2025–26 Al-Mina'a SC season

Al-Mina'a SC
2025–26 season
ChairmanFarhan Al-Farttousi
ManagerLuay Salah
GroundAl-Minaa Olympic Stadium
Iraq Stars LeaguePre-season
FA CupFirst round

The 2025–26 season will be Al-Minaa's third season in the newly-formed Iraq Stars League, and their 49th season in the top division of Iraq football.

Review

Background

The club has been suffering from administrative instability for years. On 21 January 2025, the Iraqi Olympic Committee formed an interim administration for the club for the seventh time, in preparation for holding elections to appoint administrative body.[1] This situation has significantly impacted the team's performance in recent seasons, as the team finished sixteenth in the league the previous season and narrowly avoided relegation.[2][3]

On 22 July 2025, Luay Salah was appointed as the team's manager, along with his assistant staff consisting of Halgurd Mulla Mohammed and Ous Ibrahim, while Amer Abdul-Wahab continued as the goalkeeper coach.[4]

Summer transfer window

The Iraq Stars League's summer transfer window will run from 20 July to 20 September 2025, following a timing change by the Iraqi Football Association.[5][6] Two months before the transfer window opened, the club's management renewed the contract of Congolese professional player Tuisila Kisinda for an additional season.[7] On 30 June, the club's management decided to release a number of players due to their poor technical level, they're: Salem Ahmed, Hameed Ali Hameed, Amir Ahmed, Jaafar Shenaishil, Sajjad Alaa, and Mohammed Ghaleb.[8] Four players' contracts also expired and the club was unable to renew them due to unforeseen circumstances, they're: Waziri Shentembo,[8] Gerald Takwara, Ousseynou Thioune and André Alsanati.[8][9] In 21 July, the contract of the Gabonese midfielder Clench Loufilou was renewed.[10] In 31 July, defensive midfielder Haider Salem has moved to Amanat Baghdad,[11] and Al-Minaa officially announced the signing of Tunisian defender Dhiaeddine Jouini for one season.[12][13] As well as the signing of Moroccan winger Reda Majji.[14][15][16] In 6 August the club announced the signing of Nigerian striker Iyayi Atiemwen.[17][18] In 7 August, the club announced its contract with the right-back Haider Ahmed and striker Mahmoud Khalil, and the next day he signed the right-back, Faisal Jassim, who played in a previous period for the team.[19][20][21] In 9 August, the club announced its contract with goalkeeper Ali Ibadi[22] and midfielder Ahmed Mahmoud, nicknamed the Japanese.[23] On the same day, the club announced the signing of defensive midfielder Ali Al-Sajjad Sabah.[24] In 16 August, the club announced the signing of midfielder Murtadha Ali Malas.[25] In 18 August, Al-Minaa announced the departure of its striker and team captain, Alaa Abdul-Zahra, confirming that his contract would not be renewed.[26][27][28] Meanwhile, the club announced the signing of Jordanian striker Mohammad Aburiziq, nicknamed Pogba.[29][30]

First-team squad

As of 18 August 2025
No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Abed Saleem Hammad Iraq GK 14 Oct 1995 (1995-10-14) (age 29) Al-Karkh 36 0
Ali Ibadi Iraq GK 16 Feb 2000 (2000-02-16) (age 25) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 0
Defenders
4 Mujtaba Ali Iraq CB / RB / LB 4 Oct 2002 (2002-10-04) (age 22) Al-Minaa Academy 47 3
5 Hussein Amer Iraq CB 28 Apr 2002 (2002-04-28) (age 23) Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 18 0
17 Muslim Mousa Iraq LB / LWB 11 Mar 2005 (2005-03-11) (age 20) Al-Minaa Academy 57 4
33 Abbas Yas Iraq LB / CB / DM 3 Jul 2003 (2003-07-03) (age 22) Al-Minaa Academy 150 4
Dhiaeddine Jouini Tunisia CB 1 Mar 1996 (1996-03) (age 29) US Monastir 0 0
Haider Ahmed Iraq RB / RWB 2 Feb 1996 (1996-02-02) (age 29) Erbil 0 0
Faisal Jassim Iraq RB / CB 1 Oct 1991 (1991-10) (age 33) Al-Shorta 0 0
Midfielders
79 Clech Loufilou Gabon DM / CM 12 Apr 1999 (1999-04-12) (age 26) Sur 35 0
Ali Al-Sajjad Sabah Iraq DM / CM 15 Jan 2002 (2002-01-15) (age 23) Diyala 0 0
Ahamad Azzawi Iraq AM 1 Nov 1994 (1994-11) (age 30) Newroz 0 0
Murtadha Ali Malas Iraq CM 20 Dec 1994 (1994-12-20) (age 30) Al-Najaf 0 0
Forwards
11 Karrar Jaafar Iraq LW / ST / RW 26 Apr 2006 (2006-04-26) (age 19) Al-Minaa Academy 80 15
19 Hamid Abdulla Iraq LW / AM 1 Apr 2001 (2001-04) (age 24) Rosengård 35 2
29 Tuisila Kisinda Democratic Republic of the Congo RW / RWB 20 Dec 1999 (1999-12-20) (age 25) RS Berkane 36 2
88 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Iraq ST / RW / AM 22 Sep 1993 (1993-09-22) (age 31) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 28 5
Reda Majji Morocco RW / LW 6 Jan 2000 (2000-01-06) (age 25) Difaâ El Jadidi 0 0
Iyayi Atiemwen Nigeria LW / ST 24 Jan 1996 (1996-01-24) (age 29) Al-Najaf 0 0
Mahmoud Khalil Iraq ST / AM 12 Jan 1995 (1995-01-12) (age 30) Al-Karma 0 0
Mohammad Aburiziq Jordan ST 1 Feb 1999 (1999-02) (age 26) Al-Wehdat 0 0

