Iraqi football club
Football club
Al Naft Sports Club (Arabic : نادي النفط الرياضي , lit. 'Oil Sports Club ') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the Adhamiyah District , East Districts of the Tigris River , Baghdad . Their football team plays in the highest division in Iraq which is the Iraq Stars League , which they have never been relegated from.
History
Al-Naft Sports Club was established in 1979 by the Ministry of Oil , and was officially registered in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1982.[1] In the 1985 season the team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time, and finished in the penultimate position that season,[2] and have remained in the Premier League since then. The club's football team were runners-up of the Al-Nasr wal-Salam Cup in 1996,[3] the Durand Cup in 1996,[4] the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship in 1998 ,[5] and the Iraqi Premier League in 2017 ,[6] and qualified to play in the Arab Club Champions Cup .[7] In the 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup , Al-Naft managed to overcome the Tunisian club: CS Sfaxien and expelled it from the championship and qualify for the round 16,[8] but then lost to the Saudi club: Al-Hilal , and left the tournament.[9]
Current squad
First-team squad
As of 3 April 2023 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial history
Since the club's promotion to the Iraqi Premier League in the 1985–86 season so far, twenty six coaches have led the team:[11]