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Al-Shorta

2019–20 season
President	Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Manager	Aleksandar Ilić (until 18 February) Abdul-Ghani Shahad (from 18 February onwards)
Ground	Al-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League	Not completed
Iraq FA Cup	Not completed
Iraqi Super Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Arab Club Champions Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Alaa Abdul-Zahra, Marwan Hussein (3 each) All: Marwan Hussein (7 goals)
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The 2019–20 season was Al-Shorta's 46th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 45 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in five competitions: the Iraqi Premier League (as defending champions), the Iraq FA Cup, the Iraqi Super Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Arab Club Champions Cup.

Al-Shorta won the Iraqi Super Cup for the first time in their history, beating Al-Zawraa on penalties after a 1–1 draw. They also reached the quarter-finals of the Arab Club Champions Cup, their best performance at the tournament since they were crowned champions in the 1981–82 season. Al-Shorta only played a total of six League matches and one FA Cup match in the season as both competitions were postponed for several months due to the 2019–2020 Iraqi protests and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic also led to their remaining four AFC Champions League group stage matches being postponed to the 2020–21 campaign.

Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		AFC Champions League		Arab Champions Cup		Super Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRQ	Ahmed Basil	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF	IRQ	Karrar Mohammed	1(1)	0	1	0	0	0	1(3)	0	0	0	2(4)	0
4	DF	IRQ	Saad Natiq	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	11	0
6	DF	IRQ	Ali Faez	4	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	1	0	12	1
8	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0	1	0	6(2)	0
9	FW	IRQ	Marwan Hussein	3(3)	3	1	3	0	0	1(2)	1	1	0	6(5)	7
10	FW	IRQ	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	6	3	0	0	2	0	6	1	1	0	15	4
11	DF	IRQ	Dhurgham Ismail (vice-captain)	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7(1)	0
13	MF	IRQ	Amjad Waleed	1(1)	1	1	1	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2(2)	2
14	FW	IRQ	Mazin Fayyadh	3(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1(1)	0	0	0	7(2)	0
15	MF	IRQ	Nabeel Sabah	4(2)	1	1	0	2	0	4(2)	2	0(1)	0	11(5)	3
16	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Mezher (on loan)	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
17	DF	IRQ	Alaa Mhawi	5(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3(1)	0	0	0	8(3)	0
20	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Hameed	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	11	0
21	FW	DRC	Junior Mapuku	0(4)	0	0(1)	1	0(2)	0	0(1)	2	0(1)	1	0(9)	4
22	DF	IRQ	Hussam Kadhim	2(1)	0	1	0	2	0	4(1)	0	0	0	9(2)	0
23	DF	IRQ	Waleed Salem (captain)	1(2)	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	8(2)	1
24	DF	IRQ	Faisal Jassim	1	0	0	0	2	0	1(2)	0	0	0	4(2)	0
25	MF	IRQ	Saad Abdul-Amir	6	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	16	1
26	DF	IRQ	Bilal Khudhair	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
27	MF	IRQ	Atheer Salih	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
28	FW	IRQ	Ali Yousif	3	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	11	2
30	GK	IRQ	Alaa Khalil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	IRQ	Akram Rahim (on loan)	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
32	FW	COL	Diego Calderón Caicedo	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
34	MF	IRQ	Hassan Abdul-Karim	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
	GK	IRQ	Muhaimen Abdul-Rahman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRQ	Mustafa Nadhim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRQ	Manaf Younis (on loan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRQ	Abdul-Razzaq Qasim (on loan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRQ	Ali Jasim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRQ	Al-Hassan Saad (on loan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
	GK	IRQ	Abdul-Aziz Ammar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRQ	Amoori Faisal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRQ	Haidar Abdul-Salam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players departed but featured this season
3	MF	MLI	Aboubacar Diarra	0(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2(2)	0
5	MF	IRQ	Safaa Hadi	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0(1)	0	6(3)	0
7	FW	IRQ	Sherko Karim	1	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	3(2)	0
19	MF	IRQ	Amjad Attwan	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	8	2

