2016–17 Al-Talaba SC season
| 2016–17 season | |||
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| President Honorary President |
Alaa Kadhim Abdul-Razzaq Al-Essa |
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| Manager | Ayoub Odisho | ||
| Stadium |
Al-Shaab Stadium Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium |
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| Iraqi Premier League | 4th | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Samer Saeed (3 goals) All: Samer Saeed (3 goals) |
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The 2016–17 season is Al-Talaba Sport Club's 42nd consecutive season in the Iraqi Premier League, the top-flight of Iraqi football. Having finished in 3rd place in the final stage of the previous season, Al-Talaba is competing in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.
The first step that was taken by the administrative board was to renew Ayoub Odisho's contract for another season, announcing it on their Facebook page on 10 June 2016 with a worth of 300m IQD. With Kareem Salman being taken to the Iraq national under-23 team as an assistant manager, Al-Talaba were left to sign a new assistant, contacting Mudhaffar Jabbar and Saadi Toma, who refused the offer, and Shaker Mahmoud who approved and was signed on 15 July.
Al-Talaba announced on 13 June their first six signings. They signed eight other players including two big names, Ameer Sabah and Mustafa Karim, on 20 June, returning to their home club. The board also renewed the contracts of 12 players including last season's captain, Younis Mahmoud, second captain Mahdi Karim, and the team's playmaker, Samer Saeed. Al-Talaba released Mustafa Karim and Ameer Sabah in August, after two months of signing them due to a financial dispute with the board along with signing the three allowed foreign players who were all from Africa.
Al-Talaba started their 2016–17 Iraqi Premier League campaign on 15 September 2016 with a 1–1 draw against their rivals Al-Shorta, equalizing the score just before the end of the first half with a header from the team's captain, Samer Saeed, from a corner after the opponent took advantage of a miscommunication between Ali Abdul-Hassan and Ehab Kadhim and scored the first goal. In the second round, Al-Talaba managed to get a 1–0 win against the title holders Al-Zawra'a with Samer Saeed's goal from Saad Jassim's cross. Against the newly promoted club Al-Hussein, Al-Talaba claimed their second win with a goal from Karrar Ali Barri while playing with ten men due to the injury of Muthana Khalid and having no substitutes left.
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