Al Naft Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the

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, East Districts of the

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. Their football team plays in the highest division in Iraq which is the

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, which they have never been relegated from.

History

Al-Naft Sports Club was established in 1979 by the Ministry of Oil, and was officially registered in the

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in 1982. In the 1985 season the team played in the

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for the first time, and finished in the penultimate position that season, and have remained in the Premier League since then. The club's football team were runners-up of the Al-Nasr wal-Salam Cup in 1996, the

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in 1996, the

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, and the

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, and qualified to play in the

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. In the

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, Al-Naft managed to overcome the

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n club:

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and expelled it from the championship and qualify for the round 16, but then lost to the

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club: Al-Hilal, and left the tournament.

Honours

Domestic

** Runners-up (1): 2016–17 *

** Runners-up (1): 1998–99

Continental

: 1 appearance **Second Round: 2018–19

Invitational

** Runners-up (1): 1996

Current squad

First-team squad

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Out on loan

Personnel

Current technical staff

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Board members

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Kit suppliers

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Managerial history

Since the club's promotion to the

in the 1985–86 season so far, twenty six coaches have led the team: * Fakhri Mohammed Salman * Dhargham Mahdi Al-Haidari * Khalaf Hassan * Kadhim Al-Rubaie *

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* Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed *

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* Razzak Khazal * Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli *

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* Hamed Salman *

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* Ali Hussein Yassin * Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed *

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* Jabar Hamed * Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli * Hamed Salman *

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* Hamed Salman * Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli * Mohammed Jassim *

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* Hamed Salman *

* Ali Wahab *

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* Hassan Ahmed *

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References

External links

Iraq Clubs- Foundation Dates
{{Iraq Super League Football clubs in Iraq Sport in Baghdad 1979 establishments in Iraq Football clubs in Baghdad