Al-Najaf SC

Al-Najaf Sports Club (Arabic: نادي النجف الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Najaf. They are members of the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Najaf has competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League.

Al-Najaf
Full nameAl-Najaf Sports Club
Nickname(s)Ghizlan Al-Badiah (Desert Gazelles)
Founded1961 (1961)
GroundAl-Najaf International Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanRadwan Al Kindi
ManagerAhmed Khalaf
LeagueIraqi Premier League
2021–22Iraqi Premier League, 7th of 20

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
As of 18 October 2022

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 Iraq IRQ Mustafa Adhab
12 GK Iraq IRQ Mohammed Gassid
25 GK Iraq IRQ Hani Shakir
1 GK Iraq IRQ Sadeq Thiab
21 GK Iraq IRQ Amjed Raheem
30 GK Iraq IRQ Wisam Mohammed
35 GK Iraq IRQ Mujtaba Basim
— DF Iraq IRQ Ali Kadhim Mohammed
— DF Iraq IRQ Adnan Mohammed
33 DF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Abduljalil
22 DF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Razzaq
14 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Jassim
31 DF Iraq IRQ Naji Natiq
4 DF Iraq IRQ Abu Haloub
3 DF Brazil BRA Henrique Ávila
39 DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Nadhim
2 DF Brazil BRA Gil Bahia
15 DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Naeem
92 DF Iraq IRQ Sattar Jabbar
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Fadhel
19 MF Iraq IRQ Mahdi Kamel
— MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Mohsen Jaber
29 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Ali
7 MF Iraq IRQ Younis Humood
88 MF Central African Republic CTA Jacob Nicator Youmbi
11 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Zamel
18 MF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Hedaib
8 MF Iraq IRQ Taher Hameed
13 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Ayad
17 MF Iraq IRQ Mueen Ahmed
20 MF Iraq IRQ Amir Hassan
25 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Riyadh
26 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Adnan
34 MF Iraq IRQ Hassan Abdulrazzaq
18 FW Iraq IRQ Ali Qasim
10 FW Iraq IRQ Ahmed Saeed
— FW Kenya KEN Richard Mbulu
99 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Paulo
9 FW Iraq IRQ Marwan Hussein

Current technical staff
Position Name Nationality
Coach:Haidar AboodiIraq
Assistant coach:Dhiyya FalihIraq
Goalkeeping coach:Mohammed Abdul-ZahraIraq
Fitness coach:Salah HashimIraq
Team supervisor:Fadhel MohammedIraq
Team manager:Mohammed Abdul HusseinIraq
Team Doctor:Haitham Abdul AmirIraq
U-19 Coach:Haider LaftaIraq

Updated to match played 25 September 2020
Source: Alsabaah.iq

Managerial history

Since the club's promotion to the Iraqi Premier League in the 1987–88 season so far, twenty-six coaches have led the team:[3][4]

Honours

Domestic

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

Performance in AFC Competitions
2007: Group stage

Statistics

In domestic competitions
Year Premier League Iraq Cup Super Cup Elite Cup
1987–8816-not heldStarted in
1991
1988–896Round of 32not held
1989–908Quarter-finalnot held
1990–917Quarter-finalnot held
1991–926Round of 16not heldGroup stage
1992–9315Second roundnot heldGroup stage
1993–944-not helddid not qualify
1994–953-not held4
1995–96Runner-up-not heldGroup stage
1996–974Quarter-finaldid not qualify3
1997–984Round of 16did not qualifyWinner
1998–998Round of 32not heldGroup stage
1999–20009Round of 16did not qualifyGroup stage
2000–016not helddid not qualifydid not qualify
2001–025Semi-finaldid not qualifyGroup stage
2002–03not finishedQuarter-finaldid not qualifyGroup stage
2003–04not finishednot heldnot heldGroup stage
2004–056not heldnot heldAbolished in
2004
2005–06Runner-upnot heldnot held
2006–073not heldnot held
2007–085not heldnot held
2008–09Runner-upnot heldnot held
2009–1011not heldnot held
2010–1111not heldnot held
2011–129not heldnot held
2012–1311not finishednot held
2013–1415not heldnot held
2014–1517not heldnot held
2015–1613did not enternot held
2016–179Round of 16not held
2017–186not helddid not qualify
2018–1912Round of 16not held
2019–20not finishednot finisheddid not qualify
2020–213Round of 16not held
2021–227Round of 16did not qualify

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. نادي النجف … ثمانية عشر مدربا خلال 29 موسما .. وحمود قاد الفريق في 449 مباراة (in Arabic). Football-iq.net. 4 June 2016.
  4. 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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