Al-Talaba
2016–17 season
President
Honorary President		Alaa Kadhim
Abdul-Razzaq Al-Essa
ManagerAyoub Odisho
StadiumAl-Shaab Stadium
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
Iraqi Premier League4th
Top goalscorerLeague:
Samer Saeed (3 goals)
All: Samer Saeed (3 goals)

The 2016–17 season is Al-Talaba Sport Club's 42nd consecutive season in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 3rd place in the final stage of the previous season, Al-Talaba is competing in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.

Season summary

Pre-season

The first step that was taken by the administrative board was to renew Ayoub Odisho's contract for another season, announcing it on their Facebook page on 10 June 2016 with a worth of 300m IQD.[1][2] With Kareem Salman being taken to the Iraq national under-23 team as an assistant manager, Al-Talaba were left to sign a new assistant, contacting Mudhaffar Jabbar and Saadi Toma, who refused the offer,[3] and Shaker Mahmoud who approved and was signed on 15 July.[4]

Al-Talaba announced on 13 June their first six signings.[5] They signed eight other players including two big names, Ameer Sabah and Mustafa Karim, on 20 June, returning to their home club.[6][7] The board also renewed the contracts of 12 players including last season's captain, Younis Mahmoud,[8] second captain Mahdi Karim, and the team's playmaker, Samer Saeed.[9] Al-Talaba released Mustafa Karim and Ameer Sabah in August, after two months of signing them due to a financial dispute with the board along with signing the three allowed foreign players who were all from Africa.[10]

September

Al-Talaba started their 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League campaign on 15 September 2016 with a 1–1 draw against their rivals Al-Shorta, equalizing the score just before the end of the first half with a header from the team's captain, Samer Saeed, from a corner after the opponent took advantage of a miscommunication between Ali Abdul-Hassan and Ehab Kadhim and scored the first goal.[11] In the second round, Al-Talaba managed to get a 1–0 win against the title holders Al-Zawra'a with Samer Saeed's goal from Saad Jassim's cross.[12] Against the newly promoted club Al-Hussein, Al-Talaba claimed their second win with a goal from Karrar Ali Barri while playing with ten men due to the injury of Muthana Khalid and having no substitutes left.[13]

October

After their match against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya was postponed, Al-Talaba faced the newly promoted side Al-Bahri away. The match ended in a 2–2 draw with the goals of Mustafa Al-Ameen, which went in from a deflection in the second minute of the match, and Ehab Kadhim from a penalty in the second half before Al-Bahri equalized in the last minutes with a penalty as well.[14] Al-Talaba returned to their winning ways with a comfortable 3–0 against Karbalaa at home. Two goals were scored by Yassir Abdul-Mohsen and the last one was scored from a penalty by Mahdi Karim.[15]

November

Al-Talaba went into their sixth game of the season with no losses to face Al-Naft away. After only 12 seconds, Al-Naft scored and in the 18th minute, they extended the lead, ending the first half at 2–0. In the second half, Samer Saeed pulled one back before the team captain Mahdi Karim equalized from a penalty in the extra time.[16] On 6 November, the club announced its bankruptcy and decided to stop all of its activities and withdraw from the league.[17] After two days, they took back their decision after the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Abdul-Razzaq Al-Essa promised the club to pay for all of its dues after an interference from the Minister of Youth and Sport Abdul-Hussein Aptan to solve the situation.[18] In the 8th round, Al-Talaba faced Erbil at home. They dominated the match but Erbil's defense denied them many goals which resulted in a 0–0 draw.[19]

Players

Squad information

The squad for the season consisted of the players listed in the tables below:

