2015–16 Al-Talaba SC season

The 2015–16 season was Al-Talaba Sports Club's 41st consecutive season in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 5th of Group 2 in the previous season, and having withdrawn from the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Talaba only competed in the Iraqi Premier League.

Al-Talaba
2015–16 season
President
Honorary President		Alaa Kadhim
Hussein al-Shahristani
ManagerAyoub Odisho
StadiumAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
(September 2015–April 2016)
Al-Shaab Stadium
(April–May 2016)
Iraqi Premier League3rd – Final stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Abdul-Qadir Tariq (10)
All:
Abdul-Qadir Tariq (10)

In the first stage of the league, Al-Talaba were inconsistent in their results, finishing in 4th place of the Group 1 table at 27 points with seven wins, six draws, four losses and a goal difference of +6. In the second stage, Al-Talaba lost their first match against Al-Shorta and before clinching a win against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. After drawing with the league leaders, Al-Zawra'a and the defending champions, Naft Al-Wasat, they won against Al-Mina'a which could have led them from 3rd to 2nd before drawing the next match with Al-Naft. They won their last match against Baghdad to remain in their position of 3rd in the league after three wins, three draws, a loss, at 12 points.

Kit
Period Home colours Away colours Third colours Supplier
September 2015 – February 2016
Nike
February 2016 – April 2016
April 2016
Royal Arena Sport
April 2016 – May 2016
Royal Arena Sport,
Nike

Players

Squad information
As of 31 January 2016[1]

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 Saif Jameel
2 DF  SYR Saad Hassan
3 DF  IRQ Saad Jassim
4 DF  IRQ Mohammed Abdul-Zahra (3rd captain)
5 MF  IRQ Muthana Khalid
6 MF  IRQ Mohammed Mtashar
7 MF  IRQ Sajjad Jassim
8 MF  IRQ Mustafa Al-Ameen
9 FW  IRQ Younis Mahmoud (captain)
10 FW  IRQ Abdul-Qadir Tariq
11 FW  IRQ Amjad Abbas
12 GK  IRQ Ali Abd Laftah
13 MF  SYR Thaer Kroma
14 DF  IRQ Abbas Ayyad
15 MF  IRQ Yousif Nabeel
16 FW  IRQ Yassir Abdul-Mohsen
17 MF  IRQ Ihab Kadhim
18 MF  IRQ Mahdi Karim (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  IRQ Mustafa Ali Nima
20 MF  IRQ Ahmed Ali Hussein
21 FW  IRQ Alaa Muhaisin
22 MF  IRQ Samer Saeed
23 GK  IRQ Muhannad Jabbar
24 MF  IRQ Muthana Khalid
25 MF  IRQ Aqeel Abbas Jabur
26 DF  IRQ Hassan Abbas
27 FW  IRQ Karrar Ali Dodah
28 DF  IRQ Haider Ali Abid
31 FW  SYR Abdul-Latif Salqini
32 DF  IRQ Ali Hussein Ali
33 DF  SYR Moayad Al-Khouli
34 DF  IRQ Haider Ali Kadhim
35 GK  IRQ Ali Abdul-Muhsin
37 MF  IRQ Mustafa Mohammed
38 FW  GHA James Abban
39 DF  IRQ Ahmed Nadhim

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
— FW  IRQ Ali Rasheed (at Al-Karkh until 30 June 2016)

Players In
N Date Pos Player Moving from Type Transfer window
20 12 July 2015 MF Ahmed Ali Hussein Al-Hedood Transfer Summer
28 12 July 2015 DF Haider Ali Abid Al-Karkh Transfer Summer
11 14 July 2015 FW Amjad Abbas Ahli Sidab Transfer Summer
7 26 July 2015 MF Sajjad Jassim Najaf Transfer Summer
10 29 July 2015 FW Abdul-Qadir Tariq Al-Karkh Transfer Summer
34 29 July 2015 DF Haider Ali Kadhim Zakho Transfer Summer
16 30 July 2015 FW Yassir Abdul-Mohsen Zakho Transfer Summer
18 1 August 2015 DF Mahdi Karim Al-Shorta Transfer Summer
8 1 August 2015 MF Mustafa Al-Ameen Naft Maysan Transfer Summer
27 1 August 2015 FW Karrar Ali Dodah Sulaymaniyah Transfer Summer
4 12 August 2015 DF Mohammed Abdul-Zahra Al-Sinaa Transfer Summer
3 12 August 2015 DF Saad Jassim Zakho Transfer Summer
1 12 August 2015 GK Saif Jameel Al-Shorta Transfer Summer
17 12 August 2015 MF Ihab Kadhim Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Transfer Summer
15 16 August 2015 MF Yousif Nabeel Al-Kahraba Transfer Summer
13 6 September 2015 MF Thaer Kroma Al-Wahda Transfer Summer
31 6 September 2015 FW Abdul-Latif Salqini Al-Jaish Transfer Summer
33 6 September 2015 DF Moayad Al-Khouli Al-Jaish Transfer Summer
9 18 September 2015 FW Younis Mahmoud Unattached Free Mid-season
22 16 November 2015 MF Samer Saeed Al-Karkh Transfer Mid-season
37 30 November 2015 MF Mustafa Mohammed Al-Shorta Transfer Mid-season
38 12 December 2015 FW James Abban Aduana Stars Transfer Mid-season
39 7 January 2016 DF Ahmed Nadhim Naft Al-Janoob Transfer Winter
5 12 January 2016 MF Muthana Khalid Baghdad Transfer Winter
2 31 January 2016 DF Saad Hassan Al-Jaish Transfer Winter