Personnel

Technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach:	Abdul-Ghani Shahad
Assistant coach:	Abbas Obeid
Assistant coach:	Haidar Najim
Fitness coach:	Sardar Mohammed
Goalkeeping coach:	Emad Hashim
Team analyst:	Ali Al-Nuaimi
Team supervisor:	Hashim Ridha
Medical director:	Haider Abdul-Zahra
Administrator:	Bilal Hussein
Director of football:	Salih Radhi

Management

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Honorary President:	Yaseen Al-Yasiri
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

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
July 2019	FW	Marwan Hussein	Al-Talaba	-
July 2019	DF	Saad Natiq	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	-
August 2019	DF	Ali Faez	Çaykur Rizespor	-
August 2019	FW	Sherko Karim	Grasshopper Club Zürich	-
August 2019	MF	Aboubacar Diarra	ENPPI	-
August 2019	GK	Alaa Khalil	Al-Hudood	-
August 2019	MF	Nabeel Sabah	Al-Talaba	-
August 2019	FW	Ali Yousif	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	-
August 2019	MF	Safaa Hadi	Al-Zawraa	-
September 2019	FW	Junior Mapuku	Dunărea Călărași	-
October 2019	FW	Mazin Fayyadh	Al-Naft	-
January 2020	MF	Mohammed Mezher	Naft Maysan	Loan
January 2020	MF	Akram Rahim	Naft Maysan	Loan
January 2020	FW	Diego Calderón Caicedo	Al-Faisaly	-
February 2020	MF	Hassan Abdul-Karim	Al-Karkh	End of loan
March 2020	DF	Manaf Younis	Al-Karkh	Loan
March 2020	MF	Abdul-Razzaq Qasim	Al-Karkh	Loan
March 2020	FW	Ali Jasim	Al-Karkh	-
March 2020	FW	Al-Hassan Saad	Al-Karkh	Loan
March 2020	DF	Mustafa Nadhim	Free agent	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
July 2019	MF	Hussein Abdul-Wahed		Retired
July 2019	MF	Dominique Mendy		Released
July 2019	DF	Ziad Al-Derbali		Released
July 2019	FW	Alassane Diallo		Released
August 2019	DF	Mustafa Nadhim	Al-Zawraa	-
August 2019	GK	Mohammed Abbas	Al-Kahrabaa	-
August 2019	MF	Haider Abdul-Salam	Al-Karkh	Loan
August 2019	FW	Ammar Abdul-Hussein	Al-Minaa	-
August 2019	MF	Mahdi Kamel	Al-Zawraa	-
August 2019	MF	Moamel Kareem	Al-Samawa	-
August 2019	MF	Mohammed Mohsen	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	-
August 2019	DF	Ahmed Nadhim	Al-Naft	-
August 2019	MF	Amir Ahmed Abdul-Wahid	Al-Hudood	-
August 2019	GK	Abdul-Aziz Ammar	Naft Maysan	Loan
October 2019	MF	Hassan Abdul-Karim	Al-Karkh	Loan
October 2019	MF	Amoori Faisal	Al-Karkh	Loan
November 2019	MF	Aboubacar Diarra		Released
December 2019	FW	Sherko Karim		Released
January 2020	MF	Amjad Attwan	Al-Kuwait	-
February 2020	MF	Safaa Hadi	PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara	€150,000

Competitions

Iraqi Super Cup

14 September 2019 Final	Al-Shorta	1 – 1 (4 – 3 p)	Al-Zawraa	Kut
15:00 GMT	Junior Mapuku 60'		Alaa Abbas 49'	Stadium: Al-Kut Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Watheq Muhammed
	Penalties
	Junior Mapuku Dhurgham Ismail Ali Faez Saad Abdul-Amir Waleed Salem		Emad Mohsin Ahmed Jalal Ahmed Abdul-Amir Mohammed Abdul-Zahra Mohammed Ridha

Iraqi Premier League

Original season

18 September 2019 1	Al-Shorta	2 – 1	Al-Hudood	Baghdad
15:00 GMT	Waleed Salem 21' (pen.) Alaa Abdul-Zahra 62'		Hussam Jadallah 51'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

