Al-Minaa Under-19s and Academy
Full nameAl-Minaa Football Club (Under-19s and Academy)
Founded1931 (1931)
GroundAl-Fayhaa Stadium
Capacity10,000
Academy ManagerMohammed Abdul Hussein
LeagueIraqi Youth League,
(Division 1)

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 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 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iraq IRQ Murtadha Saeed Abed
2 DF Iraq IRQ Mahdi Hashim Shihan
3 DF Iraq IRQ Moamel Haider Azeez
4 DF Iraq IRQ Hussein Majed Athab
5 MF Iraq IRQ Amir Shaker Shabib
6 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Thair Karim
7 MF Iraq IRQ Hassan Hamed Khalaf
8 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Saleem Khamis
9 FW Iraq IRQ Hameed Ali Hameed
10 FW Iraq IRQ Mohammed Karim Yassin
11 MF Iraq IRQ Haider Majed
12 FW Iraq IRQ Karrar Jaafar
13 DF Iraq IRQ Zakariya Tariq
14 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Abdul-Amir Hamish
15 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Haider Adnan
16 MF Iraq IRQ Zain Al-Abidin Jassim
17 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Ghaleb Taleb
18 FW Iraq IRQ Haider Wissam Tauma
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Iraq IRQ Muslim Musa Fayyadh
20 GK Iraq IRQ Mustafa Ammar Hadi
21 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Jalal Hassan
22 DF Iraq IRQ Nafea Hatam Karim
23 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Karim Jitar
24 MF Iraq IRQ Baraa Aseel Jary
25 MF Iraq IRQ Naji Nasser Shelaga
26 MF Iraq IRQ Zaid Ali Jassim
27 MF Iraq IRQ Noor Al-Hussien Falah
28 FW Iraq IRQ Mohammed Asaad Azeez
29 FW Iraq IRQ Moamel Asaad Mahoud
30 GK Iraq IRQ Hassan Jassim Muhaysin
33 DF Iraq IRQ Hassan Hadi Jabbar
34 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Haider Chasib
35 DF Iraq IRQ Hussein Miqdam
36 MF Iraq IRQ Yousef Sarmad Adnan
37 DF Iraq IRQ Yasser Asaad Ali

Current staff

Head Coaches:

Iraq Mohammed Abdul HusseinU19 Head Coach
Iraq Fadhel NasserU16 Head Coach
Iraq Fadhel JatherU14 Head Coach

Staff:

Iraq Taher BalassTeam General Supervisor
Iraq Shaker ShabibU19 Assistant Coach
Iraq Yousef RehaimaU19 Assistant Coach
Iraq Ismail HashimU19 Goalkeeping Coach
Iraq Ahmed HelouFitness Trainer
Iraq Ali SamiMedical Therapist
Iraq Haider KarimAdministrative
Iraq Ali Abdul MoneimAdministrative

Honours

  • Iraqi Youth League: 1
2021–22[14]
  • Basra Clubs Youth League: 2
2009,[15] 2011[16]
  • Basra Clubs U16 League: 3
2011,[16] 2015,[17] 2019[18]
  • Paris World Games, Football U19: 1
2017[19][20]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "إجراء قرعة دوري الشباب لفرق الممتاز وتحديد 15 شباط موعداً لانطلاقه". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 7 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "شباب الميناء يواجه شباب نادي القاسم في مستهل مشواره بالدفاع عن لقبه". alrased.news (in Arabic). 7 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "المدرب المساعد لكرة شباب الميناء طاهر بلص بضيافة جريدة البصرة الاليكترونية". basraelc.com (in Arabic). 16 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "مدير عام الموانئ يلتقي بمدرب شباب الميناء لكرة القدم". scp.gov.iq (in Arabic). 17 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "3 معسكرات تدريبية لتجهيز نادي الميناء لمنافسات دوري الشباب". iraqakhbar.com (in Arabic). 4 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "الميناء يتوج بلقب الدوري الممتاز للشباب". shafaq.com (in Arabic). 10 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "الدوري العراقي للشباب.. نادي الميناء يتوج باللقب". shafaqna.com (in Arabic). 11 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "كبار الميناء يهبطون.. وشبابه يحصلون على لقب الدوري العراقي". alkhaleej.ae (in Arabic). 11 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "اتحاد الكرة يبارك فوز الميناء بلقب دوري الشباب". ifa.iq (in Arabic). 11 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "درع الممتاز.. ثمرة كفاح يقطفها شباب الميناء". ina.iq (in Arabic). 15 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "شباب الميناء يعسكر في تركيا". mustaqbl.net (in Arabic). 4 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "استدعاء لاعبين وحارس مرمى شباب الميناء لمنتخب شباب العراق". ninanews.net (in Arabic). 12 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "الميناء يحصد مركز الوصيف في بطولة باريس الدولية". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 13 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "الميناء بطلا للدوري العراقي للشباب". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 10 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "الميناء يتغلب على البحري ويحرز بطولة أندية البصرة للشباب بكرة القدم". ankawa.com (in Arabic). 20 August 2009.
  16. 1 2 ناشئة الميناء وشبابه أبطال للدوري الممتاز في البصرة. forum.kooora.com (in Arabic). 16 May 2011.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "البصرة تشهد نهائيات كرة القدم للناشئين وكأس البصرة". basra.gov.iq (in Arabic). 8 March 2019.
  19. ↑ "Al Minaa Club won the entire Playoff A in Boys 19 during Paris World Games 2017". Paris World Games. 13 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "شباب الميناء يفوز بكأس باريس الدولية". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). 15 July 2017.
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