2017–18 Al-Shorta SC season

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]

Al-Shorta
2017–18 season
PresidentIraq Ayad Bunyan (until 15 March)
Iraq Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei (from 15 March onwards)
ManagerBrazil Marcos Paquetá (until 26 March)
Iraq Ahmed Salah (Caretaker) (from 26 March to 9 April)
Iraq Thair Jassam (from 9 April to 17 June)
Jordan Haitham Al-Shaboul (Caretaker) (from 17 June onwards)
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League4th
Top goalscorerLeague: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (22)
All: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (22)

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 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

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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

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No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW   IRQ Aymen Hussein

Personnel

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Technical Staff

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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

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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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Transfers

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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 -
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

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Iraqi Premier League

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21 November 2017 1 Karbala 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Karbala
11:30 GMT Ayman Hussein   2' Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
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
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
4 December 2017 4 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Zakho Baghdad
11:30 GMT Ayman Hussein   90' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
9 December 2017 5 Al-Shorta 2 – 0 Al-Hudood Baghdad
11:30 GMT Ayman Hussein   5'
Nabeel Sabah   46'
Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
14 December 2017 6 Al-Hussein 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:30 GMT Ayman Hussein   89' Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
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
11 January 2018 8 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Naft Al-Wasat Baghdad
14:00 GMT Amjad Waleed   36' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
15 January 2018 9 Al-Minaa 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Basra
13:45 GMT Stadium: Basra International Stadium
21 January 2018 10 Al-Zawraa 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:00 GMT Amjad Kalaf   86' Mohanad Ali   72' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
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
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
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
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
15 February 2018 15 Naft Maysan 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Maysan
11:30 GMT Ahmed Mohammed   69' Mahdi Kamel   65' Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
21 February 2018 16 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Naft Baghdad
13:45 GMT Amjad Waleed     90+2 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
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
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
6 April 2018 21 Al-Bahri 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Basra
12:30 GMT Ahmed Mostafa   86' Mohanad Ali   43' Stadium: Al-Zubair Stadium
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
27 April 2018 (first half)
30 April 2018 (second half)
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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.
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
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
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.
3 June 2018 29 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa Baghdad
19:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
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
13 June 2018 31 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
19:00 GMT Waleed Salem   77' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
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
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

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