28 September 2019 2	Al-Zawraa	2 – 0	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
15:00 GMT	Hassan Houbeib 88' Mohammed Ridha 90+2'		Saad Abdul-Amir 53'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah

22 October 2019 3	Naft Maysan	2 – 2	Al-Shorta	Amara
14:15 GMT	Wissam Saadoun 6' Hassan Hamoud 50'		Nabeel Sabah 35' Ali Yousif 45+1'	Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium

Restarted season

22 February 2020 1	Al-Kahrabaa	3 – 3	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Ahmed Mahmoud 13' Alaa Mhaisen 60' Murad Mohammed 69'		Alaa Abdul-Zahra 17' Amjad Waleed 67' Marwan Hussein 84'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

26 February 2020 2	Al-Shorta	3 – 1	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 3' (pen.) Marwan Hussein 22', 82'		Teddy James 77'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman

7 March 2020 3	Al-Shorta	1 – 1	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Saad Abdul-Amir 75'		Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 69'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah

Iraq FA Cup

9 October 2019 Round of 32	Bani Saad	0 – 6	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
12:00 GMT			Ali Yousif 6' Marwan Hussein 22', 45+1' (pen.), 77' Amjad Waleed 32' Junior Mapuku 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

AFC Champions League

Al-Shorta played two 2020 AFC Champions League matches in the 2019–20 season before their remaining matches in the competition were postponed to the following campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Group stage

10 February 2020 1	Al-Shorta	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Erbil, Iraq
14:30 GMT	Ali Faez 48' (pen.)		Hussam Kadhim 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali

17 February 2020 2	Al-Shorta	0 – 1	Al-Wahda	Erbil, Iraq
14:00 GMT			Paul-José M'Poku 88'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Arab Club Champions Cup

Round of 32

28 August 2019 First leg	Al-Kuwait	3 – 1	Al-Shorta	Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:15 GMT	Yousef Nasser 4' (pen.) Diego Calderón Caicedo 30' Faisal Zayid 85'		Marwan Hussein 45+1' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 89'	Stadium: Al-Kuwait Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

23 September 2019 Second leg	Al-Shorta	2 – 0 (3a – 3 agg.)	Al-Kuwait	Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT	Junior Mapuku 79', 90+5'			Stadium: Karbala International Stadium Referee: Youssef Essrayri

Round of 16

6 November 2019 First leg	FC Nouadhibou	0 – 1	Al-Shorta	Nouakchott, Mauritania
17:00 GMT			Alaa Abdul-Zahra 56'	Stadium: Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

25 November 2019 Second leg	Al-Shorta	5 – 0 (6 – 0 agg.)	FC Nouadhibou	Al-Khor, Qatar
16:00 GMT	Jacob Ezekiel 8' (o.g.) Nabeel Sabah 12', 50' Amjad Attwan 34', 38'			Stadium: Al-Khor Stadium Referee: El Fadil Mohamed

Quarter-finals

23 December 2019 First leg	Al-Shabab	6 – 0	Al-Shorta	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16:00 GMT	Danilo Moreno Asprilla 6', 8', 44' Sebá 19' (pen.), 72' Cristian Guanca 22'			Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

20 January 2020 Second leg	Al-Shorta	0 – 1 (0 – 7 agg.)	Al-Shabab	Amman, Jordan
14:30 GMT	Saad Abdul-Amir  48'		Cristian Guanca 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Referee: Ammar Ashkanani

References

1. Al-Shorta SC Website
2. Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Overview of History". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
3. "Iraqi Premier League called off". Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2020.
4. "Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper". Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.
5. "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2019-2020". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
6. ^ Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
7. ^ Al-Shorta SC Website
8. Goalzz.com
9. Goalzz.com
10. Goalzz.com
11. Goalzz.com
12. Goalzz.com

External links

• Al-Shorta website
• Al-Shorta TV
• Team info at goalzz.com

• Al-Shorta SC seasons