2022–23 Al-Shorta SC season

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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

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 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[edit]

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[edit]

Technical staff[edit]

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

Management[edit]

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

[7]

Kit[edit]

Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

Home
Home
(Arab)
Home
(Super Cup)
Away
Away
(Arab)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2022 MF Senegal Idrissa Niang Iraq Al-Talaba -
July 2022 MF Iraq Sajjad Jassim Iraq Naft Al-Wasat -
July 2022 DF Iraq Manaf Younis Iraq Al-Karkh -
July 2022 GK Iraq Mohammed Karim Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
July 2022 MF Iraq Amjad Waleed Iraq Zakho -
July 2022 FW Iraq Ahmed Farhan Iraq Naft Al-Basra -
August 2022 FW Syria Mardik Mardikian Kuwait Al-Fahaheel -
August 2022 DF Iraq Ahmed Yahya Iraq Al-Minaa -
January 2023 DF Jordan Ihsan Haddad Jordan Al-Faisaly -
February 2023 FW Iraq Aso Rostam Kuwait Al-Salmiya -
February 2023 DF Iraq Mustafa Nadhim Jordan Al-Faisaly Loan
February 2023 MF Yemen Nasser Mohammedoh Iraq Naft Al-Wasat -
July 2023 DF Iraq Karrar Amer Iraq Al-Najaf End of loan
July 2023 FW Iraq Mohammed Mezher Iraq Al-Najaf End of loan
July 2023 FW Brazil Lucas Santos Iraq Naft Al-Wasat -

Out[edit]

Date Pos. Name To Fee
July 2022 MF Iraq Mohammed Qasim Majid Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
July 2022 DF Iraq Niaz Mohammed Iraq Erbil -
July 2022 DF Iraq Hassan Ashour Iraq Al-Zawraa -
July 2022 DF Iraq Ali Yousif Iraq Al-Zawraa -
July 2022 DF Iraq Saad Natiq Saudi Arabia Al-Batin -
July 2022 DF Iraq Khudhor Ali Iraq Al-Talaba -
July 2022 MF Iraq Ali Mahdi Iraq Al-Talaba -
July 2022 DF Iraq Bilal Khudhair Iraq Al-Hudood Loan
August 2022 MF Iraq Sadeq Zamel Iraq Naft Al-Basra -
August 2022 GK Iraq Mohammed Abbas Iraq Al-Naft -
August 2022 MF Iraq Atheer Salih Iraq Al-Naft Loan
August 2022 MF Iraq Hussein Younis Iraq Al-Talaba -
August 2022 FW Iraq Mohammed Qasim Nassif Iraq Karbala -
December 2022 FW Syria Mardik Mardikian United Arab Emirates Al-Hamriya -
January 2023 MF Iraq Amjad Waleed Iraq Al-Talaba -
January 2023 DF Iraq Karrar Amer Iraq Al-Najaf Loan
January 2023 MF Iraq Mohammed Jaffal Iraq Erbil -
February 2023 MF Iraq Mohammed Mezher Iraq Al-Najaf Loan
July 2023 DF Iraq Mustafa Nadhim Jordan Al-Faisaly End of loan
July 2023 DF Jordan Ihsan Haddad Jordan Al-Faisaly -

[7]

Competitions[edit]

Iraqi Super Cup[edit]

[8][9][10][11]

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

Iraqi Premier League[edit]

[8][12]

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 soccer ball with red X 26'
Mardik Mardikian 73'
Faisal Jassim 38' (o.g.)
Hassan Houbeib Red card 53'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
25 November 2022 6 Erbil 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Erbil
11:30 GMT Ahmed Sartib soccer ball with red X 53'
Ahmed Hassan Maknzi 75' (pen.)
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
25 December 2022 12 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Zakho Baghdad
15:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 81' Stadium: Al-Shaab 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
23 February 2023 18 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Naft Maysan Baghdad
17:30 GMT Aso Rostam 18', 43', 66' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 March 2023 20 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Duhok Baghdad
16:30 GMT Ahmed Farhan 19' 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
20 May 2023 29 Al-Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Karkh Baghdad
18:00 GMT Idrissa Niang Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 36' Leanderson Lucas 50' Stadium: Al-Shaab 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[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Al-Diwaniya 1–0 3–0 Yes
Al-Hudood 2–1 2–2 No
Al-Kahrabaa 2–0 3–1 Yes
Al-Karkh 0–1 3–2 No
Al-Naft 1–0 2–1 Yes
Al-Najaf 1–0 5–0 Yes
Al-Qasim 1–0 2–0 Yes
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0 0–1 No
Al-Sinaa 4–0 1–0 Yes
Al-Talaba 2–2 3–0 No
Al-Zawraa 2–1 1–2 No
Duhok 1–0 1–1 No
Erbil 2–1 0–1 No
Karbala 3–1 0–1 No
Naft Al-Basra 1–1 2–0 No
Naft Al-Wasat 1–1 0–1 No
Naft Maysan 3–0 3–0 Yes
Newroz 1–0 2–2 No
Zakho 1–0 1–0 Yes

Note: Al-Shorta goals listed first.

Classification[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Iraq FA Cup[edit]

Arab Club Champions Cup[edit]

[8][14]

Group stage[edit]

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

Knockout phase[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]
Semi-finals[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Iraqi Premier League[edit]

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

Iraq FA Cup[edit]

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

Iraqi Super Cup[edit]

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

Arab Club Champions Cup[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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