2019–20 Al-Shorta SC season

Al-Shorta 2019–20 football season
Al-Shorta
2019–20 season
PresidentIraq Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
ManagerSerbia Aleksandar Ilić (until 18 February)
Iraq Abdul-Ghani Shahad (from 18 February onwards)
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier LeagueNot completed
Iraq FA CupNot completed
Iraqi Super CupWinners
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Arab Club Champions CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alaa Abdul-Zahra, Marwan Hussein
(3 each)
All: Marwan Hussein (7 goals)
Home colours
Away colours
Asian home colours

The 2019–20 season was Al-Shorta's 46th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 45 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in five competitions: the Iraqi Premier League (as defending champions), the Iraq FA Cup, the Iraqi Super Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Arab Club Champions Cup.[1][2]

Al-Shorta won the Iraqi Super Cup for the first time in their history, beating Al-Zawraa on penalties after a 1–1 draw. They also reached the quarter-finals of the Arab Club Champions Cup, their best performance at the tournament since they were crowned champions in the 1981–82 season. Al-Shorta only played a total of six League matches and one FA Cup match in the season as both competitions were postponed for several months due to the 2019–2020 Iraqi protests and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The pandemic also led to their remaining four AFC Champions League group stage matches being postponed to the 2020–21 campaign.[4]

Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[5]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup AFC Champions League Arab Champions Cup Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IRQ Ahmed Basil 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2 DF  IRQ Karrar Mohammed 1(1) 0 1 0 0 0 1(3) 0 0 0 2(4) 0
4 DF  IRQ Saad Natiq 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 11 0
6 DF  IRQ Ali Faez 4 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 12 1
8 MF  IRQ Karrar Jassim 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0 1 0 6(2) 0
9 FW  IRQ Marwan Hussein 3(3) 3 1 3 0 0 1(2) 1 1 0 6(5) 7
10 FW  IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra 6 3 0 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 15 4
11 DF  IRQ Dhurgham Ismail (vice-captain) 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7(1) 0
13 MF  IRQ Amjad Waleed 1(1) 1 1 1 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 2(2) 2
14 FW  IRQ Mazin Fayyadh 3(1) 0 1 0 2 0 1(1) 0 0 0 7(2) 0
15 MF  IRQ Nabeel Sabah 4(2) 1 1 0 2 0 4(2) 2 0(1) 0 11(5) 3
16 MF  IRQ Mohammed Mezher (on loan) 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
17 DF  IRQ Alaa Mhawi 5(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3(1) 0 0 0 8(3) 0
20 GK  IRQ Mohammed Hameed 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 11 0
21 FW  DRC Junior Mapuku 0(4) 0 0(1) 1 0(2) 0 0(1) 2 0(1) 1 0(9) 4
22 DF  IRQ Hussam Kadhim 2(1) 0 1 0 2 0 4(1) 0 0 0 9(2) 0
23 DF  IRQ Waleed Salem (captain) 1(2) 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 8(2) 1
24 DF  IRQ Faisal Jassim 1 0 0 0 2 0 1(2) 0 0 0 4(2) 0
25 MF  IRQ Saad Abdul-Amir 6 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 16 1
26 DF  IRQ Bilal Khudhair 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
27 MF  IRQ Atheer Salih 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
28 FW  IRQ Ali Yousif 3 1 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 11 2
30 GK  IRQ Alaa Khalil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF  IRQ Akram Rahim (on loan) 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
32 FW  COL Diego Calderón Caicedo 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
34 MF  IRQ Hassan Abdul-Karim 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
GK  IRQ Muhaimen Abdul-Rahman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  IRQ Mustafa Nadhim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  IRQ Manaf Younis (on loan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Abdul-Razzaq Qasim (on loan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  IRQ Ali Jasim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  IRQ Al-Hassan Saad (on loan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
GK  IRQ Abdul-Aziz Ammar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Amoori Faisal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Haidar Abdul-Salam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players departed but featured this season
3 MF  MLI Aboubacar Diarra 0(2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2(2) 0
5 MF  IRQ Safaa Hadi 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 4(1) 0 0(1) 0 6(3) 0
7 FW  IRQ Sherko Karim 1 0 1 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 3(2) 0
19 MF  IRQ Amjad Attwan 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 8 2

