after the end of the 2013–14 season, the club made major changes to get ready for the 2014–15 iraqi premier league with the total of 8 players signed, but the most important signing was noor sabri. naft al-wasat were one of the teams that weren't expected to qualify to the second stage. despite losing a third of their games in the first stage, finishing in 4th position out of ten teams in their group, naft al-wasat just about managed to qualify for the final stage, after wins against the likes of erbil and al-zawraa; this itself was considered a big success for the young team. in the second stage, the team surprised everyone by defeating al shorta sc (the defending champions and one of the strongest contenders for the league championship) twice. after taking the group 1 lead, naft al-wasat got qualified to the league final, where they won over al-quwa al-jawiya via a penalty shoot-out.