2021–22 Al-Shorta SC season

Al-Shorta
2021–22 season
President Abdul-Halim Fahem
Head coach Moamen Soliman
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League1st
Iraq FA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Mahmoud Al-Mawas (22)
All: Mahmoud Al-Mawas (22)

The 2021–22 season was Al-Shorta's 48th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 47 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup, having finished fourth in the league in the 2020–21 season.

Under the management of Egyptian coach Moamen Soliman, Al-Shorta enjoyed one of the best league seasons in their history. Al-Shorta set a record for the earliest league title win in Iraq with seven rounds of the competition remaining, clinching the title with a 2–0 win over runners-up Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Al-Shorta also became the first club to beat all other teams in a 20-team season and the first club to win all Baghdad derbies home and away in one season.[1]

Their tally of 91 points equalled the record set by Al-Talaba in 2001–02 for most points in a 38-game season, and they set a record for the largest title-winning margin by finishing 21 points clear at the top of the table. In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Shorta were eliminated in the Round of 16 against Erbil on penalties.[2]

Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[3]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK IRQ Ahmed Basil 35 0 0 0 35 0
2 DF IRQ Khudhor Ali 1(2) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
3 DF IRQ Karrar Amer 18(6) 1 1 0 19(6) 1
4 DF IRQ Saad Natiq 28(2) 1 1 0 29(2) 1
5 DF IRQ Niaz Mohammed 9(3) 0 0(1) 0 9(4) 0
6 MF IRQ Sadeq Zamel 2(3) 0 1 0 3(3) 0
7 FW SYR Mahmoud Al-Mawas 32(3) 22 1 0 33(3) 22
8 MF IRQ Mohammed Jaffal 10(25) 3 2 0 12(25) 3
9 FW IRQ Ali Yousif 6(16) 4 0(1) 0 6(17) 4
10 FW IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra (captain) 11(7) 4 1 0 12(7) 4
11 MF IRQ Bassam Shakir 21(9) 5 1(1) 0 22(10) 5
12 GK IRQ Yassin Karim 2 0 2 0 4 0
13 MF IRQ Ali Husni 17(8) 3 1 0 18(8) 3
14 MF NIG Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 28 5 1 0 29 5
16 MF IRQ Mohammed Mezher 11(7) 0 1 0 12(7) 0
17 MF IRQ Hussein Younis 5(15) 0 0 0 5(15) 0
19 MF IRQ Mohammed Qasim Majid 19(3) 3 0 0 19(3) 3
20 DF IRQ Haidar Ali Hussein 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK IRQ Mohammed Abbas 1 0 0(1) 0 1(1) 0
22 MF IRQ Ammar Ghalib 0(8) 0 0(2) 0 0(10) 0
23 DF IRQ Waleed Salem (vice-captain) 6(3) 0 0 0 6(3) 0
24 DF IRQ Faisal Jassim 30(2) 0 1 0 31(2) 0
25 MF IRQ Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 15(13) 0 1 0 16(13) 0
26 FW IRQ Mohammed Qasim Nassif 0(2) 0 0 0 0(2) 0
27 DF IRQ Ameer Sabah 16(5) 0 0(1) 0 16(6) 0
29 FW IRQ Mohammed Dawood 22(10) 7 1 1 23(10) 8
30 MF SYR Fahd Al-Youssef 32 1 1 0 33 1
31 DF IRQ Ahmed Zeero 7(5) 1 2 0 9(5) 1
32 DF IRQ Hassan Ashour 4(1) 0 1(1) 0 5(2) 0
33 FW IRQ Hussein Sadeq 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF IRQ Mustafa Maan 22(3) 0 0 0 22(3) 0
35 MF IRQ Ali Mahdi 4(5) 0 0(1) 0 4(6) 0
36 GK IRQ Abbas Karim 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF IRQ Haidar Adel 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW IRQ Abbas Mohammed 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW IRQ Dhulfiqar Younis 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF IRQ Zaid Mahdi 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
DF IRQ Bilal Khudhair 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF IRQ Amoori Faisal 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF IRQ Atheer Salih 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF IRQ Haidar Abdul-Salam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players departed but featured this season
15 FW NGA Michael Ohanu 3(3) 0 1 0 4(3) 0
26 DF IRQ Ammar Kadhim 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 FW NGA Godwin Chika Okwara 1 0 0 0 1 0

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach: Moamen Soliman
Assistant coach: Ahmed Salah
Assistant coach: Hussein Abdul-Wahed
Fitness coach: Mazin Abdul-Sattar
Goalkeeping coach: Amrou Abdul-Salam
Technical analyst: Amrou Fathi
Team manager: Hashim Ridha

