2020–21 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Shorta's 47th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 46 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League, the Iraq FA Cup and the AFC Champions League, having won the league title in the 2018–19 season (the 2019–20 league season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Al-Shorta were unable to defend their league title as they ended the season in fourth place, while they reached the semi-finals of the Iraq FA Cup and were eliminated from the AFC Champions League group stages.[1][2]

Al-Shorta
2020–21 season
President Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Manager Abdul-Ghani Shahad (until 9 November)
Haitham Al-Shaboul (Caretaker) (from 9 November to 8 December)
Aleksandar Ilić (from 9 December onwards)
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League4th
Iraq FA CupSemi-finals
2020 ACLGroup stage
2021 ACLGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Amjad Attwan (12)
All: Amjad Attwan (13)

Squad

Numbers in parenthesis denote appearances as substitute.[3]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup 2020 ACL 2021 ACL Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IRQ Ahmed Basil 23 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 32 0
2 DF  IRQ Uday Shehab 2(1) 0 3 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5(2) 0
3 DF  IRQ Karrar Amer 18(4) 1 2 0 3 0 4 0 27(4) 1
4 DF  IRQ Saad Natiq 28(1) 7 0 0 3 1 6 0 37(1) 8
5 DF  IRQ Ali Faez 29 3 0 0 3 0 5 0 37 3
6 MF  SYR Fahd Al-Youssef 17(1) 1 3 1 0 0 6 1 26(1) 3
7 MF  IRQ Amjad Attwan 32(1) 12 0 0 0 0 5(1) 1 37(2) 13
8 MF  IRQ Murad Mohammed 16(10) 2 3(1) 2 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 19(13) 4
9 FW  VEN Gelmin Rivas 6(3) 6 1(2) 0 0 0 1(2) 0 8(7) 6
10 FW  IRQ Marwan Hussein 4(11) 2 1(2) 0 2(1) 0 0 0 7(14) 2
11 MF  IRQ Ahmed Jalal 6(7) 0 1 2 1(2) 0 0 0 8(9) 2
13 MF  IRQ Ali Husni 9(10) 1 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 11(11) 1
14 FW  IRQ Mazin Fayyadh 24(5) 2 2 0 3 2 4(2) 0 33(7) 4
15 DF  IRQ Khudhor Ali 18(13) 0 4 0 1(2) 0 4(1) 0 27(16) 0
16 MF  IRQ Mohammed Mezher 3(2) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6(2) 0
17 DF  IRQ Alaa Mhawi 23(4) 4 0 0 2 0 4 0 29(4) 4
19 MF  IRQ Mohammed Qasim Majid 29(3) 6 0 0 1 0 3(1) 0 33(4) 6
20 GK  IRQ Mohammed Hameed (captain) 15(1) 0 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 17(2) 0
22 DF  IRQ Hussam Kadhim 20(7) 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 29(7) 0
25 MF  IRQ Saad Abdul-Amir (vice-captain) 32 3 4 0 3 0 6 0 45 3
26 FW  IRQ Ammar Ghalib 0(7) 1 0(4) 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0(13) 1
28 FW  IRQ Ali Yousif 1(7) 0 2(1) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 3(9) 1
29 FW  IRQ Mohammed Dawood 13(3) 3 0 0 0 0 5(1) 1 18(4) 4
30 GK  IRQ Alaa Khalil 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
31 FW  IRQ Ali Jassim 1(8) 0 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0 1(11) 0
32 DF  IRQ Hassan Ashour 18(5) 0 3 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 21(7) 0
33 MF  IRQ Jassim Mohammed 6(14) 0 4 1 1(1) 0 1(4) 0 12(19) 1
34 GK  IRQ Moamel Mohammed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF  IRQ Ali Mahdi 6(11) 0 1(2) 0 0 0 0(2) 0 7(15) 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
21 MF  IRQ Sadeq Zamil 0(2) 0 1 0 0(2) 0 0 0 1(4) 0
GK  IRQ Abdul-Aziz Ammar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  IRQ Bilal Khudhair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Amoori Faisal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Atheer Salih 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Haidar Abdul-Salam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Hassan Abdul-Karim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players departed but featured this season
6 MF  COL Daniel Hernández 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0
9 FW  IRQ Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 5(9) 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0 7(11) 0
24 FW  NGR Christian Osaguona 9(1) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10(1) 2
27 FW  BRA Rafael Silva 4(3) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5(3) 3
29 FW  IRQ Hussam Jadallah 1(4) 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(6) 0

