2015–16 Al-Talaba SC season

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In the first stage of the league, Al-Talaba were inconsistent in their results, finishing in 4th place of the Group 1 table at 27 points with seven wins, six draws, four losses and a goal difference of +6. In the second stage, Al-Talaba lost their first match against

Baghdad

to remain in their position of 3rd in the league after three wins, three draws, a loss, at 12 points.

Kit

Period	Home colours	Away colours	Third colours	Supplier
September 2015 – February 2016				Nike
February 2016 – April 2016
April 2016				Record Sport
April 2016 – May 2016				Record Sport, Nike

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2016[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRQ Saif Jameel 2 DF   SYR Saad Hassan 3 DF  IRQ Saad Jassim 4 DF  IRQ Mohammed Abdul-Zahra (3rd captain) 5 MF  IRQ Muthana Khalid 6 MF  IRQ Mohammed Mtashar 7 MF  IRQ Sajjad Jassim 8 MF  IRQ Mustafa Al-Ameen 9 FW  IRQ Younis Mahmoud (captain) 10 FW  IRQ Abdul-Qadir Tariq 11 FW  IRQ Amjad Abbas 12 GK  IRQ Ali Abd Laftah 13 MF   SYR Thaer Kroma 14 DF  IRQ Abbas Ayyad 15 MF  IRQ Yousif Nabeel 16 FW  IRQ Yassir Abdul-Mohsen 17 MF  IRQ Ihab Kadhim 18 MF  IRQ Mahdi Karim (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  IRQ Mustafa Ali Nima 20 MF  IRQ Ahmed Ali Hussein 21 FW  IRQ Alaa Muhaisin 22 MF  IRQ Samer Saeed 23 GK  IRQ Muhannad Jabbar 24 MF  IRQ Muthana Khalid 25 MF  IRQ Aqeel Abbas Jabur 26 DF  IRQ Hassan Abbas 27 FW  IRQ Karrar Ali Dodah 28 DF  IRQ Haider Ali Abid 31 FW   SYR Abdul-Latif Salqini 32 DF  IRQ Ali Hussein Ali 33 DF   SYR Moayad Al-Khouli 34 DF  IRQ Haider Ali Kadhim 35 GK  IRQ Ali Abdul-Muhsin 37 MF  IRQ Mustafa Mohammed 38 FW  GHA James Abban 39 DF  IRQ Ahmed Nadhim

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  IRQ Ali Rasheed (at Al-Karkh until 30 June 2016)

Players In

N	Date	Pos	Player	Moving from	Type	Transfer window
20	12 July 2015	MF	Ahmed Ali Hussein	Al-Hedood	Transfer	Summer
28	12 July 2015	DF	Haider Ali Abid	Al-Karkh	Transfer	Summer
11	14 July 2015	FW	Amjad Abbas	Ahli Sidab	Transfer	Summer
7	26 July 2015	MF	Sajjad Jassim	Najaf	Transfer	Summer
10	29 July 2015	FW	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Karkh	Transfer	Summer
34	29 July 2015	DF	Haider Ali Kadhim	Zakho	Transfer	Summer
16	30 July 2015	FW	Yassir Abdul-Mohsen	Zakho	Transfer	Summer
18	1 August 2015	DF	Mahdi Karim	Al-Shorta	Transfer	Summer
8	1 August 2015	MF	Mustafa Al-Ameen	Naft Maysan	Transfer	Summer
27	1 August 2015	FW	Karrar Ali Dodah	Sulaymaniyah	Transfer	Summer
4	12 August 2015	DF	Mohammed Abdul-Zahra	Al-Sinaa	Transfer	Summer
3	12 August 2015	DF	Saad Jassim	Zakho	Transfer	Summer
1	12 August 2015	GK	Saif Jameel	Al-Shorta	Transfer	Summer
17	12 August 2015	MF	Ihab Kadhim	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Transfer	Summer
15	16 August 2015	MF	Yousif Nabeel	Al-Kahraba	Transfer	Summer
13	6 September 2015	MF	Thaer Kroma	Al-Wahda	Transfer	Summer
31	6 September 2015	FW	Abdul-Latif Salqini	Al-Jaish	Transfer	Summer
33	6 September 2015	DF	Moayad Al-Khouli	Al-Jaish	Transfer	Summer
9	18 September 2015	FW	Younis Mahmoud	Unattached	Free	Mid-season
22	16 November 2015	MF	Samer Saeed	Al-Karkh	Transfer	Mid-season
37	30 November 2015	MF	Mustafa Mohammed	Al-Shorta	Transfer	Mid-season
38	12 December 2015	FW	James Abban	Aduana Stars	Transfer	Mid-season
39	7 January 2016	DF	Ahmed Nadhim	Naft Al-Janoob	Transfer	Winter
5	12 January 2016	MF	Muthana Khalid	Baghdad	Transfer	Winter
2	31 January 2016	DF	Saad Hassan	Al-Jaish	Transfer	Winter

