2015–16 Al-Talaba SC season

Al-Talaba
2015–16 season
President; Honorary President	Alaa Kadhim; Hussein al-Shahristani
Manager	Ayoub Odisho
Stadium	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium; (September 2015–April 2016); Al-Shaab Stadium; (April–May 2016)
Iraqi Premier League	3rd – Final stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abdul-Qadir Tariq (10); All: ; Abdul-Qadir Tariq (10)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Al-Talaba Sports Club's 41st consecutive season in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 5th of Group 2 in the previous season, and having withdrawn from the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Talaba only competed in the Iraqi Premier League.

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 Al-Shorta and before clinching a win against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. After drawing with the league leaders, Al-Zawra'a and the defending champions, Naft Al-Wasat, they won against Al-Mina'a which could have led them from 3rd to 2nd before drawing the next match with Al-Naft. They won their last 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				Nike
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, some limited exceptions apply. 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, some limited exceptions apply. 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]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ayoub Odisho
Assistant coach	Hassan Turki
Assistant coach	Kareem Salman
Assistant coach	Sadiq Saadoun
Goalkeeping coach	Hisham Ali

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

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

15 January 2016 Friendly	Al-Talaba	1–2	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Tariq (pen.)		Chammari Hussein	Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium

28 January 2016 Friendly	Al-Shorta	0–0	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
				Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

9 February 2016 Friendly	Al-Kahraba	2–1	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al Kahraba Stadium

21 March 2016 Friendly	Al-Talaba	0–0	Al-Hussein	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium

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

27 March 2016 Friendly	Al-Talaba	1–1	Baghdad	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Karim 36'		Agha 89'	Stadium: Baghdad Stadium

3 May 2016 Friendly	Al-Talaba	0–1	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
16:00 UTC+03:00			Faez 62'	Stadium: University of Baghdad Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iraqi Premier League	14 September 2015	21 May 2016	24	10	9	5	28	20	+8	041.67
Total			24	10	9	5	28	20	+8	041.67

Iraqi Premier League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Naft Al-Wasat	17	10	5	2	24	14	+10	35	Qualified to Elite Stage
3	Al-Naft	17	9	5	3	21	10	+11	32
4	Al-Talaba	17	7	6	4	20	14	+6	27
5	Naft Maysan	17	6	6	5	16	16	0	24
6	Al-Kahrabaa	17	3	7	7	9	17	−8	16

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	–	D	W	D	W	L

Source: Kooora.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

14 September 2015 1	Naft Al-Wasat	1–0	Al-Talaba	Najaf
15:30 UTC+03:00	Sadir 31'			Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium

19 September 2015 2	Al-Talaba	3–1	Al-Kahraba	Baghdad
15:30 UTC+03:00	Tariq 45', 50' Abdul-Mohsen 70'		Ali 69'	Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

24 September 2015 3	Al-Talaba	2–0	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
15:30 UTC+03:00	Abdul-Zahra 41' Tariq 72' Abbas 80'			Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

29 September 2015 4	Duhok	1–1	Al-Talaba	Duhok
15:30 UTC+03:00	Ali 56'		Salqini 34'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium

16 October 2015 5	Al-Talaba	0–1	Al-Zawra'a	Baghdad
15:00 UTC+03:00			Abdul-Raheem 25'	Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

21 October 2015 6	Al-Karkh	4–4	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
15:00 UTC+03:00	Hameed 13' Al-Jarih 26' Kareem 61' Mousa 83'		Mahmoud 6' Tariq 20' (pen.), 73' Dodah 79'	Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium

26 October 2015 7	Al-Talaba	1–0	Naft Al-Janoob	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Tariq 69'			Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

5 November 2015 8	Samawa	0–1	Al-Talaba	Samawa
14:30 UTC+03:00			Mahmoud 61'	Stadium: As Samawah Stadium

7 December 2015 9	Al-Talaba	0–1	Al-Naft	Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00	Kadhim 90'		Qasim 28'	Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

12 December 2015 10	Al-Talaba	1–1	Naft Al-Wasat	Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00	Mahmoud 76'		Sadir 31' Noumi 57'	Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

16 December 2015 11	Al-Kahraba	0–2	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00			Kroma 13' Tariq 46' Amado 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al Kahraba Stadium

20 January 2016 12	Naft Maysan	0–0	Al-Talaba	Amarah
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Maimuna Stadium

27 January 2016 13	Al-Talaba	–	Duhok	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium
Note: Duhok withdrew from the second half of the group.

2 February 2016 14	Al-Zawra'a	0–0	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al Sinaa Stadium

15 February 2016 15	Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Karkh	Baghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00	Tariq 5' Mohammed 70'			Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

19 February 2016 16	Naft Al-Janoob	2–2	Al-Talaba	Basra
14:00 UTC+03:00	Malik 2', 57'		Tariq 25' Saeed 58'	Stadium: Naft Al-Janoob Stadium

28 February 2016 17	Al-Talaba	2–0	Samawa	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Tariq 58' Karim 89' (pen.)			Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

3 March 2016 18	Al-Naft	2–0	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Hussein 9' Karim 24'			Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

Last updated: 3 March 2016
Source: Kooora

Final stage

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	N	N	N	A	H	N	N
Result	L	W	D	D	W	D	W

Source: Kooora.com
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 April 2016 1	Al-Talaba	0–1	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
15:10 UTC+03:00			Kalaf 86'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

7 April 2016 2	Al-Talaba	2–1	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad
15:30 UTC+03:00	Tariq 72' Nadhim 80'		Rasan 33'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

16 April 2016 3	Al-Talaba	1–1	Al-Zawra'a	Baghdad
16:00 UTC+03:00	Al-Ameen 24'		Jwayed 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

22 April 2016 4	Naft Al-Wasat	1–1	Al-Talaba	Najaf
16:30 UTC+03:00	Yassin 55'		Al-Ameen 46' Abban 90+3'	Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium

8 May 2016 5	Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Mina'a	Baghdad
16:45 UTC+03:00	Abdul-Mohsen 81'		Ibrahim 83'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

16 May 2016 6	Al-Talaba	1–1	Al-Naft	Baghdad
16:45 UTC+03:00	Abban 90+2' Mahmoud 90+5'		Karim 36'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

21 May 2016 7	Al-Talaba	2–1	Baghdad	Baghdad
16:45 UTC+03:00	Kroma 27' Hassan 76'		Abbas 38'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Last updated: 21 May 2016
Source: Kooora

References

^ "Iraq – Al-Talaba – Players". Goalzz.
^ Essa, Sami (June 7, 2015). "اوديشو مدربا لنادي الطلبة العراقي بشكل رسمي" [Odisho is officially the manager of Al-Talaba]. Kooora (in Arabic).

[Al-Talaba_Players_-_Goalzz-1] "Iraq – Al-Talaba – Players". Goalzz.

[Odisho,_manager_of_Al-Talaba_-_Kooora-2] Essa, Sami (June 7, 2015). "اوديشو مدربا لنادي الطلبة العراقي بشكل رسمي" [Odisho is officially the manager of Al-Talaba]. Kooora (in Arabic).

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