Naft Al-Basra
Full nameNaft Al-Basra Sports Club
Nickname(s)Fursan Al-Junoob (Southern Knights)
Founded27 November 1979 (1979-11-27) (as Naft Al-Junoob)
GroundAl-Fayhaa Stadium
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAli Hanoon
ManagerAbdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi Premier League, 15th of 20

Naft Al-Basra SC (Arabic: نادي نفط البصرة الرياضي, lit. 'Basra Oil Sports Club') is a professional football club based in Al-Tamimia District, Basra, Iraq, that plays in Iraq Stars League.

History

Name changes

The club was founded on 27 November 1979 as "Naft Al-Junoob", before changing to the name "Al-Rumaila" on 6 March 1990, and returned to the name "Naft Al-Junoob" on 20 April 2003, the club played in Iraqi Premier League at the 2004–05 season for the first time.[1]

On October 23, 2020, the club's management, which was elected a few days prior, decided to change the name of the club from "Naft Al-Junoob" to "Naft Al-Basra" and officially announced this, as they changed the logo.[2][3]

Rivalries

Naft Al-Basra contest the Basra Derby with Al-Mina'a.[4][5] Since 2005, there have been 29 competitive Basra Derbies. Al-Mina'a hold the precedence in these matches, with 10 victories to Naft Al-Basra's 7; there have been 12 draws. The most decisive result in an Al-Mina'a–Naft Al-Basra game is Al-Mina'a's 4–1 victory at Al Mina'a Stadium, their home ground, on March 11, 2005. There have been two incidences of 3–1, Al-Minaa have been won in both matches; home in December 2005, and away in January 2006. The competition saw 54 goals scored, 30 for Al-Mina'a and 24 for Naft Al-Basra; the individual player who scored the most goals was Al-Mina'a player Ihsan Hadi and Naft Al-Basra player Bassim Ali, each scored four goals. And there are five players who scored for both teams, they are Alaa Aasi, Nasser Talla Dahilan, Ahmed Hassan, Sajjad Abdul Kadhim and Hussam Malik.[6]

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 Saif Kareem
1 GK Iraq IRQ Abbas Ahmed
12 GK Iraq IRQ Hayder Jamal
22 GK Iraq IRQ Hussam Mahdi
24 DF Iraq IRQ Wael Abdulhussein
— DF Brazil BRA Sergio Raphael
44 DF Brazil BRA Breno Calixto
55 DF Liberia LBR Alvin Maccornell
3 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Costa
18 DF Iraq IRQ Sabah Auad
27 DF Iraq IRQ Salah Hassan
33 DF Brazil BRA Gilberto Alemao
4 DF Iraq IRQ Jassim Faisal
5 DF Iraq IRQ Abdullah Mohsen
16 DF Iraq IRQ Kadhem Abdulkareem
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Iraq IRQ Hussein Ammar
32 MF Iraq IRQ Alaa Raed
23 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Rubat
8 MF Iraq IRQ Sadeq Zamel
99 MF Iraq IRQ Hayder Ahmed
10 MF Iraq IRQ Hussam Malek
11 MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Jalal
6 MF Iraq IRQ Wesam Malek
20 MF Iraq IRQ Hayder Salem
29 MF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Saeed
30 MF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Hadi
29 FW Iraq IRQ Ahmed Zamel
— FW Iraq IRQ Abbas Majed
90 FW Cameroon CMR Ngombe Mbengue

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Iraq IRQ Karrar Jumaa (on loan at Al-Bahri until the end of the 2022–23 season)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager:Emad AodaIraq
Assistant manager:Salim NayrouzIraq
Goalkeeping coach:Akram SabeehIraq
Fitness coach:Dhurgham BraziliIraq
Reserve Coach:Ali JassimIraq
U19 Manager:Muntasser HamdanIraq
U16 Manager:Ahmed HassanIraq
Administrative director:Alaa NayrouzIraq

Updated to match played 29 July 2019
Source: almirbad.com

Board members

Position Name Nationality
President:Ali HanoonIraq
Vice-president:Hassan Abdul HadiIraq
Secretary:Aaliyah MakkiIraq
Treasurer:Asaad Karim JassimIraq
Member of the Board:Sajjad KadhimIraq
Member of the Board:Hisham MohammedIraq
Member of the Board:Mohammed KarimIraq
Member of the Board:Maan Abdul HassanIraq
Member of the Board:Aqeel NajemIraq
Member of the Board:Ali Abdul Karim HashimIraq

Updated to match played 15 October 2020
Source: Alforatnews.com

Managerial history

Records

All-time top goalscorers

As of 16 July 2019
# Nat. Name Career Goals
1 Bassim Ali 2008–2019 54
2 Ali Jawad Ismail 2009–2012 34
3 Wesam Malik 2008–2019 22
4 Amer Sahib 2010–2015 16
5 Hussam Malik 2010–2016 15
6 Faisal Kadhim 2013–2019 13
Nasser Talla Dahilan 2007–2010
Nawaf Falah 2008–2015
9 Murtaja Adel Nasser 2017–2019 10
10 Ahmed Hassan Shanshool 2008–2011 9
Ali Aoda 2013–2016
  • Players in bold are still available for selection.

Honours

Other games

Handball

The Naft Al-Basra handball team won the Iraqi Handball League title at 2013–14[7] and 2014–15 seasons.[8] The team also participated in Asian Club League Handball Championship and Arab Handball Championship of Champions as a representative of Iraq.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "The history of Iraqi Premier League 2004–05 season". niiiis.com (in Arabic). July 31, 2009.
  2. ↑ "بيان رسمي". Naft Al-Basra SC website (in Arabic). October 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "تغيير اسم نادي نفط الجنوب". alrafidain.news (in Arabic). October 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Basra Derby". iraqifs.com (in Arabic). June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Basra Derby". iraqi-sn.com (in Arabic). December 26, 2016. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Al-Minaa Vs Naft Al-Junoob history". kooora.com (in Arabic). July 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ "نفط الجنوب يتوج بطلاً لدوري كرة اليد العراقي الممتاز". almadapress.com (in Arabic). May 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ "نفط الجنوب بطلا لدوري كرة اليــد". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). April 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "فريق نفط الجنوب الى جانب الجيش في بطولة اسيا لكرة اليد". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). July 20, 2010.
  10. ↑ "فريق نادي نفط الجنوب لكرة اليد يشد الرحال لتمثيل العراق في بطولة العرب للاندية". almirbad.com (in Arabic). March 17, 2013.


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