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Al-Najaf
Full nameAl-Najaf Football Club
Nickname(s)Ghizlan Al-Badiah (Desert Gazelles)
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
GroundNew Najaf Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanRadwan Al Kindi
ManagerHassan Ahmad
LeagueIraqi Premier League
2018–19Iraqi Premier League, 12th
Current season

Al-Najaf Football Club (Arabic: نادي النجف لكرة القدم) is an Iraqi football club based in Najaf. They are members of the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Najaf played in the 2007 AFC Champions League.

History

In 1960, the city of Najaf began an active movement to establish a sports club after the athletes then felt the need of the city to a sports club that absorbed the energies of young people and their creations which are almost lost in the amateur leagues. Some of the dignitaries of the city were contacted for this purpose.[1] The request was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior, which was responsible for the authorisation of sports clubs in Iraq at that time. The name of Al Ghiri Sports Club was proposed for this institution. In 1961, the Ministry of the Interior approved their request to establish the club and thus wrote the birth certificate of the first sports club in the city of Najaf and consisted of the first administrative body of Messrs. Naji Hassan Hasswa as president and Maki Hadi Maala Vice-President and Alwan Elsafer as secretary.[2] At the beginning of the establishment of the club, the Ministry of the Interior allocated an annual grant of 60 dinars divided into two instalments, and the club relied on this grant and monthly subscriptions from its members.

Stadiums

New Najaf Stadium is a purpose built football stadium that is the current home stadium of Al-Najaf. It opened in 2018, with a capacity of 30,000 people. Until 2018, the club played its home matches at An-Najaf Stadium (Arabic: ستاد النجف).

Current squad

First-team 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
3 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Noori
4 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Moussa
5 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Riyadh
6 MF Iraq IRQ Salih Sadir (captain)
8 MF Iraq IRQ Tahir Hameed
11 MF Iraq IRQ Ameer Razzak
14 MF Cameroon CMR Didier Talla
17 FW Iraq IRQ Mueen Ahmed
18 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Sallal
19 MF Iraq IRQ Karim Dali
20 MF Iraq IRQ Rafed Jbayer
22 GK Iraq IRQ Dalovan Mahdi
23 MF Iraq IRQ Ameer Hussein
25 GK Iraq IRQ Qaed Sadeer
28 DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Abdul Hussein
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Aiyad
30 GK Iraq IRQ Wissam Mohammed
33 DF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Abdul Jalil
88 MF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Moayad
— DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Abdul-Zahra
— FW Iraq IRQ Emad Abdul Zahra
— GK Iraq IRQ Hani Shaker
— FW Iraq IRQ Arkan Ammar
— DF Iraq IRQ Saad Jassim
— MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Laftah
— DF Iraq IRQ Haidar Ali Kadhim
— DF Iraq IRQ Firas Zamil
— FW Syria SYR Shadi Al-Hamwi
— DF Togo TOG Wilson Akakpo
— FW Iraq IRQ Obaida Kadhum Ahmed

Current technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager: Hassan Ahmad Iraq
Assistant manager: Bahaa Kadhim Iraq
Assistant manager: Haidar Aboodi Iraq
Goalkeeping coach: Hadi Jaber Iraq
Administrative director: Ali Hashim Iraq
Team Analyst: Alaa Abd Aoun Iraq

Updated to match played 25 September 2020
Source: [1]

Statistics

The season-by-season performance of the club over the recent years:[3]

Season League Rank
2000–01 Iraqi Elite League 6
2001–02 Iraqi Elite League 5
2002–03 Iraqi First Division 2
2003–04 Iraqi Premier League Cancelled
2004–05 Iraqi Premier League 6
2005–06 Iraqi Premier League 2
2006–07 Iraqi Premier League 3
2007–08 Iraqi Premier League 5
2008–09 Iraqi Premier Division 2
2009–10 Iraqi Premier Division 11
2010–11 Iraqi Premier Division 11
2011–12 Iraqi Elite League 9
2012–13 Iraqi Elite League 11
2013–14 Iraqi Premier League 15
2014–15 Iraqi Premier League 17
2015–16 Iraqi Premier League 13
2016–17 Iraqi Premier League 9
2017–18 Iraqi Premier League 6
2018–19 Iraqi Premier League 12
2019–20 Iraqi Premier League Cancelled