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager:Aleksandar Ilić
Assistant manager:Dejan Tričković
Fitness coach:Ahmed Juma
Goalkeeping coach:Hussein Jabbar (on loan)
Technical advisor:Younis Abid Ali
Administrative director:Hashim Ridha

Management

Position Name Nationality
President:Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Financial secretary:Uday Tariq
Board secretaryAlaa Bahar Al-Uloom
Member of the Board:Sadiq Jafar
Member of the Board:Ghazi Faisal
Member of the Board:Tahseen Al-Yassri
Member of the Board:Ali Al-Shahmani
Member of the Board:Ghalib Al-Zamili
Member of the Board:Ahsan Al-Daraji

[4]

Kit

Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

Home
Away

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
June 2020 MF Ahmed Jalal Al-Zawraa -
June 2020 FW Hussam Jadallah Al-Hudood -
June 2020 DF Karrar Amer Al-Najaf -
June 2020 MF Murad Mohammed Al-Kahrabaa -
June 2020 DF Khudhor Ali Naft Al-Wasat -
June 2020 MF Jassim Mohammed Amanat Baghdad -
June 2020 FW Ali Jassim Al-Karkh -
June 2020 MF Mohammed Mezher Naft Maysan -
June 2020 DF Hassan Ashour Al-Kahrabaa -
July 2020 MF Ali Mahdi Al-Karkh -
July 2020 MF Sadeq Zamil Naft Al-Basra -
July 2020 FW Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Kazma -
July 2020 MF Mohammed Qasim Majid Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
September 2020 FW Christian Osaguona Persepolis -
October 2020 GK Moamel Mohammed Amanat Baghdad -
October 2020 MF Amjad Attwan Al-Kuwait -
October 2020 MF Daniel Hernández Deportivo Pasto -
February 2021 MF Ali Husni Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
February 2021 FW Rafael Silva Always Ready -
February 2021 FW Mohammed Dawood Al-Naft -
February 2021 DF Uday Shehab Al-Karkh -
February 2021 FW Gelmin Rivas Free agent -
February 2021 MF Fahd Al-Youssef Al-Wehdat -

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
June 2020 MF Akram Rahim Naft Maysan End of loan
June 2020 DF Manaf Younis Al-Karkh End of loan
June 2020 MF Abdul-Razzaq Qasim Al-Karkh End of loan
June 2020 FW Ali Jassim Al-Karkh End of loan
June 2020 FW Al-Hassan Saad Al-Karkh End of loan
June 2020 FW Junior Mapuku Released
June 2020 FW Diego Calderón Caicedo Released
June 2020 MF Nabeel Sabah Naft Al-Wasat -
June 2020 MF Amjad Waleed Zakho -
June 2020 DF Faisal Jassim Naft Al-Wasat -
June 2020 DF Mustafa Nadhim Amanat Baghdad -
June 2020 DF Dhurgham Ismail Al-Zawraa -
June 2020 DF Waleed Salem Zakho -
June 2020 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa -
July 2020 GK Abdul-Aziz Ammar Zakho Loan
July 2020 MF Haidar Abdul-Salam Al-Qasim Loan
July 2020 MF Atheer Salih Al-Qasim Loan
August 2020 MF Karrar Jassim Released
August 2020 MF Hassan Abdul-Karim Al-Karkh Loan
September 2020 DF Bilal Khudhair Al-Hudood Loan
October 2020 DF Karrar Mohammed Amanat Baghdad -
December 2020 MF Hadi Haidar Sokol Moscow -
January 2021 GK Abdul-Aziz Ammar Al-Karkh Loan
January 2021 MF Daniel Hernández Released
February 2021 FW Christian Osaguona Released
February 2021 MF Sadeq Zamil Naft Al-Basra Loan
February 2021 FW Hussam Jadallah Al-Naft -
February 2021 FW Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-Minaa -
June 2021 FW Rafael Silva Madura United -

