Al-Naft Sports Club () is an Iraqi professional

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club based in the Al-Rusafa district in

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. Owned and operated by the

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, the team plays in the

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and has won seven national league championships. The team is part of the

Al-Naft SC Al Naft Sport Club ( ar, نادي النفط الرياضي, lit=''Oil SC'') is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the Adhamiyah District, East Districts of the Tigris River, Baghdad. Their football team plays in the highest division in ...

sports club that also fields a

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team. Home games of Al-Naft are played in the Al-Shaab Hall. In 2022–23, Al-Naft played in the inaugural season of the

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(WASL). In 2019 they had already played in the

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and finished in the third place.

Honours

Iraqi Basketball Premier League * Champions (7): 1992–93, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 Iraqi Basketball Perseverance Cup * Champions (4): 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023

* Third place (1): 2019

Players

Current roster

:''As of 31 January 2023.''

Notable players

* Édgar Sosa: (2022–23) * Tony Mitchell: (2022–23) * Antwaine Wiggins: (2022–23)

References

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