2012–13 Al-Shorta SC season

In the 2012–13 season, Al Shorta won both the 2012–13 Iraqi Elite League and the Baghdad Cup.

Al Shorta
2012–13 season
President Ayad Bunyan
Manager Thair Jassam
GroundAl Shorta Stadium
Iraqi Elite LeagueWinners
Iraq FA CupAbandoned
Baghdad CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Amjad Kalaf (9)
All:
Amjad Kalaf (9)

Al Shorta won the Iraqi Premier League (known as the Iraqi Elite League at the time) on the last day of an historic season, thrashing Al Talaba 3–0 to ensure that they clinched the title for the first time since the 2002–03 season and finished two points ahead of second-placed Arbil, losing just two games in the entire season. Al Shorta also triumphed in the Baghdad Cup,[1] with a 1–0 win over rivals Al Zawraa. Hussein Karim scored the winning goal in the match.

The season witnessed Al Shorta sign their first ever foreign players. Cameroonian defender Innocent Awoa was the first to join, and he became a key player for Al Shorta, scoring a goal on the opening day of the season. Suwaria Mohammed, an Ivorian defender, joined the club soon after Innocent Awoa's arrival, however he left the club without playing a single game due to homesickness. Cameroon international striker Jean Michel N'Lend signed a contract with the club at the start of the season and he bagged six goals during his relatively short spell at the club, including an historic hat-trick against rivals Al Quwa Al Jawiya. He became the first ever non-Iraqi to score a hat-trick in an Iraqi Premier League match and he left the club in May 2013. Nigerian striker Minusu Buba joined the club on loan a few games into the season and became a star striker, scoring eight goals including a goal in the final match of the season (the 3–0 victory over Al Talaba). Defender Paul Koulibaly, a Burkina Faso regular, joined in the winter transfer window and he provided solidity and experience to the league's second-best defence (only Baghdad FC conceded less goals than Al Shorta in the season).

Many of these signings were orchestrated by Al Shorta's Iraqi manager Thair Jassam, who joined the club at the very beginning of the season. He led the team to a league and cup double, cementing his place as a legend for the club.

Al Shorta's league top scorer was Iraqi forward Amjad Kalaf for the third season in a row; this time he netted nine goals.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Ali Husain (vice-captain)
2 DF Ali Abd Ali
3 DF Dhirgham Ismail
4 DF Zeid Khalaf
5 MF Hussein Abdul-Wahed
6 DF Kassim Zidan
7 FW Sherko Karim
8 MF Mohammed Faisel
10 FW Muslim Mubarak
11 FW Hussein Karim
12 GK Mohammed Gassid
13 FW Minusu Buba (on loan from El Gouna FC)
14 FW Amjad Kalaf (4th captain)
15 MF Nashat Akram (captain)
No. Position Player
17 FW Muhaimen Salim
19 MF Ahmad Ayad
20 DF Fareed Majeed (3rd captain)
22 DF Innocent Awoa
23 GK Mohammed Hameed
24 MF Mahdi Kamel
25 DF Waleed Salem
30 MF Ali Rahim
32 DF Ali Mohammed Alialah
33 DF Paul Koulibaly
35 MF Ahmad Fadhel
MF Husain Abdullah (on loan at Al Talaba)
MF Haider Salim (on loan at Zakho FC)
MF Ali Hussein Fandi (on loan at Sulaymaniya FC)

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Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee
August 2012 FW Hussein Karim Dohuk FC -
August 2012 MF Abbas Rehema Al Talaba -
August 2012 GK Mohammed Gassid Al Talaba -
August 2012 FW Muslim Mubarak Arbil FC -
August 2012 MF Hussein Abdul-Wahed Arbil FC -
August 2012 MF Ahmad Ayad Arbil FC -
September 2012 DF Innocent Awoa El Gouna FC -
September 2012 MF Mohammed Faisel Al Talaba -
September 2012 DF Suwaria Mohammed Free agent -
September 2012 FW Jean Michel N'Lend Free agent -
November 2012 DF Waleed Salem Arbil FC -
December 2012 FW Minusu Buba El Gouna FC Loan
February 2013 MF Nashat Akram Al Nasr SC -
February 2013 DF Kassim Zidan Karbala FC -
March 2013 DF Paul Koulibaly FC Dinamo București -