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach: Abdul-Ghani Shahad Iraq
Assistant coach: Abbas Obeid Iraq
Assistant coach: Haidar Najim Iraq
Fitness coach: Sardar Mohammed Iraq
Goalkeeping coach: Emad Hashim Iraq
Team analyst: Ali Al-Nuaimi Iraq
Team supervisor: Hashim Ridha Iraq
Medical director: Haider Abdul-Zahra Iraq
Administrator: Bilal Hussein Iraq
Director of football: Salih Radhi Iraq

Management

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

[6]

Kit

Supplier: Givova

Home
Home (Asia)
Home alt.
Away

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2019 FW Iraq Marwan Hussein Iraq Al-Talaba -
July 2019 DF Iraq Saad Natiq Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
August 2019 DF Iraq Ali Faez Turkey Çaykur Rizespor -
August 2019 FW Iraq Sherko Karim Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich -
August 2019 MF Mali Aboubacar Diarra Egypt ENPPI -
August 2019 GK Iraq Alaa Khalil Iraq Al-Hudood -
August 2019 MF Iraq Nabeel Sabah Iraq Al-Talaba -
August 2019 FW Iraq Ali Yousif Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
August 2019 MF Iraq Safaa Hadi Iraq Al-Zawraa -
September 2019 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Mapuku Romania Dunărea Călărași -
October 2019 FW Iraq Mazin Fayyadh Iraq Al-Naft -
January 2020 MF Iraq Mohammed Mezher Iraq Naft Maysan Loan
January 2020 MF Iraq Akram Rahim Iraq Naft Maysan Loan
January 2020 FW Colombia Diego Calderón Caicedo Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly -
February 2020 MF Iraq Hassan Abdul-Karim Iraq Al-Karkh End of loan
March 2020 DF Iraq Manaf Younis Iraq Al-Karkh Loan
March 2020 MF Iraq Abdul-Razzaq Qasim Iraq Al-Karkh Loan
March 2020 FW Iraq Ali Jasim Iraq Al-Karkh -
March 2020 FW Iraq Al-Hassan Saad Iraq Al-Karkh Loan
March 2020 DF Iraq Mustafa Nadhim Free agent -

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
July 2019 MF Iraq Hussein Abdul-Wahed Retired
July 2019 MF Senegal Dominique Mendy Released
July 2019 DF Tunisia Ziad Al-Derbali Released
July 2019 FW Senegal Alassane Diallo Released
August 2019 DF Iraq Mustafa Nadhim Iraq Al-Zawraa -
August 2019 GK Iraq Mohammed Abbas Iraq Al-Kahrabaa -
August 2019 MF Iraq Haider Abdul-Salam Iraq Al-Karkh Loan
August 2019 FW Iraq Ammar Abdul-Hussein Iraq Al-Minaa -
August 2019 MF Iraq Mahdi Kamel Iraq Al-Zawraa -
August 2019 MF Iraq Moamel Kareem Iraq Al-Samawa -
August 2019 MF Iraq Mohammed Mohsen Iraq Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya -
August 2019 DF Iraq Ahmed Nadhim Iraq Al-Naft -
August 2019 MF Iraq Amir Ahmed Abdul-Wahid Iraq Al-Hudood -
August 2019 GK Iraq Abdul-Aziz Ammar Iraq Naft Maysan Loan
October 2019 MF Iraq Hassan Abdul-Karim Iraq Al-Karkh Loan
October 2019 MF Iraq Amoori Faisal Iraq Al-Karkh Loan
November 2019 MF Mali Aboubacar Diarra Released
December 2019 FW Iraq Sherko Karim Released
January 2020 MF Iraq Amjad Attwan Kuwait Al-Kuwait -
February 2020 MF Iraq Safaa Hadi Russia PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara €150,000

[6]

Competitions

Iraqi Super Cup

[7][8]

