Naft Al-Wasat SC
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Naft Al-Wasat Sports Club (Arabic: نادي نفط الوسط الرياضي, lit. 'Midland Oil') is an Iraqi sports club based in Najaf. Its professional football team plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top tier of Iraqi football. The club's home stadium is An-Najaf Stadium.
Full name | Naft Al-Wasat Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Andaleeb Al-Furat (The Euphrates Nightingales) | ||
Founded | 2008; 16 years ago (2008) | ||
Ground | Al-Najaf International Stadium (league) Naft Al-Wasat Stadium (cup) | ||
Capacity | 30,000 (league)[1] 5,000 (cup) | ||
President | Dawood Salem Ahmed[2] | ||
Manager | Abdul-Ghani Shahad | ||
League | Iraq Stars League | ||
2022–23 | Iraqi Premier League, 18th of 20 | ||
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Founded in 2008, Naft Al-Wasat spent three seasons in the Iraq Division Two and another three in the Iraq Division One until they were promoted from the 2013–14 Iraq Division One to the Iraqi Premier League. In their first season in the Iraqi Premier League, Naft Al-Wasat became the champions by achieving the 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League.
Their futsal club has participated in the AFC Futsal Club Championship.[3]