Note 1: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note 2: Players with squad numbers marked ‡ joined the club during the 2016–17 season via transfer, with more details in the following section.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalIraqi Premier LeagueIraq FA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Mohammed 202000
3 DF Iraq IRQ Saad Jasim 616100
4‡ DF Iraq IRQ Burhan Juma'a 707000
5‡ DF Iraq IRQ Haider Saadoun 202000
6 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Faisal 303000
7‡ FW Iraq IRQ Karrar Ali Barri 11211200
8 MF Iraq IRQ Samer Saeed 838300
9 FW Iraq IRQ Younis Mahmoud 000000
10 MF Iraq IRQ Mustafa Al-Ameen 11211200
13‡ DF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Saeed Mijbal 101000
14 DF Iraq IRQ Abbas Ayyad 000000
15‡ DF Iraq IRQ Muhannad Arzayej 10010000
16 FW Iraq IRQ Yassir Abdul-Mohsen 707000
17 MF Iraq IRQ Ehab Kadhim 616100
18 DF Iraq IRQ Mahdi Karim 626200
19‡ FW Iraq IRQ Ahmed Abdul-Abbas 101000
20 MF Iraq IRQ Muthana Khalid 505000
22 MF Iraq IRQ Murtadha Juwad 000000
23 GK Iraq IRQ Haider Jamal 101000
24 MF Iraq IRQ Mohammed Ridha 616100
25‡ MF Iraq IRQ Sattar Yaseen 11011000
28‡ FW Nigeria NGA Kabiru Akinsola 303000
29‡ MF Iraq IRQ Shihab Razzaq Farhan 101000
30‡ FW Ivory Coast CIV Abou Kone 808000
31‡ MF Iraq IRQ Omar Adnan 808000
33‡ MF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Khalid 000000
34‡ DF Senegal SEN Fallou Sarr 505000
35 GK Iraq IRQ Ali Abdul-Hassan 10010000
39 DF Iraq IRQ Ahmed Nadhim 808000
–‡ GK Iraq IRQ Karrar Mahmoud 000000
–‡ DF Iraq IRQ Samir Salman 000000
–‡ MF Iraq IRQ Samir Majid 000000
–‡ MF Iraq IRQ Karrar Nabeel 000000
–‡ MF Iraq IRQ Hassan Jassim 000000
–‡ FW Iraq IRQ Ibrahim Bayish 000000

Players In

N Date Pos Player Moving from Type Transfer window
15 13 June 2016 DF Iraq Muhannad Arzayej Iraq Al-Shorta Transfer Summer
4 13 June 2016 DF Iraq Burhan Juma'a Iraq Erbil Transfer Summer
19 13 June 2016 FW Iraq Ahmed Abdul-Abbas Iraq Al-Kahraba Transfer Summer
25 13 June 2016 MF Iraq Sattar Yaseen Iraq Zakho Transfer Summer
– 13 June 2016 MF Iraq Samir Majid Iraq Al-Karkh Transfer Summer
– 13 June 2016 DF Iraq Ahmed Khalid Iraq Al-Karkh Transfer Summer
– 13 June 2016 FW Iraq Ibrahim Bayish Iraq Al-Sinaa Transfer Summer
7 14 June 2016 MF Iraq Karrar Ali Barri Iraq Al-Kahraba Transfer Summer
– 20 June 2016 FW Iraq Mustafa Karim Iraq Naft Al-Wasat Transfer Summer
– 20 June 2016 MF Iraq Ameer Sabah Iraq Al-Shorta Transfer Summer
– 20 June 2016 MF Iraq Karrar Nabeel Iraq Diwaniya Transfer Summer
– 21 June 2016 DF Iraq Samir Salman Iraq Amanat Baghdad Transfer Summer
31 21 June 2016 MF Iraq Omar Adnan Iraq Al-Sinaa Transfer Summer
– 29 June 2016 GK Iraq Karrar Mahmoud Iraq Al-Bareed Transfer Summer
– 3 July 2016 MF Iraq Hassan Jassim Iraq Al-Jaish Transfer Summer
5 5 July 2016 DF Iraq Haider Saadoun Iraq Al-Kahraba Transfer Summer
29 13 July 2016 MF Iraq Shihab Razzaq Farhan Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Transfer Summer
13 17 August 2016 DF Iraq Mohammed Saeed Mijbal Iraq Al-Karkh Transfer Summer
28 31 August 2016 FW Nigeria Kabiru Akinsola Spain Mérida Transfer Summer
34 31 August 2016 DF Senegal Fallou Sarr Senegal AJEL de Rufisque Transfer Summer
30 31 August 2016 FW Ivory Coast Abou Kone Kuwait Al-Shabab Transfer Summer

