In the 2006–07 season, Al-Kut played in the Iraq Division One and failed to earn promotion back to the top division. Kalaf played a friendly for the Iraq U-17 team against his own club Al-Kut on 11 November 2006 and the match finished 0–0.Kooora Forums (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 December 2018. In this season he caught the eye of one of the biggest clubs in Iraq: Al-Shorta.
