The 2016–17 season will be Al-Minaa's 42nd season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 44 editions of the competition except two. Al-Minaa are participating in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup. They enter this season having finished in a disappointing sixth place in the league in the 2016–17 season, and will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in the 1977–78 season.