Players Out
Date Pos Player Moving to Type Transfer window
15 July 2015 DF Nozad Abdul-Hameed Al-Karkh End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 FW Sayyid Arafat Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 DF Mohammed Saeed Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Karrar Salih Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Sadiq Abbas Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Yousif Dhaidan Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Ali Faez Qasim Naft Maysan Transfer Summer
15 July 2015 FW Ali Rasheed Al-Karkh Loan Summer
15 July 2015 DF Adnan Atiya Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 DF Mohammed Abdul-Zahra Al-Sinaa Transfer Summer
15 July 2015 DF Adnan Atiya Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 GC Badir Shakir Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Thamir Fouad Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 DF Salah Hilal Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Hassan Attwan Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Al-Habib Mohammed Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 DF Mohammed Ali Karim Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 MF Wisam Zaki Unattached End of contract Summer
15 July 2015 AM Ahmed Kadhim Assad Unattached End of contract Summer
16 July 2015 FW Ali Salah Hashim Zakho Transfer Summer
21 July 2015 MF Salih Sadir Naft Al-Wasat Transfer Summer
22 July 2015 AM Nawaf Slall Unattached End of contract Summer
22 July 2015 MF Mustafa Hussein Unattached End of contract Summer
22 July 2015 DF Majeed Hameed Unattached End of contract Summer
23 July 2015 DF Waleed Bahar Al-Naft Transfer Summer
23 July 2015 DF Mohammed Jabbar Rubat Naft Al-Janoob Transfer Summer
26 July 2015 MF Mustafa Jalal Wadi Degla Transfer Summer
26 July 2015 MF Ahmed Jabbar Al-Mina'a Transfer Summer
12 August 2015 GK Muhannad Qassim Baghdad Transfer Summer
12 August 2015 DF Ahmed Khalid Unattached End of contract Summer
12 August 2015 DF Ahmed Essa Al-Zawra'a Transfer Summer
5 December 2015 MF Osama Ali Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Transfer Winter

Technical staff

As of 7 June 2015[2]

Position Staff
Head coach Ayoub Odisho
Assistant coach Hassan Turki
Assistant coach Kareem Salman
Assistant coach Sadiq Saadoun
Goalkeeping coach Hisham Ali

Statistics

Top scorers
Rank Pos. No. Name Iraqi Premier League Total
1 FW 10 Abdul-Qadir Tariq 10 10
2 FW 9 Younis Mahmoud 3 3
3 FW 16 Yassir Abdul-Mohsen 2 2
FW 38 James Abban 2 2
MF 13 Thaer Kroma 2 2
4 FW 31 Abdul-Latif Salqini 1 1
FW 27 Karrar Ali Dodah 1 1
MF 8 Mustafa Al-Ameen 1 1
MF 22 Samer Saeed 1 1
DF 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra 1 1
DF 18 Mahdi Karim 1 1
DF 2 Saad Hassan 1 1
DF 39 Ahmed Nadhim 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 28 28

Captains
Rank Pos. No. Name Starts
1 FW 9 Younis Mahmoud 13
2 DF 18 Mahdi Karim 6
3 DF 4 Mohammed Abdul-Zahra 5
Total 24

Penalties
Date Name Opponent Result
21 October 2015 Abdul-Qadir Tariq Al-Karkh Y
28 February 2016 Mahdi Karim Samawa Y

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 December 2015 Friendly Al-Sinaa 0–1 Al-Talaba Baghdad
7:00 UTC+03:00 Jassim Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
15 January 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 1–2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Tariq  (pen.) Chammari
Hussein 		Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium
28 January 2016 Friendly Al-Shorta 0–0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
9 February 2016 Friendly Al-Kahraba 2–1 Al-Talaba Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00 Stadium: Al Kahraba Stadium
21 March 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 0–0 Al-Hussein Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium
23 March 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 4–0 Haifa Baghdad
15:15 UTC+03:00 Abdul-Mohsen  10'
Karim  25'
Jassim  40'
Nima  80'		 Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium
27 March 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 1–1 Baghdad Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Karim  36' Agha  89' Stadium: Baghdad Stadium
3 May 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 0–1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
16:00 UTC+03:00 Faez  62' Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iraqi Premier League 14 September 2015 21 May 2016 24 10 9 5 28 20 +8 041.67
Total 24 10 9 5 28 20 +8 041.67