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee
August 2012 FW Ali Oudah Al Najaf -
August 2012 MF Jabir Shakir Al Najaf -
August 2012 MF Sanad Raad Saleem -
August 2012 MF Muntadher Abdulkareem -
August 2012 MF Muhammed Eskander -
August 2012 FW Emad Mohsin -
August 2012 DF Abbas Rahif Al Kahraba -
August 2012 MF Kadhum Dheiaa Al-Hedood -
August 2012 MF Ali Yousif Karbala FC -
August 2012 FW Hussam Ibrahim Baghdad FC -
September 2012 DF Safwan Abdul-Ghani Zakho FC -
September 2012 MF Emad Ghali Al Talaba -
September 2012 MF Ali Khudhair Al Talaba -
September 2012 MF Nadim Karim Al Quwa Al Jawiya -
September 2012 FW Mousa Hashem Baghdad FC -
September 2012 MF Emad Khalaf Al Quwa Al Jawiya -
September 2012 DF Waleed Bahar Al Quwa Al Jawiya -
October 2012 DF Suwaria Mohammed -
December 2012 DF Mustafa Maan -
December 2012 MF Ali Essam -
February 2013 GK Muhanned Jabbar Al Naft -
February 2013 MF Haider Salim Zakho FC Loan
February 2013 MF Abbas Rehema Al Talaba -
February 2013 MF Ali Hussein Fandi Sulaymaniya FC Loan
February 2013 MF Husain Abdullah Al Talaba Loan
May 2013 FW Jean Michel N'Lend -

