2018–19 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Shorta's 45th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 44 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.[1]

Al-Shorta
2018–19 season
President Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Manager Nebojša Jovović (until 19 July)
Ahmad Salah (Caretaker) (from 19 July onwards)
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League1st
Iraq FA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (28)
All: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (29)

They entered this season having finished fourth in the league in the 2017–18 season, but under the management of Nebojša Jovović they achieved much better results and managed to secure the Iraqi Premier League title on 14 July with three games to spare. They finished five points above closest challenger Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, thus qualifying for both the 2020 AFC Champions League and 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup. In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Shorta were eliminated in the Round of 16 against Al-Kahrabaa.[2][3]

Squad

Numbers in parenthesis denote appearances as substitute.[4]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IRQ Ahmed Basil 1 0 1 0 2 0
2 DF  IRQ Karrar Mohammed 27(1) 0 4 1 31(1) 1
4 DF  IRQ Mustafa Nadhim 4(6) 0 0 0 4(6) 0
5 MF  IRQ Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain) 2(14) 0 4 0 6(14) 0
6 MF  NGA Maarouf Youssef 28(2) 3 2 0 30(2) 3
8 MF  IRQ Karrar Jassim 18(6) 2 0 0 18(6) 2
9 MF  IRQ Mahdi Kamel 18(10) 1 2 0 20(10) 1
10 FW  IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra 36 28 2(2) 1 38(2) 29
11 DF  IRQ Dhurgham Ismail (vice-captain) 11(6) 0 0(1) 0 11(7) 0
12 FW  IRQ Ammar Abdul-Hussein 14(17) 2 4 0 18(17) 2
13 MF  IRQ Amjad Waleed 13(17) 0 3(1) 0 16(18) 0
15 DF  TUN Ziad Al-Derbali 13(5) 0 0 0 13(5) 0
16 FW  IRQ Mustafa Mohammed Salih 0(3) 0 0 0 0(3) 0
17 DF  IRQ Alaa Mhawi 22(7) 2 1 0 23(7) 2
18 FW  IRQ Mohanad Ali 29(1) 19 0(1) 1 29(2) 20
19 MF  IRQ Amjad Attwan 33 2 0 0 33 2
20 GK  IRQ Mohammed Hameed 36 0 0 0 36 0
21 GK  IRQ Mohammed Abbas 1 0 3 0 4 0
22 DF  IRQ Hussam Kadhim 19(5) 1 4 0 23(5) 1
23 DF  IRQ Waleed Salem 18(5) 0 0 0 18(5) 0
24 DF  IRQ Faisal Jassim 33 0 3 0 36 0
25 MF  IRQ Saad Abdul-Amir 14(4) 1 2 0 16(4) 1
26 MF  IRQ Hassan Abdul-Karim 1(6) 0 1(2) 0 2(8) 0
27 MF  IRQ Haidar Abdul-Salam 0(2) 0 1(2) 0 1(4) 0
28 MF  IRQ Atheer Salih 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
29 DF  IRQ Bilal Khudhair 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW  SEN Alassane Diallo 26(7) 11 2 4 28(7) 15
Players out on loan for rest of the season
3 DF  IRQ Ahmed Nadhim 0(4) 0 1(1) 0 1(5) 0
28 FW  IRQ Mustafa Farman 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0
GK  IRQ Abdul-Aziz Ammar 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Moamel Kareem 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK  IRQ Mohammed Mohsen 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players departed but featured this season
7 FW  IRQ Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 0(5) 0 3(1) 0 3(6) 0
14 FW  CMR Dominique Mendy 1(2) 0 1 0 2(2) 0
29 DF  IRQ Ahmed Thaer 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0

Personnel

Technical Staff

Position Name Nationality
Manager:Nebojša Jovović
Assistant manager:Haitham Al-Shaboul
Assistant manager:Ahmad Salah
Fitness coach:Marko Jovanović
Goalkeeping coach:Zoran Banović
Medical officer:Haider Abdul-Zahra
Director of football:Hashim Ridha
Administrator:Bilal Hussein

