2013–14 Al-Shorta SC season

Al Shorta
2013–14 season
President
Manager	Lorival Santos
Ground	Al Shorta Stadium (until 4 March); Al Shaab Stadium (from 4 March onwards)
Iraqi Premier League	Winners
AFC Champions League	First qualifying round
AFC Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mustafa Karim (7); All: Mustafa Karim (7)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

In the 2013–14 season, Al Shorta competed in the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League and the 2014 AFC Cup after failing to qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League. They won the Iraqi Premier League for the second time in a row and the fourth time in their history, finishing one point ahead of second-placed Arbil FC.^[1] The league had to be ended prematurely with teams having played either 23, 22 or 21 games due to the war situation in the country. They also played in the AFC Cup but failed to advance past the group stages, playing out four goalless draws out of six games.

The season saw the club appoint their third ever foreign coach, Brazilian Lorival Santos, and sign their first ever Brazilian player, striker Cristiano da Silva Santos. Their top scorer for the season was Iraqi forward Mustafa Karim who bagged seven goals in total for the champions.

Squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	IRQ	Waleed Salem
3	DF	IRQ	Dhirgham Ismail
4	DF	SYR	Hamdi Al Masri
5	MF	IRQ	Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain)
6	DF	IRQ
7	FW	IRQ	Sherko Karim
9	FW	IRQ	Mustafa Karim
10	MF	IRQ	Mahdi Kamel
12	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Gassid
14	FW	IRQ	Amjad Kalaf (vice-captain)
16	MF	IRQ
17	FW	IRQ	Ammar Abdul-Hussein
18	MF	IRQ	Mahdi Karim
19	MF	IRQ	Ahmad Ayad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	CMR	Innocent Awoa
23	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Hameed
24	MF	IRQ	Qusay Munir
26	FW	IRQ	Mohanad Ali
27	FW	IRQ
28	MF	IRQ
29	DF	IRQ
30	FW	BRA	Cristiano
31	GK	IRQ
33	DF	IRQ	Ali Bahjat
35	MF	IRQ	Ahmad Fadhel
—	GK	IRQ
—	MF	IRQ

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IRQ	(at Al Zawraa until the end of the 2013-14 season)
—	MF	IRQ	(at Al Masafi until the end of the 2013-14 season)

Departed during season[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	DF	BFA	Paul Koulibaly
11	FW	IRQ
15	MF	IRQ	Nashat Akram
20	FW	IRQ

Backroom staff and club officials[]

Name	Position
Lorival Santos	Manager
Anderson Nicolau	Assistant Manager/Fitness Coach
Walid Juma	Fitness Coach
Marquinhos Domingues	Goalkeeping Coach
Hashim Ridha	Administrative Director
Sirwan Raouf	Administrative Assistant
Bilal Hussein	Administrator
Abdulrahman Ali	Technical Processor
Haider Abdul-Zahra	Assistant Technical Processor
Tonello Marilia	Physiotherapist
Felipe Biazotto	Physiologist

Boardroom positions[]

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman:	Ayad Bunyan
Vice-chairman:	Adnan Jafar
Member of the Board:	Ghazi Faisal
Member of the Board:	Salam Faraj
Member of the Board:	Ali Abdul-Zahra

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Kit[]

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Royal Arena Sport

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Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
September 2013	Administrative Director	Hashim Ridha	Free agent	-
September 2013	DF	Ali Bahjat	Dohuk FC	-
September 2013	FW		Al Kahraba	-
September 2013	FW	Ammar Abdul-Hussein	Arbil FC	-
September 2013	FW	Mustafa Karim	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	-
September 2013	MF	Qusay Munir	Baghdad FC	-
September 2013	Technical Advisor	Nazar Ashraf	Free agent	-
September 2013	Manager	Lorival Santos	Treze	-
September 2013	Assistant Manager/Fitness Coach		Betim	-
September 2013	Goalkeeping Coach			-
September 2013	FW	Mohanad Ali		-
October 2013	MF	Mahdi Karim	Arbil FC	-
October 2013	DF	Hamdi Al Masri	Al Naft	-
October 2013	GK		Naft Al Junoob	-
October 2013	GK		Sulaymaniya FC	-
October 2013	FW	Cristiano	Betim	-
November 2013	MF		Free agent	-
November 2013	GK		Free agent	-

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
September 2013	FW	Minusu Buba	El Gouna FC	End of loan
September 2013	FW	Muslim Mubarak	Al Talaba	-
September 2013	Manager	Thair Jassam		-
September 2013	Assistant Manager	Haitham Al-Shaboul		-
September 2013	Fitness Coach			-
September 2013	Goalkeeping Coach			-
September 2013	MF		Al Zawraa	Loan
September 2013	FW		Al Zawraa	-
September 2013	MF		Al Masafi	Loan
September 2013	MF		Al Naft	-
September 2013	DF		Al Masafi	-
September 2013	DF	Fareed Majeed		-
September 2013	DF			-
September 2013	MF		Al Naft	-
October 2013	GK		Zakho FC	-
October 2013	MF	Ali Hussein Fandi	Duhok FC	-
October 2013	DF		Al Karkh	-
October 2013	GK		Al Karkh	-
October 2013	DF		Al Talaba	-
January 2014	FW		Zakho FC	-
January 2014	FW		Al Zawraa	-
February 2014	MF	Nashat Akram	Dalian Aerbin	-
February 2014	Technical Advisor	Nazar Ashraf		-
April 2014	DF	Paul Koulibaly		-