Iraqi Elite League
Main article: 2012–13 Iraqi Elite League

Matches
20 October 2012 1Al Sinaa0 – 1Al ShortaBaghdad
12:00 GMT Innocent Awoa  90+1' Stadium: Al Sina'a Stadium
26 October 2012 2Al Shorta2 – 0Najaf FCBaghdad
12:00 GMT Muslim Mubarak  43'
Amjad Kalaf  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
2 November 2012 3Zakho FC0 – 0Al ShortaZakho
11:30 GMT Stadium: Simele Stadium
18 November 2012 4Al Shorta4 – 1Al Quwa Al JawiyaBaghdad
14:00 GMT Jean Michel N'Lend  22', 41', 77'
Muslim Mubarak  48'
Ali Husain  24'  83'		 Hammadi Ahmad  26'
Mohammed Abdul-Zahra  75'		 Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
22 November 2012 5Al Masafi2 – 3Al ShortaBaghdad
11:30 GMT Wissam Abdul-Sajjad  57'
Mustafa Kareem  75'		 Mohammed Faisel  33'
Amjad Kalaf  56'
Muslim Mubarak  68'		 Stadium: Al Naft Stadium
29 November 2012 6Al Shorta0 – 0Al KahrabaBaghdad
11:30 GMT Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
16 December 2012 7Al Shorta2 – 2Al NaftBaghdad
11:30 GMT Jean Michel N'Lend  13'
Hussein Abdul-Wahed  81'		 Mohammed Saad  49', 67' Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
22 December 2012 8Sulaymaniya FC1 – 1Al ShortaSulaymaniyah
11:30 GMT Mahmoud Amnah  8' Dhirgham Ismail  57'
Jean Michel N'Lend  90'		 Stadium: Sulaymaniyah Stadium
22 January 2013 9Al Shorta4 – 1Al MinaaBaghdad
11:30 GMT Dhirgham Ismail  11'
Hussein Karim  20'
Ahmad Ayad  33'
Ali Rahim  72'		 Nassir Tallaa  74' (pen.) Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
27 January 2013 10Al Shorta2 – 1Naft Al JunoobBaghdad
11:30 GMT Hussein Karim  20'
Jean Michel N'Lend  38'		 Basem Ali  30' Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
2 February 2013 11Karbala FC0 – 1Al ShortaKarbalaa
11:30 GMT Hussein Karim  11' Stadium: Karbala Stadium
7 February 2013 12Al Shorta1 – 0Kirkuk FCBaghdad
11:30 GMT Hussein Karim  37' Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
13 February 2013 13Duhok FC1 – 1Al ShortaDohuk
11:30 GMT Salih Sadir  20' Ahmad Fadhel  13' Stadium: Duhok Stadium
19 February 2013 14Al Shorta1 – 1Baghdad FCBaghdad
11:00 GMT Minusu Buba  32' Hussam Ibrahim  62' Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
24 February 2013 15Al Zawraa1 – 2Al ShortaBaghdad
14:00 GMT Ali Qasem  9' Waleed Salem  45'
Jean Michel N'Lend  45+2'		 Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
1 March 2013 16Al Shorta1 – 1Al TalabaBaghdad
14:00 GMT Amjad Kalaf  31' Ahmed Said  64' Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
6 April 2013 17Al Shorta3 – 0Al SinaaBaghdad
13:00 GMT Nashat Akram  57'
Amjad Kalaf  59'
Minusu Buba  84'		 Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
14 April 2013 18Najaf FC1 – 1Al ShortaNajaf
12:30 GMT Ali Oudah  44' Nashat Akram  52' (pen.) Stadium: An Najaf Stadium
19 April 2013 19Arbil FC0 – 1Al ShortaArbil
14:00 GMT Halgurd Mulla Mohammed  43' Jean Michel N'Lend  31'
Nashat Akram  63',  66'
Hussein Abdul-Wahed  73'		 Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Sabah Abid
Note: This match was rescheduled from 7 December 2012.
27 April 2013 20Al Shorta2 – 0Zakho FCBaghdad
13:00 GMT Nashat Akram  65' (pen.)
Dhirgham Ismail  90+4'
Waleed Salem 		Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
4 May 2013 21Al Quwa Al Jawiya4 – 0Al ShortaBaghdad
14:00 GMT Mustafa Karim  31', 39'
Hammadi Ahmad  59'
Humam Tariq  66'
Ayad Sadir  77'		 Ahmad Fadhel  28'
Muslim Mubarak  75'
Hussein Karim  83'		 Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
9 May 2013 22Al Shorta5 – 0Al MasafiBaghdad
13:00 GMT Amjad Kalaf  20', 39'
Hussein Karim  52'
Minusu Buba  73'
Dhirgham Ismail  87'		 Salah Hilal  30' Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
14 May 2013 23Al Kahraba1 – 1Al ShortaBaghdad
13:30 GMT Mustafa Jawda  28' (pen.) Amjad Kalaf  76' Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium
27 June 2013 24Al Naft1 – 2Al ShortaBaghdad
16:00 GMT Mutaz Kailouni  22' (pen.) Amjad Kalaf  41' (pen.)
Muslim Mubarak  74'		 Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
3 July 2013 25Al Shorta4 – 0Sulaymaniya FCBaghdad
14:00 GMT Minusu Buba  9', 60'
Muslim Mubarak  64'
Muhaimen Salim  79'		 Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
10 July 2013 26Al Minaa2 – 1Al ShortaBasra
14:00 GMT Hamid Mido  45'
Nassir Tallaa  77' (pen.)		 Muhaimen Salim  90+2' Stadium: Al Jumhouriya Stadium
15 July 2013 27Naft Al Junoob0 – 2Al ShortaBasra
14:00 GMT Muslim Mubarak  1'
Mohammed Faisel  59'		 Stadium: Naft Al Junoob Stadium
24 July 2013 28Al Shorta3 – 2Karbala FCBaghdad
14:00 GMT Minusu Buba  72'
Nashat Akram  76'
Hussein Karim  85'		 Karim Walem  28'
Maitham Hamza  31'		 Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
29 July 2013 29Kirkuk FC0 – 1Al ShortaKirkuk
14:00 GMT Fareed Majeed  45+2' Stadium: Kirkuk Olympic Stadium
7 August 2013 30Al Shorta4 – 3Duhok FCBaghdad
14:00 GMT Minusu Buba  18'
Amjad Kalaf  35'
Mahdi Kamel  71'
Mohammed Faisel  88' (pen.)		 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem  45+2', 64'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  77'		 Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium
18 August 2013 31Baghdad FC1 – 1Al ShortaBaghdad
13:30 GMT Hussam Ibrahim  33' Muslim Mubarak  45+3' Stadium: Baghdad Stadium
22 August 2013 32Al Shorta1 – 1Arbil FCBaghdad
14:00 GMT Innocent Awoa  52'
Mahdi Kamel  61'		 Hawar Mulla Mohammed  52'
Luay Salah  90+1'		 Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
31 August 2013 33Al Shorta1 – 1Al ZawraaBaghdad
13:40 GMT Nashat Akram  9' Haidar Sabah  84' Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium
4 September 2013 34Al Talaba0 – 3Al ShortaBaghdad
13:15 GMT Hussein Karim  27'
Minusu Buba  69'
Dhirgham Ismail  80'		 Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Arbil FC 1–1 1–0
Baghdad FC 1–1 1–1
Duhok FC 4–3 1–1
Al Kahraba 0–0 1–1
Karbala FC 3–2 1–0
Kirkuk FC 1–0 1–0
Al Masafi 5–0 3–2
Al Minaa 4–1 1–2
Al Naft 2–2 2–1
Naft Al Junoob 2–1 2–0
Najaf FC 2–0 1–1
Al Quwa Al Jawiya 4–1 0–4
Al Sinaa 3–0 1–0
Sulaymaniya FC 4–0 1–1
Al Talaba 1–1 3–0
Zakho FC 2–0 0–0
Al Zawraa 1–1 2–1

