2020–21 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2020–21 season will be Al-Minaa's 45th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 47 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.

Al-Mina'a SC
2020–21 season
ChairmanMohammed Jaber Hassan
ManagerValeriu Tița
GroundBasra Sports City
Premier League17th
FA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Rostand Junior M'baï (2 goals)
All: Rostand Junior M'baï (2 goals)

Al-Mina'a will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.

Review

Background

After the good level that the team showed in last season under the leadership of Valeriu Tița, who made the team top the league table after four rounds without losing, and had it not been for the cancellation of the league due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team would have continued to make impressive performances, so the club management saw the need to renew the coach's contract and keep the players. Indeed, Tița's contract was renewed[1] and contracts renewed for most of the players of the previous season, also, good deals were added to the team, as the club signed the international player Emad Mohsin, the U-23 national team player, Abdul Abbas Ayad, and the U-20 national team player, Ali Shawqi. And the three foreign players were released, except for Abdoul Madjid Moumouni, who performed well, and three foreign professionals were signed, Senegalese Idrissa Niang, Ivorian Jean-Jacques Bougouhi, and Cameroonian Rostand Junior M'baï,[2] as well as the Roman fitness coach Marius.[3] It also appointed former player Rahim Bakr as a sports consultant within the technical staff.[4] The league fixtures were released on 1 October, with Al-Minaa to kick off the new season home at Basra against Al-Hudood on 25 October.[5]

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  IRQ Hamza Adnan (vice-captain)
5 MF  IRQ Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor
6 DF  IRQ Abbas Badie
7 MF  IRQ Hussein Younis
9 FW  IRQ Emad Mohsin
10 MF  IRQ Hussam Malik (captain)
11 DF  IRQ Aqeel Mahdi
12 GK  IRQ Yassin Karim
15 DF  IRQ Hussein Falah (3rd captain)
16 MF  IRQ Ali Shawqi
17 FW  CMR Rostand Junior M'baï
18 FW  IRQ Salem Ahmed
21 GK  IRQ Mujtaba Mohammed
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  IRQ Hussam Mahdi
23 DF  IRQ Ahmed Yahya
25 MF  IRQ Abdul Abbas Ayad
28 MF  NIG Abdoul Madjid Moumouni
31 GK  IRQ Murtadha Sami
32 DF  IRQ Ali Qasim
33 DF  IRQ Abbas Yas
34 MF  IRQ Sajed Abbas Hashim
35 DF  IRQ Ahmed Khaled
36 FW  IRQ Sajjad Saeed
55 MF  IRQ Saif Jassim
77 MF  IRQ Sadeq Sami
92 MF  SEN Idrissa Niang

Players data
As of 28 July 2020
No. Name Nat. Position(s) Age Signed from Since App. Goals
Goalkeepers
12 Yassin Karim GK 23 Al-Sulaymaniyah August 2016 68 0
21 Mujtaba Mohammed GK 19 Youth system August 2019 0 0
22 Hussam Mahdi GK 23 Youth system October 2017 3 0
31 Murtadha Sami GK 18 Youth system September 2020 0 0
Defenders
3 Hamza Adnan LB / LWB 24 Al-Zawraa January 2019 149 3
6 Abbas Badie CB / DM 21 Youth system July 2016 18 0
11 Aqeel Mahdi RB / RW 24 Karbalaa September 2018 24 2
15 Hussein Falah RB / RWB / SW 26 Duhok February 2014 122 0
23 Ahmed Yahya LB 19 Masafi Al-Janoob February 2020 0 0
32 Ali Qasim CB 18 Youth system September 2018 6 0
33 Abbas Yas CB / DM 17 Youth system August 2019 0 0
35 Ahmed Khaled CB / LB 23 Erbil August 2019 0 0
Midfielders
5 Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor CM / AM / RW 24 Al-Zawraa August 2019 92 6
7 Hussein Younis RW 21 Al-Samawa August 2019 0 0
10 Hussam Malik LW / RW / SS 25 Naft Al-Basra June 2016 90 15
16 Ali Shawqi CM / AM 19 Al-Bahri September 2020 4 1
25 Abdul Abbas Ayad DM / CB / SW 20 Al-Naft July 2020 0 0
28 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni DM / CM / AM 26 Al-Merrikh August 2019 0 0
34 Sajed Abbas Hashim CM 17 Youth system February 2020 0 0
55 Saif Jassim DM 24 Al-Hudood August 2019 0 0
77 Sadeq Sami CM / AM 19 Youth system September 2018 27 0
92 Idrissa Niang DM / CM 28 Nejmeh October 2020 0 0
Forwards
9 Emad Mohsin ST / SS / RW 23 Al-Hilal July 2020 0 0
17 Rostand Junior M'baï ST / LW / RW 25 Ittihad Tanger October 2020 0 0
18 Salem Ahmed ST 19 Youth system February 2020 0 0
36 Sajjad Saeed ST 19 Youth system October 2020 0 0

