[8][9] Chathir announced in the press conference upon signing the contract that he does not promise to win the league this season, but rather promises to form a good team that achieves good results, because the team is playing for the first time in the Iraq Stars League after promotion from the Division One, and because there is no financial possibility to sign with super players in present time.
[12] Al-Minaa announced their first signing of the summer on 9 August with 26-year-old Iraqi winger Mueen Ahmed joining the club from Premier League side Al-Najaf.
[13][18] Niaz previously played for Erbil, Al-Shorta, Naft Al-Wasat and Newroz, during which he scored 6 goals,[19] and was also on the initial list of the Iraq national football team that coach Katanec called up for the 2019 WAFF Championship.
[21] He also played for the Iraq national under-20 football team in 2012 under the leadership of coach Hakim Shaker, but he was excluded from the squad that participated in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
[29] The club also renewed the contract of three other players from the first team and academy graduates the next day, they are Jaafar Shenaishil, Hassan Odah and Mohammed Khudhair.
[30] On August 19, the club's management renewed the contracts of four players, namely Abdullah Mohsin, Hamza Hadi Ahmed, Sajjad Alaa, and Mohammed Sabah.
[49] Three days after completing the signings, Al-Minaa played their first pre-season friendly match, at the Basra Sports City stadium, against Division One side Al-Bahri on 29 September.
Abdoulaye Karim Doudou, Hussam Malik, Sajjad Alaa, Ayad Abed Farhan and Mohammed Khudhair each scored one goal in the match, helping the team win 5–1.
Murtaja Adel Nasser, Hamza Adnan and Ibrahim Khalaf each scored goal in the match, helping the team win 3–2.
[53] In the first match, Al-Minaa faced Iraq Stars League side Al-Karkh at Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium on 16 October.
The match continued in a goalless draw, until the 90th minute, when Muhammad Abdul Rahman scored a goal from a free kick for Al-Karkh, making Al-Minaa lose 1–0.
[64] However, after the completion of the summer transfers and the holding of the league draw and a few days before the start of the tournament, the club was informed by FIFA not to approve the registration of the new players due to the ban.
In the 64th minute, Al-Minaa won a penalty kick, which Ayad Abed Farhan took, but the Al-Kahrabaa goalkeeper Ali Ebadi was able to block it.
The referee announced the end of the match with Al-Shorta winning 3–0, as the football law does not allow Continuously playing with less than 7 players for both teams.
After the incident of the match against Al-Shorta, the club management decided to agree to terminate the contract of the technical staff led by Qahtan Chathir by mutual consent.
[85][86] Al-Minaa played its match against Newroz with only 16 players,[87] and was able to impose a goalless draw on the host team in its stadium and in front of its fans, and obtain the first point in the league.
[93] On November 19, the administration announced the hiring of coach Hassan Ahmed, along with his assistant staff, Nasser Talla Dahilan, Mahmoud Yasser, and Qusay Jabbar, and they led the training unit on the same day.
[94] In the first match of the new technical staff, on November 23 at Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Basra, the Al-Minaa team was able to defeat Al-Qasim 1–0, as Haider Salem scored with a header in the 17th minute, when Shokan raised the ball and Salem received it with his head and shot it on the left side of Al-Qasim’s goalkeeper, who he was unable to push it away, so it entered the net, and thus the team achieved its first victory, and got the first 3 full points in the league.
The match was led by referee Laith Farhan,[99] and ended in favor of Naft Maysan 3–0, as Alaa Al Dali scored a hat-trick in minutes 45+5, 69, 90+11.
Five minutes later, Sajjad Alaa scored the second goal from a rebound from Al-Najaf goalkeeper Sarhang Muhsin after blacking Shokan’s free kick.
In the eighth round of the league, Al-Minaa continued to cause surprises when it defeated Al-Talaba in its stadium and in front of its fans on December 9, with a score of 1–0.
Sajjad Alaa scored the victory goal for Al-Minaa in the 45th + 7th minute after penetrating from the right, shooting a creeping ball to the right of goalkeeper Dolvan Mahdi.
[118] In the tenth round match, Al-Minaa faced Naft Al-Wasat at Al-Najaf International Stadium on December 19, in the absence of two of its most important players, Abdullah Mohsin and Hassan Odeh, with the team suffering from a numerical deficiency this season.
[122] In the eleventh round of the league, Al-Minaa received at its home stadium its traditional rival, Naft Al-Basra, in the Basra derby on December 22.
[126] On December 24, the temporary management of Al-Minaa decided to appoint former club player Abbas Hassan as supervisor of the first football team.
[131] And the official sponsor of the team, General Manager of GCPI, Farhan Al-Farttousi, confirmed after the victory over Karbalaa that Al-Minaa is a great fan club, and we must all stand with it and provide more support and assistance to it.
The Iraqi Olympic Committee set a period of three months to assign the current temporary management of Al-Minaa, according to the Clubs Law.
[174][175] During the international break, players Jaafar Shenaishil, Mujtaba Ali, Sajjad Alaa, and Salem Ahmed joined the U-23 team’s training in Basra in preparation for participating in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Qatar, which qualifies for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.
[176] Meanwhile, players Mohammed Ghaleb, Muslim Mousa, and Karrar Jaafar joined the U-20 team to play in the 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship in Saudi Arabia, starting from March 20 to 26.
We are participating with a team with an average age of 16 and 17 years, and this is a double difficulty, but thank God we overcame all the difficulties.” He continued: “We now need 8 points to decide our survival in the Stars League, and we pledge to our fans that we will do everything in our power to achieve results that make them happy.”.