Al-Minaa SC Under-19s and Academy
Full name | Al-Minaa Football Club (Under-19s and Academy) | ||
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Founded | 1931 | ||
Ground | Al-Fayhaa Stadium | ||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||
Academy Manager | Mohammed Abdul Hussein | ||
League | Iraqi Youth Premier League, (Division 1) | ||
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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 Premier 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 Premier 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
[edit]Under-19s
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Under-16s
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Under-14s
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current staff
[edit]Head Coaches:
Mohammed Abdul Hussein | U19 Head Coach |
Fadhel Nasser | U16 Head Coach |
Fadhel Jather | U14 Head Coach |
Staff:
Honours
[edit]- Iraqi Youth Premier League: 1
- 2021–22[14]
- Iraqi U16 Premier League: 1
- 2023–24[15]
- Basra Clubs Youth League: 2
- Basra Clubs U16 League: 4
- Paris World Games, Football U19: 1
Academy graduates
[edit]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.
- Alaa Abdul-Hussein
- Ammar Abdul-Hussein
- Mohammed Abdul Hussein
- Amer Abdul Wahab
- Hussein Abdul-Wahid
- Ali Abdul Zahra
- Nazar Abdul Zahra
- Sabeeh Abed Ali
- Hamza Adnan
- Abdul Razzaq Ahmed
- Alaa Ahmad
- Hadi Ahmed
- Karim Allawi
- Emad Aoda
- Rahim Bakr
- Nasser Talla Dahilan
- Saeed Easho
- Qais Essa
- Ghazi Fahad
- Hussein Falah
- Nawaf Falah
- Ahmed Farhan
- Mahir Habib
- Abdul Mahdi Hadi
- Jalil Hanoon
- Jamil Hanoon
- Hussein Hashim
- Ali Husni
- Hussam Ibrahim
- Ali Jawad Ismail
- Shaker Ismail
- Safaa Jabbar
- Karim Jafar
- Ahmed Jalal
- Rahim Karim
- Adel Khudhair
- Percy Lynsdale
- Wesam Malik
- Jassim Mohammed
- Karrar Mohammed
- Muslim Mubarak
- Adel Nasser
- Alaa Nayrouz
- Ali Qasim
- Hamza Qasim
- Mohammed Jabbar Rubat
- Abdul Amir Sabri
- Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
- Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
- Oday Taleb
- Faleh Hassan Wasfi
- Ahmed Yahya
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- ^ "الميناء يحصد مركز الوصيف في بطولة باريس الدولية". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). 13 July 2019.
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- ^ "الميناء يتوج بطلا لناشئي العراق". ninanews.com (in Arabic). 4 July 2024.
- ^ "الميناء يتغلب على البحري ويحرز بطولة أندية البصرة للشباب بكرة القدم". ankawa.com (in Arabic). 20 August 2009.
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- ^ "الميناء يحقق لقب بطولة أندية البصرة للناشئين بكرة القدم". iraqifs.acaa-p.com (in Arabic). 25 August 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "البصرة تشهد نهائيات كرة القدم للناشئين وكأس البصرة". basra.gov.iq (in Arabic). 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Al Minaa Club won the entire Playoff A in Boys 19 during Paris World Games 2017". Paris World Games. 13 July 2017.
- ^ "شباب الميناء يفوز بكأس باريس الدولية". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). 15 July 2017.