Career As A Technical Manager
Wathiq Naji was the technical manager of the Iraq national football team for several decades, beginning in the 1970s. As a Technical Manager (Head Coach), he managed to achieve the following honours:
1973–1974 Iraqi national football team.
1974–1975 Iraqi national football youth team – won the AFC Youth Championship cup, Kuwait, 1975.
1979–1980 Iraq national Olympic football team -Qualified to the 1980 Summer Olympics
1982 Salahuddin Club, Champion, Won the Iraq Super League.
1982 Salahuddin Club, Champion, Won The Rovers Cup of the British football enthusiasts.
1983 Salahuddin Club, Champion, Won the Tournament Arab Clubs cup which was Hosted by Al-Wihdat club in Jordan.
1984 Al-Shorta club, Iraq.
1985 Al Zawraa club, Iraq.
1985 Iraq national football team -Qualified to the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.
1987–1988 Iraq national youth team -Qualified to the AFC U-17 Championship and reached the Fourth Place in Finals, Thailand, 1988.
1989, 1990, 1995, 1996 Al-Wihdat, Jordan- Qualified to the Arab Champions League, Egypt, Cairo 1996.
1997 Tadamon Sour, Lebanese Premier League, Beirut, Lebanon.
1998 AL-Nasr Club, Libyan Premier League, Libya – Qualified to the Arab Cup Winners' Cup (Lebanon 1998).
1999/2000 Al Swihli Club, Libyan Premier League, Libya – Qualified to the African Cup Winners' Cup.
2001 Kuala Lumpur FA, Malaysian Super League it was known as Malaysian League (M-League) before 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- Qualified to the Malaysia Cup.
2002 Bahrain (football club), Bahraini Premier League, Manama, Bahrain.
2002–2003 Iraq national Olympic football team.
2004 Tadamon Sour, Lebanese Premier League, Beirut, Lebanon.
2005–2006 Consultant in the Iraqi Football Association (Technical Committee).
2007/2008 Al-Nejmeh Sporting Club, Lebanese Premier League, Beirut, Lebanon.
2009 Sabah FA, Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia.
Wathiq Naji coached also many football clubs in Iraq such as Al-Naft, Kut, Al-Sinaa and Najaf FC.
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