2024–25 Al-Shorta SC season

Al-Shorta
2024–25 season
PresidentAbdul-Halim Fahem
Head coachAhmed Salah (until 8 December)
Hussein Abdul-Wahed (Caretaker) (from 8 December until 3 January)
Mohamed Azima (from 7 January until 10 March)
Munir Jaber (Caretaker) (from 10 March until 17 March)
Moamen Soliman (from 17 March onwards)
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraq Stars League1st
Iraq FA CupQuarter-finals
AFC Champions League EliteLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mohanad Ali (27)
All: Mohanad Ali (28)
Asian home colours

The 2024–25 season is Al-Shorta's 51st season in the Iraq Stars League, having featured in all 50 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta are participating in the Iraq Stars League and the Iraq FA Cup as defending champions of both competitions.[1] Al-Shorta are also competing in the AFC Champions League Elite, the premier club tournament in Asia.[2]

Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[3]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Stars League FA Cup ACL Elite Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK IRQ Ahmed Basil (vice-captain) 34 0 1 0 7 0 42 0
4 DF IRQ Manaf Younis 15(7) 0 1 0 6(1) 0 22(8) 0
5 MF IRQ Rewan Amin 15(7) 2 1 0 1(2) 1 17(9) 3
6 MF IRQ Sajjad Jassim 26(6) 5 0(1) 1 3(2) 1 29(9) 7
7 FW SYR Mahmoud Al-Mawas 31(4) 12 0(1) 0 5(3) 1 36(8) 13
8 DF IRQ Akam Hashim 30(3) 0 0 0 3 0 33(3) 0
9 MF IRQ Hussein Ali 34(4) 2 1 0 7(1) 0 42(5) 2
10 FW IRQ Ahmed Farhan 7(21) 0 1 0 2(1) 0 10(22) 0
11 MF IRQ Bassam Shakir 26(10) 2 0(1) 0 2(4) 0 28(15) 2
12 DF IRQ Hassan Raed 7(4) 0 0 0 1 0 8(4) 0
14 MF NIG Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 20(3) 1 0 0 6 0 26(3) 1
15 DF IRQ Ahmed Yahya 29(1) 3 1 0 8 0 38(1) 3
17 MF TUN Ayoub Ben Mcharek 5(6) 3 1 0 0 0 6(6) 3
18 FW IRQ Mohanad Ali (captain) 31(3) 27 1 0 6(2) 1 38(5) 28
21 GK IRQ Hassan Ahmed 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
22 GK IRQ Mohammed Karim 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF MAR Ayoub Mouddane (on loan) 16(1) 2 1 0 2 0 19(1) 2
24 DF IRQ Faisal Jassim 11(3) 0 0 0 3(2) 0 14(5) 0
25 MF IRQ Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 11(10) 1 0 0 4(2) 0 15(12) 1
27 DF IRQ Ameer Sabah 27(2) 0 0 0 5(3) 0 32(5) 0
28 FW BRA Lucas Santos 4(23) 5 0 0 0(4) 1 4(27) 6
29 FW IRQ Mohammed Dawood 9(19) 5 0 0 5(2) 1 14(21) 6
30 MF SYR Fahd Al-Youssef 13(11) 0 1 0 7(1) 1 21(12) 1
31 DF IRQ Ahmed Zeero 5(3) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 6(4) 0
36 DF CMR Salomon Banga 5(4) 0 0(1) 0 4(1) 0 9(6) 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
GK IRQ Abbas Karim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF IRQ Ammar Ghalib 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF IRQ Atheer Salih 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW IRQ Dhulfiqar Younis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players departed but featured this season
19 MF JOR Mohammad Abu Zrayq 2(4) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 2(5) 1
20 MF SEN Idrissa Niang 0(6) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(7) 0

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach: Moamen Soliman
Assistant coach: Amrou Fathi
Fitness coach: Haidar Abdul-Qadir
Goalkeeping coach: Essam Saber
Technical analyst: Moataz Abdul-Haseeb
Physiotherapist: Tonello Marilia
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 Bahar Al-Uloom
Member of the Board: Tahseen Al-Yassri