Management

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

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Kit

Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

Home
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Away
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Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
August 2021 MF Sadeq Zamel Naft Al-Wasat End of loan
August 2021 MF Mohammed Jaffal Al-Talaba -
August 2021 DF Ameer Sabah Al-Talaba -
August 2021 GK Mohammed Abbas Al-Kahrabaa -
August 2021 DF Mustafa Maan Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
August 2021 MF Abdul-Razzaq Qasim Al-Karkh -
August 2021 GK Yassin Karim Al-Minaa -
August 2021 DF Ahmed Zeero Zakho -
August 2021 FW Bassam Shakir Al-Naft -
August 2021 DF Ammar Kadhim Al-Naft -
August 2021 DF Faisal Jassim Naft Al-Wasat -
August 2021 DF Niaz Mohammed Erbil -
August 2021 DF Waleed Salem Naft Al-Wasat -
August 2021 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa -
September 2021 MF Hussein Younis Al-Minaa -
September 2021 MF Abdoul Madjid Moumouni Al-Minaa -
September 2021 FW Mahmoud Al-Mawas FC Botoșani -
September 2021 FW Michael Ohanu Kwara United $50,000
January 2022 FW Mohammed Qasim Nassif Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
January 2022 FW Godwin Chika Okwara FK Mash'al Mubarek -

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
August 2021 FW Gelmin Rivas Released
August 2021 GK Alaa Khalil Al-Talaba -
August 2021 FW Marwan Hussein Al-Naft -
August 2021 MF Amjad Attwan Al-Shamal -
August 2021 DF Alaa Mhawi Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 MF Saad Abdul-Amir Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 MF Hassan Abdul-Karim Al-Karkh -
August 2021 FW Mazin Fayyadh Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 DF Hussam Kadhim Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 MF Atheer Salih Al-Sinaa Loan
August 2021 MF Haidar Abdul-Salam Al-Minaa Loan
August 2021 DF Uday Shehab Al-Naft -
August 2021 MF Jassim Mohammed Al-Naft -
August 2021 MF Ahmed Jalal Naft Al-Basra -
September 2021 FW Murad Mohammed Naft Al-Wasat -
September 2021 GK Mohammed Hameed Al-Naft -
September 2021 DF Ali Faez Al-Qadsia -
December 2021 FW Ali Jasim Al-Kahrabaa -
January 2022 DF Ammar Kadhim Naft Al-Basra -
April 2022 FW Michael Ohanu Released
April 2022 FW Godwin Chika Okwara Released

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Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

