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 LeagueWinners
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 two full 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

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 Ahmed Basil
2 DF Karrar Mohammed
4 DF Mustafa Nadhim
5 MF Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain)
8 MF Karrar Jassim
9 MF Mahdi Kamel
10 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra
11 DF Dhurgham Ismail (vice-captain)
12 FW Ammar Abdul-Hussein
13 MF Amjad Waleed
14 MF Dominique Mendy
15 DF Ziad Al-Derbali
16 FW Mustafa Mohammed Salih
No. Position Player
17 DF Alaa Mhawi
19 MF Amjad Attwan
20 GK Mohammed Hameed
21 GK Mohammed Abbas
22 DF Hussam Kadhim
23 DF Waleed Salem
24 DF Faisal Jassim
25 MF Saad Abdul-Amir
26 MF Hassan Abdul-Karim
27 MF Haidar Abdul-Salam
28 MF Atheer Salih
29 DF Bilal Khudhair
33 FW Alassane Diallo

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
GK Abdulaziz Ammar (on loan at Al-Samawa until the end of the 2018–19 season)
DF Ahmed Nadhim (on loan at Al-Naft until the end of the 2018–19 season)
MF Moamel Kareem (on loan at Al-Hudood until the end of the 2018–19 season)
MF Mohammed Mohsen (on loan at Amanat Baghdad until the end of the 2018–19 season)

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

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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 Abdulaziz Ammar Al-Samawa Loan
January 2019 FW Mohammed Jabbar Shokan Al-Minaa -
January 2019 DF Ahmed Nadhim Al-Naft Loan
July 2019 MF Maarouf Youssef Al-Zamalek End of loan
July 2019 FW Mohanad Ali Al-Duhail -

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Competitions

Iraqi Premier League
Main article: 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League

[5][6]