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Kit

Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

Home
Home (Asia)
Away
Away (Asia)

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2024 DF Hassan Raed Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
July 2024 DF Akam Hashim Erbil -
July 2024 MF Mohammad Abu Zrayq Al-Wehdat -
August 2024 MF Rewan Amin Duhok -
August 2024 DF Djamel Benlamri MC Alger -
September 2024 GK Hassan Ahmed Al-Talaba -
January 2025 DF Ayoub Mouddane FUS Rabat Loan
February 2025 MF Ayoub Ben Mcharek US Ben Guerdane -

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
July 2024 DF Karrar Amer Al-Nasr -
August 2024 GK Yassin Karim Al-Talaba -
August 2024 MF Ali Husni Al-Karma -
August 2024 MF Mohammed Mezher Al-Karma -
August 2024 MF Ousmane Coumbassa Released
August 2024 MF Zidane Abdul-Jabbar Al-Najaf -
August 2024 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Minaa -
August 2024 MF Atheer Salih Al-Hudood Loan
September 2024 GK Abbas Karim Al-Minaa Loan
September 2024 FW Aso Rostam Newroz -
September 2024 DF Djamel Benlamri Released
January 2025 MF Mohammad Abu Zrayq Al-Hussein -
January 2025 MF Idrissa Niang Al-Talaba -

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Competitions

Iraq Stars League

[5][6]

