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]
| 2017–18 season | |||
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| 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) | ||
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Squad edit
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Out on loan edit
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Departed during season edit
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Personnel edit
Technical Staff edit
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Manager: | Haitham Al-Shaboul |
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| Assistant manager: | Ahmed Salah |
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| Fitness coach: | Costa López |
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| Goalkeeping coach: | Nouri Abid Zaid |
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| Director of football: | Saad Qais |
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| Administrative director: | Hashim Ridha |
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Management edit
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| President: | Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei |
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| Financial Secretary: | Uday Tariq |
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| Board Secretary | Alaa Bahar Al-Uloom |
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| Member of the Board: | Sadiq Jafar |
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| Member of the Board: | Ghazi Faisal |
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| Member of the Board: | Tahseen Al-Yassri |
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| Member of the Board: | Ali Al-Shahmani |
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| Member of the Board: | Ghalib Al-Zamili |
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| Member of the Board: | Ahsan Al-Daraji |
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Kit edit
Supplier: Nike
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Transfers edit
In edit
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
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| August 2017 | MF | Omar Jabbar
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Karbala
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| August 2017 | MF | Sattar Yasin
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Al-Talaba
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| August 2017 | GK | Neriman Khedher
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Ghaz Al-Shamal
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- |
| August 2017 | FW | Ayman Hussein
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Al-Naft
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- |
| August 2017 | MF | Mohammed Mohsen
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Al-Samawa
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- |
| August 2017 | DF | Ali Faez
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 Çaykur Rizespor
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Loan |
| August 2017 | DF | Salam Shakir
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 Al-Ittihad Kalba
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- |
| August 2017 | DF | Hussam Kadhim
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Al-Naft
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- |
| August 2017 | FW | Aqeel Khairi
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Al-Hussein
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- |
| August 2017 | MF |  Akwetey Mensah
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Al-Minaa
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- |
| September 2017 | FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra
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Al-Zawraa
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- |
| September 2017 | FW | Ammar Abdul-Hussein
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Al-Minaa
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- |
| October 2017 | DF | Alaa Mhawi
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Al-Zawraa
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- |
| November 2017 | DF | Karrar Mohammed
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Al-Zawraa
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| February 2018 | MF | Asiedu Attobrah
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Free agent | - |
| February 2018 | FW | Jefferson Araújo
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Moto Club de São Luís
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Out edit
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
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| August 2017 | FW | Marwan Hussein
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 Sepahan
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| August 2017 | DF | Essam Yassin
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Al-Naft
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| August 2017 | FW | Ahmed Salam
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Al-Hedood
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| September 2017 | MF | Omar Jabbar
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Released | |
| October 2017 | MF | Hatem Zidan
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Naft Al-Wasat
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- |
| October 2017 | FW | Jawad Kadhim
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| October 2017 | GK | Sarhang Muhsin
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Erbil
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| October 2017 | DF | Kosrat Baez
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Erbil
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| October 2017 | MF | Miran Khesro
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Erbil
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| October 2017 | MF | Sattar Yasin
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Released | |
| November 2017 | DF | Salam Shakir
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Released | |
| November 2017 | FW | Jassim Mohammed
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Al-Talaba
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| January 2018 | FW | Ayman Hussein
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Al-Naft
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| January 2018 | MF | Ahmad Ayad
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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Loan |
| February 2018 | MF | Moamel Kareem
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Al-Hudood
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Loan |
| February 2018 | FW | Abdul-Qadir Tariq
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Al-Talaba
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Loan |
Competitions edit
Iraqi Premier League edit
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) 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. | ||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 13 July 2018 37 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad |
| 16:00 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 40' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab 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 edit
- ^ 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