Al-Minaa SC Under-19s and Academy

Al-Minaa Under-19s and Academy

Full name	Al-Minaa Football Club (Under-19s and Academy)
Founded	1931;94 years ago (1931)
Ground	Al-Fayhaa Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Academy Manager	Mohammed Abdul Hussein
League	Iraqi Youth Premier League, (Division 1)
Home colours Away colours

Al-Minaa Football Club Academy is the youth system of Al-Minaa Football Club based in Al Maqal, Basra, Iraq. The academy teams play in the Iraqi Youth Premier League, ^{[1] [2]} the highest level of youth football in Iraq. The club also competes in the Basra Clubs Youth League. ^[3] Former player Mohammed Abdul Hussein is the current academy manager. ^{[4] [5]}

Al-Minaa Under-19s, previously referred to as the Reserves, is the highest level squad within the setup. They train at the Al-Minaa Training Centre and play the majority of their home games at Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Basra Sports City.

Al-Minaa's Academy is one of Iraq's most successful, winning several championships, including winning the last Iraqi Youth Premier League title in 2022. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} Numerous international players have graduated from the academy and reserve teams. ^{[11] [12]}

Al-Minaa Academy team also participated in international tournaments, as in the Paris World Games, Football U19, where it participated four times, won the tournament in 2017, and was runner-up three times, the last of which was in 2019. ^[13]

Current squad

Under-19s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRQ Haider Basim 2 DF   IRQ Zain Al-Abidin Hussein 3 DF   IRQ Ali Abdullah 4 DF   IRQ Mohammed Karim 5 DF   IRQ Mohammed Qasim 6 MF   IRQ Daniel Waleed 7 MF   IRQ Hassan Hamed Khalaf 8 MF   IRQ Abbas Ahmed 9 FW   IRQ Hassan Mohammed 10 MF   IRQ Ali Saleem 11 MF   IRQ Mohannad Mohsin 13 FW   IRQ Hussien Makki 14 MF   IRQ Muntadher Qahtan 15 FW   IRQ Ali Haider Adnan

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW   IRQ Zain Al-Abidin Jassim 17 DF   IRQ Sajjad Ali 18 MF   IRQ Habib Shaalan 19 FW   IRQ Ahmed Lateef 20 DF   IRQ Hussein Khalid 22 GK   IRQ Abbas Emad 24 MF   IRQ Abbas Amer 25 MF   IRQ Ali Aqeel 26 MF   IRQ Zaid Ali Jassim 27 MF   IRQ Ali Haider Chasib 28 FW   IRQ Hussein Adnan 29 MF   IRQ Saif Al-Din 30 GK   IRQ Ashtar Mohammed 38 DF   IRQ Mahdi Hashim Shihan

Under-16s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   IRQ Abu Al-Fadl Osama 3 DF   IRQ Hussein Kadhim Salem 4 DF   IRQ Mohammed Abdullah Jabbar 5 DF   IRQ Mohammed Hussein 6 MF   IRQ Hussein Ammar 7 MF   IRQ Jaafar Salem Gatea 8 MF   IRQ Ali Abdul Karim 9 DF   IRQ Ali Hussein 10 FW   IRQ Muslim Dawood 11 MF   IRQ Hussein Mohammed Abboud 12 MF   IRQ Sajjad Basim Maitham 14 MF   IRQ Jaafar Hassan Kadhim

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW   IRQ Haider Abdul Qassam 17 MF   IRQ Hassan Munther 18 MF   IRQ Ali Mohannad 19 MF   IRQ Baqer Khalid 20 MF   IRQ Saad Khalaf 21 GK   IRQ Abbas Saleh Hassan 22 GK   IRQ Yousef Musa 24 FW   IRQ Ali Taleb Saad 25 MF   IRQ Falah Nayef Falah 26 DF   IRQ Mohammed Akram Hassan 27 MF   IRQ Tarqan Zaidan

Under-14s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRQ Abbas Alaa 4 DF   IRQ Fahad Alaa 5 DF   IRQ Ammar Hussein 7 MF   IRQ Sajjad Raed 8 MF   IRQ Ali Mansour 9 FW   IRQ Karrar Alaa 10 FW   IRQ Jaafar Haider 11 FW   IRQ Mohammed Saif 13 DF   IRQ Mahdi Raad 14 MF   IRQ Abbas Khelain

