2014–15 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2014–15 season was Al Shorta's 41st season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 41 editions of the competition. Al Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the AFC Cup.

Al Shorta
2014–15 season
PresidentIraq Ayad Bunyan (until 8 February)
Iraq Riyadh Abdul-Abbas (from 8 February onwards)
ManagerEgypt Mohamed Youssef (until 2 May)
Iraq Thair Jassam (from 2 May onwards)
GroundAl Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League3rd
AFC CupRound of 16
Tournament for the Armed ForcesSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Marwan Hussein (15)
All: Marwan Hussein (19)

They entered this season on the back of two successful seasons for the club. The 2012–13 season saw them win both the Baghdad Cup[1] and the Iraqi Premier League[2] and the 2013–14 season saw them top the Iraqi Premier League standings again.[3]

This season was not as successful as Al Shorta finished in third place in the league. They started the season brilliantly by storming to first place in Group 2 with 40 points from a possible 48, but they were knocked out at the elite stage after replacing Egyptian coach Mohamed Youssef with former manager Thair Jassam, finishing three points behind Naft Al Wasat (who reached the final and went on to win the league) in Group 1. Al Shorta were awarded a 3–0 win over Al Minaa in the third place match as Al Minaa did not turn up to the game, so Al Shorta finished in third.

In the AFC Cup, Al Shorta topped their group, reaching the knockout stage for the first time in their history. However, they were eliminated by Al Kuwait in the round of 16.

Squad

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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 Saif Jameel
2 DF   IRQ Waleed Salem
3 DF   IRQ Ali Bahjat
4 DF   SYR Hamdi Al Masri
5 MF   IRQ Hussein Abdul-Wahed (vice-captain)
6 DF   IRQ Karrar Mohammed
8 FW   IRQ Ammar Abdul-Hussein
9 MF   IRQ Mahdi Kamel
10 FW   IRQ Marwan Hussein
11 DF   IRQ Dhirgham Ismail (3rd captain)
12 GK   IRQ Mohammed Gassid
13 FW   BRA Caion
14 FW   IRQ Amjad Kalaf (captain)
16 MF   IRQ Haider Salim
17 FW   IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra
18 MF   IRQ Mahdi Karim
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   IRQ Ahmad Ayad
20 FW   IRQ Akram Jassim
21 GK   IRQ Ahmed Basil
22 DF   CMR Innocent Awoa
23 GK   IRQ Mohammed Hameed
24 MF   IRQ Muthana Khalid
25 MF   IRQ Murtadha Hudaib
26 FW   IRQ Mohanad Ali
27 MF   IRQ Mohammed Hadi
28 MF   CMR Makadji Boukar
29 DF   IRQ Ahmed Fakhir
31 DF   IRQ Salam Shakir
32 MF   IRQ Hamza Hassan
33 MF   IRQ Mustafa Mohsin
34 FW   IRQ Saif Ahmed
MF   IRQ Haider Muthanna

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
35 MF   IRQ Ahmad Fadhel (at Amanat Baghdad until the end of the 2014-15 season)

Departed during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW   IRQ Sherko Karim
15 MF   IRQ Nashat Akram

Personnel

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Technical Staff

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Position Name Nationality
Manager: Thair Jassam  
Assistant manager: Karim Nafea  
Director of football: Hashim Ridha  
Fitness coach: Anderson Nicolau  
Fitness coach: Walid Juma  
Goalkeeping coach: Ibrahim Salem  
Physiotherapist: Tonello Marilia  

Management

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Position Name Nationality
President: Riyadh Abdul-Abbas  
Vice-president: Mahdi Shuai  
Member of the Board: Ali Abdul-Zahra  
Member of the Board: Adnan Akbar Ali  
Member of the Board: Khalid Abdul-Nabi  
Member of the Board: Ghazi Faisal  
Member of the Board: Faiz Abdul-Hassan  
Member of the Board: Raad Ramadan  
Female Member of the Board: Adara Abdul-Amir Abbas  

