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Naft Al-Basra SC (Arabic: نادي نفط البصرة الرياضي‎, lit. 'Basra Oil Sport Club') is a football club based in Al-Tamimia District, Basra, Iraq, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. The club was founded on 27 November 1979 as "Naft Al-Janoob", before changing to the name "Al-Rumaila" on 6 March 1990, and returned to the name "Naft Al-Janoob" on 20 April 2003, the club played in Iraqi Premier League at the 2004–05 season for the first time. On October 23, 2020, the club's management, which was elected a few days prior, decided to change the name of the club from "Naft Al-Janoob" to "Naft Al-Basra" and officially announced this, as they changed the logo.