| 2012–13 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Omran Radhi Thani | ||
| Manager | Ghazi Fahad | ||
| Ground | Az-Zubayr Stadium (temporary use) | ||
| Iraqi Premier League | 8th | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Nasser Talla Dahilan (9) All: Nasser Talla Dahilan (9) | ||
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The 2012–13 season will be Al-Minaa's 37th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 39 editions of the competition except two.
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | GK |  Amjad Rahim |  Al-Samawa | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Salam Mohsin |  Baghdad | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Hassan Hamoud |  Naft Maysan | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Nawaf Falah |  Naft Al-Janoob | – | 
| September 2012 | FW |  Nasser Talla Dahilan |  Naft Al-Janoob | – | 
| September 2012 | FW |  Ahmed Shershab |  Najaf | – | 
| September 2012 | FW |  Claude Gnakpa |  Inverness | – | 
| September 2012 | FW |  Alaa Al-Sasi |  Al-Hilal Al-Sahili | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Ahmed Sadeq |  Al-Shula | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Aurelien Oko Bota |  Coton Sport Garoua | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Hamza Adnan | Youth system | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Haidar Sari | Youth system | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Hussein Abdul Wahed | Youth system | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Ahmed Mohsin Ashoor | Youth system | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Ali Hosni | Youth system | – | 
| March 2013 | MF |  Hamid Mido |  Al-Ittihad | – | 
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | MF |  Ammar Abdul Hussein |  Erbil | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Mohammed Jabbar Shokan |  Erbil | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Safaa Jabbar |  Naft Al-Janoob | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Hassan Hadi Ahmed |  Naft Al-Janoob | – | 
| September 2012 | FW |  Mohammed Nasser Shakroun |  Naft Al-Janoob | – | 
| September 2012 | FW |  Sultan Jassim |  Naft Al-Janoob | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Ali Jassim |  Naft Al-Janoob | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Mohammed Adnan |  Kirkuk | – | 
| September 2012 | GK |  Saddam Salman | Retire | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Sajjad Abdul Kadhim | Retire | – | 
| September 2012 | FW |  Ihsan Hadi | Retire | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Haider Abdul Hussein | – | – | 
| September 2012 | DF |  Hassan Chasib | – | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Bashar Hadi Ahmed | – | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Amjad Hameed | – | – | 
| September 2012 | MF |  Mohammed Ghazi | – | – | 
| March 2013 | MF |  Aurelien Oko Bota |  Al Ahly | – | 
Updated to match played March 2013
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News
Technical staff
| Position | Name | 
|---|---|
| Coach |  Ghazi Fahad | 
| Assistant coach |  Munir Jaber | 
|  Ihsan Hadi | |
| Fitness coach |  Ali Lafta | 
| Goalkeeping coach |  Saddam Salman | 
| Club doctor |  Abdul Abbas Jabbar | 
Updated to match played May 2013
Source: Al-Minaa SC: Transfers and News
Board members
| President |  Omran Radhi Thani | 
| Vice President |  Jalil Hanoon | 
| Amanuensis |  Mohammad Jaber Hassan | 
| Board of Directors Member |  Naji Abdulla Hassan Al Mosawi | 
| Board of Directors Member |  Nazar Taha Humood | 
| Board of Directors Member |  Nabeel Abdul Ameer Jamil | 
| Board of Directors Member |  Ali Fadhel Hassan | 
| Board of Directors Member |  Karim Jasim Hassan | 
| Female Board Member |  Ikhlas Naji Jasim | 
Updated to match played 11 December 2012
Source: Al-Minaa Club: Sailors of south
Stadium
During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2015. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium during this season.
Matches
Iraqi Premier League
- Away matches
 
| 26 October 2012 2 | Al-Mina'a | 1–1 | Al-Sinaa | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Ahmed Sadeq  56' | Bassam Qabel  78' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 1 November 2012 3 | Najaf | 1–1 | Al-Mina'a | Najaf | 
| 11:30 GMT | Hatam Saheb  45' | Alaa Al Sasi  5' | Stadium: An Najaf Stadium | 
| 16 November 2012 4 | Al-Mina'a | 2–1 | Zakho | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Ahmed Sadeq  45' Ahmed Shershab  51' | Firas Ismail  37' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 22 November 2012 5 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–3 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 11:30 GMT | Hammadi Ahmad  10' | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat  50' Alaa Al Sasi  73', 90' | Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium | 
| 30 November 2012 6 | Al-Mina'a | 0–0 | Masafi Al-Wasat | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 7 December 2012 7 | Al-Kahraba | 0–1 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 11:30 GMT | Claude Gnakpa  24' | Stadium: Al Naft Stadium | 
| 23 December 2012 8 | Al-Naft | 2–1 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 11:30 GMT | Ali Salah  20' Mushtak Kadhem  85' | Claude Gnakpa  3' | Stadium: Al Naft Stadium | 
| 22 January 2013 9 | Al Shorta | 4–1 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 11:30 GMT | Dhirgham Ismail  12' Hussein Kareem  20' Ahmad Ayad  33' Ali Raheem  73' | Nasser Talla Dahilan  74' (pen.) | Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium | 
