2017–18 Al-Shorta SC season

Al-Shorta 2017–18 football season

Al-Shorta

2017–18 season

President

Ayad Bunyan (until 15 March)

Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei (from 15 March onwards)

Manager

Marcos Paquetá (until 26 March)

Ahmed Salah (Caretaker) (from 26 March to 9 April)

Thair Jassam (from 9 April to 17 June)

Haitham Al-Shaboul (Caretaker) (from 17 June onwards)

Ground

Al-Shaab Stadium

Iraqi Premier League

4th

Top goalscorer

League: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (22)
All: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (22)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Al-Shorta's 44th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 43 previous editions of the competition. They entered this season having finished a promising third in the league in the 2016–17 season, but this season they only managed a fourth place finish, ending up five points off of champions Al-Zawraa after conceding last-minute goals in multiple matches.^[1]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRQ	Ahmed Basil
2	DF	IRQ	Karrar Mohammed
3	DF	IRQ	Ali Lateef
4	DF	IRQ	Ali Faez (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor)
5	MF	IRQ	Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain)
6	MF	GHA	Akwetey Mensah
7	FW	IRQ	Alaa Abdul-Zahra
8	FW	BRA	Jefferson Araújo
9	MF	IRQ	Mahdi Kamel
12	FW	IRQ	Ammar Abdul-Hussein
13	MF	IRQ	Amjad Waleed
14	MF	GHA	Asiedu Attobrah


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	IRQ	Alaa Mhawi
17	MF	IRQ	Nabeel Sabah
18	FW	IRQ	Mohanad Ali
20	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Hameed
21	GK	IRQ	Abdul-Aziz Ammar
22	DF	IRQ	Hussam Kadhim
23	DF	IRQ	Waleed Salem (vice-captain)
24	DF	IRQ	Faisal Jassim
25	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Mohsen
30	GK	IRQ	Neriman Khedher
32	DF	IRQ	Ahmed Mohammed
—	FW	IRQ	Aqeel Khairi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Abbas (on loan at Al-Kahrabaa until the end of the 2017–18 season)
—	MF	IRQ	Ahmad Ayad (on loan at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya until the end of the 2017–18 season)
—	MF	IRQ	Moamel Kareem (on loan at Al-Hudood until the end of the 2017–18 season)
—	FW	IRQ	Abdul-Qadir Tariq (on loan at Al-Talaba until the end of the 2017–18 season)
—	FW	IRQ	Karrar Hameed (on loan at Al-Kahrabaa until the end of the 2017–18 season)
—	FW	IRQ	Rafid Muayad (on loan at Al-Karkh until the end of the 2017–18 season)

Departed during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW	IRQ	Aymen Hussein

Personnel

Technical Staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Haitham Al-Shaboul
Assistant manager:	Ahmed Salah
Fitness coach:	Costa López
Goalkeeping coach:	Nouri Abid Zaid
Director of football:	Saad Qais
Administrative director:	Hashim Ridha

Management

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Financial Secretary:	Uday Tariq
Board Secretary	Alaa Bahar Al-Uloom
Member of the Board:	Sadiq Jafar
Member of the Board:	Ghazi Faisal
Member of the Board:	Tahseen Al-Yassri
Member of the Board:	Ali Al-Shahmani
Member of the Board:	Ghalib Al-Zamili
Member of the Board:	Ahsan Al-Daraji