Note: Al Shorta goals listed first.

Classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta (C) 34 20 12 2 62 29 +33 72 2014 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
2 Erbil 34 21 7 6 68 34 +34 70 2014 AFC Cup group stage
3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 34 21 6 7 60 33 +27 69
4 Al-Zawraa 34 18 11 5 61 29 +32 65
5 Duhok 34 16 10 8 54 35 +19 58
Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHANAHNAHAAHAHNNHAAHNHANHAAHAHANNN
ResultWWDWWDDDWWWWDDWDWDWWLWDWWLWWWWDDDW
Position5322222222111111111111111211111111
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Baghdad Cup
16 June 2013 FinalAl Shorta1 – 0Al ZawraaBaghdad
15:45 GMT Hussein Karim  57' Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Player statistics

Iraqi Elite League
Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists Total goals & assists[2]
FW 14 Amjad Kalaf 9 11 20
FW 13 Minusu Buba 8 2 10
FW 10 Muslim Mubarak 7 3
DF 3 Dhirgham Ismail 5 4 9
FW 11 Hussein Karim 7 1 8
MF 15 Nashat Akram 6 2
FW 21 Jean Michel N'Lend 6 1 7
MF 8 Mohammed Faisel 3 4
MF 35 Ahmad Fadhel 1 6
MF 24 Mahdi Kamel 2 2 4
MF 5 Hussein Abdul-Wahed 1 3
MF 19 Ahmad Ayad 1 3
DF 25 Waleed Salem 1 2 3
FW 17 Muhaimen Salim 2 0 2
DF 22 Innocent Awoa 1 1
DF 20 Fareed Majeed 1 0 1
MF 30 Ali Rahim 1 0

Baghdad Cup
Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists Total goals & assists[2]
FW 11 Hussein Karim 1 0 1

References
  1. "Al Shorta - Baghdad Cup 2013 Champions". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  2. "Al Shorta - 2012-13 Season Review". Al Shorta's website. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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