The 2023–24 season is Al-Shorta's 50th season in the Iraq Stars League, having featured in all 49 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta are participating in the Iraq Stars League as defending champions, as well as competing in the Iraq FA Cup.[1] Al-Shorta did not participate in the AFC Champions League as they did not obtain an AFC license.[2]
| 2023–24 season | |||
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| President |  Abdul-Halim Fahem | ||
| Head coach |  Chiheb Ellili (until 21 February) Hussein Abdul-Wahed (Caretaker) (from 21 February until 1 March) Moamen Soliman (from 1 March onwards) | ||
| Ground | Al-Shaab Stadium | ||
| Iraq Stars League | 1st | ||
| Iraq FA Cup | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mohanad Ali (13) All: Mohanad Ali (14) | ||
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Squad edit
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[3]
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Stars League | FA Cup | Total | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| 1 | GK | IRQ
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Ahmed Basil | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | IRQ
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Karrar Amer | 14(2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16(2) | 2 | ||||
| 4 | DF | IRQ
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Manaf Younis | 11(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13(4) | 1 | ||||
| 6 | MF | IRQ
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Sajjad Jassim | 10(11) | 2 | 0(2) | 1 | 10(13) | 3 | ||||
| 7 | FW |  SYR
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Mahmoud Al-Mawas | 24(1) | 12 | 2 | 0 | 26(1) | 12 | ||||
| 8 | FW | IRQ
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Zidane Abdul-Jabbar | 1(5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2(5) | 2 | ||||
| 9 | MF | IRQ
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Hussein Ali | 15(6) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17(6) | 3 | ||||
| 10 | FW | IRQ
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Alaa Abdul-Zahra (captain) | 9(11) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11(11) | 2 | ||||
| 11 | MF | IRQ
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Bassam Shakir | 12(5) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 13(6) | 1 | ||||
| 12 | GK | IRQ
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Yassin Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | MF | IRQ
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Ali Husni | 9(8) | 3 | 0(2) | 0 | 9(10) | 3 | ||||
| 14 | MF |  NIG
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Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 23(1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25(1) | 2 | ||||
| 15 | DF | IRQ
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Ahmed Yahya | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | MF | IRQ
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Mohammed Mezher | 0(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(8) | 1 | ||||
| 17 | FW | IRQ
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Ahmed Farhan | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | ||||
| 18 | FW | IRQ
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Mohanad Ali (vice-captain) | 12(9) | 13 | 2 | 1 | 14(9) | 14 | ||||
| 20 | MF |  SEN
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Idrissa Niang | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | ||||
| 22 | GK | IRQ
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Mohammed Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | DF | IRQ
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Faisal Jassim | 19 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19(1) | 0 | ||||
| 25 | MF | IRQ
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Abdul-Razzaq Qasim | 10(9) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 11(10) | 1 | ||||
| 27 | DF | IRQ
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Ameer Sabah | 17(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(3) | 0 | ||||
| 28 | FW |  BRA
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Lucas Santos | 5(4) | 1 | 0(2) | 0 | 5(6) | 1 | ||||
| 30 | MF | SYR
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Fahd Al-Youssef | 22(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24(1) | 0 | ||||
| 31 | DF | IRQ
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Ahmed Zeero | 12(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(5) | 0 | ||||
| 32 | GK | IRQ
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Abbas Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | DF | IRQ
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Haidar Adel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | DF | IRQ
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Ali Jassim Zayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | DF |  CMR
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Salomon Banga | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | ||||
| 37 | MF |  GUI
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Ousmane Coumbassa | 1(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(5) | 0 | ||||
| Players out on loan for rest of the season | |||||||||||||
| 29 | FW | IRQ
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Mohammed Dawood | 0(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(7) | 0 | ||||
| MF | IRQ
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Ammar Ghalib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| MF | IRQ
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Atheer Salih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| FW | IRQ
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Aso Rostam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| FW | IRQ
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Dhulfiqar Younis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Players departed but featured this season | |||||||||||||
