2014–15 Al-Shorta SC season

Al Shorta
2014–15 season
President	Ayad Bunyan (until 8 February); Riyadh Abdul-Abbas (from 8 February onwards)
Manager	Mohamed Youssef (until 2 May); Thair Jassam (from 2 May onwards)
Ground	Al Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League	3rd
AFC Cup	Round of 16
Tournament for the Armed Forces	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marwan Hussein (15); All: Marwan Hussein (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was Al Shorta's 41st season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 41 editions of the competition. Al Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the AFC Cup.

They entered this season on the back of two successful seasons for the club. The 2012–13 season saw them win both the Baghdad Cup^[1] and the Iraqi Premier League^[2] and the 2013–14 season saw them top the Iraqi Premier League standings again.^[3]

This season was not as successful as Al Shorta finished in third place in the league. They started the season brilliantly by storming to first place in Group 2 with 40 points from a possible 48, but they were knocked out at the final stage after replacing Egyptian coach Mohamed Youssef with former manager Thair Jassam, finishing three points behind Naft Al Wasat (who reached the final and went on to win the league) in Group 1. Al Shorta were awarded a 3–0 win over Al Minaa in the third place match as Al Minaa did not turn up to the game, so Al Shorta finished in third.

In the AFC Cup, Al Shorta topped their group, reaching the knockout stage for the first time in their history. However, they were eliminated by Al Kuwait in the round of 16.

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
1	GK	IRQ
2	DF	IRQ	Waleed Salem
3	DF	IRQ	Ali Bahjat
4	DF	SYR	Hamdi Al Masri
5	MF	IRQ	Hussein Abdul-Wahed (vice-captain)
6	DF	IRQ	Karrar Mohammed
8	FW	IRQ	Ammar Abdul-Hussein
9	MF	IRQ	Mahdi Kamel
10	FW	IRQ	Marwan Hussein
11	DF	IRQ	Dhirgham Ismail (3rd captain)
12	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Gassid
13	FW	BRA	Caion
14	FW	IRQ	Amjad Kalaf (captain)
16	MF	IRQ
17	FW	IRQ	Alaa Abdul-Zahra
18	MF	IRQ	Mahdi Karim


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	IRQ	Ahmad Ayad
20	FW	IRQ
21	GK	IRQ	Ahmed Basil
22	DF	CMR	Innocent Awoa
23	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Hameed
24	MF	IRQ	Muthana Khalid
25	MF	IRQ
26	FW	IRQ	Mohanad Ali
27	MF	IRQ
28	MF	CMR	Makadji Boukar
29	DF	IRQ
31	DF	IRQ	Salam Shakir
32	MF	IRQ
33	MF	IRQ
34	FW	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
35	MF	IRQ	Ahmad Fadhel (at Amanat Baghdad until the end of the 2014-15 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
7	FW	IRQ	Sherko Karim
15	MF	IRQ	Nashat Akram

Personnel[]

Technical Staff[]

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Thair Jassam
Assistant manager:	Karim Nafea
Director of football:	Hashim Ridha
Fitness coach:	Anderson Nicolau
Fitness coach:	Walid Juma
Goalkeeping coach:	Ibrahim Salem
Physiotherapist:	Tonello Marilia

Management[]

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Riyadh Abdul-Abbas
Vice-president:	Mahdi Shuai
Member of the Board:	Ali Abdul-Zahra
Member of the Board:	Adnan Akbar Ali
Member of the Board:	Khalid Abdul-Nabi
Member of the Board:	Ghazi Faisal
Member of the Board:	Faiz Abdul-Hassan
Member of the Board:	Raad Ramadan
Female Member of the Board:	Adara Abdul-Amir Abbas

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Kit[]

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Royal Arena Sport

Home

Home alt.

