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 Iraq which is the Iraqi Premier League, which they have never been relegated from.
History
Al-Naft Sports Club was established in 1979 by the
Ministry of Oil A ministry of petroleum or ministry of oil is a kind of government ministry often found in countries that are producers and exporters of petroleum.
Examples include:
* Ministry of Oil, Kuwait
* Ministry of Oil, Iraq
* Ministry of Oil and Gas, Ka ...
, and was officially registered in the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1982. In the 1985 season the team played in the Iraqi Premier League 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 has not won any trophies, but they were runners-up of the Al-Nasr wal-Salam Cup in 1996, the Durand Cup in 1996, the Iraqi Elite Cup in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
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* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
2017
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, and qualified to play in the
Arab Club Champions Cup
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. In the
2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
The 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, officially named the 2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup ( ar, كأس زايد للأندية الأبطال 2018–19) to mark 100 years since the birth of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was the 28th s ...
, Al-Naft managed to overcome the Tunisian club: CS Sfaxien and expelled it from the championship and qualify for the round 16, but then lost to the
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club:
Al-Hilal
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
International
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Arab Club Champions Cup
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Since the club’s promotion to the Iraqi Premier League 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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Wathiq Naji
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Jamal Salih
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Mejbel Fartous
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Amer Jameel
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;Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
*Iraqi Premier League: 1989–90
;Al-Zawraa
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Amer Jameel
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Honours
Manager
;Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
*Iraqi Premier League: 1989–90
;Al-Zawraa
*Iraqi Premier League
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* Razzak Khazal
* Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli
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Maad Ibrahim
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* Hamed Salman
* Mohammed Tabra
* Ali Hussein Yassin
* Abdelilah Abdul-Hameed
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Wathiq Aswad
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* Jabar Hamed
* Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli
* Hamed Salman
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Salam Hashim
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* Hamed Salman
* Mohammed Ali Al-Sheikhli
* Mohammed Jassim
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Younis Abid Ali
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Sabah Abdul-Jalil
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He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq.Sabah Abdul-Jalil
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He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq.Nadhim Shaker
* Shaker Mahmoud
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Jamal Ali
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Basim Qasim
Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid ( ar, باسم قاسم; born 22 March 1963) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who last coached Al-Naft.
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Sabah Abdul-Jalil
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He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq.Thair Jassam
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Basim Qasim
Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid ( ar, باسم قاسم; born 22 March 1963) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who last coached Al-Naft.
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Yahya Alwan
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Basim Qasim
Basim Qasim Hamdan Al-Suwaid ( ar, باسم قاسم; born 22 March 1963) is an Iraqi football manager and former player who last coached Al-Naft.
He was a defender in his playing days, also capable of playing in midfield, and he played for Ir ...