2022–23 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Shorta's 49th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 48 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League as defending champions, as well as the Iraq FA Cup, the Iraqi Super Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup.[1]

Al-Shorta
2022–23 season
PresidentIraq Abdul-Halim Fahem
Head coachEgypt Moamen Soliman (until 19 March)
Iraq Ahmed Salah (from 19 March onwards)
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League1st
Iraq FA CupRound of 16
Iraqi Super CupWinners
Arab Club Champions CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (12)
All: Alaa Abdul-Zahra, Ahmed Farhan
(13 each)
Arab home colours

Al-Shorta began the season by winning the Iraqi Super Cup, beating Al-Karkh 1–0.[2][3] After a slow start to their league campaign, winning just three games from their first nine, Al-Shorta picked up their form but dismissed manager Moamen Soliman in March after a Baghdad Derby defeat to Al-Zawraa. Soliman's assistant Ahmed Salah took charge of the team for the remainder of the season and managed to steer the club to their second consecutive league title after overtaking Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at the top of the table, clinching the title with a 3–0 win away to Naft Maysan in the penultimate round of the season.[4]

In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Shorta reached the round of 16 but were eliminated by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7–6 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. At the end of the season, Al-Shorta participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup and exceeded expectations by reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, defeating Club Sfaxien 1–0 and Al-Sadd 4–2 before losing to Al-Nassr from a penalty scored by Cristiano Ronaldo.[5]

Squad

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Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[6]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup Arab Champions Cup Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRQ Ahmed Basil 36 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 43 0
4 DF   IRQ Manaf Younis 29(2) 2 1 0 5 0 0(1) 0 35(3) 2
6 MF   IRQ Sajjad Jassim 8(9) 0 1 0 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 9(12) 0
7 FW   SYR Mahmoud Al-Mawas 26(6) 10 0(1) 1 3(1) 0 1 0 30(8) 11
8 MF   IRQ Ammar Ghalib 1(13) 2 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(14) 2
10 FW   IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra (captain) 19(8) 12 0(1) 0 4(1) 1 0 0 23(10) 13
11 MF   IRQ Bassam Shakir 18(11) 2 2 0 0(2) 0 0 0 20(13) 2
12 GK   IRQ Yassin Karim 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 MF   IRQ Ali Husni 3(10) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5(10) 2
14 MF   NIG Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 27 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 35 4
15 DF   IRQ Ahmed Yahya 15(7) 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 23(7) 0
17 FW   IRQ Ahmed Farhan 27(6) 11 1 1 5 1 0 0 33(6) 13
19 DF   JOR Ihsan Haddad 9(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 9(2) 0
20 MF   SEN Idrissa Niang 35 5 2 0 5 0 1 0 43 5
22 GK   IRQ Mohammed Karim 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 DF   IRQ Waleed Salem (vice-captain) 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
24 DF   IRQ Faisal Jassim 32 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 39 0
25 MF   IRQ Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 8(7) 1 0 0 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 8(10) 1
26 FW   IRQ Dhulfiqar Younis 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0
27 DF   IRQ Ameer Sabah 23(6) 1 1 0 3(2) 1 0 0 27(8) 2
28 FW   BRA Lucas Santos 0 0 0 0 0(3) 0 0 0 0(3) 0
29 FW   IRQ Mohammed Dawood 15(19) 3 1(1) 0 0 0 1 0 17(20) 3
30 MF   SYR Fahd Al-Youssef 36(1) 3 1 0 3(1) 0 1 0 41(2) 3
31 DF   IRQ Ahmed Zeero 8(7) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10(7) 0
32 GK   IRQ Abbas Karim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   IRQ Mustafa Maan 8(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 8(2) 0
36 FW   IRQ Abbas Mohammed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF   IRQ Mustafa Nadhim 4(2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5(2) 0
61 MF   YEM Nasser Mohammedoh 6(7) 1 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 0 0 6(10) 1
99 FW   IRQ Aso Rostam[note 1] 11(9) 7 2 0 2(3) 2 0 0 15(12) 9
Players out on loan until end of league season
3 DF   IRQ Karrar Amer 3(2) 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 9(2) 0
16 MF   IRQ Mohammed Mezher 3(7) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 3(9) 0
DF   IRQ Bilal Khudhair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   IRQ Atheer Salih 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players departed but featured this season
9 FW   SYR Mardik Mardikian 3(6) 1 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3(7) 1
21 MF   IRQ Mohammed Jaffal 2(8) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(8) 1
33 MF   IRQ Amjad Waleed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Personnel

