Najaf FC

Najaf

Full name	Al-Najaf Football Club
Nickname(s)	Ghizlan Al badiah غزلان الباديه
Founded	1961
Ground	An Najaf Stadium (Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman	Sabah Hassan
Manager	Abd Al-Ghani Shahad
League	Iraqi Premier League
2008-09	2nd Place
Home colours Away colours

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 and will play in the AFC Cup 2010. Najaf played in the 2007 AFC Champions League.

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2007: Group Stage

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Abas Taleb 3 DF Uday Omran Karim 4 DF Haidar Aboodi 5 DF Nabeel Abbas 6 MF Salih Sadir 7 DF Jasseb Sultan (vice-captain) 8 MF Abbas Wahoodi 11 FW Haider Bader 12 FW Alaa Assi 13 DF Falah Hasan Kadhim (captain) 14 MF Raad Raheem 15 MF Dheia Abbas Hussein 17 MF Samer Saeed

No. Position Player 18 MF Dheia Faleh 21 GK Qaed Sadir 22 GK Noor Sabri 23 FW Ali Mohammed 24 DF Faisal Jassim 25 MF Hatim Sahib Enad 26 DF Hamid Hamzah 27 FW Ali Hamed 28 FW Ahmad Hasson 32 FW Faris Hasson DF Jassim Mohammed MF Haitham Kadhim Jassim MF Alaa Al Shbli

Famous Head Coaches

• Mohammed Hussein
• Alwan Mena
• Nasrat Nasser
• Hatif Shamran
• Wathik Naji
• Najih Humoud
• Abd Al-Ghani Shahad

Famous players

Ali Hashim Ahmed Jassim Haidar Najem Salih Sadir Karrar Jassim Samal Saeed Samer Saeed Noor Sabri

See also

• Iraqi clubs in the AFC Champions League

External links

• Official Website (Arabic)