| 27 January 2013 10 | Al-Mina'a | 5–2 | Sulaymaniya | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Nasser Talla Dahilan  9', 14', 28', 37' Mohammed Jabbar Rubat  85' | Hussein Ali  76' Hatem Ali  78' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 1 February 2013 11 | Naft Al-Janoob | 4–3 | Al-Mina'a | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Basim Ali  16', 80' Hussam Malik  50' Sajjad Hussein  88' | Nasser Talla Dahilan  30' (pen.) Ali Hosni  51' Hassan Humood  90' | Stadium: Naft Al-Janoob Stadium | 
| 7 February 2013 12 | Al-Mina'a | 4–4 | Karbalaa | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Claude Gnakpa  3' Nawaf Falah  52', 65' Hussein Mohsin  81' | Salam Mottaleb  54' (o.g.) Hussein Farhood  61', 80' Mushtak Sallal  85' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 12 February 2013 13 | Kirkuk | 1–1 | Al-Mina'a | Kirkuk | 
| 11:30 GMT | Herdi Nooreddin  78' | Ahmed Shershab  82' | Stadium: Kirkuk Olympic Stadium | 
| 18 February 2013 14 | Al-Mina'a | 1–2 | Dohuk | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Claude Gnakpa  64' (pen.) | Jailton Oliveira  43' Alaa Abdul-Zahra  82' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 24 February 2013 15 | Al-Amana | 1–0 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 12:00 GMT | Ali Adnan Kadhim  11' (pen.) | Stadium: Baghdad Stadium | 
| 1 March 2013 16 | Al-Mina'a | 0–1 | Al-Zawraa | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Kinan Deeb  35' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
- Home matches
 
| 7 April 2013 17 | Al-Talaba | 0–3 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 12:00 GMT | Haidar Sari  11' Ahmed Chasib  62' (o.g.) Ali Hosni  67' | Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium | 
| 12 April 2013 18 | Al-Sinaa | 0–6 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 12:00 GMT | Hassan Humood  21', 42', 90' Claude Gnakpa  58' Nasser Talla Dahilan  70' Faisal Kadhem  87' | Stadium: Al Sina'a Stadium | 
| 27 April 2013 19 | Al-Mina'a | 3–1 | Najaf | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Hassan Hamoud  26' Hameed Meido  36' Anas Jasim  60' | Mustafa Nadhim  47' Sabah Abdul Hassan  50' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 5 May 2013 20 | Zakho | 2–3 | Al-Mina'a | Zakho | 
| 12:00 GMT | Raja Rafe  7' Faris Hassan  14' | Hameed Meido  26', 90' Hassan Hamoud  62' | Stadium: Zakho Stadium | 
| 10 May 2013 21 | Al-Mina'a | 1–3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Ahmed Sadeq  83' | Ali Saad  16', 33' Mustafa Karim  23' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 15 May 2013 22 | Masafi Al-Wasat | 0–1 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 12:00 GMT | Ali Hosni  40' | Stadium: Al-Masafi Stadium | 
| 22 June 2013 23 | Al-Mina'a | 1–0 | Al-Kahraba | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Faisal Kadhem  11' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 27 June 2013 24 | Erbil | 8–1 | Al-Mina'a | Erbil | 
| 12:30 GMT | Luay Salah  3', 76' Halgurd Mulla Mohammed  18' Amjad Radhi  27', 86' Ivan Bukenya  43' Saad Abdul-Amir  85' Serwan Khudher  90' | Claude Gnakpa  38' | Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium | 
| 3 July 2013 25 | Al-Mina'a | 1–0 | Al-Naft | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Hameed Meido  15' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 6 July 2013 26 | Al-Mina'a | 2–3 | Erbil | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Nasser Talla Dahilan  77' (pen.) Hassan Hamoud  79' | Amjad Radhi  8', 25' Luay Salah  41' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 10 July 2013 27 | Al-Mina'a | 2–1 | Al Shorta | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Hameed Meido  45' Nasser Talla Dahilan  77' | Mohaimen Saleem  90' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 16 July 2013 28 | Sulaymaniya | 0–1 | Al-Mina'a | Sulaymaniya | 
| 12:30 GMT | Hassan Humood  36' | Stadium: Sulaymaniyah Stadium | 
| 24 July 2013 29 | Al-Mina'a | 0–2 | Naft Al-Janoob | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Mohamad Daas  11' (pen.) Moayad Ajan  27' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 29 July 2013 30 | Karbalaa | 1–0 | Al-Mina'a | Karbalaa | 
| 12:30 GMT | Karrar Saleh  52' | Stadium: Karbala Stadium | 
| 5 August 2013 31 | Al-Mina'a | 3–0 | Kirkuk | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | (Penalty for no show) | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 18 August 2013 32 | Dohuk | 1–0 | Al-Mina'a | Dohuk | 
| 12:30 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra  5' | Stadium: Duhok Stadium | 
| 31 August 2013 33 | Al-Mina'a | 2–1 | Al-Amana | Basra | 
| 11:30 GMT | Nawaf Falah  16', 28' | Mustafa Ahmed  77' | Stadium: Az-Zubair Olympic Stadium | 
| 4 September 2013 34 | Al-Zawraa | 0–0 | Al-Mina'a | Baghdad | 
| 12:00 GMT | Stadium: Al Zawraa Stadium | 
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 | 
| 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 
Last updated: 4 September 2013.
Source: Goalzz.com
Top scorers
| # | Name | Goals | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nasser Talla Dahilan | 9 | 
| 2 | Hassan Hamoud | 8 | 
| 3 | Claude Gnakpa | 6 | 
| 4 | Hamid Mido | 5 | 
| 5 | Nawaf Falah | 4 | 
| 6 | Ahmed Sadeq | 3 | 
| 7 | Alaa Al-Sasi | 3 | 
| 8 | Ali Hosni | 3 | 
| 9 | Ahmed Shershab | 2 | 
| 10 | Mohammed Jabbar Rubat | 2 | 
| 11 | Faisal Kadhim | 2 | 
| 12 | Anas Jassim | 1 | 
| 13 | Haider Sari | 1 | 
| 14 | Hussein Mohsin | 1 | 






