Naft Maysan SC

Naft Maysan SC (also known as Naft Missan) (Arabic: نادي نفط ميسان, lit. 'Maysan's Oil') is an Iraqi professional football club based in Amarah, Maysan that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, the top flight of football in Iraq.

Naft Missan

Full name	Naft Missan Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan Al Mamlaka (Kingdom Knights)
Founded	2003; 20 years ago (2003)
Ground	Maysan Olympic Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Ahmed Salem
Manager	Uday Ismail
League	Iraqi Premier League
2021–22	Iraqi Premier League, 12th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Naft Maysan Sports Club was founded in 2003 by the Ministry of Oil.^[1] In 2009–10 season, the club was playing in the Iraqi Premier League^[2] until it relegated to Iraq Division One in the 2011 season. But the team returned to play in the Iraqi Premier League after winning the runner-up in the 2012–13 Iraq Division One^[3] where it remains.

Oil Minister's Cup

In addition to the club's participation in the Iraqi Premier League and Iraq FA Cup, the club participates in the “ Oil Minister's Cup “ championship with the clubs belonging to the Ministry of Oil periodically.^[4]

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRQ Hassan Najem 3 DF   IRQ Sajjad Mahdi 4 DF   BRA Bruno Arrabal 5 DF   IRQ Yaser Salam 6 DF   IRQ Jafar Gatea 7 MF   IRQ Jafar Nasser 8 MF   IRQ Ahmed Mohammed 9 FW   SYR Yassin Samia 10 MF   IRQ Alaa Saad 11 MF   IRQ Karrar Mohammed 12 GK   IRQ Mahdi Hashim 14 MF   IRQ Haider Mohsin 15 MF   IRQ Wissam Saadoun 17 MF   GUI Lancinet Sidibe 18 DF   IRQ Hassan Abdul-Zahra 20 FW   IRQ Hamza Abbas

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   IRQ Obaida Kadhim 22 GK   IRQ Ahmed Khalid 23 MF   IRQ Sajjad Jabbar 24 DF   IRQ Hassan Khairi 25 DF   IRQ Hussein Mutar 26 DF   IRQ Ammar Kadhim 27 DF   IRQ Mohammed Saeed 29 MF   IRQ Hussein Kadhem 31 MF   IRQ Akram Raheem 33 MF   PLE Ameed Sawafta 36 MF   IRQ Salam Mohammed 70 FW   IRQ Ali Sabeeh 77 MF   IRQ Hussein Ali 80 MF   IRQ Abbas Fadhel 88 FW   NGA Benjamin Okoronkwo 99 MF   IRQ Ali Karim

Current technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Uday Ismail
Assistant manager:	Shafiq Jabal
Assistant manager:	Ashraf ben Razzaq
Goalkeeping coach:	Ahmed Abdul Ridha
Director of football:	Hamid Kareem
Administrative director:	Ali Dawoud
Team analyst:	Ramadan Al-Zubaidy
Club doctor:	Aboud Hameed
U-16 Manager:	Sattar Shet

Updated to match played 9 July 2022
Source: kooora.com

Managerial history

•   Ahmed Salim (2009–2010)
•   Ahmed Daham (2010–2011)
•   Hussein Afash (2013)
•   Sabah Abdul Jalil (2013–2014)
•   Asaad Abdul Razzaq (2014–2014)
•   Hassan Ahmed (2014–2015)
•   Abbas Obeid (2015-2015)
•   Ahmed Daham (2015–2016)
•   Uday Ismail (2016–2018)
•   Ahmed Daham (2018–2020)
•   Razzaq Farhan (2020–2021)
•   Uday Ismail (2021–2021)
•   Thair Jassam (2021–2021)
•   Asaad Abdul Razzaq (2021–2022)
•   Ahmed Khalaf (2022)
•   Uday Ismail (2022–)

Records

Statistics

The season-by-season performance of the club over the recent years:

Season	League	Rank	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Cup
2009–10	Iraqi Premier League	17	34	12	11	11	44	37	+7	47	—
2010–11	Iraqi Premier League	20	26	6	7	13	20	29	-9	25	—
2011–12	Iraq Division One	2 – Group 2	28	17	4	7	58	34	+24	55	—
2012–13	Iraq Division One	2	30	19	7	4	72	30	+42	64	1R
2013–14	Iraqi Premier League	13	21	6	6	9	25	29	-4	24	—
2014–15	Iraqi Premier League	12	16	3	8	5	14	20	-6	17	—
2015–16	Iraqi Premier League	10	17	3	6	5	16	16	0	24	—
2016–17	Iraqi Premier League	11	36	8	15	13	28	36	-8	39	QR
2017–18	Iraqi Premier League	8	38	13	10	15	45	37	+8	49	—

All-time top goalscorers

As of 16 July 2019

#	Nat.	Name	Career	Goals
1		Wissam Saadoun	2009–2019	48
2		Ahmed Saeed	2015–2019	19
3		Karrar Ali	2016–2019	12
4		Hassan Hamoud	2009–2019	11
		Thamir Barghash	2013–2019
5		Ali Abed Thyab	2009–2011	10
6		Khodor Salame	2013–2015	9
7		Mohammed Zamil	2009–2019	8

• Players in bold are still available for selection.

Honours

• Iraq Division One
  • Winners (1): 2008–09 (shared)

References

1. "Interview with chairman of Naft Maysan Club". alnoor.se (in Arabic). April 26, 2008.
2. "42 clubs will play in Iraqi Premier League". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). August 11, 2009.
3. "Naft Maysan returned to play in the Iraqi Premier League". adwaa-nasiriyah.com (in Arabic). October 7, 2013.
4. "Naft Maysan play in the Oil Minister's Cup". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). July 11, 2010.

External links

• Club page on Goalzz