Away

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
July 2014	DF	Karrar Mohammed	Najaf FC	-
July 2014	FW	Marwan Hussein	Al Zawraa	-
July 2014	MF		Al Masafi	Return from loan
July 2014	Manager	Mohamed Youssef	Free agent	-
July 2014	Assistant Manager		Free agent	-
July 2014	MF	Muthana Khalid	Arbil FC	-
July 2014	GK	Ahmed Basil		-
August 2014	GK		Najaf FC	-
August 2014	MF	Makadji Boukar	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	-
August 2014	FW	Caion	Free agent	-
August 2014	MF	Nashat Akram	Free agent	-
September 2014	DF	Salam Shakir	Free agent	-
September 2014	FW	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Free agent	-
May 2015	Manager	Thair Jassam	Free agent	-
May 2015	Goalkeeping Coach	Emad Hashim	Iraq	Loan
June 2015	Goalkeeping Coach	Ibrahim Salem	Free agent	-

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
June 2014	Manager	Lorival Santos		Released
June 2014	FW	Cristiano		Released
July 2014	GK			Released
July 2014	GK			Released
July 2014	DF			Released
July 2014	MF			Released
July 2014	FW	Mustafa Karim	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	-
July 2014	MF	Qusay Munir		Released
July 2014	DF			Released
July 2014	MF	Ahmad Fadhel	Amanat Baghdad	Loan
November 2014	MF	Nashat Akram		Released
February 2015	FW	Sherko Karim	Grasshopper Club Zürich	-
May 2015	Manager	Mohamed Youssef		Released
May 2015	Goalkeeping Coach			Released
June 2015	Goalkeeping Coach	Emad Hashim	Iraq	End of loan
June 2015	DF	Innocent Awoa		Released
June 2015	MF	Makadji Boukar		Released
June 2015	FW	Caion		Released

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Competitions[]

Iraqi Premier League[]

First Stage (Group 2)[]

19 October 2014 1	Al Shorta	2 – 0	Najaf FC	Baghdad
12:15 GMT	Marwan Hussein 62' Dhirgham Ismail 72'			Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

25 October 2014 2	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Al Talaba	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 62'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

01 December 2014 3	Al Hedood	0 – 2	Al Shorta	Baghdad
12:00 GMT			Alaa Abdul-Zahra 3' Makadji Boukar Dhirgham Ismail 65'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

07 December 2014 4	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Naft	Baghdad
11:30 GMT				Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

03 February 2015 5	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Al Minaa	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Caion 25' Salam Shakir 49'		Hussein Ali Wahid 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

06 February 2015 6	Amanat Baghdad	0 – 2	Al Shorta	Baghdad
11:30 GMT			Dhirgham Ismail 62' (pen.) 90+1'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

10 February 2015 7	Al Minaa	0 – 2	Al Shorta	Basra
11:30 GMT			Alaa Abdul-Zahra 8' Dhirgham Ismail 70'	Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

14 February 2015 8	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 19', 68' Mohammed Gassid 77'		82' (pen.) Ahmad Fadhel 90+3'	Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium

19 February 2015 9	Naft Maysan	0 – 3	Al Shorta	Amarah
11:30 GMT			Mahdi Kamel 8' Marwan Hussein 23', 37'	Stadium:

01 March 2015 10	Najaf FC	0 – 0	Al Shorta	Najaf
11:30 GMT				Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium

05 March 2015 11	Al Talaba	1 – 2	Al Shorta	Baghdad
12:30 GMT	Ali Salah 44'		Marwan Hussein 10', 22'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

04 April 2015 12	Al Shorta	3 – 0	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
12:30 GMT	Marwan Hussein 60' Ammar Abdul-Hussein 83' 90'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

08 April 2015 13	Al Shorta	4 – 0	Al Hedood	Baghdad
12:30 GMT	Marwan Hussein 33' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 46' Mahdi Kamel 74' Dhirgham Ismail 84'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

19 April 2015 14	Duhok FC	2 – 2	Al Shorta	Duhok
13:00 GMT	20' 81'		Marwan Hussein 15' Karrar Mohammed 64'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium

23 April 2015 15	Al Naft	2 – 2	Al Shorta	Baghdad
13:00 GMT	Mustafa Jawda 12' Abbas Rehema 74'		Karrar Mohammed 45' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 45+1' Dhirgham Ismail 79' (pen.) Marwan Hussein 90+4'	Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

05 May 2015 16	Al Shorta	3 – 0 (w/o)	Duhok FC	Baghdad
13:00 GMT				Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium
Note: Al Shorta were awarded a 3–0 victory after Duhok FC failed to turn up for the game.