Players Out

Date Pos Player Moving to Type Transfer window
23 May 2016 MF Iraq Yousif Nabeel Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 FW Iraq Mustafa Ali Ni'ma Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 FW Iraq Karrar Ali Dodah Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 DF Iraq Haider Ali Abid Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 DF Iraq Ali Hussein Ali Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 DF Iraq Haider Ali Kadhim Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 DF Iraq Hassan Abbas Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 DF Syria Saad Hassan Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 DF Syria Moayad Al-Khouli Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 MF Syria Thaer Kroma Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 FW Syria Abdul-Lateef Salqini Unattached End of contract Summer
23 May 2016 FW Ghana James Abban Unattached End of contract Summer
17 June 2016 FW Iraq Alaa Muhsin Iraq Karbalaa Transfer Summer
19 June 2016 MF Iraq Aqeel Abbas Jabur Iraq Baghdad Transfer Summer
20 June 2016 MF Iraq Ahmed Ali Hussein Iraq Al-Hedood Transfer Summer
22 June 2016 FW Iraq Amjad Abbas Iraq Al-Kahraba Transfer Summer
4 July 2016 DF Iraq Mohammed Abdul-Zahra Iraq Najaf Transfer Summer
7 July 2016 FW Iraq Abdul-Qadir Tariq Iraq Al-Shorta Transfer Summer
25 July 2016 GK Iraq Saif Jameel Iraq Al-Kahraba Transfer Summer
4 August 2016 FW Iraq Mustafa Karim Unattached Released Summer
24 August 2016 MF Iraq Sajjad Jassim Unattached Released Summer
27 August 2016 MF Iraq Ameer Sabah Unattached Released Summer

Technical staff

Position Staff
First team manager Ayoub Odisho
Assistant manager Shaker Mahmoud
Hassan Turki
Sadiq Saadoun
Goalkeeping coach Hisham Ali

Last updated: 15 July 2016
Source: Facebook – ALTalaba Sport Club

Statistics

Overall statistics

League Cup Total Stats
Games played11011
Games won505
Games drawn606
Games lost000
Goals scored15015
Goals conceded707
Goal difference+80+8
Clean sheets505
Goal by Substitute101
Red cards000

Last updated: 16 December 2016

Top scorers

Rank Position Nationality Number Name Iraqi Premier League Iraq FA Cup Total
1 MF Iraq 8 Samer Saeed 3 0 3
2 FW Iraq 16 Yassir Abdul-Mohsen 2 0 2
FW Iraq 7 Karrar Ali Barri 2 0 2
DF Iraq 18 Mahdi Karim 2 0 2
MF Iraq 10 Mustafa Al-Ameen 2 0 2
3 FW Ivory Coast 30 Abou Kone 1 0 1
MF Iraq 17 Ehab Kadhim 1 0 1
DF Iraq 3 Saad Jasim 1 0 1
MF Iraq 24 Mohammed Ridha 1 0 1
TOTALS 15 0 15

Last updated: 11 December 2016

Clean sheets

Rank Nationality Number Name Iraqi Premier League Iraq FA Cup Total
1 Iraq 35 Ali Abdul-Hassan 6 0 6
TOTALS 6 0 6