| 5 | DF |  JOR
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Yazan Al-Arab | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | ||||
Personnel edit
Technical staff edit
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Head coach: | Moamen Soliman |
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| Assistant coach: | Amrou Fathi |
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| Fitness coach: | Haidar Abdul-Qadir |
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| Goalkeeping coach: | Amrou Abdul-Salam |
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| Physiotherapist: | Tonello Marilia |
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| Team manager: | Hashim Ridha |
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Management edit
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| President: | Abdul-Halim Fahem |
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| Vice-president: | Ghalib Al-Zamili |
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| Board secretary: | Uday Al-Rubaie |
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| Financial secretary | Ghazi Faisal |
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| Member of the Board: | Sadeq Faraj |
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| Member of the Board: | Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei |
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| Member of the Board: | Ali Al-Shahmani |
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| Member of the Board: | Alaa Bahar Al-Uloom |
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| Member of the Board: | Tahseen Al-Yassri |
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Kit edit
Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)
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Transfers edit
In edit
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
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| August 2023 | MF | Hussein Ali
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CS Sfaxien
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| September 2023 | FW | Mohanad Ali
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 Al-Duhail
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| November 2023 | DF | Yazan Al-Arab
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 Selangor
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| January 2024 | FW | Zidane Abdul-Jabbar
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Erbil
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| February 2024 | MF | Ousmane Coumbassa
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Olympique Béja
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| February 2024 | DF | Salomon Banga
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 APR
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Out edit
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
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| August 2023 | DF | Mustafa Maan
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Al-Zawraa
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| August 2023 | DF | Waleed Salem
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Retired | |
| September 2023 | MF |  Nasser Mohammedoh
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 Al-Muharraq
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| September 2023 | FW | Dhulfiqar Younis
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Duhok
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Loan |
| September 2023 | MF | Ammar Ghalib
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Al-Naft
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Loan |
| October 2023 | FW | Aso Rostam
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Erbil
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Loan |
| October 2023 | MF | Atheer Salih
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Naft Al-Basra
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Loan |
| January 2024 | FW | Mohammed Dawood
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Al-Najaf
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Loan |
| February 2024 | DF | Yazan Al-Arab
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Muaither
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| February 2024 | FW | Aso Rostam
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 Esteghlal Khuzestan
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Loan |
Competitions edit
Iraq Stars League edit
| 27 October 2023 1 | Duhok | 2 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Duhok |
| 18:30 GMT | Yannick Zakri  12'Hiran Ahmed 62'Mohammed Saeed Khalid  90+5' |
Stadium: Duhok Stadium |
| 30 October 2023 2 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Karbala | Baghdad |
| 18:30 GMT | Mohammed Mezher 85' Mohanad Ali 90+8' |
Ridha Fadhil   33'Mustafa Radhi 61' |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium |
| 3 November 2023 3 | Al-Minaa | 0 – 3 (w/o) | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 18:30 GMT | Mohanad Ali 5' |
Stadium: Basra International Stadium | ||
| Note: The match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Shorta, as Al-Minaa started the game with only 7 players and had their player Mohammed Khudhair go off injured in the eighth minute, bringing an end to the game. | ||||
| 9 November 2023 4 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Erbil | Baghdad |
| 18:30 GMT | Mohanad Ali 54' Mahmoud Al-Mawas 60' (pen.)Fahd Al-Youssef 66' |
Zidane Abdul-Jabbar 88' |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium |
| 23 November 2023 5 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Kut |
| 11:30 GMT | Mohannad Abdul-Raheem 73' Ali Jasim 82' |
Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 4' Bassam Shakir 67' |
Stadium: Al-Kut Olympic Stadium |
| 2 December 2023 6 | Al-Shorta | 0 – 1 | Al-Naft | Baghdad |
| 14:00 GMT | Sampson Gbadebo 58' |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium |