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
27 July 2020 DM Abdul Abbas Ayad Al-Naft Free transfer [6]
28 July 2020 CF Emad Mohsin Al-Hilal Free transfer [7]
18 September 2020 AM Ali Shawqi Al-Bahri Free transfer [8]
19 September 2020 GK Murtadha Sami Youth system n/a [9]
1 October 2020 DM Idrissa Niang Nejmeh Free transfer [10]
6 October 2020 CF Jean-Jacques Bougouhi Ararat-Armenia Free transfer [11]
7 October 2020 CF Rostand Junior M'baï Ittihad Tanger Free transfer [12]
12 October 2020 CF Sajjad Saeed Youth system n/a [13]

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
1 June 2020 CB Kassem El Zein Nejmeh End of Loan [14]
13 September 2020 RW Ahmed Zamel Naft Al-Basra Free transfer [15]
LW Ahmed Farhan Naft Al-Basra Free transfer [15]
1 October 2020 CF Stephen Sarfo Berekum Chelsea Free transfer [16]
7 October 2020 CF Ely Cheikh Voulany Wej Free transfer [17]
2 November 2020 CF Jean-Jacques Bougouhi Unattached Released [18]

Personnel

Technical staff
Position Name Nationality
Manager:Valeriu Tița
Assistant manager:Ammar Rihawi
Goalkeeping coach:Saddam Salman
Fitness coach:Florin Marius
Sport consultant:Rahim Bakr
Team supervisor:Jihad Madlool
Club doctor:Sebastian Florentin
Administrator:Salah Khalil

Updated to match played 18 June 2020
Source: ninanews.com

Board members
Position Name Nationality
President:Mohammad Jaber Al-Jaberi
Secretary:Taher Balas
Treasurer:Ali Kadhim Mubarak
Member of the Board:Nazar Taha Humoud
Member of the Board:Jihad Madlool Obaid
Member of the Board:Ahmed Hamed Al-Jaberi
Member of the Board:Nabeel Abdul Ameer Jamil
Member of the Board:Jalil Hanoon
Member of the Board:Hani Abed Waleed

Updated to match played 8 December 2018
Source: Alsumaria.tv

Stadium

During the previous seasons, the stadium of Al-Mina'a was demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in March 2021.[19] Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.[20]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

14 October 2020 Friendly Al-Mina'a 1 – 1 Al-Noor Basra
13:00 GMT Khaled Stadium: Basra Sports City
16 October 2020 Friendly Al-Mina'a 0 – 2 Al-Zawra'a Basra
14:00 GMT Abdul-Zahra  67'
Mahmoud  90+2'		 Stadium: Basra Sports City
21 October 2020 Friendly Al-Mina'a 7 – 1 Al-Noor Basra
13:00 GMT Yahya
Yas
Jassim
Saeed
Younis
Ezzedine 		Stadium: Basra Sports City
12 November 2020 Friendly Al-Mina'a 3 – 1 Al-Samawa Basra
12:30 GMT M'baï
Abu Kraisha 		Saad Stadium: Basra Sports City

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 25 October 2020 June 2021 Matchday 1 7 2 2 3 4 6 −2 028.57
FA Cup 18 November 2020 Round of 32 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Total 8 3 2 3 5 6 −1 037.50

Last updated: 2 December 2020

Source: Competitions

Premier League
Main article: 2020–21 Iraqi Premier League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Amanat Baghdad 18 5 6 7 11 14 −3 21
11 Al-Kahrabaa 17 4 8 5 17 16 +1 20
12 Al-Minaa 18 5 5 8 17 21 −4 20
13 Al-Diwaniya 18 3 11 4 10 14 −4 20
14 Naft Al-Basra 18 5 5 8 13 20 −7 20
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2021. Source: IPFL Official website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Summary table
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
7 2 2 3 4 6  −2 8 1 1 1 2 3  −1 1 1 2 2 3  −1

