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Al-Najaf SC

{{Short description|Iraqi football club}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Al-Najaf

| image = Najaf Football Club Logo.png

| image_size = 175px

| fullname = Al-Najaf Sports Club

| nickname = Ghizlan Al-Badiah (Desert Gazelles)

| founded = {{Start date and age|1961}}

| ground = Al-Najaf International Stadium

| capacity = 30,000

| chairman = Ali Nayef Al-Ghazali

| manager = Abdul-Ghani Shahad

| current = 2024–25 Iraq Stars League

| league = Iraq Stars League

| season = 2023–24 |

| position = Iraq Stars League, 4th of 20

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Al-Najaf Sports Club ({{langx|ar|نادي النجف الرياضي}}) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Najaf. They are members of the Iraq Stars League. Al-Najaf has competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League.

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.{{cite web|script-title=ar:تاريخ الاندية الرياضـية العراقية|url=https://www.dorar-aliraq.net/threads/10133-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%80%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9|publisher=Dorar-aliraq.net|date=27 September 2010|language=ar}} 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.{{cite web|script-title=ar:عميد الرياضة النجفية .. محمد الفضلي : رحلة خمسين عاماً من العطاء الثر|url=https://mondialar.com/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84/|publisher=Mondialar.com|date=24 August 2016|language=ar|access-date=4 August 2017|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813113643/https://mondialar.com/%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b6%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%ac%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%b6%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%84/|url-status=usurped}}

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 ({{langx|ar|ستاد النجف}}).

Current squad

=First-team squad=

{{updated|20 September 2024}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=IRQ|name=Ridha Abdulaziz|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=IRQ|name=Ahmed Maknzi|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=IRQ|name=Ali Faez|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=TOG|name=Magnime Agbotcho|pos=DF}}FGN

{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=IRQ|name=Mohammed Saleh|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=SEN|name=Dominique Mendy|pos=MF}}FGN

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=IRQ|name=Mohammed Qasim|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=IRQ|name=Ridha Mohammed|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=IRQ|name=Ali Kadhem|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=YEM|name=Omar Al-Dahi|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=IRQ|name=Mohammed Jassim|pos=DF|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=IRQ|name=Ahmed Naeem|pos=DF}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=IRQ|name=Younis Humood|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=IRQ|name=Sarhang Muhsin|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=IRQ|name=Zainulabdeen Raad|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=IRQ|name=Mustafa Maan|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=42|nat=FRA|name=Sofian El Moudane|pos=MF}}FGN

{{Fs player|no=55|nat=IRQ|name=Murtadha Ali|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=70|nat=IRQ|name=Mohammed Hassan|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=IRQ|name=Zidane Abdul-Jabbar|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=80|nat=TUN|name=Bechir Ghariani|pos=FW}}FGN

{{Fs player|no=88|nat=NGA|name=Iyayi Atiemwen|pos=FW}}FGN

{{Fs player|no=90|nat=TUN|name=Nassim Sioud|pos=FW}}FGN

{{Fs player|no=99|nat=IRQ|name=Shubbar Ali|pos=MF}}

{{Fs end}}

Current technical staff

{| class="toccolours"

!bgcolor=silver|Position

!bgcolor=silver|Name

!bgcolor=silver|Nationality

|- bgcolor=#eeeeee

|Coach:||Abdul-Ghani Shahad||{{flagicon|Iraq}}

|-

|Assistant coach:||Dhiyya Falih||{{flagicon|Iraq}}

|-

|-bgcolor=#eeeeee

|Goalkeeping coach:||Mohammed Abdul-Zahra||{{Flagicon|Iraq}}

|-

|Fitness coach:||Salah Hashim||{{Flagicon|Iraq}}

|-

|Team supervisor:||Fadhel Mohammed||{{flagicon|Iraq}}

|-bgcolor=#eeeeee

|-

|Team manager:||Mohammed Abdul Hussein||{{flagicon|Iraq}}

|-bgcolor=#eeeeee

|Team Doctor:||Haitham Abdul Amir||{{flagicon|Iraq}}

|-

|U-19 Coach:||Haider Lafta||{{flagicon|Iraq}}

|-

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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:{{cite web|script-title=ar:نادي النجف … ثمانية عشر مدربا خلال 29 موسما .. وحمود قاد الفريق في 449 مباراة|url=http://www.football-iq.net/2016/06/04/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81-%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-29-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3/|publisher=Football-iq.net|date=4 June 2016|language=ar}}{{cite web|script-title=ar:نادي النجف … شهد قاد الفريق في 245 مباراة وحقق انجازات يشار لها بالبنان|url=http://www.football-iq.net/2016/06/16/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%81%D9%8A-245-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%88/|publisher=Football-iq.net|date=16 June 2016|language=ar}}