Iraqi Premier League
Main article: 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Naft Al-Wasat 17 10 5 2 24 14 +10 35 Qualified to Elite Group
3 Al-Naft 17 9 5 3 21 10 +11 32
4 Al-Talaba 17 7 6 4 20 14 +6 27
5 Naft Maysan 17 6 6 5 16 16 0 24
6 Al-Kahrabaa 17 3 7 7 9 17 −8 16
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA
ResultLWWDLDWWLDWD–DWDWL
Source: Kooora.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
14 September 2015 1 Naft Al-Wasat 1–0 Al-Talaba Najaf
15:30 UTC+03:00 Sadir  31' Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium
19 September 2015 2 Al-Talaba 3–1 Al-Kahraba Baghdad
15:30 UTC+03:00 Tariq  45', 50'
Abdul-Mohsen  70'		 Ali  69' Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
24 September 2015 3 Al-Talaba 2–0 Naft Maysan Baghdad
15:30 UTC+03:00 Abdul-Zahra  41'
Tariq  72'
Abbas  80'		 Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
29 September 2015 4 Duhok 1–1 Al-Talaba Duhok
15:30 UTC+03:00 Ali  56' Salqini  34' Stadium: Duhok Stadium
16 October 2015 5 Al-Talaba 0–1 Al-Zawra'a Baghdad
15:00 UTC+03:00 Abdul-Raheem  25' Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
21 October 2015 6 Al-Karkh 4–4 Al-Talaba Baghdad
15:00 UTC+03:00 Hameed  13'
Al-Jarih  26'
Kareem  61'
Mousa  83'		 Mahmoud  6'
Tariq  20' (pen.), 73'
Dodah  79'		 Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium
26 October 2015 7 Al-Talaba 1–0 Naft Al-Janoob Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Tariq  69' Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
5 November 2015 8 Samawa 0–1 Al-Talaba Samawa
14:30 UTC+03:00 Mahmoud  61' Stadium: As Samawah Stadium
7 December 2015 9 Al-Talaba 0–1 Al-Naft Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00 Kadhim  90' Qasim  28' Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
12 December 2015 10 Al-Talaba 1–1 Naft Al-Wasat Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00 Mahmoud  76' Sadir  31'
Noumi  57'		 Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
16 December 2015 11 Al-Kahraba 0–2 Al-Talaba Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00 Kroma  13'
Tariq  46'
Amado  90+1' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Al Kahraba Stadium
20 January 2016 12 Naft Maysan 0–0 Al-Talaba Amarah
14:30 UTC+03:00 Stadium: Al-Maimuna Stadium
27 January 2016 13 Al-Talaba – Duhok Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
Note: Duhok withdrew from the second half of the group.
2 February 2016 14 Al-Zawra'a 0–0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Stadium: Al Sinaa Stadium
15 February 2016 15 Al-Talaba 1–0 Al-Karkh Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00 Tariq  5'
Mohammed  70'		 Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
19 February 2016 16 Naft Al-Janoob 2–2 Al-Talaba Basra
14:00 UTC+03:00 Malik  2', 57' Tariq  25'
Saeed  58'		 Stadium: Naft Al-Janoob Stadium
28 February 2016 17 Al-Talaba 2–0 Samawa Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Tariq  58'
Karim  89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
3 March 2016 18 Al-Naft 2–0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00 Hussein  9'
Karim  24'		 Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

Last updated: 3 March 2016
Source: Kooora

Final stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Zawraa (C) 7 4 3 0 13 5 +8 15 2017 AFC Cup
2 Naft Al-Wasat 7 4 2 1 10 6 +4 14 2017 Arab Club Championship
3 Al-Talaba 7 3 3 1 8 6 +2 12
4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 3 0 4 11 7 +4 9 2017 AFC Cup[lower-alpha 1]
5 Al-Naft 7 2 3 2 9 9 0 9
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.
Results by round
Round1234567
GroundNNNAHNN
ResultLWDDWDW
Source: Kooora.com
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
2 April 2016 1 Al-Talaba 0–1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:10 UTC+03:00 Kalaf  86' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
7 April 2016 2 Al-Talaba 2–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad
15:30 UTC+03:00 Tariq  72'
Nadhim  80'		 Rasan  33' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 April 2016 3 Al-Talaba 1–1 Al-Zawra'a Baghdad
16:00 UTC+03:00 Al-Ameen  24' Jwayed  17' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
22 April 2016 4 Naft Al-Wasat 1–1 Al-Talaba Najaf
16:30 UTC+03:00 Yassin  55' Al-Ameen  46' 
Abban  90+3'		 Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium
8 May 2016 5 Al-Talaba 1–0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
16:45 UTC+03:00 Abdul-Mohsen  81' Ibrahim  83'  Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 May 2016 6 Al-Talaba 1–1 Al-Naft Baghdad
16:45 UTC+03:00 Abban  90+2'
Mahmoud  90+5' 		 Karim  36' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
21 May 2016 7 Al-Talaba 2–1 Baghdad Baghdad
16:45 UTC+03:00 Kroma  27'
Hassan  76'		 Abbas  38' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Last updated: 21 May 2016
Source: Kooora

References
  1. "Iraq – Al-Talaba – Players". Goalzz.
  2. Essa, Sami (June 7, 2015). "اوديشو مدربا لنادي الطلبة العراقي بشكل رسمي" [Odisho is officially the manager of Al-Talaba]. Kooora (in Arabic).
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