Management

Position Name Nationality
President:Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Honorary President:Yaseen Al-Yasiri
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

[5]

Kit

Supplier: Nike

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Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2018 DF Mustafa Nadhim Al-Najaf -
July 2018 FW Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-Ramtha -
July 2018 DF Ahmed Nadhim Al-Talaba -
July 2018 MF Amjad Attwan Al-Najaf -
August 2018 MF Saad Abdul-Amir Al-Shabab -
August 2018 FW Alassane Diallo Dibba Al-Fujairah -
August 2018 DF Carlos Santos Free agent -
September 2018 DF Mamadou Wagué Chornomorets Odesa -
September 2018 MF Maarouf Youssef Al-Zamalek Loan
January 2019 DF Dhurgham Ismail Çaykur Rizespor -
January 2019 MF Dominique Mendy Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
January 2019 MF Karrar Jassim Sanat Naft Abadan -
January 2019 DF Ziad Al-Derbali Al-Muharraq -

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
July 2018 MF Asiedu Attobrah Released
July 2018 MF Akwetey Mensah Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya -
July 2018 FW Jefferson Araújo Manaus -
July 2018 FW Rafid Muayad Al-Karkh -
July 2018 FW Aqeel Khairi Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya -
July 2018 FW Karrar Hameed Al-Hudood -
August 2018 DF Ali Lateef Al-Talaba -
August 2018 MF Nabeel Sabah Al-Talaba -
August 2018 DF Ahmed Mohammed Al-Talaba -
August 2018 FW Abdul-Qadir Tariq Al-Talaba -
August 2018 MF Mohammed Mohsen Amanat Baghdad Loan
August 2018 GK Neriman Khedher Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya -
August 2018 MF Ahmad Ayad Released
September 2018 DF Carlos Santos Released
September 2018 DF Mamadou Wagué Released
December 2018 GK Abdul-Aziz Ammar Al-Samawa Loan
January 2019 FW Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-Minaa -
January 2019 DF Ahmed Nadhim Al-Naft Loan
January 2019 FW Mustafa Farman Al-Sinaa Loan
July 2019 MF Maarouf Youssef Al-Zamalek End of loan
July 2019 FW Mohanad Ali Al-Duhail $1,800,000

[5]

Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

[6][7]