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Matches[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

22 October 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Al Minaa	showBaghdad
12:30 GMT	Amjad Kalaf 16' Mustafa Karim 36' (pen.)		71'	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

24 October 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Karbala FC	showBaghdad
12:30 GMT	Mustafa Karim 62'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Mid-season friendlies[]

18 November 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Oloom Technology	showBaghdad
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

01 December 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	3 – 1	Al Jaish	showBaghdad
11:30 GMT	Cristiano Innocent Awoa			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

31 December 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	3 – 0	Naft Maysan	showBaghdad
10:00 GMT	Cristiano 9', 48' Ammar Abdul-Hussein 14'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

07 January 2014 Friendly	Al Shorta	5 – 2	Al Karkh	showBaghdad
11:30 GMT	Ammar Abdul-Hussein 15' Cristiano 23' Mahdi Karim 55' (pen.) Mustafa Karim 71', 85'		75' (pen.) Karrar Mohammed 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

14 January 2014 Friendly	Tala'ea El-Gaish	1 – 1	Al Shorta	showCairo
13:00 GMT	63' (pen.)		Cristiano	Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium

17 January 2014 Friendly	Al Shorta	2 – 2	Al Tadamun	showCairo
12:00 GMT	Nashat Akram 22' Cristiano 38'

28 January 2014 Friendly	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Al Zawraa	showBaghdad
11:00 GMT	Cristiano 9'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

26 April 2014 Friendly	Samawa FC	1 – 1	Al Shorta	showSamawa
	(pen)		Ali Bahjat	Stadium:
Note: This was a charity match which saw the participation of the retired striker Hashim Ridha for Al Shorta.

Competitive[]

Iraqi Premier League[]

29 October 2013 1	Al Zawraa	0 – 1	Al Shorta	showBaghdad
12:00 GMT	Ali Khudhair 58'		Mustafa Karim 66' Cristiano 90+4'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

03 November 2013 2	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Naft Maysan	showBaghdad
11:45 GMT	Mustafa Karim 34' (pen.) Cristiano 90+4'		Khodor Salame 28'	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

24 November 2013 3	Najaf FC	0 – 0	Al Shorta	showNajaf
11:30 GMT				Stadium: An Najaf Stadium

29 November 2013 4	Al Shorta	5 – 0	Duhok FC	showBaghdad
11:30 GMT	Dhirgham Ismail 27' Mustafa Karim 60', 68' Hamdi Al Masri 72' Waleed Salem 90+3'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

04 December 2013 5	Al Karkh	0 – 2	Al Shorta	showKarkh
11:30 GMT			Nashat Akram 44' Mustafa Karim 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium

09 December 2013 6	Al Shorta	1 – 1	Al Minaa	showBaghdad
11:30 GMT	Mustafa Karim 45' (pen.)		85'	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

14 December 2013 7	Zakho FC	1 – 0	Al Shorta	showZakho
11:30 GMT	Khalid Musheer 73' (pen.)			Stadium:

08 February 2014 8	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Arbil FC	showBaghdad
11:30 GMT	Mahdi Karim 23' (pen.) Cristiano 30'		Amjad Radhi 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

14 February 2014 9	Al Naft	0 – 0	Al Shorta	showBaghdad
11:30 GMT				Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

26 March 2014 10	Al Talaba	1 – 2	Al Shorta	showBaghdad
13:00 GMT	Ali Salah 90+4'		Ahmad Ayad 20' Amjad Kalaf 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

13 April 2014 11	Naft Maysan	1 – 3	Al Shorta	showAmarah
13:00 GMT	52'		62' Dhirgham Ismail 68', 84' Mahdi Kamel 85'	Stadium: Maysan Stadium

18 April 2014 12	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	showBaghdad
13:00 GMT	Sherko Karim 76'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

04 May 2014 13	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Al Talaba	showBaghdad
13:00 GMT	Amjad Kalaf 6'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

09 May 2014 14	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Najaf FC	showBaghdad
13:30 GMT	Mahdi Karim 2'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

15 May 2014 15	Duhok FC	2 – 2	Al Shorta	showDuhok
13:30 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 45+2' 53'		Amjad Kalaf 17' Mustafa Karim 86'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium

20 May 2014 16	Baghdad FC	1 – 2	Al Shorta	showBaghdad
13:30 GMT	Ali Rabo 34' Mustafa Ahmad 80'		Ali Bahjat 44' Sherko Karim 88'	Stadium: Baghdad FC Stadium