| 5 December 2023 7 | Amanat Baghdad | 1 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Mateus Totô 75' |
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 23' Idrissa Niang 45+2' |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 8 December 2023 8 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Zakho | Najaf |
| 16:00 GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas 36' (pen.) Idrissa Niang 61' |
Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium |
| 15 December 2023 9 | Al-Hudood | 0 – 4 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Ali Mohsin 83' |
Sajjad Jassim 10' Idrissa Niang 11', 74'Yazan Al-Arab 55'Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 90+3' |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 19 December 2023 10 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Al-Najaf | Baghdad |
| 18:30 GMT | Idrissa Niang 45' Mahmoud Al-Mawas  45+10'Karrar Amer 47' |
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium |
| 22 December 2023 11 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 0 | Naft Al-Wasat | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Sajjad Jassim 20' Mahmoud Al-Mawas 36'Mohanad Ali 90+1' |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 30 December 2023 12 | Naft Al-Basra | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 11:30 GMT | Karrar Amer 40' |
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium |
| 11 February 2024 13 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 2 | Al-Zawraa | Baghdad |
| 16:00 GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas 29', 29' Jalal Hassan 52' (o.g.) |
Maitham Jabbar 6' Christopher John 31' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 16 February 2024 14 | Al-Qasim | 2 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Karbala |
| 11:00 GMT | Murtadha Kassad 45+1' Haider Majed 45+1'Messouke Oloumou 48' |
Mohanad Ali 1', 56' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 88' |
Stadium: Karbala International Stadium |
| 19 February 2024 15 | Al-Talaba | 2 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 16:00 GMT | Zaid Tahseen 74' (pen.) Mahdi Kamel 90' |
Ali Husni 38' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 24 February 2024 16 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Al-Kahrabaa | Baghdad |
| 16:00 GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas 18', 90+6' |
Muhaimen Salim 10' |
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium |
| 29 February 2024 17 | Newroz | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Sulaymaniya |
| 11:30 GMT | Marwan Hussein 2' |
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 35' |
Stadium: Sulaymaniya Stadium |
| 4 March 2024 18 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 0 | Naft Maysan | Baghdad |
| 18:00 GMT | Mohanad Ali 14' (pen.), 63' Ali Husni 90+5' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 8 March 2024 19 | Al-Karkh | 1 – 4 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Saleh Gomaa 45+3' |
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 15', 90+3' Hussein Ali 24'Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 62' |
Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium |
| 1 April 2024 20 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Al-Hudood | Baghdad |
| 18:30 GMT | Hussein Ali 26' Mohanad Ali 79' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 5 April 2024 21 | Naft Al-Wasat | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Najaf |
| 18:30 GMT | Abbas Jassim 40' 41' |
Mohanad Ali 54' |
Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium |
| 14 April 2024 22 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Al-Minaa | Baghdad |
| 14:30 GMT | Manaf Younis 76' Lucas Santos 78' |
Haider Salem 45+8' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 21 April 2024 23 | Erbil | 2 – 4 | Al-Shorta | Erbil |
| 17:30 GMT | Mohammed Qasim Nassif 32', 90+3' |
Mohanad Ali 40' Hussein Ali 50'Ali Husni 74'Zidane Abdul-Jabbar 87' |
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium |
| 25 April 2024 24 | Al-Naft | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 17:15 GMT | Ndifreke Udo 64' |
Mohanad Ali 45' Hussein Ali 85' |
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium |
| 30 April 2024 25 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad |
| 17:15 GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas 24' Karrar Amer 88' |
Aymen Hussein 21' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 4 May 2024 26 | Al-Shorta | 4 – 4 | Newroz | Baghdad |
| 12:30 GMT | Zidane Abdul-Jabbar 5' Mohanad Ali 32'Mahmoud Al-Mawas 89'Alaa Abdul-Zahra 90+2'Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 90+4' |
Ahmed Basil 31' (o.g.) Ibrahim Tomiwa 34', 79'Murtadha Hudaib 55'Cláudio Maradona 90+4'Deyar Yakhy 90+16' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
Iraq FA Cup edit
| 13 March 2024 Round of 16 | Zakho | 0 – 0 (3 – 4 p) | Al-Shorta | Zakho |
| 18:30 GMT | Stadium: Zakho International Stadium | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| Dione Miguel Ribas Nasser Mohammedoh  Frank Cédric Rodrick Kabwe Amjad Attwan Patrick Marcelino |
Mahmoud Al-Mawas Lucas Santos Ali Husni Ameer Sabah Fahd Al-Youssef Sajjad Jassim |
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| 9 April 2024 Quarter-finals | Al-Minaa | 0 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 18:30 GMT | Karrar Jafar 90+4' |
Mohanad Ali 12' Manaf Younis 14'Sajjad Jassim 89' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "List of Licensed Clubs for the 2023/24 AFC Champions League" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2022-2023". Al-Shorta SC. 12 August 2023.
- ^ a b Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – First Team Squad". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ "Results". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ "Iraq Stars League 2023/24". Goalzz. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
External links edit
- Al-Shorta SC – official website