15 September 2018 1Al-Shorta2 – 0Naft Al-WasatBaghdad
15:00 GMT Mahdi Kamel  62'
Alassane Diallo  69'		 Salih Sadir 89' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
23 September 2018 2Al-Zawraa0 – 0Al-ShortaBaghdad
15:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
5 October 2018 3Al-Shorta0 – 0Al-TalabaBaghdad
14:45 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
21 October 2018 4Naft Al-Junoob1 – 3Al-ShortaBasra
14:15 GMT Faisal Kadhem  31' Alaa Abdul-Zahra  1', 88'
Mohanad Ali  48'		 Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
2 November 2018 5Al-Shorta3 – 0Al-Sinaat Al-KahrabaiyaBaghdad
13:45 GMT Mohanad Ali  20', 90+4'
Amjad Attwan  27'		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman
7 November 2018 6Al-Kahrabaa0 – 2Al-ShortaBaghdad
11:30 GMT Mohanad Ali  25'
Hassan Ashor  48' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
24 November 2018 7Al-Shorta5 – 1Naft MaysanBaghdad
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 8Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya1 – 1Al-ShortaBaghdad
15:00 GMT Emad Mohsin  45+1' Alassane Diallo  14' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
3 December 2018 9Al-Shorta2 – 0Al-HusseinBaghdad
13:15 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  30' (pen.)
Alassane Diallo  32'		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
7 December 2018 10Al-Diwaniya1 – 7Al-ShortaDiwaniya
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 11Erbil0 – 1Al-ShortaErbil
12:00 GMT Maarouf Youssef  52' Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
16 December 2018 12Al-Shorta1 – 0Al-HudoodBaghdad
13:15 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  71' Saif Jassim  55'  63' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
31 January 2019 13Al-Samawa0 – 4Al-ShortaSamawa
11:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  42', 52'
Alassane Diallo  55'
Mohanad Ali  60'		 Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium
5 February 2019 14Amanat Baghdad1 – 2Al-ShortaBaghdad
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 15Al-Shorta1 – 1Al-NajafBaghdad
13:45 GMT Maarouf Youssef  63' Hussain Salman  26' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Tahseen Ali
16 February 2019 16Al-Shorta3 – 0Al-MinaaBaghdad
15:00 GMT Karrar Jassim  19'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  38', 60'		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman
21 February 2019 17Al-Karkh0 – 0Al-ShortaBaghdad
11:30 GMT Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium
Referee: Ali Sabah
25 February 2019 18Al-Shorta3 – 1Al-BahriBaghdad
13:45 GMT Mohanad Ali  21', 47'
Karrar Jassim  84'		 Ahmed Dawood  25' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
4 March 2019 19Al-Shorta2 – 0Al-NaftBaghdad
13:45 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  11'
Mohanad Ali  39'		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
30 March 2019 20Naft Al-Wasat0 – 1Al-ShortaNajaf
12:00 GMT Mohanad Ali  52' Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
4 April 2019 21Al-Shorta0 – 0Al-ZawraaBaghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
11 April 2019 22Al-Naft0 – 1Al-ShortaBaghdad
12:30 GMT Mazin Fayyadh 85' Mohanad Ali  40' Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
18 April 2019 23Al-Talaba0 – 2Al-ShortaBaghdad
14:45 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  47' (pen.)
Mohanad Ali  73'		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
25 April 2019 24Al-Shorta4 – 0Naft Al-JunoobBaghdad
13:00 GMT Mohanad Ali  28', 58'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  43', 90+1'		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Fareed Kareem
2 May 2019 25Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya0 – 1Al-ShortaBaghdad
13:00 GMT Alaa Mhawi  26' Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
10 May 2019 26Al-Shorta5 – 3Al-KahrabaaBaghdad
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 Hadeeb  71'		 Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan
16 May 2019 27Naft Maysan1 – 1Al-ShortaAmara
19:00 GMT Mehdi Daghagheleh  12' Alaa Abdul-Zahra  45+1' (pen.) Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
23 May 2019 28Al-Shorta2 – 3Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaBaghdad
19:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  35', 52' Hammadi Ahmad  13', 22', 80' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
28 May 2019 29Al-Hussein0 – 2Al-ShortaBaghdad
13:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  60'
Mohanad Ali  70'		 Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium
Referee: Salem Amer
1 June 2019 30Al-Shorta1 – 0Al-DiwaniyaBaghdad
19:00 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  10' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Ayad Mozahem
14 June 2019 31Al-Shorta2 – 1ErbilBaghdad
16:15 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  12'
Mohanad Ali  34'		 Waso Rustam  73' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman
20 June 2019 32Al-Hudood1 – 2Al-ShortaBaghdad
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 33Al-Shorta3 – 1Al-SamawaBaghdad
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 34Al-Shorta2 – 1Amanat BaghdadBaghdad
15:00 GMT Maarouf Youssef  56'
Amjad Attwan  82'		 Sattar Yasin  20' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qassim
9 July 2019 35Al-Najaf0 – 0Al-ShortaNajaf
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed
14 July 2019 36Al-Minaa1 – 0Al-ShortaBasra
16:15 GMT Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf  24' Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
Referee: Watheq Muhammed
19 July 2019 37Al-Shorta1 – 0Al-KarkhBaghdad
15:00 GMT Hussam Kadhim  10' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
23 July 2019 38Al-Bahri3 – 1Al-ShortaBasra
14:00 GMT Ahmad Dawood  11'
Amer Mithaa  58'
Wael Abdul-Hussein  66'		 Ammar Abdul-Hussein  5' Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium

Iraq FA Cup
Main article: 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup

Round of 32
25 October 2018 First legAl-Shorta5 – 0HaifaBaghdad
11:30 GMT Alassane Diallo  7', 53' (pen.), 64' (pen.)
Karrar Mohammed  9'
Mohanad Ali  82'		 Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
16 November 2018 Second legHaifa1 – 1
(1 – 6 agg.)		Al-ShortaBaghdad
11:00 GMT Hussein Mundher  66' Alassane Diallo  44' Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
Referee: Shamil Tahseen

Round of 16
5 January 2019 First legAl-Kahrabaa1 – 0Al-ShortaBaghdad
11:00 GMT Alaa Mhaisen  75' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 85' Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium
11 January 2019 Second legAl-Shorta1 – 1
(1 – 2 agg.)		Al-KahrabaaBaghdad
10:30 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra  31' Sajjad Raad  59' Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Salman

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. Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  5. Al-Shorta SC Website
  6. Goalzz.com
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