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Al-Minaa SC Under-19s and Academy

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Al-Minaa Under-19s and Academy
Full nameAl-Minaa Football Club (Under-19s and Academy)
Founded1931; 93 years ago (1931)
GroundAl-Fayhaa Stadium
Capacity10,000
Academy ManagerMohammed Abdul Hussein
LeagueIraqi Youth Premier 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 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

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Under-19s

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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 Iraq IRQ Haider Basim
2 DF Iraq IRQ Zain Al-Abidin Hussein
3 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Abdullah
4 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Karim
5 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Qasim
6 MF Iraq IRQ Daniel Waleed
7 MF Iraq IRQ Hassan Hamed Khalaf
8 MF Iraq IRQ Abbas Ahmed
9 FW Iraq IRQ Hassan Mohammed
10 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Saleem
11 MF Iraq IRQ Mohannad Mohsin
13 FW Iraq IRQ Hussien Makki
14 MF Iraq IRQ Muntadher Qahtan
15 FW Iraq IRQ Ali Haider Adnan
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Iraq IRQ Zain Al-Abidin Jassim
17 DF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Ali
18 MF Iraq IRQ Habib Shaalan
19 FW Iraq IRQ Ahmed Lateef
20 DF Iraq IRQ Hussein Khalid
22 GK Iraq IRQ Abbas Emad
24 MF Iraq IRQ Abbas Amer
25 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Aqeel
26 MF Iraq IRQ Zaid Ali Jassim
27 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Haider Chasib
28 FW Iraq IRQ Hussein Adnan
29 MF Iraq IRQ Saif Al-Din
30 GK Iraq IRQ Ashtar Mohammed
38 DF Iraq IRQ Mahdi Hashim Shihan

Under-16s

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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
2 DF Iraq IRQ Abu Al-Fadl Osama
3 DF Iraq IRQ Hussein Kadhim Salem
4 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Abdullah Jabbar
5 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Hussein
6 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Ammar
7 MF Iraq IRQ Jaafar Salem Gatea
8 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Abdul Karim
9 DF Iraq IRQ Ali Hussein
10 FW Iraq IRQ Muslim Dawood
11 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Mohammed Abboud
12 MF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Basim Maitham
14 MF Iraq IRQ Jaafar Hassan Kadhim
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Iraq IRQ Haider Abdul Qassam
17 MF Iraq IRQ Hassan Munther
18 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Mohannad
19 MF Iraq IRQ Baqer Khalid
20 MF Iraq IRQ Saad Khalaf
21 GK Iraq IRQ Abbas Saleh Hassan
22 GK Iraq IRQ Yousef Musa
24 FW Iraq IRQ Ali Taleb Saad
25 MF Iraq IRQ Falah Nayef Falah
26 DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Akram Hassan
27 MF Iraq IRQ Tarqan Zaidan

Under-14s

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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 Iraq IRQ Abbas Alaa
4 DF Iraq IRQ Fahad Alaa
5 DF Iraq IRQ Ammar Hussein
7 MF Iraq IRQ Sajjad Raed
8 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Mansour
9 FW Iraq IRQ Karrar Alaa
10 FW Iraq IRQ Jaafar Haider
11 FW Iraq IRQ Mohammed Saif
13 DF Iraq IRQ Mahdi Raad
14 MF Iraq IRQ Abbas Khelain
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Iraq IRQ Hussein Haider
16 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Ali
17 DF Iraq IRQ Hassan Hussam
18 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Hani
19 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Sadeq
21 MF Iraq IRQ Dhu Al-Faqar
22 GK Iraq IRQ Moamal Abbas
23 DF Iraq IRQ Mahdi Haider
24 DF Iraq IRQ Abbas Rahim
25 MF Iraq IRQ Hassan Ayad

Current staff

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Head Coaches:

Iraq Mohammed Abdul Hussein U19 Head Coach
Iraq Fadhel Nasser U16 Head Coach
Iraq Fadhel Jather U14 Head Coach

Staff:

Spain Daniel Casas Trillo Team General Supervisor
Iraq Shaker Shabib U19 Assistant Coach
Iraq Yousef Rehaima U19 Assistant Coach
Iraq Ismail Hashim U19 Goalkeeping Coach
Iraq Ahmed Helou Fitness Trainer
Iraq Ali Sami Medical Therapist
Iraq Haider Karim Administrative
Iraq Ali Abdul Moneim Administrative

Honours

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  • Iraqi Youth Premier League: 1
2021–22[14]
  • Iraqi U16 Premier League: 1
2023–24[15]
  • Basra Clubs Youth League: 2
2009,[16] 2011[17]
  • Basra Clubs U16 League: 4
2009,[18] 2011,[17] 2015,[19] 2019[20]
  • Paris World Games, Football U19: 1
2017[21][22]

Academy graduates

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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

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  22. ^ "شباب الميناء يفوز بكأس باريس الدولية". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). 15 July 2017.
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