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
ManagerHaidar Aboodi
LeagueIraqi Premier League
2020–21Iraqi Premier League, 3rd 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 23 October 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  IRQ Firas Zamel
3 DF  IRQ Saad Jassim
4 DF  IRQ Mohammed Abdul-Zahra
5 MF  IRQ Ali Riyadh
6 MF  CMR Didier Talla
7 FW  IRQ Emad Abdul Zahra
8 MF  IRQ Taher Hameed (captain)
9 FW  SYR Shadi Al Hamwi
10 MF  IRQ Ali Ayad
11 MF  IRQ Ali Sattar
12 GK  IRQ Mohammed Gassid
14 DF  TOG Wilson Akakpo
15 DF  IRQ Haidar Ali Kadhim
17 FW  IRQ Mueen Ahmed
18 MF  IRQ Ali Abdullah Sallal
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  IRQ Amir Hassan
22 MF  IRQ Abbas Hashim
23 FW  IRQ Obaida Kadhim Ahmed
24 MF  IRQ Ahmed Laftah
25 GK  IRQ Hani Shaker
26 DF  IRQ Hassan Abdul Razzaq
28 DF  IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Hussein
30 GK  IRQ Wissam Mohammed
31 MF  IRQ Mohammed Jassim
32 FW  IRQ Arkan Ammar
34 MF  IRQ Ali Mahdi
44 DF  IRQ Mohammed Moussa
88 MF  IRQ Mustafa Moayad
— DF  TUN Mehdi Ressaissi

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

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
  • Cup of Love
    • 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

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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