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Kit

Supplier: Nike

Home

Away

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
August 2017	MF	Omar Jabbar	Karbala	-
August 2017	MF	Sattar Yasin	Al-Talaba	-
August 2017	GK	Neriman Khedher	Ghaz Al-Shamal	-
August 2017	FW	Ayman Hussein	Al-Naft	-
August 2017	MF	Mohammed Mohsen	Al-Samawa	-
August 2017	DF	Ali Faez	Çaykur Rizespor	Loan
August 2017	DF	Salam Shakir	Al-Ittihad Kalba	-
August 2017	DF	Hussam Kadhim	Al-Naft	-
August 2017	FW	Aqeel Khairi	Al-Hussein	-
August 2017	MF	Akwetey Mensah	Al-Minaa	-
September 2017	FW	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Al-Zawraa	-
September 2017	FW	Ammar Abdul-Hussein	Al-Minaa	-
October 2017	DF	Alaa Mhawi	Al-Zawraa	-
November 2017	DF	Karrar Mohammed	Al-Zawraa	-
February 2018	MF	Asiedu Attobrah	Free agent	-
February 2018	FW	Jefferson Araújo	Moto Club de São Luís	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
August 2017	FW	Marwan Hussein	Sepahan	-
August 2017	DF	Essam Yassin	Al-Naft	-
August 2017	FW	Ahmed Salam	Al-Hedood	-
September 2017	MF	Omar Jabbar		Released
October 2017	MF	Hatem Zidan	Naft Al-Wasat	-
October 2017	FW	Jawad Kadhim	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	-
October 2017	GK	Sarhang Muhsin	Erbil	-
October 2017	DF	Kosrat Baez	Erbil	-
October 2017	MF	Miran Khesro	Erbil	-
October 2017	MF	Sattar Yasin		Released
November 2017	DF	Salam Shakir		Released
November 2017	FW	Jassim Mohammed	Al-Talaba	-
January 2018	FW	Ayman Hussein	Al-Naft	-
January 2018	MF	Ahmad Ayad	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Loan
February 2018	MF	Moamel Kareem	Al-Hudood	Loan
February 2018	FW	Abdul-Qadir Tariq	Al-Talaba	Loan

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Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

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Karbala v Al-Shorta

21 November 2017 1	Karbala	0 – 1	Al-Shorta	Karbala
11:30 GMT			Ayman Hussein 2'	Stadium: Karbala International Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Bahri

26 November 2017 2	Al-Shorta	4 – 1	Al-Bahri	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Ayman Hussein 29', 71' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 39', 74'		Mustafa Hadi 63'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Diwaniya v Al-Shorta

30 November 2017 3	Al-Diwaniya	1 – 2	Al-Shorta	Diwaniya
11:30 GMT	Mohammed Hatem 64'		Alaa Abdul-Zahra 71' (pen.) Abdul-Qadir Tariq 74'	Stadium: Afak Stadium

Al-Shorta v Zakho

4 December 2017 4	Al-Shorta	1 – 0	Zakho	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Ayman Hussein 90' (pen.)			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Hudood

9 December 2017 5	Al-Shorta	2 – 0	Al-Hudood	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Ayman Hussein 5' Nabeel Sabah 46'			Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

Al-Hussein v Al-Shorta

14 December 2017 6	Al-Hussein	0 – 0	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
11:30 GMT			Ayman Hussein 89'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

Al-Shorta v Naft Al-Junoob

7 January 2018 7	Al-Shorta	2 – 1	Naft Al-Junoob	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Mohanad Ali 2', 43'		Alaa Raad 40' Mohammed Al-Ghabbash 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Naft Al-Wasat

11 January 2018 8	Al-Shorta	1 – 0	Naft Al-Wasat	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Amjad Waleed 36'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Minaa v Al-Shorta

15 January 2018 9	Al-Minaa	0 – 0	Al-Shorta	Basra
13:45 GMT				Stadium: Basra International Stadium

Al-Zawraa v Al-Shorta

21 January 2018 10	Al-Zawraa	1 – 1	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
15:00 GMT	Amjad Kalaf 86'		Mohanad Ali 72'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Najaf

26 January 2018 11	Al-Shorta	4 – 0	Al-Najaf	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 8' Mohanad Ali 26', 60' Waleed Salem 45' Alaa Mhawi 62'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Talaba v Al-Shorta

30 January 2018 12	Al-Talaba	1 – 3	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Karrar Mohammed 55' (o.g.)		Mahdi Kamel 5' Nabeel Sabah 22' Mohanad Ali 70'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Samawa

4 February 2018 13	Al-Shorta	4 – 1	Al-Samawa	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 28', 88' Alaa Mhawi 52', 90'		Aamer Mathaa Sayah 10' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Amanat Baghdad

8 February 2018 14	Al-Shorta	3 – 0	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Mohanad Ali 51', 90+2' Mahdi Kamel 90+3'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Naft Maysan v Al-Shorta

15 February 2018 15	Naft Maysan	1 – 1	Al-Shorta	Maysan
11:30 GMT	Ahmed Mohammed 69'		Mahdi Kamel 65'	Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Naft

21 February 2018 16	Al-Shorta	0 – 0	Al-Naft	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Amjad Waleed 90+2			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya v Al-Shorta

4 March 2018 17	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	2 – 2	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Ali Rasheed 50' Taki Faleh 78'		Alaa Mhawi 30' Mohanad Ali 72'	Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Shorta

10 March 2018 18	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1 – 0	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Amjad Radhi 50' (pen.) Samal Saeed 88'		Mohammed Hameed 88' Mohanad Ali 90'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Kahrabaa

