Al-Najaf SC

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Al-Najaf
Full nameAl-Najaf Sports Club
Nickname(s)Ghizlan Al-Badiah (Desert Gazelles)
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
GroundAl-Najaf International Stadium
Capacity30,000
ChairmanRadwan Al Kindi
ManagerAhmed Khalaf
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi Premier League, 7th of 20
Current season

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

History[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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
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
6 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Fadhel
No. Pos. Nation Player
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 CAF 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[edit]

Position Name Nationality
Coach: Haidar Aboodi Iraq
Assistant coach: Dhiyya Falih Iraq
Goalkeeping coach: Mohammed Abdul-Zahra Iraq
Fitness coach: Salah Hashim Iraq
Team supervisor: Fadhel Mohammed Iraq
Team manager: Mohammed Abdul Hussein Iraq
Team Doctor: Haitham Abdul Amir Iraq
U-19 Coach: Haider Lafta Iraq

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

Managerial history[edit]

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[edit]

Domestic[edit]

Friendly[edit]

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

Performance in AFC Competitions[edit]

2007: Group stage

Statistics[edit]

In domestic competitions[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  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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