[5][6] So the club's newly elected management[7][8] began contracting with Spanish coach Pablo Grandes in 29 July to prepare a team that would compete for the league.

[20] On 7 August, the club renewed the contract of the team's goalkeeper and the U-17 national team, Ammar Ali, and on 8 August, it renewed the contract of the right winger, Sajjad Alaa,[21] and announced the signing of the 24-year-old Congolese right winger, Tuisila Kisinda, coming from the Moroccan club, RS Berkane.

[25] On 10 August, coach Pablo Grandes arrived in Basra from Spain with his assistant Iván McCarroll to officially lead the Al-Minaa team.

[33] On August 15, 16 and 17, the contracts of defenders Mojtaba Ali and Abbas Yas and striker Salem Ahmed were renewed.

[35][36] On 18 August, the club renewed the contracts of left-back Muslim Mousa and left-winger Karrar Jaafar, and a day later announced the signing of 23-year-old midfielder Amir Ahmed from Al-Naft.

Two Al-Minaa first-team players were named in squads for the tournament, Ammar Ali and Zain Al-Abidin Jassim.

[52] The travelling delegation was joined by three Al-Minaa first-team players who had previously been named in the squad: Karrar Jaafar, Muslim Mousa and Mohammed Ghaleb.

[53] Gerald Takwara (Zimbabwe) was called up to respective country' senior squads for international fixtures in September.

[56] On 7 September, Tunisian Abdallah Amri and Gabonese Clech Loufilou joined the team's training in Antalya, along with 20-year-old goalkeeper Abbas Karim, who officially signed Al-Minaa from Al-Shorta.

[58] On 14 September, Al-Minaa played their third friendly match against Turkish Regional Amateur League club Kumluca Belediye Spor, with Hameed Ali Hameed scoring the only goal of the match in the second half to help Al-Minaa win 1-0, and with that the team ended their 14-day pre-season tour in Turkey and returned to Iraq the following day.

Grandes's side kicked off their Iraqi Star League campaign with a 2–1 win over Al-Hudood at home on 22 September.

[60] Four players from the first team were missed from the match, Mohannad Abdul-Raheem due to injury, and three players, namely Muslim Musa, Mohammed Ghaleb and Karrar Jaafar, were selected by the coach of the U-20, Emad Mohammed, to participate in the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification in Thailand,[61] which will be played from September 25 to 29.

[64] Al-Minaa announced on 2 October that the arrival of André Alsanati’s international card, and that he is now ready to participate with the team in the upcoming match.

[70] Supplier: Adidas On 3 September 2024, Al-Minaa arrived in Antalya to pre-season tour,[55] which it started with a friendly against Süper Lig club Antalyaspor.

[72] Win Draw Loss Fixtures Nineteen players made their appearances for Al-Minaa's first team during the season.