26 May 2014 17	Karbala FC	0 – 0	Al Shorta	showKarbala
13:30 GMT	81'			Stadium: Karbala Stadium

01 June 2014 18	Al Shorta	2 – 2	Al Karkh	showBaghdad
13:30 GMT	Hamdi Al Masri 22' Amjad Kalaf 87'		Abdul-Qadir Tariq 38' Aboubacar Tambadou 63'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

06 June 2014 19	Al Minaa	0 – 0	Al Shorta	showBasra
13:45 GMT				Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

11 June 2014 20	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Zakho FC	showBaghdad
13:45 GMT	Ahmad Ayad 13'		Raja Rafe	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

15 June 2014 21	Al Shorta	1 – 2	Naft Al Junoob	showBaghdad
13:45 GMT	Hamdi Al Masri 44' Qusay Munir 60' Dhirgham Ismail 65' (pen.)		2' 59' 90+4'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Classification[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shorta (C)	21	12	7	2	29	13	+16	43	2015 AFC Cup
2	Erbil	21	12	6	3	29	15	+14	42	2015 AFC Cup
3	Baghdad	23	11	7	5	33	22	+11	40
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	22	10	7	5	32	21	+11	37
5	Naft Al-Junoob	23	9	9	5	26	22	+4	36

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

AFC Champions League[]

02 February 2014 First qualifying round	Kuwait SC	1 – 0	Al Shorta	showKuwait City, Kuwait
16:30 GMT	Rogério de Assis Coutinho 57' Javad Nekounam 63' 72'		Cristiano 53' Innocent Awoa 65' Ahmad Fadhel 85' Qusay Munir 87' Hussein Abdul-Wahed 90+1'	Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed

AFC Cup[]

Group stage[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Qadsia	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11^[a]
Al-Hidd	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11^[a]
Al-Shorta	6	1	4	1	3	4	−1	7
Al-Wahda	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.

26 February 2014 1	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Qadsia	showAl Wakrah, Qatar
14:00 GMT	Paul Koulibaly 62' Mohammed Gassid 90+3'		Nawaf Al Mutairi 53' 64' Musaed Neda 67'	Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baqi

12 March 2014 2	Al Wahda	1 – 3	Al Shorta	showSidon, Lebanon
12:00 GMT	30' Ali Diab 47'		Amjad Kalaf 10', 59', 60' Mahdi Karim 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Saida International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Charymurat Kurbanov

18 March 2014 3	Al Hidd	0 – 0	Al Shorta	showRiffa, Bahrain
15:30 GMT	Mohammad Al Daoud 43'			Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

02 April 2014 4	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Hidd	showAl Wakrah, Qatar
15:00 GMT	Mahdi Karim 15' Hamdi Al Masri 42' Amjad Kalaf 45+3' Mohammed Gassid 81'		17'	Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh

08 April 2014 5	Al Qadsia	3 – 0	Al Shorta	showKuwait City, Kuwait
16:50 GMT	Omar Al Soma 3', 50', 74', 90+2' Khalid El Ebrahim 11' 48' Ibrahima Keita 86'		Ammar Abdul-Hussein Al-Asadi 11' Hussein Abdul-Wahed 68'	Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Timur Faizullin

22 April 2014 6	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Wahda	showAl Wakrah, Qatar
15:30 GMT	Hamdi Al Masri 90'			Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi

Last updated: 15 May 2014
Source: Al Shorta website

Player statistics[]

Iraqi Premier League[]

Position	Squad Number	Name	Goals	Assists	Total goals and assists^[4]
FW	9	Mustafa Karim	7	1	8
FW	14	Amjad Kalaf	4	4	8
DF	3	Dhirgham Ismail	4	2	6
MF	19	Ahmad Ayad	2	3	5
MF	10	Mahdi Kamel	0	4	4
DF	2	Waleed Salem	1	2	3
DF	4	Hamdi Al Masri	2	0	2
FW	7	Sherko Karim	2	0
MF	18	Mahdi Karim	2	0
FW	30	Cristiano	2	0
MF	15	Nashat Akram	1	1
FW	27		1	0	1
DF	33	Ali Bahjat	1	0
FW	17	Ammar Abdul-Hussein	0	1

AFC Cup[]

Position	Squad Number	Name	Goals	Assists	Total goals and assists^[4]
FW	14	Amjad Kalaf	2	0	2
MF	18	Mahdi Karim	1	0	1
MF	5	Hussein Abdul-Wahed	0	1	1

References[]

^ "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
^ Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Staff". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
^ "Al Shorta - Transfers 2013-14". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Al Shorta - 2013-14 Season Review". Al Shorta's website. Retrieved 2018-07-31.

External links[]

[table_hth_QAD0.67722648180892-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.

[1] "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.

[2] Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Staff". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

[3] "Al Shorta - Transfers 2013-14". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

[stats-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Al Shorta - 2013-14 Season Review". Al Shorta's website. Retrieved 2018-07-31.

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