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  • {{Flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Mohammed Hussein Ismail {{small|(1974–1976)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Alwan Mena {{small|(1976–1977)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Nasrat Nasser {{small|(1977–1978)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Mohammed Hussein Ismail {{small|(1978–1982)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Alwan Mena {{small|(1982–1985)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Hatif Shamran {{small|(1985–1986)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Alwan Mena {{small|(1986–1988)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Najeh Humoud {{small|(1988–1991)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Wathiq Naji {{small|(1991–1992)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Hatif Shamran {{small|(1992)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Noman Kadhim & Raheem Jassim {{small|(1992–1993)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Najeh Humoud {{small|(1993–1998)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Hadi Mutanish {{small|(1998–1999)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Ali Kadhim {{small|(1999)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Abdul Ghani Shahad {{small|(1999)}}
  • {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Najeh Humoud {{small|(1999–2002)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Abdul Ghani Shahad {{small|(2002–2008)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hatif Shamran {{small|(2008–2009)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Majed Najem {{small|(2009–2010)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Abdul Ghani Shahad {{small|(2010–2012)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hatif Shamran {{small|(2012)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Abdul Ghani Shahad {{small|(2012–2013)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Yahya Alwan {{small|(2013)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hassan Ahmed {{small|(2013)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Qahtan Chathir {{small|(2013–2014)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Salman Hussein {{small|(2014)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Haider Yahya {{small|(2014)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hatif Shamran {{small|(2014)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Haider Yahya {{small|(2014)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hameed Salman {{small|(2014–2015)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Ali Wahab {{small|(2015)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Emad Mohammed {{small|(2015–2016)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hatif Shamran {{small|(2016)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Emad Mohammed {{small|(2016–2017)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Nadhim Shaker {{small|(2017–2018)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Ali Hashim {{small|(2018)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Ahmed Khalef {{small|(2018)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Mudhafar Jabbar {{small|(2018)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Thair Jassam {{small|(2018–2019)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Chasib Sultan {{small|(2019)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hassan Ahmad {{small|(2019–2021)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Haidar Aboodi {{small|(2021)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Hatif Shamran {{small|(2021)}}
  • {{Flagicon|Iraq}} Haidar Aboodi {{small|(2021–present)}}

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Honours

=Domestic=

=Friendly=

  • Victory and Peace Championship
  • Winners (1): 1992
  • Love Championship
  • Winners (1): 2003

Performance in AFC Competitions

::2007: Group stage

Statistics

=In domestic competitions=

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
Year

!Stars League

!Iraq Cup

!Super Cup

!Baghdad Ch'ship

1987–8816|
|bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldrowspan=4|Started in
1991
1988–896Round of 32bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
1989–908Quarter-finalbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
1990–917Quarter-finalbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
1991–926Round of 16bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldGroup stage
1992–9315Second roundbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldGroup stage
1993–944|
|bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}
1994–95bgcolor="#cc9966"|3|
|bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held4
1995–96bgcolor=silver|Runner-up|
|bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldGroup stage
1996–974Quarter-final{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}bgcolor="#cc9966"|3
1997–984Round of 16{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}bgcolor=gold|Winner
1998–998Round of 32bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldGroup stage
1999–20009Round of 16{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}Group stage
2000–016bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}
2001–025bgcolor="#cc9966"|Semi-final{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}Group stage
2002–03bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not finishedQuarter-final{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}Group stage
2003–04bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not finishedbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldGroup stage
2004–056bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldrowspan=20|Abolished in
2004
2005–06bgcolor=silver|Runner-upbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2006–07bgcolor="#cc9966"|3bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2007–085bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2008–09bgcolor=silver|Runner-upbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2009–1011bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2010–1111bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2011–129bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2012–1311bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not finishedbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2013–1415bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2014–1517bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not heldbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2015–1613{{Font color|Gray|did not enter}}bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2016–179Round of 16bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2017–186bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}
2018–1912Round of 16bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2019–20bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not finishedbgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not finished{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}
2020–21bgcolor="#cc9966"|3Round of 16bgcolor="#cd5c5c"|not held
2021–227Round of 16rowspan=2|{{Font color|Gray|did not qualify}}
2022–237Round of 32
2023–244Round of 16

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20080730042839/http://www.alnajafclub.com/}} {{in lang|ar}} (archived 30 July 2008)
  • [http://www.kooora.com/?team=1776 Club page] on Kooora

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Category:1961 establishments in Iraq

Category:Najaf

Category:Association football clubs established in 1961

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