[4]

Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

[5][6]

25 October 2020 1 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa Baghdad
12:00 GMT Amjad Attwan 21' Mohammed Salih 28' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
5 November 2020 3 Zakho 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Zakho
11:30 GMT Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
27 November 2020 5 Al-Diwaniya 2 – 0 Al-Shorta Diwaniya
11:00 GMT Nathan Kabasele 44'
Ali Hamed 88' (pen.)
Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium
3 December 2020 6 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Naft Al-Wasat Karbalaa
13:15 GMT Amjad Attwan 22' Sajjad Jassim 36' Stadium: Karbalaa International Stadium
13 December 2020 8 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Najaf Baghdad
16:30 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
18 December 2020 9 Naft Maysan 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Amara
11:00 GMT Nasser Hammouda 5' Saad Natiq 51' Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
23 December 2020 10 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Karkh Baghdad
17:00 GMT Alaa Mhawi 10' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 December 2020 11 Erbil 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Erbil
13:40 GMT Alaa Mhawi 77' Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Note: The match was delayed for 25 minutes due to the presence of fans in the stadium, which was not allowed due to COVID-19 restrictions.
2 January 2021 12 Al-Shorta 4 – 2 Al-Minaa Baghdad
14:00 GMT Mohammed Qasim Majid 2'
Saad Abdul-Amir 4'
Murad Mohammed 33'
Amjad Attwan 69' (pen.)
Rostand Junior M'baï 60'
Hussein Younis Nasser 90+1'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
6 January 2021 13 Al-Naft 2 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:00 GMT Mohammed Dawood 44'
Laith Tahseen 47'
Saad Natiq 17'
Mohammed Qasim Majid 80'
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Note: Al-Shorta goalkeeper Mohammed Hameed and Al-Naft goalkeeper Mustafa Saadoun both received red cards after the end of the match.
17 January 2021 14 Al-Talaba 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
17:30 GMT Saad Natiq 37' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
31 January 2021 16 Al-Hudood 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
10:00 GMT Murad Mohammed 10'
Saad Natiq 86'
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
10 February 2021 18 Naft Al-Basra 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Basra
13:15 GMT Amjad Attwan 57' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
14 February 2021 19 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Baghdad
11:00 GMT Marwan Hussein 85' Mustafa Mahmoud 78' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
24 February 2021 20 Al-Zawraa 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
17:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 89' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
1 March 2021 21 Amanat Baghdad 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:00 GMT Mohamad Kdouh 43'
Sattar Jabbar   67'
Saad Abdul-Amir 22'
Ali Faez 69'
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
5 March 2021 22 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Zakho Baghdad
13:00 GMT Rafael Silva 22'
Ali Faez 78'
Ahmed Mohammed 50' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
15 March 2021 24 Al-Shorta 5 – 0 Al-Diwaniya Baghdad
13:15 GMT Gelmin Rivas 23', 64'
Ali Faez 62'
Mohammed Al-Baqir 74' (o.g.)
Marwan Hussein 90+1'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Note: Al-Shorta defender Hassan Ashour received a red card in the 69th minute after being substituted off the field.
2 April 2021 26 Al-Shorta 7 – 0 Al-Samawa Baghdad
14:30 GMT Gelmin Rivas 18', 35'
Ali Husni 26'
Saad Natiq 55'
Rafael Silva 74'
Saad Abdul-Amir 79'
Ammar Ghalib 90+1'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
8 April 2021 27 Al-Najaf 3 – 1 Al-Shorta Najaf
17:45 GMT Kenan Adel Nima 14', 21'
Taher Hameed 35'
Rafael Silva 53' Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
Note: The match was stopped for 31 minutes during the first half due to a power outage in the stadium.
5 May 2021 28 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Naft Maysan Baghdad
19:00 GMT Amjad Attwan 41' (pen.), 65'
Mohammed Qasim Majid 56'
Akram Rahim 28' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 May 2021 31 Al-Minaa 2 – 3 Al-Shorta Basra
18:30 GMT Hussam Malik 25' (pen.)
Saif Jassim 71'
Ammar Abdul-Hussein  88'
Ahmed Khalid   90+2'
Mohammed Qasim Majid 43'
Mohammed Dawood 51'
Amjad Attwan 77', 83'
Saad Natiq   89'
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
21 June 2021 32 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Naft Baghdad
16:15 GMT Karrar Amer 40' Raad Fanar 73' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
6 July 2021 35 Al-Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Hudood Baghdad
18:30 GMT Alaa Mhawi 36' Manar Taha 46', 90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 July 2021 36 Al-Kahrabaa 0 – 3 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:00 GMT Saad Natiq 39'
Amjad Attwan 61' (pen.)
Mohammed Qasim Majid 88'
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