Last updated: 3 June 2020

Performance in AFC competitions

2007: Group Stage

Managerial history

Since the club's promotion to the Iraqi Premier League in the 1987–88 season so far, twenty-four coaches have led the team[4][5] :

  • Iraq Mohammed Hussein Ismail (1974–1975)
  • Iraq Alwan Mena (1976–1977)
  • Iraq Nasrat Nasser (1977–1978)
  • Iraq Mohammed Hussein Ismail (1978–1979)
  • Iraq Alwan Mena (1983–1984)
  • Iraq Hatif Shamran (1985–1986)
  • Iraq Alwan Mena (1986–1988)
  • Iraq Najeh Humoud (1988–1991)
  • Iraq Wathik Naji (1991–1992)
  • Iraq Hatif Shamran (1992–1993)
  • Iraq Noman Kadhim & Raheem Jassim (1993)
  • Iraq Najeh Humoud (1993–1998)
  • Iraq Hadi Mtanish (1998)
  • Iraq Ali Kadhim (1998–1999)
  • Iraq Abdul Ghani Shahad (1999)
  • Iraq Najeh Humoud (1999–2002)
  • Iraq Abdul Ghani Shahad (2002–2008)
  • Iraq Hatif Shamran (2008–2009)
  • Iraq Majed Najem (2008–2009)
  • Iraq Abdul Ghani Shahad (2010–2011)
  • Iraq Hatif Shamran (2011)
  • Iraq Mohammed Abdul Hussein (2011–2012)
  • Iraq Majed Najem (2012)
  • Iraq Abdul Ghani Shahad (2012–2013)
  • Iraq Yahya Alwan (2013)
  • Iraq Ali Wahab (2013)
  • Iraq Qahtan Chathir (2013–2014)
  • Iraq Salman Hussein (2014)
  • Iraq Haider Yahya (2014)
  • Iraq Salman Hussein (2014)
  • Iraq Hameed Salman (2015)
  • Iraq Mohammed Abdul Hussein (2015)
  • Iraq Ali Wahab (2015)
  • Iraq Emad Mohammed (2015–2016)
  • Iraq Hatif Shamran (2016)
  • Iraq Emad Mohammed (2016–2017)
  • Iraq Chasib Sultan (2017)
  • Iraq Nadhum Shaker (2017–2018)
  • Iraq Ali Hashim (2018)
  • Iraq Ahmed Khalef (2018)
  • Iraq Mudhafar Jabbar (2018)
  • Iraq Thair Jassam (2018–2019)
  • Iraq Chasib Sultan (2019)
  • Iraq Hassan Ahmad (2019–present)

Honours

Domestic

International

2007: Group stage

Friendly

  • Victory and Peace Championship
    • Winners (1): 1992
  • Cup of Love
    • Winners (1): 2003

See also

References

  1. ^ تاريخ الاندية الرياضـية العراقية (in Arabic). Dorar-aliraq.net. 27 September 2010.
  2. ^ عميد الرياضة النجفية .. محمد الفضلي : رحلة خمسين عاماً من العطاء الثر (in Arabic). Mondialar.com. 24 August 2016.
  3. ^ Al-Najaf—Iraqi Premier League
  4. ^ نادي النجف … ثمانية عشر مدربا خلال 29 موسما .. وحمود قاد الفريق في 449 مباراة (in Arabic). Football-iq.net. 4 June 2016.
  5. ^ نادي النجف … شهد قاد الفريق في 245 مباراة وحقق انجازات يشار لها بالبنان (in Arabic). Football-iq.net. 16 June 2016.
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