Al-Minaa SC Under-19s and Academy

Al-Minaa Football Club Academy is the youth system of Al-Minaa Football Club based in Al Maqal, Basra, Iraq. The academy teams play in the Iraqi Youth Premier League, the highest level of youth football in Iraq. The club also competes in the Basra Clubs Youth League. Former player Mohammed Abdul Hussein is the current academy manager.

Al-Minaa Under-19s, previously referred to as the Reserves, is the highest level squad within the setup. They train at the Al-Minaa Training Centre and play the majority of their home games at Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Basra Sports City.

Al-Minaa's Academy is one of Iraq's most successful, winning several championships, including winning the last Iraqi Youth Premier League title in 2022. Numerous international players have graduated from the academy and reserve teams.

Al-Minaa Academy team also participated in international tournaments, as in the Paris World Games, Football U19, where it participated four times, won the tournament in 2017, and was runner-up three times, the last of which was in 2019.

Current staff
Head Coaches:

Staff:

Honours

 * Iraqi Youth Premier League: 1
 * 2021–22


 * Iraqi Clubs U16 League: 1
 * 2023–24,


 * Basra Clubs Youth League: 2
 * 2009, 2011


 * Basra Clubs U16 League: 3
 * 2011, 2015, 2019


 * Paris World Games, Football U19: 1
 * 2017

Academy graduates
This is a list of former Al-Minaa academy or Al-Minaa 'A' graduates who have gone on to represent their country at full international level. Players who are still at Al-Minaa, or play at another club on loan from Al-Minaa, are highlighted in bold.


 * 🇮🇶 Alaa Abdul-Hussein
 * 🇮🇶 Ammar Abdul-Hussein
 * 🇮🇶 Mohammed Abdul Hussein
 * 🇮🇶 Amer Abdul Wahab
 * 🇮🇶 Hussein Abdul-Wahid
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Abdul Zahra
 * 🇮🇶 Nazar Abdul Zahra
 * 🇮🇶 Sabeeh Abed Ali
 * 🇮🇶 Hamza Adnan
 * 🇮🇶 Abdul Razzaq Ahmed
 * 🇮🇶 Alaa Ahmad
 * 🇮🇶 Hadi Ahmed
 * 🇮🇶 Karim Allawi
 * 🇮🇶 Emad Aoda
 * 🇮🇶 Rahim Bakr
 * 🇮🇶 Nasser Talla Dahilan
 * 🇮🇶 Saeed Easho
 * 🇮🇶 Qais Essa
 * 🇮🇶 Ghazi Fahad
 * 🇮🇶 Hussein Falah
 * 🇮🇶 Nawaf Falah
 * 🇮🇶 Ahmed Farhan
 * 🇮🇶 Mahir Habib
 * 🇮🇶 Abdul Mahdi Hadi
 * 🇮🇶 Jalil Hanoon
 * 🇮🇶 Jamil Hanoon
 * 🇮🇶 Hussein Hashim
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Husni
 * 🇮🇶 Hussam Ibrahim
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Jawad Ismail
 * 🇮🇶 Shaker Ismail
 * 🇮🇶 Safaa Jabbar
 * 🇮🇶 Karim Jafar
 * 🇮🇶 Ahmed Jalal
 * 🇮🇶 Rahim Karim
 * 🇮🇶 Adel Khudhair
 * 🇮🇶 Percy Lynsdale
 * 🇮🇶 Wesam Malik
 * 🇮🇶 Jassim Mohammed
 * 🇮🇶 Karrar Mohammed
 * 🇮🇶 Muslim Mubarak
 * 🇮🇶 Adel Nasser
 * 🇮🇶 Alaa Nayrouz
 * 🇮🇶 Ali Qasim
 * 🇮🇶 Hamza Qasim
 * 🇮🇶 Mohammed Jabbar Rubat
 * 🇮🇶 Abdul Amir Sabri
 * 🇮🇶 Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
 * 🇮🇶 Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
 * 🇮🇶 Oday Taleb
 * 🇮🇶 Faleh Hassan Wasfi
 * 🇮🇶 Ahmed Yahya