Al-Shorta v Al-Zawraa
14 September 2019 Final Al-Shorta 1 – 1
(4 – 3 p)		 Al-Zawraa Kut
15:00 GMT Junior Mapuku 60' Alaa Abbas 49' Stadium: Al-Kut Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
Penalties
Junior Mapuku soccer ball with check mark
Dhurgham Ismail soccer ball with check mark
Ali Faez soccer ball with check mark
Saad Abdul-Amir soccer ball with red X
Waleed Salem soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Emad Mohsin
soccer ball with check mark Ahmed Jalal
soccer ball with check mark Ahmed Abdul-Amir
soccer ball with red X Mohammed Abdul-Zahra
soccer ball with red X Mohammed Ridha

Iraqi Premier League

[7][9]

Original season
Al-Shorta v Al-Hudood
18 September 2019 1 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Hudood Baghdad
15:00 GMT Waleed Salem 21' (pen.)
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 62'		 Hussam Jadallah 51' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Al-Zawraa v Al-Shorta
28 September 2019 2 Al-Zawraa 2 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:00 GMT Hassan Houbeib 88'
Mohammed Ridha 90+2'		 Saad Abdul-Amir soccer ball with red X 53' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
Restarted season
Al-Kahrabaa v Al-Shorta
22 February 2020 1 Al-Kahrabaa 3 – 3 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:30 GMT Ahmed Mahmoud 13'
Alaa Mhaisen 60'
Murad Mohammed 69'		 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 17'
Amjad Waleed 67'
Marwan Hussein 84'		 Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Al-Shorta v Amanat Baghdad
26 February 2020 2 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Amanat Baghdad Baghdad
13:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 3' (pen.)
Marwan Hussein 22', 82'		 Teddy James 77' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman

Iraq FA Cup

[7][10]

Bani Saad v Al-Shorta
9 October 2019 Round of 32 Bani Saad 0 – 6 Al-Shorta Baghdad
12:00 GMT Ali Yousif 6'
Marwan Hussein 22', 45+1' (pen.), 77'
Amjad Waleed 32'
Junior Mapuku 61' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

AFC Champions League

Al-Shorta played two 2020 AFC Champions League matches in the 2019–20 season before their remaining matches in the competition were postponed to the following campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][11]

Group stage

Al-Shorta Iraq v Iran Esteghlal
10 February 2020 1 Al-Shorta Iraq 1 – 1 Iran Esteghlal Erbil, Iraq
14:30 GMT Ali Faez 48' (pen.) Hussam Kadhim 24' (o.g.) Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali

Arab Club Champions Cup

[7][12]

Round of 32

Al-Shorta Iraq v Kuwait Al-Kuwait
23 September 2019 Second leg Al-Shorta Iraq 2 – 0
(3a – 3 agg.)		 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT Junior Mapuku 79', 90+5' Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
Referee: Youssef Essrayri

Round of 16

Al-Shorta Iraq v Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
25 November 2019 Second leg Al-Shorta Iraq 5 – 0
(6 – 0 agg.)		 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou Al-Khor, Qatar
16:00 GMT Jacob Ezekiel 8' (o.g.)
Nabeel Sabah 12', 50'
Amjad Attwan 34', 38'		 Stadium: Al-Khor Stadium
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed

Quarter-finals

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia v Iraq Al-Shorta
23 December 2019 First leg Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 6 – 0 Iraq Al-Shorta Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16:00 GMT Danilo Moreno Asprilla 6', 8', 44'
Sebá 19' (pen.), 72'
Cristian Guanca 22'		 Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Amin Omar
Al-Shorta Iraq v Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
20 January 2020 Second leg Al-Shorta Iraq 0 – 1
(0 – 7 agg.)		 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Amman, Jordan
14:30 GMT Saad Abdul-Amir Red card 48' Cristian Guanca 89' Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani

References

  1. ^ Al-Shorta SC Website
  2. ^ Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Overview of History". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  3. ^ "Iraqi Premier League called off". Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper". Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2019-2020". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  7. ^ a b c d e Al-Shorta SC Website
  8. ^ Goalzz.com
  9. ^ Goalzz.com
  10. ^ Goalzz.com
  11. ^ Goalzz.com
  12. ^ Goalzz.com

External links

  • Al-Shorta website
  • Al-Shorta TV
  • Team info at goalzz.com
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