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 Iraq Stars 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; 22 years ago (2003)
Ground	Maysan Olympic Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Ahmed Salem
Manager	Uday Ismail
League	Iraq Stars League
2023–24	Iraq Stars League, 10th of 20
Website	https://naftmissan.com/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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 Iraqi First Division League in the 2011 season. But the team returned to play in the Iraqi Premier League after winning the runner-up in the 2012–13 Iraqi First Division League^[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 Oil Minister's Cup championship with the clubs belonging to the Ministry of Oil periodically.^[4]

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 15 September 2024

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 Hassan Najem 2 DF  IRQ Mustafa Mohammed 5 DF  CIV Alexandré Yeoule FGN 7 MF  IRQ Jafar Nasser 8 MF  IRQ Ahmed Mohammed 9 FW  NGA Okiki Afolabi FGN 10 MF  IRQ Alaa Saad 11 MF  IRQ Ali Lateef 14 MF  IRQ Haider Mohsin 15 MF  IRQ Wissam Saadoun 18 MF  IRQ Abbas Fadhel 19 MF  IRQ Hussein Ali 20 FW  YEM Ahmed Maher ARB 21 MF  IRQ Obaida Kadhim 22 GK  IRQ Hassan Najim 23 MF  IRQ Sajjad Jabbar 24 DF  CIV Soualio Dabilo Ouattara FGN

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  IRQ Hussein Mutar 26 DF  IRQ Ammar Kadhim 27 DF  IRQ Mohammed Saeed 31 MF  IRQ Akram Raheem 32 MF  NGA Dare Olatunji FGN 35 FW  NGA Usman Sale FGN 36 MF  IRQ Salam Mohammed 70 FW  IRQ Ali Sabeeh — DF  IRQ Mohammed Salam — DF  IRQ Mohannad Habeeb — DF  IRQ Mustafa Hadi — MF  SYR Ali Koute ARB — MF  IRQ Murtadha Kassad — FW  SEN Daouda Diémé FGN

Youth team squad

As of 9 May 2023

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  IRQ Mustafa Arif 2  IRQ Baqer Qasim 3  IRQ Moammel Saadoun 4  IRQ Abu Al-Hassan Al-Kareem 5  IRQ Nasrullah Ahmed 6  IRQ Nour Aldin Qasim 7  IRQ Hamza Mahdi 8  IRQ Hayder Sadiq 9  IRQ Fiqar Abid 11  IRQ Hassan Hussein 12  IRQ Ali Abdul-Kareem 13  IRQ Muqtada Kamel 14  IRQ Mohammed Jabbar 15  IRQ Ahmed Uday 16  IRQ Ali Salman 17  IRQ Muqtada Saad

No. Pos. Nation Player 18  IRQ Muntadher Maytham 19  IRQ Muqtada Hamdan 20  IRQ Hussein Kadhim 21  IRQ Sajjad Jumaa 22  IRQ Sajjad Sabeeh 23  IRQ Mohammed Qasim Gatea 24  IRQ Moammel Hassan 25  IRQ Muntadher Kheraal 26  IRQ Abdul-Muttalib Ahmed 27  IRQ Yousif Ahmed 28  IRQ Hayder Ali 29  IRQ Mustafa Adel 31  IRQ Hussein Saeed 32  IRQ Moammel Fadhil 33  IRQ Abbas Fadhil 34  IRQ Muqtada Faisal 36  IRQ Jaafer Ghazi

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	Iraqi First Division League	2 – Group 2	28	17	4	7	58	34	+24	55	—
2012–13	Iraqi First Division League	2	30	19	7	4	72	30	+42	64	1PO
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	QF
2017–18	Iraqi Premier League	8	38	13	10	15	45	37	+8	49	—
2018–19	Iraqi Premier League	5	38	15	14	9	57	47	+10	59	QF
2019–20(1)	Iraqi Premier League	—	6	0	1	5	5	12	—	—	R16(2)
2020–21	Iraqi Premier League	13	38	9	16	13	38	48	-10	43	R32
2021–22	Iraqi Premier League	12	38	10	16	12	30	34	-4	46	R32
2022–23	Iraqi Premier League	11	38	13	12	13	42	54	-12	51	QF
2023–24	Iraq Stars League	10	38	10	17	11	41	40	+1	47	QF

¹ The league was not completed and was cancelled.
² Naft Maysan had not yet been eliminated from the cup but it was abandoned midway through.

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.

References

1. "Interview with chairman of Naft Maysan Club". alnoor.se (in Arabic). April 26, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
2. "42 clubs will play in Iraqi Premier League". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). August 11, 2009. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
3. "Naft Maysan returned to play in the Iraqi Premier League". adwaa-nasiriyah.com (in Arabic). October 7, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
4. "Naft Maysan play in the Oil Minister's Cup". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). July 11, 2010.

External links

• Club page on Goalzz