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   IRQ Hussein Haider 16 MF   IRQ Mohammed Ali 17 DF   IRQ Hassan Hussam 18 MF   IRQ Mohammed Hani 19 MF   IRQ Ali Sadeq 21 MF   IRQ Dhu Al-Faqar 22 GK   IRQ Moamal Abbas 23 DF   IRQ Mahdi Haider 24 DF   IRQ Abbas Rahim 25 MF   IRQ Hassan Ayad

Current staff

Head Coaches:

Mohammed Abdul Hussein	U19 Head Coach
Fadhel Nasser	U16 Head Coach
Fadhel Jather	U14 Head Coach

Staff:

Daniel Casas Trillo	Team General Supervisor
Shaker Shabib	U19 Assistant Coach
Yousef Rehaima	U19 Assistant Coach
Ismail Hashim	U19 Goalkeeping Coach
Ahmed Helou	Fitness Trainer
Ali Sami	Medical Therapist
Haider Karim	Administrative
Ali Abdul Moneim	Administrative

Honours

• Iraqi Youth Premier League: 1

2021–22 ^[14]

• Iraqi U16 Premier League: 1

2023–24 ^[15]

• Basra Clubs Youth League: 2

2009, ^[16] 2011 ^[17]

• Basra Clubs U16 League: 4

2009, ^[18] 2011, ^[17] 2015, ^[19] 2019 ^[20]

• Paris World Games, Football U19: 1

2017 ^{[21] [22]}

Academy graduates

This is a list of former Al-Minaa academy or Al-Minaa 'A' graduates who have gone on to represent their country at full international level. Players who are still at Al-Minaa, or play at another club on loan from Al-Minaa, are highlighted in bold.

• Alaa Abdul-Hussein
• Ammar Abdul-Hussein
• Mohammed Abdul Hussein
• Amer Abdul Wahab
• Hussein Abdul-Wahid
• Ali Abdul Zahra
• Nazar Abdul Zahra
• Sabeeh Abed Ali
• Hamza Adnan
• Abdul Razzaq Ahmed
• Alaa Ahmad
• Hadi Ahmed
• Karim Allawi
• Emad Aoda
• Rahim Bakr
• Nasser Talla Dahilan
• Saeed Easho
• Qais Essa
• Ghazi Fahad
• Hussein Falah
• Nawaf Falah
• Ahmed Farhan
• Mahir Habib
• Abdul Mahdi Hadi
• Jalil Hanoon
• Jamil Hanoon
• Hussein Hashim
• Ali Husni
• Hussam Ibrahim
• Ali Jawad Ismail
• Shaker Ismail
• Safaa Jabbar
• Karim Jafar
• Ahmed Jalal
• Rahim Karim
• Adel Khudhair
• Percy Lynsdale
• Wesam Malik
• Jassim Mohammed
• Karrar Mohammed
• Muslim Mubarak
• Adel Nasser
• Alaa Nayrouz
• Ali Qasim
• Hamza Qasim
• Mohammed Jabbar Rubat
• Abdul Amir Sabri
• Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
• Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
• Oday Taleb
• Faleh Hassan Wasfi
• Ahmed Yahya

References

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14. "الميناء بطلا للدوري العراقي للشباب". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 10 June 2022.
15. "الميناء يتوج بطلا لناشئي العراق". ninanews.com (in Arabic). 4 July 2024.
16. "الميناء يتغلب على البحري ويحرز بطولة أندية البصرة للشباب بكرة القدم". ankawa.com (in Arabic). 20 August 2009.
17. ناشئة الميناء وشبابه أبطال للدوري الممتاز في البصرة. forum.kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 May 2011.
18. "الميناء يحقق لقب بطولة أندية البصرة للناشئين بكرة القدم". iraqifs.acaa-p.com (in Arabic). 25 August 2009.
19. "في نهائي بطولة اندية البصرة الكروية للفئات العمرية .. ناشئة الميناء يمطرون شباك الجنوب بسداسية وشباب نفط الجنوب ينتزعون اللقب من الميناء بركلات الجزاء الترجيحية". basraelc.com (in Arabic). 8 May 2015.
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21. "Al Minaa Club won the entire Playoff A in Boys 19 during Paris World Games 2017". Paris World Games. 13 July 2017.
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External links

• Iraqi Youth League