New contracts and transfers

New contracts

Date No. Pos. Name Ref.
26 May 2025 29 RW Democratic Republic of the Congo Tuisila Kisinda [7]
21 July 2025 79 DM Gabon Clench Loufilou [10]

Transfers in

Date No. Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
31 July 2025 CB Tunisia Dhiaeddine Jouini Tunisia US Monastir Free transfer [12][13]
RW Morocco Reda Majji Morocco Difaâ El Jadidi Free transfer [14][15]
6 August 2025 LW Nigeria Iyayi Atiemwen Iraq Al-Najaf Free transfer [17][18]
7 August 2025 RB Iraq Haider Ahmed Iraq Erbil Free transfer [19][20]
ST Iraq Mahmoud Khalil Iraq Al-Karma Free transfer [19][20]
8 August 2025 RB Iraq Faisal Jassim Iraq Al-Shorta Free transfer [19][21]
9 August 2025 GK Iraq Ali Ibadi Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Free transfer [22][23]
AM Iraq Ahamad Azzawi Iraq Newroz Free transfer [23][24]
DM Iraq Ali Al-Sajjad Sabah Iraq Diyala Free transfer [24]
16 August 2025 CM Iraq Murtadha Ali Malas Iraq Al-Najaf Free transfer [25]
18 August 2025 ST Jordan Mohammad Aburiziq Jordan Al-Wehdat Free transfer [29][30]

Transfers out

Date No. Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 9 ST Iraq Salem Ahmed Unattached Released [8]
40 CB Iraq Mohammed Ghaleb [8]
31 CB Zimbabwe Gerald Takwara [8][9]
27 DM Senegal Ousseynou Thioune [8][9]
90 ST Tanzania Waziri Shentembo [8]
10 July 2025 21 GK Iraq Abbas Karim Iraq Al-Shorta End of loan
23 July 2025 26 RW Iraq Sajjad Alaa Saudi Arabia Najran Free transfer [8]
28 July 2025 15 CM Yemen Osama Anbar Unattached Released
29 July 2025 22 GK Iraq Jaafar Shenaishil Iraq Al-Karkh Free transfer [8]
31 July 2025 6 DM Iraq Haider Salem Iraq Amanat Baghdad Free transfer [11]
20 RW Iraq André Alsanati Iraq Duhok Free transfer [8][16]
3 August 2025 18 RB Iraq Hameed Ali Hameed Iraq Zakho Free transfer [8]
25 DM Iraq Amir Ahmed Iraq Al-Hudood Free transfer [8]
18 August 2025 10 ST Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Iraq Al-Talaba Free transfer [26][27][28]

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager Iraq Luay Salah
Assistant coach Iraq Halgurd Mulla Mohammed
Iraq Ous Ibrahim
Goalkeeping coach Iraq Amer Abdul-Wahab
Fitness coach Egypt Mohammed Mustafa Ibrahim
Performance Analyst Iraq Khalid Hussein Allas
Iraq Hussam Rasim Kokaz
Team supervisor Iraq Adel Nasser

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 Aug 2025 Friendly Al-Minaa Iraq 0–0 Iraq Masafi Al-Janoob Basra, Iraq
17:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium

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