Al-minaa: Al-Minaa FC intensified its preparations for its match against Al-Zawraa on Saturday in Baghdad, its first game in the opening round of the new Iraqi Stars League season.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the team, coached by Captain Hussein Abdul Wahid, began its preseason preparations with a series of friendly matches, starting in Basra with two games against the Iraqi youth national team. They won the first match 1-0 and drew the second. They then held a training camp in Erbil, where they played four friendly matches. They began with a 2-0 loss to Mosul, followed by a 3-1 victory over Naft Maysan. They then drew 1-1 with Al-Naft and concluded their preseason with a 2-2 draw against Diyala.

Al-Minaa will now complete its final preparations for the new season in Basra. This season, Al-Minaa’s squad includes players who have represented national teams and popular clubs, including Mohammed Dawood, Saad Natiq, and Abdul Razzaq Qasim, in addition to professional players such as Syrian national team player Khaled Kurdghali, Fahd Al-Youssef, Yassin Samia, Tunisians Malek Milad and Hossam Al-Habsi, and Bernardo. And Odo.