15 September 2018 1 Al-Shorta 2 – 0 Naft Al-Wasat Baghdad
15:00 GMT Mahdi Kamel 62'
Alassane Diallo 69'
Salih Sadir 89' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
23 September 2018 2 Al-Zawraa 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
5 October 2018 3 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
14:45 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
21 October 2018 4 Naft Al-Junoob 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Basra
14:15 GMT Faisal Kadhem 31' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 1', 88'
Mohanad Ali 48'
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
2 November 2018 5 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Baghdad
13:45 GMT Mohanad Ali 20', 90+4'
Amjad Attwan 27'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman
7 November 2018 6 Al-Kahrabaa 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 25'
Hassan Ashour 48' (o.g.)
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
24 November 2018 7 Al-Shorta 5 – 1 Naft Maysan Baghdad
11:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 30', 72'
Alassane Diallo 48'
Alaa Mhawi 78'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 87'
Mustafa Hussein Mohammad 16' Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
Referee: Fareed Kareem
29 November 2018 8 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:00 GMT Emad Mohsin 45+1' Alassane Diallo 14' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
7 December 2018 10 Al-Diwaniya 1 – 7 Al-Shorta Diwaniya
11:00 GMT Saif Taher 5' Alassane Diallo 6', 60', 67'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 25', 85', 90+2', 78'
Ammar Abdul-Hussein 63'
Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
12 December 2018 11 Erbil 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Erbil
12:00 GMT Maarouf Youssef 52' Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
16 December 2018 12 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Hudood Baghdad
13:15 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 71' Saif Jassim  55'  63' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
5 February 2019 14 Amanat Baghdad 1 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:30 GMT Muhammed Salam Anad 78'
Ayman Rzaiej  85'
Mohanad Ali 47'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 71'
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
10 February 2019 15 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Najaf Baghdad
13:45 GMT Maarouf Youssef 63' Hussain Salman 26' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Tahseen Ali
16 February 2019 16 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Al-Minaa Baghdad
15:00 GMT Karrar Jassim 19'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 38', 60'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman
21 February 2019 17 Al-Karkh 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:30 GMT Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
25 February 2019 18 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Al-Bahri Baghdad
13:45 GMT Mohanad Ali 21', 47'
Karrar Jassim 84'
Ahmed Dawood 25' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
4 March 2019 19 Al-Shorta 2 – 0 Al-Naft Baghdad
13:45 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 11'
Mohanad Ali 39'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
30 March 2019 20 Naft Al-Wasat 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Najaf
12:00 GMT Mohanad Ali 52' Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
4 April 2019 21 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa Baghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
11 April 2019 22 Al-Naft 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
12:30 GMT Mazin Fayyadh 85' Mohanad Ali 40' Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
18 April 2019 23 Al-Talaba 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:45 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 47' (pen.)
Mohanad Ali 73'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
25 April 2019 24 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Naft Al-Junoob Baghdad
13:00 GMT Mohanad Ali 28', 58'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 43', 90+1'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Fareed Kareem
2 May 2019 25 Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
13:00 GMT Alaa Mhawi 26' Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
10 May 2019 26 Al-Shorta 5 – 3 Al-Kahrabaa Baghdad
19:00 GMT Alassane Diallo 26', 65' (pen.)
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 28', 37' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Alaa Mhawi   87'
Sajjad Raad 24', 80' (pen.)
Murtadha Hudaib 71'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
23 May 2019 28 Al-Shorta 2 – 3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad
19:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 35', 52' Hammadi Ahmad 13', 22', 80' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
28 May 2019 29 Al-Hussein 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
13:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 60'
Mohanad Ali 70'
Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium
Referee: Salem Amer
1 June 2019 30 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Diwaniya Baghdad
19:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 10' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Ayad Mozahem
14 June 2019 31 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Erbil Baghdad
16:15 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 12'
Mohanad Ali 34'
Waso Rustam 73' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman
20 June 2019 32 Al-Hudood 1 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:00 GMT Abdul-Abbas Ayad 38'
Fadhel Muqdad 64'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 21' (pen.)
Alassane Diallo 53' (pen.)
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
26 June 2019 33 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Al-Samawa Baghdad
15:00 GMT Mohanad Ali 16'
Saad Abdul-Amir 34'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 40' (pen.)
Haider Subhi  38'
Anes Malek 90+3'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Kadhim
2 July 2019 34 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Amanat Baghdad Baghdad
15:00 GMT Maarouf Youssef 56'
Amjad Attwan 82'
Sattar Yasin 20' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
9 July 2019 35 Al-Najaf 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Najaf
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
14 July 2019 36 Al-Minaa 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Basra
16:15 GMT Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf 24' Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
19 July 2019 37 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Karkh Baghdad
15:00 GMT Hussam Kadhim 10' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
23 July 2019 38 Al-Bahri 3 – 1 Al-Shorta Basra
14:00 GMT Ahmad Dawood 11'
Amer Mithaa 58'
Wael Abdul-Hussein 66' (pen.)
Ammar Abdul-Hussein 5' Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Al-Bahri 3–1 1–3
Al-Diwaniya 1–0 7–1
Al-Hudood 1–0 2–1
Al-Hussein 2–0 2–0
Al-Kahrabaa 5–3 2–0
Al-Karkh 1–0 0–0
Al-Minaa 3–0 0–1
Al-Naft 2–0 1–0
Al-Najaf 1–1 0–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–3 1–1
Al-Samawa 3–1 4–0
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya 3–0 1–0
Al-Talaba 0–0 2–0
Al-Zawraa 0–0 0–0
Amanat Baghdad 2–1 2–1
Erbil 2–1 1–0
Naft Al-Junoob 4–0 3–1
Naft Al-Wasat 2–0 1–0
Naft Maysan 5–1 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 27 8 3 73 22 +51 89
2020 and 2021 AFC Champions League group stages[lower-alpha 1]
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup first round
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 25 9 4 58 27 +31 84
2021 AFC Champions League play-off round[lower-alpha 2]
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup first round
3 Al-Zawraa 38 17 14 7 57 40 +17 65
2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
and 2021 play-off round[lower-alpha 3]
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup preliminary round
4 Al-Naft 38 16 15 7 60 39 +21 63
5 Naft Maysan 38 15 14 9 57 47 +10 59
Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Notes:

  1. Al-Shorta qualified for both the 2020 and 2021 AFC Champions League group stages by virtue of their position as 2018–19 league champions due to the abandonment of the 2019–20 domestic season.
  2. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round by virtue of their position as 2018–19 league runners-up due to the abandonment of the 2019–20 domestic season.
  3. Al-Zawraa qualified for both the 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round by virtue of their position as 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup winners due to the abandonment of the 2019–20 domestic season.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 27 8 3 73 22  +51 89 15 3 1 42 12  +30 12 5 2 31 10  +21

Source: Kooora

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHA
ResultWDDWWWWDWWWWWWDWDWWWDWWWWWDLWWWWWWDLWL
Position14864223211111111111111111111111111111
Source: Kooora
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Iraq FA Cup

Round of 32

16 November 2018 Second leg Haifa 1 – 1
(1 – 6 agg.)
Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:00 GMT Hussein Mundher 66' Alassane Diallo 44' Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
Referee: Shamil Tahseen

Round of 16

5 January 2019 First leg Al-Kahrabaa 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:00 GMT Alaa Mhaisen 75' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 85' Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium
11 January 2019 Second leg Al-Shorta 1 – 1
(1 – 2 agg.)
Al-Kahrabaa Baghdad
10:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 31' Sajjad Raad 59' Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman

Player statistics

Iraqi Premier League

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[4]
FW 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 28 8
FW 18 Mohanad Ali 19 8
FW 33 Alassane Diallo 11 2
MF 6 Maarouf Youssef 3 3
MF 8 Karrar Jassim 2 11
FW 12 Ammar Abdul-Hussein 2 5
DF 17 Alaa Mhawi 2 2
MF 19 Amjad Attwan 2 0
MF 9 Mahdi Kamel 1 0
DF 22 Hussam Kadhim 1 0
MF 25 Saad Abdul-Amir 1 0
DF 23 Waleed Salem 0 5
DF 11 Dhurgham Ismail 0 2
GK 20 Mohammed Hameed 0 2
DF 2 Karrar Mohammed 0 1
DF 4 Mustafa Nadhim 0 1
MF 13 Amjad Waleed 0 1
DF 15 Ziad Al-Derbali 0 1

Iraq FA Cup

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[4]
FW 33 Alassane Diallo 4 0
FW 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 1 0
FW 18 Mohanad Ali 1 0
DF 2 Karrar Mohammed 1 0
FW 7 Mohammed Jabbar Shokan 0 1
MF 14 Dominique Mendy 0 1
DF 17 Alaa Mhawi 0 1

References

  1. Danilo Mitrović. "Nebojša Jovović ide u peti arapski izazov: Irak naredna stanica". Vijesti. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  2. Al-Shorta SC Website
  3. Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Overview of History". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  4. "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2018-2019". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
  5. Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. Al-Shorta SC Website
  7. Goalzz.com
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