Final Stage (Group 1)[]

17 May 2015 1	Al Zawraa	1 – 4	Al Shorta	Baghdad
16:00 GMT	4' Haidar Abdul-Amir 31' Ali Raheem 40'		Marwan Hussein 45+2', 62', 77' Dhirgham Ismail 79'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

22 May 2015 2	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
14:00 GMT	Hamdi Al Masri 90+1'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

16 June 2015 3	Naft Al Wasat	1 – 0	Al Shorta	Najaf
13:40 GMT	36'			Stadium: An Najaf Stadium

21 June 2015 4	Al Shorta	4 – 1	Al Zawraa	Baghdad
19:00 GMT	Dhirgham Ismail 23' Marwan Hussein 37', 46', 49'		59' (pen.) Alaa Gatea 78'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

27 June 2015 5	Amanat Baghdad	0 – 1	Al Shorta	Baghdad
19:00 GMT	Ahmad Fadhel 83'		Ahmad Ayad 4' Waleed Salem 65'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

03 July 2015 6	Al Shorta	0 – 2	Naft Al Wasat	Baghdad
19:00 GMT			43' 90+5'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Third Place Match[]

10 July 2015 Third place match	Al Minaa	0 – 3 (w/o)	Al Shorta	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.

AFC Cup[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shorta	6	2	3	1	14	7	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Jazeera	6	2	3	1	6	7	−1	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Taraji Wadi Al-Nes	6	1	3	2	6	11	−5	6
4	Al-Hidd	6	0	5	1	6	7	−1	5

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 February 2015 1	Al Shorta	2 – 2	Al Hidd	Doha, Qatar
15:00 GMT	Waleed Salem 2' (pen.) Amjad Kalaf 13', 24' Salam Shakir 35' Ali Bahjat 67'		Rico 28' Mohammad Al Daoud 41' 44' 45+1'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

10 March 2015 2	Al Jazeera	1 – 1	Al Shorta	Amman, Jordan
15:00 GMT	Jehad Al Baour 5' Franco Alves 12' 85'		Mahdi Karim 7' (pen.) Alaa Abdul-Zahra 22' Caion 88'	Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: (Syria)

17 March 2015 3	Al Shorta	6 – 2	Taraji Wadi Al Nes	Doha, Qatar
15:00 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 20', 35' Amjad Kalaf 34' Marwan Hussein 45+1', 90+1' Mahdi Karim 47' Dhirgham Ismail 63'		Fadi Zidan 39', 40', 86'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: (Kyrgyzstan)

14 April 2015 4	Taraji Wadi Al Nes	1 – 0	Al Shorta	Al-Ram, Palestine
14:00 GMT	45+1' 83' 85'		Salam Shaker 90'	Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

28 April 2015 5	Al Hidd	1 – 1	Al Shorta	Riffa, Bahrain
15:30 GMT	51' 77' 90'		Makadji Boukar 82' Ali Bahjat 88'	Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: (Kuwait)

12 May 2015 6	Al Shorta	4 – 0	Al Jazeera	Doha, Qatar
15:45 GMT	Marwan Hussein 19', 53' Hamdi Al Masri 42' Caion 50' 76' (o.g.)			Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Knockout phase[]

Round of 16[]

27 May 2015 Round of 16	Al Shorta	0 – 2	Kuwait SC	Doha, Qatar
16:00 GMT	Dhirgham Ismail 8' Hussein Abdul-Wahed 71' Mohammed Gassid 79'		58' Abdullah Al Buraiki 80' (pen.) Rogério 90+4'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Attendance: 165 Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Basketball[]

Al Shorta won the Iraqi Division I Basketball League for the first time since 1997 by defeating Al Karkh in the final. The first leg of the final ended in a 66–65 win, the second ended in a 75–70 loss and the final leg ended in a 90–89 win thanks to a 3-pointer right at the end of the game from DeAndre Rice.

References[]

^ "Al Shorta - Baghdad Cup 2013 Champions". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
^ "Iraqi League 2012/2013". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
^ "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
^ Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
^ "Al Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

External links[]

[1] "Al Shorta - Baghdad Cup 2013 Champions". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

[2] "Iraqi League 2012/2013". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.

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

[4] Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

[5] "Al Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

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