2014–15 Al-Shorta SC season

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.

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)
GroundAl Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League3rd
AFC CupRound of 16
Tournament for the Armed ForcesSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Marwan Hussein (15)
All: Marwan Hussein (19)

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 Saif Jameel
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 Haider Salim
17 FW  IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra
18 MF  IRQ Mahdi Karim
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  IRQ Ahmad Ayad
20 FW  IRQ Akram Jassim
21 GK  IRQ Ahmed Basil
22 DF  CMR Innocent Awoa
23 GK  IRQ Mohammed Hameed
24 MF  IRQ Muthana Khalid
25 MF  IRQ Murtadha Hudaib
26 FW  IRQ Mohanad Ali
27 MF  IRQ Mohammed Hadi
28 MF  CMR Makadji Boukar
29 DF  IRQ Ahmed Fakhir
31 DF  IRQ Salam Shakir
32 MF  IRQ Hamza Hassan
33 MF  IRQ Mustafa Mohsin
34 FW  IRQ Saif Ahmed
— MF  IRQ Haider Muthanna

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

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Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2014 DF Karrar Mohammed Najaf FC -
July 2014 FW Marwan Hussein Al Zawraa -
July 2014 MF Haider Salim Al Masafi Return from loan
July 2014 Manager Mohamed Youssef Free agent -
July 2014 Assistant Manager Karim Nafea Free agent -
July 2014 MF Muthana Khalid Arbil FC -
July 2014 GK Ahmed Basil Al Oloom Technology -
August 2014 GK Saif Jameel 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 Nebras Salman Released
July 2014 GK Amjed Salem Released
July 2014 DF Ahmed Hassan Released
July 2014 MF Husain Abdullah Released
July 2014 FW Mustafa Karim Al Quwa Al Jawiya -
July 2014 MF Qusay Munir Released
July 2014 DF Kassim Zidan 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 Marquinhos Domingues 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
Main article: 2014–15 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.)
Akram Jassim 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'		 Mohammad Fawzi 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: Al-Maimuna 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'
Akram Jassim 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 Zyad Ahmed 20'
Muhammed Zuhair 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 Ashraf Abdulkarim  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 Faris Hassoun 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'		 Ali Saad 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 Faris Hassoun 43'
Said Mohsen 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
Main article: 2015 AFC Cup

Group stage
Main article: 2015 AFC Cup group stage § Group B
Pos Team 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
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'
Ali Bureshaid  44'
Jassim Ayyash 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'
Mohannad Alsouliman  85'		 Mahdi Karim 7' (pen.)
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  22'
Caion  88'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (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: Timur (Kyrgyzstan)
14 April 2015 4 Taraji Wadi Al Nes 1 – 0 Al Shorta Al-Ram, Palestine
14:00 GMT Jehad Hammad  45+1'
Sameeh Yousef Abuhammad 83'
Hasan Abuhammad  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 Abbas Ahmed  51'
Ifedayo Omosuyi 77'
Hamad Rakea  90'		 Makadji Boukar 82'
Ali Bahjat  88'		 Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (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'
Ahmed Nawas 76' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Knockout phase
Main article: 2015 AFC Cup knock-out stage
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'		 Yousif Alkhebeezi  58'
Abdullah Al Buraiki 80' (pen.)
Rogério 90+4'		 Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 165
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Tournament for the Armed Forces
Main article: Tournament for the Iraqi Armed Forces
21 March 2015
(30-minute match) Semi-final		 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 0 – 0
(4 – 2 p)		 Al Shorta Baghdad
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
Penalties
Mustafa Karim
Ali Abdul-Jabbar
Haitham Kadhim
Hussam Malek 		Haider Salim
Mohanad Ali
Innocent Awoa
Hamza Hassan

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
  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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