Last updated: 8 December 2020.
Source: Goalzz.com

Results by matchday
Matchday1234567
GroundHAHAAHA
ResultDLLLWWD
Position11171919171412
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2020. Source: Goalzz.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
25 October 2020 1 Al-Mina'a 0 – 0 Al-Hudood Basra
15:00 GMT Badie  90+1' Report Raad  50'
Ali  51'		 Stadium: Basra Sports City
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wathiq Mohammed
30 October 2020 2 Al-Samawa 1 – 0 Al-Mina'a Samawa
11:30 GMT Khairi  77' Niang  32'
Jassim  54'		 Stadium: As Samawah Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohammed Sadeq
4 November 2020 3 Al-Mina'a 1 – 3 Al-Kahrabaa Basra
14:30 GMT Khaled  38'
Malik  68'
Emad  72'  90+4'		 Ibrahim  29', 30'
Owolabi  60'
Hatam  62'
Abdul-Mohsin  76'
Abdul-Sada  77'		 Stadium: Basra Sports City
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wathiq Mohammed
23 November 2020 4 Al-Najaf 1 – 0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
11:00 GMT Abdul-Zahra  50'
Ammar  90+2'		 Niang  13'
Malik  58'		 Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Haitham Mohammed Ali
28 November 2020 5 Naft Al-Basra 1 – 2 Al-Mina'a Basra
15:30 GMT Zamel  2' Younis  72'
M'baï  83'		 Stadium: Basra Sports City
Attendance: 0
Referee: Feed Karim
2 December 2020 6 Al-Mina'a 1 – 0 Naft Maysan Basra
15:30 GMT M'baï  32'
Niang  81'
Mohammed  90+1'		 Karim  5'
Diabaté  69'		 Stadium: Basra Sports City
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ahmed Kadhim
7 December 2020 7 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 0 – 0 Al-Mina'a Baghdad
11:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
12 December 2020 8 Al-Mina'a 2 - 2 Al-Karkh Basra
15:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
18 December 2020 9 Al-Mina'a v Al-Zawra'a Basra
14:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
23 December 2020 10 Erbil v Al-Mina'a Erbil
11:30 GMT Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
11 Al-Mina'a v Amanat Baghdad Basra
16:15 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
12 Al-Shorta v Al-Mina'a Baghdad
15:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
13 Zakho v Al-Mina'a Zakho
16:00 GMT Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
14 Al-Mina'a v Al-Naft Basra
13:45 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
15 Al-Qasim v Al-Mina'a Babil
16:00 GMT Stadium: Al Kifl Stadium
16 Al-Mina'a v Al-Talaba Basra
11:30 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
17 Al-Mina'a v Al-Diwaniya Basra
11:30 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
18 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Mina'a Baghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
19 Naft Al-Wasat v Al-Mina'a Karbala
12:30 GMT Stadium: Karbalaa International Stadium

FA Cup
Main article: 2020–21 Iraq FA Cup
18 November 2020 Round of 32 Al-Jamahir 0 – 1 Al-Mina'a Babil
15:00 GMT Abu Kraisha  3'
Yahya  65'		 Stadium: Al-Kifl Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Salam Juma
TBD Round of 16 Al-Mina'a v Nowruz Basra
15:00 GMT Stadium: Basra Sports City
Attendance: 0

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 7 December 2020
No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Hamza Adnan 2(3)0103(2)0
5 MF Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor 3(4)0114(3)1
6 DF Abbas Badie 701070
7 MF Hussein Younis 4(2)1104(2)1
9 FW Emad Mohsin 4(1)1104(1)1
10 MF Hussam Malik Mnawer 6(1)0005(1)0
11 DF Aqeel Mahdi 100010
12 GK Yassin Karim 600060
15 DF Hussein Falah 701070
16 MF Ali Shawqi 0(2)0000(2)0
17 FW Rostand Junior M'baï 521052
18 FW Salem Ahmed 0(2)0000(2)0
21 GK Mujtaba Mohammed 0(1)0000(1)0
22 GK Hussam Mahdi 101010
23 DF Ahmed Yahya 4(1)00(1)04(2)0
25 MF Abdul Abbas Ayad 3(2)00(1)03(2)0
33 DF Abbas Yas 4(2)00(1)03(3)0
34 MF Sajed Abbas Hashim 1(2)0000(2)0
35 DF Ahmed Khaled Abed 701070
36 FW Sajjad Saeed 1(3)00(1)01(4)0
55 MF Saif Jassim 6(1)0106(1)0
77 MF Sadeq Sami 0(2)00(1)00(3)0
92 MF Idrissa Niang 5(1)0106(1)0

Goalscorers
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup Total
1 17 FW Rostand Junior M'baï 2 0 2
2 9 FW Emad Mohsin 1 0 1
7 MF Hussein Younis 1 0 1
5 MF Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor 0 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0
TOTALS 4 1 5

Last updated: 2 December 2020

Assists
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup Total
1 10 MF Hussam Malik 1 0 1
17 FW Rostand Junior M'baï 1 0 1
7 MF Hussein Younis 1 0 1
9 FW Emad Mohsin 1 0 1
TOTALS 4 0 4

Last updated: 2 December 2020

Disciplinary record
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup Total
1 92 MF Idrissa Niang 3 0 0 0 3 0
2 10 MF Hussam Malik 2 0 0 0 2 0
3 6 DF Abbas Badie 1 0 0 0 1 0
55 MF Saif Jassim 1 0 0 0 1 0
35 DF Ahmed Khaled 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Emad Mohsin 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 DF Ahmed Yahya 0 0 1 0 1 0
21 GK Mujtaba Mohammed 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total10010110

Last updated: 2 December 2020

Clean sheets
Rank No. Nat Name Premier League FA Cup Total
1 22 Hussam Mahdi 1 1 2
2 12 Yassin Karim 1 0 1
21 Mujtaba Mohammed 1 0 1
TOTALS 3 1 4

Last updated: 8 December 2020

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