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20 September 2021 1 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 42' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
26 September 2021 2 Al-Kahrabaa 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
12:30 GMT Mohammed Dawood 61'
Mohammed Jaffal 88'
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
15 October 2021 4 Naft Al-Basra 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Basra
16:30 GMT Haider Abdul-Rahim 8' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 53'
Fahd Al-Youssef 60'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 80'
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
21 October 2021 5 Al-Shorta 3 – 2 Zakho Baghdad
14:15 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 33'
Mohammed Qasim Majid 48'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 90+2'
Yaser Kasim 42'
Lucas Santos 47'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
25 October 2021 6 Al-Naft 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
12:00 GMT Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 56' Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium
30 October 2021 7 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Naft Al-Wasat Baghdad
15:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 38', 48'
Ahmed Zeero 78'
Didier Koré   61' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
15 November 2021 9 Al-Sinaa 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:30 GMT Mohammed Jaffal 77' Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
20 November 2021 10 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Qasim Karbala
13:00 GMT Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
17 December 2021 13 Newroz 2 – 3 Al-Shorta Sulaymaniya
11:00 GMT Diar Ali 49'
Ibrahim Mohammed 75'
Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 58'
Bilal Belmubarak 64' (o.g.)
Mohammed Dawood 76'
Stadium: Sulaymaniya Stadium
26 December 2021 15 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
13:00 GMT Faisal Jassim  29'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 62' (pen.), 72'
Ali Husni 90+2'
Nasser Al-Gahwashi 32' (pen.)
Ibrahim Naeem   59'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
10 January 2022 18 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Najaf Baghdad
13:00 GMT Ali Yousif 53' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 January 2022 19 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Diwaniya Baghdad
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 28'
Ali Husni 62'
Mohammed Jummah 12' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
8 February 2022 20 Al-Talaba 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
17:15 GMT Ali Yousif 90+2' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
14 February 2022 21 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Kahrabaa Baghdad
15:00 GMT Mustafa Ali 89' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
20 February 2022 22 Erbil 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Erbil
15:00 GMT Sherko Karim 85' Mahmoud Al-Mawas 71' Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
2 March 2022 24 Zakho 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Zakho
10:30 GMT Frank Cédric Abogo 78' Mohammed Dawood 56' Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
8 March 2022 25 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Naft Baghdad
15:30 GMT Ali Yousif 75' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 April 2022 26 Naft Al-Wasat 2 – 1 Al-Shorta Najaf
19:00 GMT Ahmed Ammar 54'
Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf 60'
Ahmed Ammar 34' (o.g.) Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
20 April 2022 27 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Sinaa Baghdad
19:00 GMT Mohammed Jaffal 90+1' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 May 2022 29 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Samarra Baghdad
19:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 37'
Bassam Shakir 45+1'
Milad Al-Omaisi 62' (o.g.)
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 May 2022 30 Naft Maysan 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Amara
19:00 GMT Alaa Khalil  60'
Akram Rahim   90+6'
Bassam Shakir 41'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 66'
Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
Note: The match was stopped for 27 minutes during the second half due to a power outage in the stadium.
21 May 2022 32 Al-Shorta 2 – 3 Newroz Baghdad
13:00 GMT Ali Yousif 8'
Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 45+1'
Aso Rostam 18', 74' (pen.)
Mohammed Sami 45+3'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
29 May 2022 33 Al-Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Karkh Baghdad
18:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 24' Ahmed Salah 52'
Mustafa Hanoon 86'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
29 June 2022 38 Al-Diwaniya 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Al-Diwaniya
14:00 GMT Anas Malik 44' Mohammed Dawood 19' Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Al-Diwaniya 2–1 1–1
Al-Kahrabaa 0–0 2–0
Al-Karkh 1–2 1–0
Al-Minaa 3–1 1–1
Al-Naft 1–0 1–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 0–0
Al-Qasim 0–0 3–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 2–0
Al-Sinaa 1–0 1–0
Al-Talaba 1–0 1–0
Al-Zawraa 2–0 2–1
Amanat Baghdad 2–0 3–1
Erbil 2–2 1–0
Naft Al-Basra 2–0 3–1
Naft Al-Wasat 3–0 1–2
Naft Maysan 2–0 2–0
Newroz 2–3 3–2
Samarra 3–0 3–0
Zakho 3–2 1–1

Note: Al-Shorta goals listed first.

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta (C) 38 28 7 3 64 21 +43 91 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup group stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 20 10 8 50 31 +19 70 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup first qualifying round
3 Al-Talaba 38 20 9 9 54 33 +21 69
4 Al-Naft 38 16 16 6 38 20 +18 64[a]
5 Naft Al-Wasat 38 17 13 8 50 36 +14 64[a]
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. ^ a b Al-Naft finished ahead of Naft Al-Wasat on head-to-head points: Al-Naft 1–1 Naft Al-Wasat, Naft Al-Wasat 0–2 Al-Naft.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 28 7 3 64 21  +43 91 14 3 2 32 11  +21 14 4 1 32 10  +22

Source: Kooora

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAA
ResultWWDWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWWDWWDWLWWWWWLLDWWDD
Position52322211111111111111111111111111111111
Source: Kooora
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Iraq FA Cup

4 December 2021 Round of 16 Erbil 0 – 0
(4 – 3 p)
Al-Shorta Erbil
13:15 GMT Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Penalties
Kosrat Baez
Haidar Qaraman
Safin Mansour
André Castro
Ali Serhan
Mohammed Jaffal
Hassan Ashour
Ammar Ghalib
Mahmoud Al-Mawas
Alaa Abdul-Zahra

Player statistics

Iraqi Premier League

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[3]
FW 7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 22 8
FW 29 Mohammed Dawood 7 1
MF 11 Bassam Shakir 5 5
MF 14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 5 0
FW 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 4 1
FW 9 Ali Yousif 4 0
MF 19 Mohammed Qasim Majid 3 7
MF 13 Ali Husni 3 3
MF 8 Mohammed Jaffal 3 2
MF 30 Fahd Al-Youssef 1 6
DF 4 Saad Natiq 1 1
DF 3 Karrar Amer 1 0
DF 31 Ahmed Zeero 1 0
DF 27 Ameer Sabah 0 5
MF 16 Mohammed Mezher 0 2
DF 34 Mustafa Maan 0 2
FW 15 Michael Ohanu 0 1

Iraq FA Cup

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[3]
FW 29 Mohammed Dawood 1 0

References

  1. ^ Al-Shorta SC Official Website
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2021-2022". Al-Shorta SC. 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – First Team Squad". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  5. ^ Al-Shorta SC Official Website - Results
  6. ^ Goalzz.com