21 September 2024 1 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Karma Baghdad
18:15 GMT Hussein Ali 30'
Lucas Santos 46'
Mohammed Adnan 33'
Abbas Qasim 88'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
26 September 2024 2 Diyala 0 – 6 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 14', 35', 45+1'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 76', 90+1'
Mohammed Dawood 90+4'
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
5 October 2024 3 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
17:00 GMT Mohammed Dawood 90+2' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 October 2024 5 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Qasim Baghdad
16:45 GMT Mohanad Ali 48'
Lucas Santos 74'
Al-Harith Hatem 37', 90+4' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
7 December 2024 7 Al-Shorta 0 – 1 Zakho Baghdad
14:15 GMT Gustavo Henrique 58' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 December 2024 8 Al-Karkh 1 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:00 GMT Christ Kouvouama 38' Lucas Santos 66'
Sajjad Jassim 90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium
16 December 2024 9 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Duhok Baghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
29 December 2024 11 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
14:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 76' Mujtaba Ali 90+3' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 January 2025 12 Al-Shorta 4 – 1 Erbil Baghdad
13:00 GMT Mohanad Ali 16', 47', 51'
Lucas Santos 80'
Youssef Ben Souda 66'
Omar Jengi   75'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
10 January 2025 13 Al-Najaf 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Najaf
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
14 January 2025 14 Al-Shorta 3 – 3 Naft Maysan Baghdad
14:00 GMT Sajjad Jassim 44'
Manaf Younis   52'
Mohanad Ali 66', 77'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 83'
Salomon Banga   90+7'
Sajjad Jabbar 20'
Daouda Diémé 57' (pen.)
Alaa Saad 90+9' (pen.)
Mohammed Salam  90+14'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
24 January 2025 16 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Newroz Baghdad
16:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 78'
Wael Ben Othmane 88' (o.g.)
Manaf Younis  90+9'
Marwan Hussein 35'
Gatoch Panom 90+10'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
8 February 2025 18 Al-Zawraa 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
16:30 GMT Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
4 March 2025 20 Al-Talaba 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
19:30 GMT Karrar Amer   84' Mohanad Ali 45+3'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 90+1' (pen.)
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
9 March 2025 21 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Karbala Baghdad
20:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 15'
Ayoub Mouddane 44',  86'
Rewan Amin 75', 79'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
13 March 2025 22 Naft Maysan 0 – 4 Al-Shorta Maysan
18:15 GMT Mohanad Ali 32' (pen.), 53', 58'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 74'
Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
30 March 2025 23 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad
20:30 GMT Ayoub Ben Mcharek 11'
Ruslan Hanoon 28' (o.g.)
Hamoud Mishaan 65' (o.g.)
Mohanad Ali 68'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 April 2025 24 Zakho 2 – 0 Al-Shorta Zakho
18:00 GMT Echeta Ugonna Deputy 20'
Amjad Attwan 90+8'
Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
8 April 2025 25 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Naft Al-Basra Baghdad
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 7'
Hussein Ali 19'
Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 90+2'
Hassan Dakhel 81' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
12 April 2025 26 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Najaf Baghdad
16:30 GMT Sajjad Jassim 2' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
17 April 2025 27 Al-Minaa 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Basra
16:30 GMT Ayoub Mouddane   45+1'
Haider Salem 80' (o.g.)
Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium
22 April 2025 28 Al-Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa Baghdad
16:30 GMT Murad Mohammed 74' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 April 2025 29 Erbil 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Erbil
16:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 3', 66' (pen.) Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
8 May 2025 31 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Karkh Baghdad
17:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 10' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
13 May 2025 32 Al-Karma 0 – 4 Al-Shorta Ramadi
17:30 GMT Bassam Shakir 38'
Mohanad Ali 62', 77'
Ahmed Yahya 90+4'
Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium
18 May 2025 33 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Diyala Baghdad
17:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 90+3' Hussein Younis  56'
Nathaniel Nangolo  90+10'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
24 May 2025 34 Duhok 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Duhok
17:00 GMT Peter Gwargis 90+5' (pen.) Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 11'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 27'
Ayoub Mouddane 42'
Stadium: Duhok Stadium
15 June 2025 35 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Al-Naft Baghdad
15:00 GMT Sajjad Jassim 45+2' (pen.)
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 70'
Ayoub Ben Mcharek 79', 86'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
20 June 2025 36 Naft Al-Basra 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Basra
17:00 GMT Hassan Dakhel 47' Ahmed Yahya 35'
Mohanad Ali 58'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 80'
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
25 June 2025 37 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Al-Hudood Baghdad
18:00 GMT Bassam Shakir 35'
Mohammed Dawood 45+5'
Lucas Santos 82'
Saif Kareem 48' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
2 July 2025 38 Al-Qasim 2 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
16:00 GMT Haider Abdul-Rahim 87'
Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf 90+8'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 15' (pen.)
Mohammed Dawood 73'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Al-Hudood 3–1 1–0
Al-Kahrabaa 2–0 1–0
Al-Karkh 1–0 2–1
Al-Karma 2–2 4–0
Al-Minaa 1–1 1–0
Al-Naft 4–0 2–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 0–0
Al-Qasim 2–2 2–2
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–0 2–1
Al-Talaba 1–0 2–0
Al-Zawraa 0–1 0–0
Diyala 1–0 6–0
Duhok 0–0 3–1
Erbil 4–1 2–0
Karbala 4–0 1–0
Naft Al-Basra 3–1 3–1
Naft Maysan 3–3 4–0
Newroz 2–2 1–0
Zakho 0–1 0–2

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 26 9 3 75 23 +52 87 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Al-Zawraa 38 23 8 7 56 28 +28 77 Possible qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage[a]
3 Zakho 38 20 11 7 57 25 +32 71 Possible qualification for the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage[b]
4 Al-Talaba 38 18 9 11 40 27 +13 63
5 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 17 9 12 51 43 +8 60
Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of wins.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ If Zakho do not win the 2024–25 Iraq FA Cup, the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stage spot will be passed to Al-Zawraa.
  2. ^ If Zakho win the 2024–25 Iraq FA Cup, the 2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage spot will be passed to Al-Zawraa.