Iraq FA Cup

17 November 2020 Round of 32 Al-Khalis 0 – 5 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:00 GMT Ahmed Jalal 10', 69'
Jassim Mohammed 31'
Murad Mohammed 65', 72'
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
25 March 2021 Round of 16 Al-Shorta 0 – 0
(8 – 7 p)
Amanat Baghdad Karbalaa
14:30 GMT Stadium: Karbalaa International Stadium
Penalties
Fahd Al-Youssef
Gelmin Rivas
Khudhor Ali
Saad Abdul-Amir
Murad Mohammed
Mohammed Hameed
Ammar Ghalib
Karrar Amer
Hussam Kadhim
Jabbar Kareem
Sadia Oliver
Mohanad Arzeij
Mohammed Salam
Aymen Rzaiej
Samuel Iko
Ali Hussein
Sattar Jabbar
Milad Falah
4 June 2021 Quarter-finals Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
17:00 GMT Ali Yousif 27'
Fahd Al-Youssef 31'
Saif Jassim 34' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

2020 AFC Champions League

[5][7]

Group stage

Al-Shorta's first two group stage games were played in the 2019–20 season before the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Ahli 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 6 Round of 16
2 Esteghlal 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5
3 Al-Shorta 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
4 Al-Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[lower-alpha 1]
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Al-Wahda were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to several team members testing positive for COVID-19.[8] They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[9]

14 September 2020 3 Al-Ahli 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Doha, Qatar
15:00 GMT Marko Marin 87' Alaa Mhawi  25'  45+1' Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla
17 September 2020 4 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Ahli Doha, Qatar
15:00 GMT Saad Natiq 14'
Mazin Fayyadh 65'
Mohammed Al-Majhad 56' Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov

2021 AFC Champions League

[10]

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Esteghlal 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11 Round of 16
2 Al-Duhail 6 2 3 1 11 9 +2 9
3 Al-Ahli (H) 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
4 Al-Shorta 6 1 0 5 3 12 9 3
Source: AFC
(H) Host

18 April 2021 2 Al-Shorta 0 – 3 Esteghlal Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 GMT Hussam Kadhim  11' Mohammad Naderi 44'
Farshid Esmaeili 55'
Cheick Diabaté 65'
Stadium: Sports Hall
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini

References

  1. Al-Shorta SC Website
  2. Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Overview of History". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  3. "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2020-2021". Al-Shorta SC. 14 September 2020.
  4. Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  5. Al-Shorta SC Website
  6. Goalzz.com
  7. Goalzz.com
  8. "Al Wahda unable to travel to AFC Champions League (West)". Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2020.
  9. "AFC COVID-19 Sub Committee's decision on Al Wahda". Asian Football Confederation. 14 September 2020.
  10. Goalzz.com 2021 ACL
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