadium: An Najaf Stadium Referee: Wathik Mohammed

6 April 2015 14	Al-Talaba	0–2	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
12:30 GMT			Mido 22' Wahed 48'	Stadium: Al Naft Stadium Referee: Mohanned Qasim

24 April 2015 15	Al-Hedood	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
13:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium Referee: Mohammed Ghani

30 April 2015 16	Al-Mina'a	2–1	Al-Naft	Basra
13:00 GMT	Wahed 23' Hosni 64'		Ahmed Abdul Madjid 73'	Stadium: Az-Zubayr Olympic Stadium Referee: Salam Juma

Summary table


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	7	4	5	22	18	+4	25	4	2	2	12	10	+2	3	2	3	10	8	+2

Last updated: 30 April 2015.
Source: Goalzz.com

Final Stage

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	D	W
Position	2	3	3	1	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 July 2015. Source: Goalzz.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Away matches

17 May 2015 17	Dohuk	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Duhok
13:30 GMT	Salman 90'		Wahed 50'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium Attendance: 3,920 Referee: Mohammed Ghani

23 May 2015 18	Al-Mina'a	0–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Basra
16:00 GMT				Stadium: Basra Sports City Attendance: 32,780 Referee: Ali Sabah

28 May 2015 19	Naft Al-Janoob	1–1	Al-Mina'a	Basra
16:00 GMT	Jassim 8'		Gleisson 32'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Attendance: 20,830 Referee: Falah Abed

Home matches

23 June 2015 20	Al-Mina'a	3–2	Dohuk	Basra
19:00 GMT	Shokan 42', 67' Gleisson 90+4'		Ahmad 65' Resan 80'	Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Haytham Mohammed Ali

28 June 2015 21	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Wathik Mohammed

4 July 2015 22	Al-Mina'a	1–0	Naft Al-Janoob	Basra
19:00 GMT	Hosni 64'			Stadium: Basra Sports City Referee: Haytham Mohammed Ali

Summary table


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	10	2	1	0	4	2	+2	0	3	0	2	2	0

Last updated: 4 July 2015.
Source: Goalzz.com

Championship play-off

The group runners-up will play-off for third and fourth place.

Third place match

10 July 2015

19:00 GMT

Al-Minaa	0–3^*	Al-Shorta

Al-Shaab Stadium

Referee: Salam Amer

^* Al-Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Minaa did not turn up for the match.

Al-Minaa

Al-Shorta

Top scorers

As of 4 July 2015

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Goal ratio
1	Hussein Ali Wahed	10	19	0.53
2	Gleisson	5	18	0.28
3	Mohammed Jabbar Shokan	3	19	0.16
4	Ali Hosni	3	19	0.16
5	Júnior	2	15	0.13
6	Hussein Abdul Wahed	2	16	0.12
7	Ahmed Mohsen Ashour	1	18	0.05
8	Omar Midani	1	19	0.05
9	Hamid Mido	1	19	0.05

Sources