2005–06 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2005–06 season was Al-Minaa's 30th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 32 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the AFC Champions League.

Al-Mina'a SC

2005–06 season
Chairman	Hadi Ahmed
Manager	Aqeel Hato
Ground	Al Mina'a Stadium
Premier League	10th
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Nawaf Falah (7 goals) All: Nawaf Falah (9 goals)
Home colours Away colours

They entered this season having finished in 2nd place in the league in the 2004–05 season, but this season was less successful as the club ranked in 10th place out of 28 teams. In the AFC Champions League, Al-Minaa were eliminated in the group stage where they earned their first ever points in an AFC competition with draws against Mash'al and Al-Hilal.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRQ	Saddam Salman
2	DF	IRQ	Sajjad Abdul Kadhim
3	DF	IRQ	Jihad Madlool
4	DF	IRQ	Emad Aoda (captain)
5	DF	IRQ	Bahaa Abdul Lateef
6	DF	IRQ	Ali Jassim
7	MF	IRQ	Ghazi Fahad
8	FW	IRQ	Mokhlus Abdul Sattar
9	FW	IRQ	Nasser Talla Dahilan
10	FW	IRQ	Ihsan Hadi
11	MF	IRQ	Nayef Falah
12	GK	IRQ	Medhat Abdul Hussein

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	IRQ	Alaa Abdul Hussein
14	DF	IRQ	Nawaf Sallal
15	MF	IRQ	Sattar Jabbar
16	MF	IRQ	Bashar Hadi Ahmed
18	MF	IRQ	Hussein Mohsin
20	GK	IRQ	Ismail Hashim
21	MF	IRQ	Sajjad Abdul Nabi
22	FW	IRQ	Hussam Ibrahim
25	FW	IRQ	Nawaf Falah
26	DF	IRQ	Muneer Hammoud
28	DF	IRQ	Haider Naeem
30	FW	IRQ	Osama Shayyal

Iraqi Premier League

Main article: 2005–06 Iraqi Premier League

Summary table

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	9	4	3	26	16	+10	31	7	1	0	20	7	+13	2	3	3	6	9	−3

Last updated: 11 May 2006.
Source: Goalzz.com

Matches

Group stage

Al-Mina'a v Karbalaa

4 November 2005 1	Al-Mina'a	4 – 3	Karbalaa	Basra
11:30 GMT	Abdul Kadhim 40' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Sallal 60' Falah 75'		Naeem 3' Abbas 48' Barrak 80'	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Al-Kut v Al-Mina'a

11 November 2005 2	Al-Kut	0 – 0	Al-Mina'a	Kut
11:30 GMT				Stadium: Al Kut Stadium

Al-Samawa v Al-Mina'a

18 November 2005 3	Al-Samawa	1 – 2	Al-Mina'a	Samawa
11:30 GMT	Abdul Karim 66'		Shayyal 77' Falah 90+2'	Stadium: As Samawah Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Al-Shatra

25 November 2005 4	Al-Mina'a	3 – 0	Al-Shatra	Basra
11:30 GMT	Sallal 39' Falah 53' Aoda 57'			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Naft Al-Junoob

4 November 2005 5	Al-Mina'a	3 – 1	Naft Al-Junoob	Basra
11:30 GMT	Shayyal 13' (pen.) Abdul Kadhim 47' Falah 67'		Aasi 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Maysan v Al-Mina'a

9 December 2005 6	Maysan	0 – 0	Al-Mina'a	Amarah
11:30 GMT				Stadium: Maysan Stadium

Karbalaa v Al-Mina'a

13 January 2006 7	Karbalaa	2 – 0	Al-Mina'a	Karbalaa
11:30 GMT	Barrak 35' Abbas 83'			Stadium: Karbala Stadium

Al-Shatra v Al-Mina'a

16 January 2006 8	Al-Shatra	1 – 1	Al-Mina'a	Nasiriyah
11:30 GMT	Hussein 13'		Fahad 43'	Stadium: Al-Shatra Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Al-Kut

20 January 2006 9	Al-Mina'a	3 – 0	Al-Kut	Basra
11:30 GMT	Falah 45' Hadi 65', 77'			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Naft Al-Janoob v Al-Mina'a

23 January 2006 10	Naft Al-Janoob	1 – 3	Al-Mina'a	Basra
11:30 GMT	Saadi 86'		Hadi 34', 53' Falah 48'	Stadium: Naft Al-Janoob Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Maysan