15 March 2018 19	Al-Shorta	1 – 2	Al-Kahrabaa	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Mohanad Ali 42' Ali Lateef 52'		Mustafah Ali 46', 47' Murad Mohammed 87'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Karbala

1 April 2018 20	Al-Shorta	4 – 0	Karbala	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Hussein Abdul-Wahed 11' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 41', 87' (pen.) Amjad Waleed 67'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Bahri v Al-Shorta

6 April 2018 21	Al-Bahri	1 – 1	Al-Shorta	Basra
12:30 GMT	Ahmed Mostafa 86'		Mohanad Ali 43'	Stadium: Al-Zubair Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Diwaniya

14 April 2018 22	Al-Shorta	2 – 0	Al-Diwaniya	Baghdad
15:00 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 61' Ammar Abdul-Hussein 85'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Zakho v Al-Shorta

20 April 2018 23	Zakho	1 – 2	Al-Shorta	Zakho
13:00 GMT	Sattar Yaseen 19'		Mohanad Ali 12' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 65'	Stadium: Zakho International Stadium

Al-Hudood v Al-Shorta

27 April 2018 (first half) 30 April 2018 (second half) 24	Al-Hudood	0 – 1	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
13:00 GMT			Alaa Abdul-Zahra 15'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Note: The second half was postponed for three days due to bad weather.

Al-Shorta v Al-Hussein

3 May 2018 25	Al-Shorta	3 – 0	Al-Hussein	Baghdad
16:00 GMT	Mohanad Ali 47' (pen.), 59' Ali Faez 64'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Naft Al-Junoob v Al-Shorta

17 May 2018 26	Naft Al-Junoob	2 – 1	Al-Shorta	Basra
13:30 GMT	Mortaga Adel 90' Bassim Ali 90+4'		Hussam Kadhim 78'	Stadium: Al-Zubair Stadium

Naft Al-Wasat v Al-Shorta

21 May 2018 27	Naft Al-Wasat	3 – 3	Al-Shorta	Najaf
13:30 GMT	Alaa Abbas 28', 47' Mohammed Qasim Majid 90+3'		Alaa Abdul-Zahra 16' (pen.), 26' Mohanad Ali 41'	Stadium: Al-Najaf Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Minaa

29 May 2018 28	Al-Shorta	3 – 0 (w/o)	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Note: Al Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Al-Minaa failed to turn up for the game.

Al-Shorta v Al-Zawraa

3 June 2018 29	Al-Shorta	0 – 0	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Najaf v Al-Shorta

8 June 2018 30	Al-Najaf	0 – 2	Al-Shorta	Najaf
13:30 GMT			Alaa Abdul-Zahra 40' Mustafa Nadhim 43' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al-Najaf Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Talaba

13 June 2018 31	Al-Shorta	1 – 0	Al-Talaba	Baghdad
19:00 GMT	Waleed Salem 77'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Samawa v Al-Shorta

17 June 2018 32	Al-Samawa	2 – 2	Al-Shorta	Samawa
13:45 GMT	Hussain Salman 90+1' Mohamed Nizar 90+4'		Alaa Abdul-Zahra 30', 65'	Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium

Amanat Baghdad v Al-Shorta

23 June 2018 33	Amanat Baghdad	0 – 3	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
13:45 GMT			Alaa Abdul-Zahra 40', 45' (pen.) Mahdi Kamel 88'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

Al-Shorta v Naft Maysan

29 June 2018 34	Al-Shorta	2 – 0	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 9' Amjad Waleed 66'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Naft v Al-Shorta

3 July 2018 35	Al-Naft	2 – 2	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Mohammed Dawood 16' (pen.) Hussam Kadhim 90' (o.g.)		Alaa Abdul-Zahra 25' (pen.) Ammar Abdul-Hussein 88'	Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

8 July 2018 36	Al-Shorta	3 – 1	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Amjad Waleed 22', 70' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 45' (pen.)		Husain Tuamah 50'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Shorta v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

13 July 2018 37	Al-Shorta	1 – 0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Baghdad
16:00 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 40'			Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Al-Kahrabaa v Al-Shorta

18 July 2018 38	Al-Kahrabaa	0 – 1	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
13:45 GMT			Mohanad Ali 35' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 90+2'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

References

^ Al-Shorta SC Website
^ Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
^ "Al-Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta's website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
^ Al-Shorta SC Website
^ Goalzz.com