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Transfers

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2014 DF   Karrar Mohammed   Najaf FC -
July 2014 FW   Marwan Hussein   Al Zawraa -
July 2014 MF   Haider Salim   Al Masafi Return from loan
July 2014 Manager   Mohamed Youssef Free agent -
July 2014 Assistant Manager   Karim Nafea Free agent -
July 2014 MF   Muthana Khalid   Arbil FC -
July 2014 GK   Ahmed Basil   Al Oloom Technology -
August 2014 GK   Saif Jameel   Najaf FC -
August 2014 MF   Makadji Boukar   Al Quwa Al Jawiya -
August 2014 FW   Caion Free agent -
August 2014 MF   Nashat Akram Free agent -
September 2014 DF   Salam Shakir Free agent -
September 2014 FW   Alaa Abdul-Zahra Free agent -
May 2015 Manager   Thair Jassam Free agent -
May 2015 Goalkeeping Coach   Emad Hashim   Iraq Loan
June 2015 Goalkeeping Coach   Ibrahim Salem Free agent -
Date Pos. Name To Fee
June 2014 Manager   Lorival Santos Released
June 2014 FW   Cristiano Released
July 2014 GK   Nebras Salman Released
July 2014 GK   Amjed Salem Released
July 2014 DF   Ahmed Hassan Released
July 2014 MF   Husain Abdullah Released
July 2014 FW   Mustafa Karim   Al Quwa Al Jawiya -
July 2014 MF   Qusay Munir Released
July 2014 DF   Kassim Zidan Released
July 2014 MF   Ahmad Fadhel   Amanat Baghdad Loan
November 2014 MF   Nashat Akram Released
February 2015 FW   Sherko Karim   Grasshopper Club Zürich -
May 2015 Manager   Mohamed Youssef Released
May 2015 Goalkeeping Coach   Marquinhos Domingues Released
June 2015 Goalkeeping Coach   Emad Hashim   Iraq End of loan
June 2015 DF   Innocent Awoa Released
June 2015 MF   Makadji Boukar Released
June 2015 FW   Caion Released

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Competitions

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Iraqi Premier League

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Group stage (group 2)

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19 October 2014 1 Al Shorta 2 – 0 Najaf FC Baghdad
12:15 GMT Marwan Hussein   62'
Dhirgham Ismail   72'
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
25 October 2014 2 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al Talaba Baghdad
12:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra   62' Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
7 December 2014 4 Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al Naft Baghdad
11:30 GMT Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
3 February 2015 5 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al Minaa Baghdad
11:30 GMT Caion   25'
Salam Shakir   49'
Hussein Ali Wahid   90+4' (pen.) Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
10 February 2015 7 Al Minaa 0 – 2 Al Shorta Basra
11:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra   8'
Dhirgham Ismail   70'
Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium
14 February 2015 8 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Amanat Baghdad Baghdad
12:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra   19', 68'
Mohammed Gassid   77'
Mohammad Fawzi   82' (pen.)
Ahmad Fadhel     90+3'
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
19 February 2015 9 Naft Maysan 0 – 3 Al Shorta Amarah
11:30 GMT Mahdi Kamel   8'
Marwan Hussein   23', 37'
Stadium: Al-Maimouna Stadium
1 March 2015 10 Najaf FC 0 – 0 Al Shorta Najaf
11:30 GMT Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium
5 March 2015 11 Al Talaba 1 – 2 Al Shorta Baghdad
12:30 GMT Ali Salah   44' Marwan Hussein   10', 22' Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
19 April 2015 14 Duhok FC 2 – 2 Al Shorta Duhok
13:00 GMT Zyad Ahmed   20'
Muhammed Zuhair   81'
Marwan Hussein   15'
Karrar Mohammed   64'
Stadium: Duhok Stadium
23 April 2015 15 Al Naft 2 – 2 Al Shorta Baghdad
13:00 GMT Mustafa Jawda   12'
Abbas Rehema   74'
Karrar Mohammed   45'  
Alaa Abdul-Zahra   45+1'
Dhirgham Ismail   79' (pen.)
Marwan Hussein   90+4'
Stadium: Al Naft Stadium
5 May 2015 16 Al Shorta 3 – 0 (w/o) Duhok FC Baghdad
13:00 GMT Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium
Note: Al Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Duhok FC failed to turn up for the game.