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Technical staff

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Position Name Nationality
Head coach: Ahmed Salah  
Assistant coach: Hussein Abdul-Wahed  
Fitness coach: Mazin Abdul-Sattar  
Goalkeeping coach: Amrou Abdul-Salam  
Technical analyst: Amrou Fathi  
Physiotherapist: Tonello Marilia  
Team manager: Hashim Ridha  

Management

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Position Name Nationality
President: Abdul-Halim Fahem  
Vice-president: Ghalib Al-Zamili  
Board secretary: Uday Al-Rubaie  
Financial secretary Ghazi Faisal  
Member of the Board: Sadeq Faraj  
Member of the Board: Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei  
Member of the Board: Ali Al-Shahmani  
Member of the Board: Alaa Bahr Al-Uloom  
Member of the Board: Tahseen Al-Yassri  

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Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Transfers

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Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2022 MF   Idrissa Niang   Al-Talaba -
July 2022 MF   Sajjad Jassim   Naft Al-Wasat -
July 2022 DF   Manaf Younis   Al-Karkh -
July 2022 GK   Mohammed Karim   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
July 2022 MF   Amjad Waleed   Zakho -
July 2022 FW   Ahmed Farhan   Naft Al-Basra -
August 2022 FW   Mardik Mardikian   Al-Fahaheel -
August 2022 DF   Ahmed Yahya   Al-Minaa -
January 2023 DF   Ihsan Haddad   Al-Faisaly -
February 2023 FW   Aso Rostam   Al-Salmiya -
February 2023 DF   Mustafa Nadhim   Al-Faisaly Loan
February 2023 MF   Nasser Mohammedoh   Naft Al-Wasat -
July 2023 DF   Karrar Amer   Al-Najaf End of loan
July 2023 FW   Mohammed Mezher   Al-Najaf End of loan
July 2023 FW   Lucas Santos   Naft Al-Wasat -
Date Pos. Name To Fee
July 2022 MF   Mohammed Qasim Majid   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
July 2022 DF   Niaz Mohammed   Erbil -
July 2022 DF   Hassan Ashour   Al-Zawraa -
July 2022 DF   Ali Yousif   Al-Zawraa -
July 2022 DF   Saad Natiq   Al-Batin -
July 2022 DF   Khudhor Ali   Al-Talaba -
July 2022 MF   Ali Mahdi   Al-Talaba -
July 2022 DF   Bilal Khudhair   Al-Hudood Loan
August 2022 MF   Sadeq Zamel   Naft Al-Basra -
August 2022 GK   Mohammed Abbas   Al-Naft -
August 2022 MF   Atheer Salih   Al-Naft Loan
August 2022 MF   Hussein Younis   Al-Talaba -
August 2022 FW   Mohammed Qasim Nassif   Karbala -
December 2022 FW   Mardik Mardikian   Al-Hamriya -
January 2023 MF   Amjad Waleed   Al-Talaba -
January 2023 DF   Karrar Amer   Al-Najaf Loan
January 2023 MF   Mohammed Jaffal   Erbil -
February 2023 MF   Mohammed Mezher   Al-Najaf Loan
July 2023 DF   Mustafa Nadhim   Al-Faisaly End of loan
July 2023 DF   Ihsan Haddad   Al-Faisaly -

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Competitions

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Iraqi Super Cup

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2 October 2022 Final Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Karkh Baghdad
16:00 GMT Abdoul Madjid Moumouni   43' Karrar Saad     90+4' Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah

