2016–17 Al-Mina'a SC season

The 2016–17 season will be Al-Minaa's 41st season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 43 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.

They enter this season having finished in a disappointing sixth place in the league in the 2015–16 season, and will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.

Out
{| class="wikitable" ! Date ! Pos. ! Name ! To ! Fee
 * June 2016
 * MF
 * 🇱🇾 Abdul Hadi Zaqlam
 * End of contract
 * June 2016
 * FW
 * 🇱🇾 Ali Al-Shareef
 * End of contract
 * June 2016
 * FW
 * 🇧🇷 Gleisson Freire
 * End of contract
 * June 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Hosni
 * 🇹🇷 Çaykur Rizespor
 * June 2016
 * FW
 * 🇮🇶 Ziyad Ahmed
 * 🇮🇶 Naft Al-Wasat
 * June 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Ahmed Jabbar
 * 🇮🇶 Naft Al-Wasat
 * June 2016
 * GK
 * 🇮🇶 Saqr Ajail
 * 🇮🇶 Amanat Baghdad
 * June 2016
 * GK
 * 🇮🇶 Medhat Abdul Hussein
 * 🇮🇶 Al-Bahri
 * June 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Ahmad Abbas Hattab
 * 🇮🇶 Naft Al-Janoob
 * June 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Jawad Kadhim
 * 🇮🇶 Al-Shorta
 * July 2016
 * DF
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Bahjat
 * 🇮🇶 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
 * July 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Faisal Jassim
 * 🇮🇶 Al-Shorta
 * July 2016
 * DF
 * Omar Midani
 * Al-Wahda
 * September 2016
 * DF
 * 🇮🇶 Saad Attiya
 * 🇮🇶 Zakho
 * November 2016
 * FW
 * 🇸🇻 David Rugamas
 * Released
 * November 2016
 * FW
 * 🇧🇷 Ricardinho
 * Released
 * December 2016
 * DF
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Mohammed Alialah
 * Released
 * December 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Mustafa Hussein
 * Released
 * December 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Safaa Hadi
 * Released
 * January 2017
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Hosni
 * 🇰🇼 Al-Arabi
 * Loan
 * June 2017
 * GK
 * 🇮🇶 Noor Sabri
 * Released
 * August 2017
 * FW
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Yasser
 * 🇪🇬 Al-Masry
 * End of loan
 * November 2016
 * FW
 * 🇧🇷 Ricardinho
 * Released
 * December 2016
 * DF
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Mohammed Alialah
 * Released
 * December 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Mustafa Hussein
 * Released
 * December 2016
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Safaa Hadi
 * Released
 * January 2017
 * MF
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Hosni
 * 🇰🇼 Al-Arabi
 * Loan
 * June 2017
 * GK
 * 🇮🇶 Noor Sabri
 * Released
 * August 2017
 * FW
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Yasser
 * 🇪🇬 Al-Masry
 * End of loan
 * June 2017
 * GK
 * 🇮🇶 Noor Sabri
 * Released
 * August 2017
 * FW
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Yasser
 * 🇪🇬 Al-Masry
 * End of loan
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Yasser
 * 🇪🇬 Al-Masry
 * End of loan

Technical staff
{| class="wikitable" ! Position ! Name
 * Coach
 * 🇮🇶 Ghazi Fahad
 * Assistant coach
 * 🇮🇶 Munir Jaber
 * Goalkeeping coach
 * 🇮🇶 Amer Abdul Wahab
 * Fitness coach
 * vacant
 * Administrative director
 * 🇮🇶 Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
 * Club doctor
 * 🇮🇶 Faris Abdullah
 * Doctor's assistant
 * 🇮🇶 Fuad Mahdi
 * 🇮🇶 Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
 * Club doctor
 * 🇮🇶 Faris Abdullah
 * Doctor's assistant
 * 🇮🇶 Fuad Mahdi
 * Doctor's assistant
 * 🇮🇶 Fuad Mahdi

Stadium
During the previous season, the stadium of Al-Mina'a demolished. A company will build a new stadium that will be completed in 2018. Since they can't play their games at Al Mina'a Stadium, they will be playing at Basra Sports City during this season.

Squad information
!colspan="10"|Players out on loan for rest of the season


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Top scorers
Last updated: 20 August 2017

Clean sheets
Last updated: 14 August 2017

Overall statistics
Last updated: 20 August 2017