Players Out

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Type	Transfer window
15 July 2015	DF	Nozad Abdul-Hameed	Al-Karkh	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	FW	Sayyid Arafat	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Mohammed Saeed	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Karrar Salih	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Sadiq Abbas	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Yousif Dhaidan	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Ali Faez Qasim	Naft Maysan	Transfer	Summer
15 July 2015	FW	Ali Rasheed	Al-Karkh	Loan	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Adnan Atiya	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Mohammed Abdul-Zahra	Al-Sinaa	Transfer	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Adnan Atiya	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	GC	Badir Shakir	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Thamir Fouad	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Salah Hilal	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Hassan Attwan	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Al-Habib Mohammed	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Mohammed Ali Karim	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF	Wisam Zaki	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	AM	Ahmed Kadhim Assad	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
16 July 2015	FW	Ali Salah Hashim	Zakho	Transfer	Summer
21 July 2015	MF	Salih Sadir	Naft Al-Wasat	Transfer	Summer
22 July 2015	AM	Nawaf Slall	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
22 July 2015	MF	Mustafa Hussein	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
22 July 2015	DF	Majeed Hameed	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
23 July 2015	DF	Waleed Bahar	Al-Naft	Transfer	Summer
23 July 2015	DF	Mohammed Jabbar Rubat	Naft Al-Janoob	Transfer	Summer
26 July 2015	MF	Mustafa Jalal	Wadi Degla	Transfer	Summer
26 July 2015	MF	Ahmed Jabbar	Al-Mina'a	Transfer	Summer
12 August 2015	GK	Muhannad Qassim	Baghdad	Transfer	Summer
12 August 2015	DF	Ahmed Khalid	Unattached	End of contract	Summer
12 August 2015	DF	Ahmed Essa	Al-Zawra'a	Transfer	Summer
5 December 2015	MF	Osama Ali	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Transfer	Winter

Technical staff

As of 7 June 2015^[update][2]

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Iraqi Premier League	Total
1	FW	10	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	10	10
2	FW	9	Younis Mahmoud	3	3
3	FW	16	Yassir Abdul-Mohsen	2	2
	FW	38	James Abban	2	2
	MF	13	Thaer Kroma	2	2
4	FW	31	Abdul-Latif Salqini	1	1
	FW	27	Karrar Ali Dodah	1	1
	MF	8	Mustafa Al-Ameen	1	1
	MF	22	Samer Saeed	1	1
	DF	4	Mohammed Abdul-Zahra	1	1
	DF	18	Mahdi Karim	1	1
	DF	2	Saad Hassan	1	1
	DF	39	Ahmed Nadhim	1	1
Own goals				1	1
Total				28	28

Captains

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Starts
1	FW	9	Younis Mahmoud	13
2	DF	18	Mahdi Karim	6
3	DF	4	Mohammed Abdul-Zahra	5
Total				24

Penalties

Date	Name	Opponent	Result
21 October 2015	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Karkh	Y
28 February 2016	Mahdi Karim	Samawa	Y

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Al-Sinaa v Al-Talaba

24 December 2015 Friendly	Al-Sinaa	0–1	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
7:00 UTC+03:00			Jassim	Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

Al-Shorta

15 January 2016 Friendly	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Tariq (pen.)		Chammari Hussein	Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium

Al-Talaba v Haifa

23 March 2016 Friendly	Al-Talaba	4–0	Haifa	Baghdad
15:15 UTC+03:00	Abdul-Mohsen 10' Karim 25' Jassim 40' Nima 80'			Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium

Baghdad

27 March 2016 Friendly	Baghdad	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Karim 36'		Agha 89'	Stadium: Baghdad Stadium

Al-Shorta

3 May 2016 Friendly	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
16:00 UTC+03:00			Faez 62'	Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Iraqi Premier League

Group stage

Results by round