Iraqi Premier League

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10 October 2022 1 Duhok 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Duhok
16:30 GMT Prince Opoku Agyemang   18' Manaf Younis   88' Stadium: Duhok Stadium
15 October 2022 2 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Zawraa Baghdad
17:00 GMT Mohammed Dawood   15'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas   26'
Mardik Mardikian   73'
Faisal Jassim   38' (o.g.)
Hassan Houbeib   53'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
20 October 2022 3 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Diwaniya Baghdad
16:30 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas   24'
Manaf Younis     65'
Ali Hamed   62' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
25 November 2022 6 Erbil 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Erbil
11:30 GMT Ahmed Sartib   53'
Ahmed Hassan Maknzi   75' (pen.)
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
30 November 2022 7 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Talaba Baghdad
16:00 GMT Mohammed Jaffal   8'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra   90+1' (pen.)
Ali Faez   39'
Dhurgham Ismail   79' (pen.)
Khudhor Ali   89'
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
10 December 2022 9 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Naft Al-Basra Baghdad
15:30 GMT Fahd Al-Youssef   27'
Sajjad Jassim   53'
Alaa Raad   68' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
14 December 2022 10 Al-Karkh 2 – 3 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:00 GMT Suhaib Raad   47'
Nihad Mohammed   77'
Mohammed Dawood   61'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra   62'
Manaf Younis   90+2'
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
19 December 2022 11 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Al-Sinaa Baghdad
16:30 GMT Ahmed Farhan   27'
Fahd Al-Youssef   45+2'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra   65'
Ammar Ghalib   72'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
25 December 2022 12 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Zakho Baghdad
15:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra   81' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 January 2023 13 Newroz 2 – 2 Al-Shorta Erbil
11:00 GMT Cláudio Maradona   12', 76' Alaa Abdul-Zahra   32'
Ahmed Farhan   71'
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
2 February 2023 14 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Najaf Baghdad
14:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra   13' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 February 2023 16 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Karbala Baghdad
16:30 GMT Ahmed Farhan   44', 76'
Nasser Mohammedoh   53'
Sami Hien   45+3' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
18 February 2023 17 Al-Kahrabaa 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:30 GMT Muhaimen Salim   63' Idrissa Niang   6'
Aso Rostam   40'
Ahmed Farhan   54'
Bassam Shakir   79'
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
23 February 2023 18 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Naft Maysan Baghdad
17:30 GMT Aso Rostam   18', 43', 66' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 February 2023 19 Al-Hudood 2 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:15 GMT Alexandre Yeoulé   56', 90' Aso Rostam   22' (pen.)
Abdoul Madjid Moumouni     50'
Fahd Al-Youssef   81'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 March 2023 20 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Duhok Baghdad
16:30 GMT Ahmed Farhan   19' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
17 March 2023 21 Al-Zawraa 2 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
18:00 GMT Saad Abdul-Amir   54'
Alaa Abbas   62'
Bassam Shakir   10' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
7 April 2023 23 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Naft Baghdad
18:30 GMT Aso Rostam   6' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
25 April 2023 25 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Erbil Baghdad
14:30 GMT Ahmed Farhan   21', 53' Amjad Radhi   85' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
30 April 2023 26 Al-Talaba 0 – 3 Al-Shorta Baghdad
18:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra   46', 63' (pen.)
Ahmed Farhan   86'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 May 2023 28 Naft Al-Basra 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Basra
16:00 GMT Ahmed Farhan   45+2'
Aso Rostam   84'
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
20 May 2023 29 Al-Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Karkh Baghdad
18:00 GMT Idrissa Niang   23'   36' Leanderson Lucas   50' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
25 May 2023 30 Al-Sinaa 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
13:30 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas   42' Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
4 June 2023 32 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Newroz Baghdad
14:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas   13' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
18 July 2023 38 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Hudood Baghdad
17:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas   85'
Ahmed Farhan   90+5'
Mouhamed Soueid   50' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Note: Al-Shorta defender Manaf Younis received a red card in the 81st minute after being substituted off the field.

Score overview

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Al-Diwaniya 1–0 3–0  
Al-Hudood 2–1 2–2  
Al-Kahrabaa 2–0 3–1  
Al-Karkh 0–1 3–2  
Al-Naft 1–0 2–1  
Al-Najaf 1–0 5–0  
Al-Qasim 1–0 2–0  
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0 0–1  
Al-Sinaa 4–0 1–0  
Al-Talaba 2–2 3–0  
Al-Zawraa 2–1 1–2  
Duhok 1–0 1–1  
Erbil 2–1 0–1  
Karbala 3–1 0–1  
Naft Al-Basra 1–1 2–0  
Naft Al-Wasat 1–1 0–1  
Naft Maysan 3–0 3–0  
Newroz 1–0 2–2  
Zakho 1–0 1–0  

Note: Al-Shorta goals listed first.

Classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta (C) 38 25 7 6 63 24 +39 82
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 23 9 6 62 26 +36 78 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage[a]
3 Al-Zawraa 38 18 14 6 50 32 +18 68 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage[b]
4 Al-Talaba 38 19 9 10 52 39 +13 66
5 Al-Kahrabaa 38 17 11 10 51 38 +13 62 Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage[b]
Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Shorta were not granted an AFC license, therefore their AFC Champions League spot was passed to the league runners-up and Iraq FA Cup winners Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.[13]
  2. ^ a b As Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (league runners-up and Iraq FA Cup winners) entered the AFC Champions League, the two AFC Cup spots were passed down to Iraq's only other licensed clubs, Al-Zawraa and Al-Kahrabaa.[13]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 25 7 6 63 24  +39 82 14 4 1 29 9  +20 11 3 5 34 15  +19

Source: Kooora

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWDLDLDWWWDWWWWWDWLWWLWWDWLWWWWWLWWW
Position94324588986665432221121221112211111111
Source: Kooora
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Iraq FA Cup

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Arab Club Champions Cup

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ittihad Jeddah 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Quarter-finals
2   Al-Shorta 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   Espérance de Tunis 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
4   CS Sfaxien 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: UAFA

Knockout phase

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Quarter-finals
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5 August 2023 3 Al-Sadd   2 – 4   Al-Shorta Abha, Saudi Arabia
15:00 GMT Akram Afif   24' (pen.), 81' Ameer Sabah   32'
Aso Rostam   59' (pen.), 78'
Ahmed Farhan   70'
Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Khaled Al Teris
Semi-finals
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Player statistics

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Iraqi Premier League

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Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[6]
FW   10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 12 2
FW   17 Ahmed Farhan 11 3
FW   7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 10 6
FW   99 Aso Rostam 7 0
MF   20 Idrissa Niang 5 1
MF   30 Fahd Al-Youssef 3 7
FW   29 Mohammed Dawood 3 5
MF   11 Bassam Shakir 2 3
DF   4 Manaf Younis 2 0
MF   8 Ammar Ghalib 2 0
DF   27 Ameer Sabah 1 2
FW   9 Mardik Mardikian 1 1
MF   21 Mohammed Jaffal 1 1
MF   14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 1 0
MF   25 Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 1 0
MF   61 Nasser Mohammedoh 1 0
DF   15 Ahmed Yahya 0 3
MF   6 Sajjad Jassim 0 2
MF   13 Ali Husni 0 2
MF   16 Mohammed Mezher 0 2
DF   31 Ahmed Zeero 0 1
DF   34 Mustafa Maan 0 1

Iraq FA Cup

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Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[6]
MF   13 Ali Husni 2 0
MF   14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 1 0
FW   7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 1 0
MF   17 Ahmed Farhan 1 0
FW   99 Aso Rostam 0 3
FW   10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 0 1

Iraqi Super Cup

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Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[6]
MF   14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 1 0
MF   13 Ali Husni 0 1

Arab Club Champions Cup

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Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[6]
FW   9 Aso Rostam 2 1
FW   10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 1 0
MF   14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 1 0
MF   17 Ahmed Farhan 1 0
DF   27 Ameer Sabah 1 0
DF   4 Manaf Younis 0 1

Notes

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  1. ^ Aso Rostam wore the number 9 shirt for the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup.

References

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  1. ^ Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – History". Al-Shorta SC Official Website - History. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  2. ^ "بالصور .. الشرطة يحصد لقب السوبر العراقي" (in Arabic). Kooora. 2 October 2022.
  3. ^ "بقيادة مؤمن سليمان وصاحب إثارة الجدل.. الشرطة بطلا لكأس السوبر العراقي" (in Arabic). FilGoal. 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ "الشرطة يحسم لقب الدوري العراقي للمرة الثانية توالياً" (in Arabic). alaraby.co.uk. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  5. ^ "شاهد- رونالدو يقود النصر السعودي إلى نهائي بطولة الأندية العربية" (in Arabic). aljazeera.net. 9 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2022-2023". Al-Shorta SC. 12 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – First Team Squad". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  8. ^ a b c "Results". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  9. ^ "Al Shorta Baghdad Vs Karkh SC – Iraq, Super Cup". 365Scores. 2 October 2022.
  10. ^ "إبريق شاي أم مزهرية؟.. سخرية واسعة من كأس السوبر العراقي" (in Arabic). Al-Jazeera. 3 October 2022.
  11. ^ "ظاهرة «تنمر» بسبب كأس السوبر العراقي" (in Arabic). Al-Khaleej. 3 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Iraqi Premier League 2022/23". Goalzz. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  13. ^ a b "List of Licensed Clubs for the 2023/24 AFC Champions League" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  14. ^ "King Salman Champions Cup 2022/2023". Goalzz. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
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