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)
	← 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 Having finished in 5th of Group 2 in the previous season, and having withdrawn from the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Talaba only competed in the Iraqi Premier League.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				Royal Arena Sport
April 2016 – May 2016				Royal Arena 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		Al-Karkh	Transfer	Summer
11	14 July 2015	FW		Ahli Sidab	Transfer	Summer
7	26 July 2015	MF		Najaf	Transfer	Summer
10	29 July 2015	FW	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Karkh	Transfer	Summer
34	29 July 2015	DF		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		Naft Maysan	Transfer	Summer
27	1 August 2015	FW		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		Al-Shorta	Transfer	Summer
17	12 August 2015	MF	Ihab Kadhim	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Transfer	Summer
15	16 August 2015	MF		Al-Kahraba	Transfer	Summer
13	6 September 2015	MF	Thaer Kroma	Al-Wahda	Transfer	Summer
31	6 September 2015	FW		Al-Jaish	Transfer	Summer
33	6 September 2015	DF		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		Aduana Stars	Transfer	Mid-season
39	7 January 2016	DF		Naft Al-Janoob	Transfer	Winter
5	12 January 2016	MF	Muthana Khalid	Baghdad	Transfer	Winter
2	31 January 2016	DF		Al-Jaish	Transfer	Winter

Players Out[]

Date	Pos	Player	Moving to	Type	Transfer window
15 July 2015	DF		Al-Karkh	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	FW		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		Naft Maysan	Transfer	Summer
15 July 2015	FW		Al-Karkh	Loan	Summer
15 July 2015	DF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Mohammed Abdul-Zahra	Al-Sinaa	Transfer	Summer
15 July 2015	DF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	GC		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	DF	Mohammed Ali Karim	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	End of contract	Summer
15 July 2015	MF		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		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
22 July 2015	MF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
22 July 2015	DF		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		Wadi Degla	Transfer	Summer
26 July 2015	MF	Ahmed Jabbar	Al-Mina'a	Transfer	Summer
12 August 2015	GK		Baghdad	Transfer	Summer
12 August 2015	DF		Unattached	End of contract	Summer
12 August 2015	DF		Al-Zawra'a	Transfer	Summer
5 December 2015	MF	Osama Ali	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Transfer	Winter

Technical staff[]

As of 7 June 2015^[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		2	2
	MF	13	Thaer Kroma	2	2
4	FW	31		1	1
	FW	27		1	1
	MF	8		1	1
	MF	22	Samer Saeed	1	1
	DF	4	Mohammed Abdul-Zahra	1	1
	DF	18	Mahdi Karim	1	1
	DF	2		1	1
	DF	39		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	showBaghdad
7:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 May 2016 Friendly	Al-Talaba	0–1	Al-Shorta	showBaghdad
16:00 UTC+03:00			Faez 62'	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	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 Group
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			H		H		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	showNajaf
15:30 UTC+03:00	Sadir 31'			Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 December 2015 9	Al-Talaba	0–1	Al-Naft	showBaghdad
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	showBaghdad
14:00 UTC+03:00	Mahmoud 76'		Sadir 31' 57'	Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium

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

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

27 January 2016 13	Al-Talaba	–	Duhok	showBaghdad
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	showBaghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00				Stadium:

15 February 2016 15	Al-Talaba	1–0	Al-Karkh	showBaghdad
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	showBasra
14:00 UTC+03:00	2', 57'		Tariq 25' Saeed 58'	Stadium:

28 February 2016 17	Al-Talaba	2–0	Samawa	showBaghdad
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	showBaghdad
14:30 UTC+03:00	Hussein 9' 24'			Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

Last updated: 3 March 2016
Source: Kooora

Final stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Zawraa (C)	7	4	3	0	13	5	+8	15	2017 AFC Cup
2	Naft Al-Wasat	7	4	2	1	10	6	+4	14	2017 Arab Club Championship
3	Al-Talaba	7	3	3	1	8	6	+2	12
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	7	3	0	4	11	7	+4	9	2017 AFC Cup^[a]
5	Al-Naft	7	2	3	2	9	9	0	9

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

^ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.

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	showBaghdad
15:10 UTC+03:00			Kalaf 86'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

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

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

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

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

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

21 May 2016 7	Al-Talaba	2–1	Baghdad	showBaghdad
16:45 UTC+03:00	Kroma 27' 76'		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).

[table_note_res_AC10.21336860499036-3] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the AFC Cup as Iraq FA Cup winners.

[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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