Al-Minaa Football Club Academy is the

youth system In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show en ...

of Al-Minaa Football Club based in Al Maqal,

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, Iraq. The academy teams play in the Iraqi Youth Premier League, the highest level of youth football in Iraq. The club also competes in the Basra Clubs Youth League. Former player Mohammed Abdul Hussein is the current academy manager. Al-Minaa Under-21s, 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

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. 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. Numerous international players have graduated from the academy and reserve teams. 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.

Current squad

Under-21s

Under-19s

Under-17s

Under-16s

Current staff

Head Coaches: Staff:

Honours

*Iraqi U21 Premier League: 1 :2022–23 *Iraqi Youth Premier League: 1 :2021–22 *Iraqi U16 Premier League: 1 :2023–24 *Basra Clubs Youth League: 2 :2009, 2011 *Basra Clubs U16 League: 4 :2009, 2011, 2015, 2019 *Paris World Games, Football U19: 1 :2017

Academy graduates

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* Ali Qasim *

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References

External links

Iraqi Youth League
{{Al-Minaa Al-Minaa SC 1931 establishments in Iraq