Last updated: 16 December 2016

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

28 July 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 2–0 Al-Hedood University of Baghdad, Baghdad
17:45 AST Stadium: Al-Burj Stadium
3 August 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 0–0 Iraq U20 University of Baghdad, Baghdad
17:30 AST Stadium: Al-Burj Stadium
15 August 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 2–1 Naft Maysan University of Baghdad, Baghdad
17:00 AST Kadhim (pen.)
Abdul-Abbas 		Hamid Stadium: Al-Burj Stadium
18 August 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 2–2 Al-Hedood University of Baghdad, Baghdad
17:00 AST Barri
Sabah 		Stadium: Al-Burj Stadium
20 August 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 0–0 Al-Shorta University of Baghdad, Baghdad
17:00 AST Stadium: Al-Burj Stadium
30 August 2016 Friendly Al-Talaba 1–1 Karbalaa University of Baghdad, Baghdad
17:00 AST Kadhim (pen.) Kareem (pen.) Stadium: Al-Burj Stadium
3 September 2016 Friendly Al-Naft 1–0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
16:00 AST Ali 89' Stadium: Al Naft Stadium
5 September 2016 Friendly Amanat Baghdad 1–0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
16:30 AST Hussein (pen.) Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
9 September 2016 Friendly Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–1 Al-Talaba Baghdad
16:30 AST Radhi (pen.) Kadhim (pen.) Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
2 October 2016 Friendly Al-Zawra'a 1–2 Al-Talaba Baghdad
15:30 AST Salah Karim
Abdul-Abbas 		Stadium: Al-Shalchiya Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Iraqi Premier League 11 5 6 0 15 7 +8 045.45
Iraq FA Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 11 5 6 0 15 7 +8 045.45

Updated to match played 16 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Naft Al-Wasat 36 19 11 6 45 26 +19 68
6 Al-Minaa 36 18 12 6 40 24 +16 66
7 Al-Talaba 36 14 12 10 51 38 +13 54
8 Amanat Baghdad 36 12 15 9 26 21 +5 51
9 Al-Najaf 36 12 13 11 41 38 +3 49
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
11 5 6 0 15 7  +8 21 3 3 0 7 1  +6 2 3 0 8 6  +2

Last updated: 16 December 2016.
Source: Kooora

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultDWWPDWDDDWWD
Position1023444556645
Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2016. Source: Kooora
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

15 September 2016 1 Al-Talaba 1–1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
18:00 AST Saeed 45+3' Waleed 37' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Wathiq Mohammed
20 September 2016 2 Al-Zawra'a 0–1 Al-Talaba Baghdad
18:00 AST Fadhel Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 82' Saeed 37' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Muhannad Qasim
25 September 2016 3 Al-Talaba 1–0 Al-Hussein Baghdad
15:30 AST Barri 75' Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
20 October 2016 5 Al-Bahri 2–2 Al-Talaba Basra
15:00 AST Hadi 28'
Hussein 70' (pen.)		 Al-Ameen 2'
Kadhim 52' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al-Zubair Stadium
Referee: Sabah Abid
27 October 2016 6 Al-Talaba 3–0 Karbalaa Baghdad
14:30 AST Abdul-Mohsen 33', 56'
Karim 66' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al Quwa Al Jawiya Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamir
3 November 2016 7 Al-Naft 2–2 Al-Talaba Baghdad
14:30 AST Fayad 1'
Jawda 18'		 Saeed 56'
Karim 90+5' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al Naft Stadium
Referee: Haitham Mohammed
25 November 2016 8 Al-Talaba 0–0 Erbil Baghdad
16:00 AST Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Wathiq Mohammed
30 November 2016 9 Al-Samawa 1–1 Al-Talaba Samawa
14:00 AST Sillal 45' Jasim 56' Stadium: Al-Samawah Stadium
6 December 2016 10 Al-Talaba 2–0 Naft Al-Janoob Baghdad
14:00 AST Barri 32'
Ridha 84'		 Stadium: Al Quwa Al Jawiya Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamir
11 December 2016 11 Naft Maysan 1–2 Al-Talaba Amarah
14:00 AST Mhaisin 50' Al-Ameen 39'
Kone 59' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al-Maimouna Stadium
10 January 2017 17 Zakho v Al-Talaba Zakho
AST

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