Elite Stage (Group 1)

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17 May 2015 1 Al Zawraa 1 – 4 Al Shorta Baghdad
16:00 GMT Ashraf Abdulkarim   4'
Haidar Abdul-Amir   31'
Ali Raheem   40'
Marwan Hussein   45+2', 62', 77'
Dhirgham Ismail   79'
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
22 May 2015 2 Al Shorta 0 – 0 Amanat Baghdad Baghdad
14:00 GMT Hamdi Al Masri   90+1'   Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
21 June 2015 4 Al Shorta 4 – 1 Al Zawraa Baghdad
19:00 GMT Dhirgham Ismail   23'
Marwan Hussein   37', 46', 49'
Ali Saad   59' (pen.)
Alaa Gatea   78'
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
27 June 2015 5 Amanat Baghdad 0 – 1 Al Shorta Baghdad
19:00 GMT Ahmad Fadhel   83'   Ahmad Ayad   4'
Waleed Salem   65'  
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Third-place match

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10 July 2015 Third-place match Al Minaa 0 – 3 (w/o) Al Shorta 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.

AFC Cup

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al-Shorta 6 2 3 1 14 7 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Al-Jazeera 6 2 3 1 6 7 −1 9
3   Taraji Wadi Al-Nes 6 1 3 2 6 11 −5 6
4   Al-Hidd 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
24 February 2015 1 Al Shorta   2 – 2   Al Hidd Doha, Qatar
15:00 GMT Waleed Salem   2' (pen.)
Amjad Kalaf   13',   24'
Salam Shakir   35'
Ali Bahjat   67'
Rico   28'
Mohammad Al Daoud   41'
Ali Bureshaid   44'
Jassim Ayyash   45+1'
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)
10 March 2015 2 Al Jazeera   1 – 1   Al Shorta Amman, Jordan
15:00 GMT Jehad Al Baour   5'
Franco Alves   12'
Mohannad Alsouliman   85'
Mahdi Karim   7' (pen.)
Alaa Abdul-Zahra   22'
Caion   88'
Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
17 March 2015 3 Al Shorta   6 – 2   Taraji Wadi Al Nes Doha, Qatar
15:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra   20', 35'
Amjad Kalaf   34'
Marwan Hussein   45+1', 90+1'
Mahdi Karim   47'
Dhirgham Ismail   63'
Fadi Zidan   39',   40', 86' Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Timur (Kyrgyzstan)
14 April 2015 4 Taraji Wadi Al Nes   1 – 0   Al Shorta Al-Ram, Palestine
14:00 GMT Jehad Hammad   45+1'
Sameeh Yousef Abuhammad   83'
Hasan Abuhammad   85'
Salam Shaker   90' Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium
Attendance: 900
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
28 April 2015 5 Al Hidd   1 – 1   Al Shorta Riffa, Bahrain
15:30 GMT Abbas Ahmed   51'
Ifedayo Omosuyi   77'
Hamad Rakea   90'
Makadji Boukar   82'
Ali Bahjat   88'
Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
12 May 2015 6 Al Shorta   4 – 0   Al Jazeera Doha, Qatar
15:45 GMT Marwan Hussein   19', 53'
Hamdi Al Masri   42'
Caion   50'
Ahmed Nawas   76' (o.g.)
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Knockout phase

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Round of 16
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27 May 2015 Round of 16 Al Shorta   0 – 2   Kuwait SC Doha, Qatar
16:00 GMT Dhirgham Ismail   8'
Hussein Abdul-Wahed   71'
Mohammed Gassid   79'
Yousif Alkhebeezi   58'
Abdullah Al Buraiki   80' (pen.)
Rogério   90+4'
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 165
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Tournament for the Armed Forces

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Basketball

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Al Shorta won the Iraqi Basketball League for the first time since 1996 by defeating Al Karkh in the final. The first leg of the final ended in a 66–65 win, the second ended in a 75–70 loss and the final leg ended in a 90–89 win thanks to a 3-pointer right at the end of the game from DeAndre Rice.

References

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  1. ^ "Al Shorta - Baghdad Cup 2013 Champions". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  2. ^ "Iraqi League 2012/2013". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  3. ^ "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  4. ^ Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  5. ^ "Al Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
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