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 26 9 3 75 23  +52 87 11 6 2 38 15  +23 15 3 1 37 8  +29

Source: Kooora

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWWDWLWDWDWDDWDWDWWWWWLWWWLWWWWWWWWWD
Position64111187722223222323332311122222211111
Source: Kooora
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Iraq FA Cup

AFC Champions League Elite

League stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Hilal 8 7 1 0 26 7 +19 22 Round of 16
2 Al-Ahli 8 7 1 0 21 8 +13 22
3 Al-Nassr 8 5 2 1 17 6 +11 17
4 Al-Sadd 8 3 3 2 10 9 +1 12
5 Al Wasl 8 3 2 3 8 12 −4 11
6 Esteghlal 8 2 3 3 8 9 −1 9
7 Al-Rayyan 8 2 2 4 8 12 −4 8
8 Pakhtakor 8 1 4 3 4 6 −2 7
9 Persepolis 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 7
10 Al-Gharafa 8 2 1 5 10 18 −8 7
11 Al-Shorta 8 1 3 4 7 17 −10 6
12 Al Ain 8 0 2 6 11 22 −11 2

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16 September 2024 1 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Nassr Baghdad, Iraq
16:00 GMT Mohammed Dawood 24' Sultan Al-Ghannam 14' Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali
21 October 2024 3 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Pakhtakor Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
Referee: Ma Ling
4 November 2024 4 Al-Ahli 5 – 1 Al-Shorta Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
16:00 GMT Franck Kessié 25'
Roberto Firmino 14', 45+5'
Firas Al-Buraikan 53'
Riyad Mahrez 61', 65'
Sajjad Jassim 29' Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Stadium
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi
26 November 2024 5 Al-Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Wasl Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT Fahd Al-Youssef 50' Jonatas Santos 14'
Fábio Lima 64' (pen.)
Nicolás Giménez 90+2' (pen.)
Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
Referee: Yusuke Araki
2 December 2024 6 Persepolis 2 – 1 Al-Shorta Doha, Qatar
14:00 GMT Oston Urunov 89'
Giorgi Gvelesiani 90+13' (pen.)
Mohanad Ali 19'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 90+9'
Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Referee: Kim Dae-yong
3 February 2025 7 Esteghlal 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Tehran, Iran
16:00 GMT Joel Kojo 4' Rewan Amin 49' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi
17 February 2025 8 Al-Shorta 2 – 0 Al-Ain Baghdad, Iraq
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 50'
Lucas Santos 90+4'
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

Player statistics

Iraq Stars League

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[3]
FW 18 Mohanad Ali 27 1
FW 7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 12 15
MF 6 Sajjad Jassim 5 2
FW 29 Mohammed Dawood 5 2
FW 28 Lucas Santos 5 0
DF 15 Ahmed Yahya 3 3
MF 17 Ayoub Ben Mcharek 3 2
MF 9 Hussein Ali 2 9
MF 11 Bassam Shakir 2 2
DF 23 Ayoub Mouddane 2 2
MF 5 Rewan Amin 2 0
MF 14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 1 1
MF 25 Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 1 1
MF 19 Mohammad Abu Zrayq 1 0
DF 27 Ameer Sabah 0 5
FW 10 Ahmed Farhan 0 4
MF 30 Fahd Al-Youssef 0 2
DF 36 Salomon Banga 0 1

Iraq FA Cup

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[3]
MF 6 Sajjad Jassim 1 0

AFC Champions League Elite

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[3]
FW 7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 1 2
FW 29 Mohammed Dawood 1 1
MF 5 Rewan Amin 1 0
MF 6 Sajjad Jassim 1 0
FW 18 Mohanad Ali 1 0
FW 28 Lucas Santos 1 0
MF 30 Fahd Al-Youssef 1 0
MF 9 Hussein Ali 0 1
FW 10 Ahmed Farhan 0 1
DF 23 Ayoub Mouddane 0 1

References

  1. ^ Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – History". Al-Shorta SC Official Website - History. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  2. ^ "Preliminary battles to kick-start #ACLElite 2024/25". Asian Football Confederation. 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2023-2024". Al-Shorta SC. 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – First Team Squad". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  5. ^ "Results". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ "دوري نجوم العراق 2024/2025" (in Arabic). Kooora. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  7. ^ "AFC Champions League Elite - Fixtures & Standings". the-afc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.