30 January 2006 11	Al-Mina'a	2 – 0	Maysan	Basra
11:30 GMT	Abdul Kadhim 72' (pen.) Tallaa 90+3'			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Al-Samawa

3 February 2006 12	Al-Mina'a	1 – 0	Al-Samawa	Basra
11:30 GMT	Falah 79'			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Elite stage

Samaraa v Al-Mina'a

31 March 2006 13	Samaraa	1 – 0	Al-Mina'a	Samarra
11:30 GMT	Shaker 47'			Stadium: Samarra Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Erbil

7 April 2006 14	Al-Mina'a	2 – 2	Erbil	Basra
11:30 GMT	Tallaa 13' Abdul Hussein 87'		Hassan 27' Abdul Wahed 72'	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Al-Mina'a v Samaraa

20 April 2006 15	Al-Mina'a	2 – 1	Samaraa	Basra
11:30 GMT	Abdul Hussein 35' Falah 41'			Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Erbil v Al-Mina'a

11 May 2006 16	Erbil	3 – 0	Al-Mina'a	Erbil
11:30 GMT	Sabbar 47' Qaraman 72' Abdul Rahman 81'			Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2006 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Ain	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
Al-Hilal	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	10
Mash'al	6	2	2	2	7	11	−4	8
Al-Mina'a	6	0	2	4	6	11	−5	2

Source: flashscore.com

Al-Mina'a v Mash'al

8 March 2006 1	Al-Mina'a	0 – 1	Mash'al	Kuwait City
11:30 GMT	Abdul Lateef  51'	Report	Xolmurodov 31' Qodirov  34' Klishin  86'	Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

Al-Hilal v Al-Mina'a

22 March 2006 2	Al-Hilal	3 – 1	Al-Mina'a	Riyadh
11:30 GMT	Tavares 31' Al-Anbar 60' Al-Qahtani 90+1'	Report	Hammoud 45' Sallal  76'	Stadium: King Fahd II Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

Al Ain v Al-Mina'a

12 April 2006 3	Al Ain	2 – 1	Al-Mina'a	Al Ain
11:30 GMT	Jestrović 14', 37' (pen.),  90+1'	Report	Sallal 15' Abdul Kadhim  28' Falah  29' Jassim  58'	Stadium: Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Al-Mina'a v Al Ain

26 April 2006 4	Al-Mina'a	1 – 2	Al Ain	Kuwait City
11:30 GMT	Falah 7' Abdul Hussein  49' Sallal  59'	Report	Kelly 64' (pen.) Diaky 66'	Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Mash'al v Al-Mina'a

3 May 2006 5	Mash'al	2 – 2	Al-Mina'a	Qarshi
11:30 GMT	Xasanov 30' Mirxoldirshoyev 72'	Report	Abdul Nabi 12' Abdul Sattar  15', 60' Salman  44' Mohsen  90+3'	Stadium: Nasaf Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Arambakade Gedara (Sri Lanka)

Al-Mina'a v Al-Hilal

17 May 2006 6	Al-Mina'a	1 – 1	Al-Hilal	Kuwait City
11:30 GMT	Falah 34',  90+4' Salman  90'	Report	Giovanni 48' Tavares  90+5'	Stadium: Sabah Al Salem Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	Nationality	No.	Name	Iraqi Premier League	AFC Champions League	Total
1	FW		25	Nawaf Falah	7	2	9
2	FW		10	Ihsan Hadi	4	0	4
	DF		2	Sajjad Abdul Kadhim	4	0	4
	DF		14	Nawaf Sallal	3	1	4
3	FW		9	Nasser Talla Dahilan	2	0	2
	DF		13	Alaa Abdul Hussein	2	0	2
	FW		30	Osama Shayyal	2	0	2
4	MF		7	Ghazi Fahad	1	0	1
	DF		4	Emad Aoda	1	0	1
	DF		26	Muneer Hammoud	0	1	1
	FW		8	Mokhlus Abdul Sattar	0	1	1
	MF		21	Sajjad Abdul Nabi	0	1	1
Own goals					0	0	0
TOTALS					26	6	32

Last updated: 17 May 2006

Overall statistics

	Iraqi League	AFC Champions League	Total Stats
Games played	16	6	22
Games won	9	0	9
Games drawn	4	2	6
Games lost	3	4	7
Goals scored	26	6	32
Goals conceded	16	11	27
Goal difference	+10	-5	+5
Clean sheets	6	0	6

Last updated: 17 May 2006

External links

• Results of Al-Minaa SC on a FIFA.COM
• Iraqi League 2005/2006
• Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News