Al-Najaf FC

Al-Najaf
Full name Al-Najaf Football Club
Nickname(s) Ghizlan Al-Badiah (Desert Gazelles)
Founded 1961 (1961)
Ground New Najaf Stadium
Capacity 30,000
Chairman Sabah Hassan
Manager Abdul-Ghani Shahad
League Iraqi Premier League
2017–18 Iraqi Premier League, 6th

Al-Najaf Football Club (Arabic: نادي النجف لكرة القدم‎) is an Iraqi football club based in Najaf. They are members of the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Najaf played in the 2007 AFC Champions League.

History

In 1960, the city of Najaf began an active movement to establish a sports club after the athletes then felt the need of the city to a sports club that absorbed the energies of young people and their creations which are almost lost in the amateur leagues. Some of the dignitaries of the city were contacted for this purpose.[1] The request was submitted to the Ministry of the Interior, which was responsible for the authorisation of sports clubs in Iraq at that time. The name of Al Ghiri Sports Club was proposed for this institution. In 1961, the Ministry of the Interior approved their request to establish the club and thus wrote the birth certificate of the first sports club in the city of Najaf and consisted of the first administrative body of Messrs. Naji Hassan Hasswa as president and Maki Hadi Maala Vice-President and Alwan Elsafer as secretary.[2] At the beginning of the establishment of the club, the Ministry of the Interior allocated an annual grant of 60 dinars divided into two instalments, and the club relied on this grant and monthly subscriptions from its members.

Honours

Winners (1): 1997

Performance in AFC competitions

2007: Group Stage

Stadium

The An-Najaf Stadium (Arabic: ستاد النجف‎) is a football stadium in Najaf, Iraq. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Al Najaf. The stadium holds 12,000 people.

New Holy Al-Najaf Stadium is a purpose built football stadium being constructed in Najaf, Iraq. Once completed it will have the capacity to hold 30,000 people and become the new home of the Al Najaf. The stadium is protracted to open sometime in the middle 2014.

Statistics

The season-by-season performance of the club over the recent years:[3]

Season League Rank
2000–01Iraqi Elite League6
2001–02Iraqi Elite League5
2002–03Iraqi First Division3
2003–04Iraqi Premier LeagueCancelled
2004–05Iraqi Premier League6
2005–06Iraqi Premier League2
2006–07Iraqi Premier League3
2007–08Iraqi Premier League5
2008–09Iraqi Premier Division2
2009–10Iraqi Premier Division11
2010–11Iraqi Premier Division11
2011–12Iraqi Elite League9
2012–13Iraqi Elite League11
2013–14Iraqi Premier League15
2014–15Iraqi Premier League17
2015–16Iraqi Premier League13
2016–17Iraqi Premier League9

As of 10 August 2017.

Famous Head Coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.dorar-aliraq.net/threads/10133-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%80%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9
  2. ↑ https://mondialar.com/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84/
  3. ↑ http://socceriraq.net/players/al-najaf/
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