2021–22 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2021–22 season was Al-Shorta's 48th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 47 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup, having finished fourth in the league in the 2020–21 season.

Al-Shorta
2021–22 season
President Abdul-Halim Fahem
Head coach Moamen Soliman
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League1st
Iraq FA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Mahmoud Al-Mawas (22)
All: Mahmoud Al-Mawas (22)

Under the management of Egyptian coach Moamen Soliman, Al-Shorta enjoyed one of the best league seasons in their history. Al-Shorta set a record for the earliest league title win in Iraq with seven rounds of the competition remaining, clinching the title with a 2–0 win over runners-up Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Al-Shorta also became the first club to beat all other teams in a 20-team season and the first club to win all Baghdad derbies home and away in one season.[1]

Their tally of 91 points equalled the record set by Al-Talaba in 2001–02 for most points in a 38-game season, and they set a record for the largest title-winning margin by finishing 21 points clear at the top of the table. In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Shorta were eliminated in the Round of 16 against Erbil on penalties.[2]

Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[3]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IRQ Ahmed Basil 35 0 0 0 35 0
2 DF  IRQ Khudhor Ali 1(2) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
3 DF  IRQ Karrar Amer 18(6) 1 1 0 19(6) 1
4 DF  IRQ Saad Natiq 28(2) 1 1 0 29(2) 1
5 DF  IRQ Niaz Mohammed 9(3) 0 0(1) 0 9(4) 0
6 MF  IRQ Sadeq Zamel 2(3) 0 1 0 3(3) 0
7 FW  SYR Mahmoud Al-Mawas 32(3) 22 1 0 33(3) 22
8 MF  IRQ Mohammed Jaffal 10(25) 3 2 0 12(25) 3
9 FW  IRQ Ali Yousif 6(16) 4 0(1) 0 6(17) 4
10 FW  IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra (captain) 11(7) 4 1 0 12(7) 4
11 MF  IRQ Bassam Shakir 21(9) 5 1(1) 0 22(10) 5
12 GK  IRQ Yassin Karim 2 0 2 0 4 0
13 MF  IRQ Ali Husni 17(8) 3 1 0 18(8) 3
14 MF  NIG Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 28 5 1 0 29 5
16 MF  IRQ Mohammed Mezher 11(7) 0 1 0 12(7) 0
17 MF  IRQ Hussein Younis 5(15) 0 0 0 5(15) 0
19 MF  IRQ Mohammed Qasim Majid 19(3) 3 0 0 19(3) 3
20 DF  IRQ Haidar Ali Hussein 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK  IRQ Mohammed Abbas 1 0 0(1) 0 1(1) 0
22 MF  IRQ Ammar Ghalib 0(8) 0 0(2) 0 0(10) 0
23 DF  IRQ Waleed Salem (vice-captain) 6(3) 0 0 0 6(3) 0
24 DF  IRQ Faisal Jassim 30(2) 0 1 0 31(2) 0
25 MF  IRQ Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 15(13) 0 1 0 16(13) 0
26 FW  IRQ Mohammed Qasim Nassif 0(2) 0 0 0 0(2) 0
27 DF  IRQ Ameer Sabah 16(5) 0 0(1) 0 16(6) 0
29 FW  IRQ Mohammed Dawood 22(10) 7 1 1 23(10) 8
30 MF  SYR Fahd Al-Youssef 32 1 1 0 33 1
31 DF  IRQ Ahmed Zeero 7(5) 1 2 0 9(5) 1
32 DF  IRQ Hassan Ashour 4(1) 0 1(1) 0 5(2) 0
33 FW  IRQ Hussein Sadeq 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF  IRQ Mustafa Maan 22(3) 0 0 0 22(3) 0
35 MF  IRQ Ali Mahdi 4(5) 0 0(1) 0 4(6) 0
36 GK  IRQ Abbas Karim 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF  IRQ Haidar Adel 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW  IRQ Abbas Mohammed 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW  IRQ Dhulfiqar Younis 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF  IRQ Zaid Mahdi 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
GK  IRQ Abdul-Aziz Ammar 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  IRQ Bilal Khudhair 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Amoori Faisal 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Atheer Salih 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF  IRQ Haidar Abdul-Salam 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players departed but featured this season
15 FW  NGA Michael Ohanu 3(3) 0 1 0 4(3) 0
26 DF  IRQ Ammar Kadhim 0 0 1 0 1 0
28 FW  NGA Godwin Chika Okwara 1 0 0 0 1 0

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach:Moamen Soliman
Assistant coach:Ahmed Salah
Assistant coach:Hussein Abdul-Wahed
Fitness coach:Mazin Abdul-Sattar
Goalkeeping coach:Amrou Abdul-Salam
Technical analyst:Amrou Fathi
Team manager:Hashim Ridha

Management

Position Name Nationality
President:Abdul-Halim Fahem
Vice-president:Ghalib Al-Zamili
Board secretary:Uday Al-Rubaie
Financial secretaryGhazi Faisal
Member of the Board:Sadeq Faraj
Member of the Board:Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Member of the Board:Ali Al-Shahmani
Member of the Board:Alaa Bahr Al-Uloom
Member of the Board:Tahseen Al-Yassri

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Kit

Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

Home
Home alt.
Away
Away alt.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
August 2021 MF Sadeq Zamel Naft Al-Wasat End of loan
August 2021 MF Mohammed Jaffal Al-Talaba -
August 2021 DF Ameer Sabah Al-Talaba -
August 2021 GK Mohammed Abbas Al-Kahrabaa -
August 2021 DF Mustafa Maan Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
August 2021 MF Abdul-Razzaq Qasim Al-Karkh -
August 2021 GK Yassin Karim Al-Minaa -
August 2021 DF Ahmed Zeero Zakho -
August 2021 FW Bassam Shakir Al-Naft -
August 2021 DF Ammar Kadhim Al-Naft -
August 2021 DF Faisal Jassim Naft Al-Wasat -
August 2021 DF Niaz Mohammed Erbil -
August 2021 DF Waleed Salem Naft Al-Wasat -
August 2021 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Zawraa -
September 2021 MF Hussein Younis Al-Minaa -
September 2021 MF Abdoul Madjid Moumouni Al-Minaa -
September 2021 FW Mahmoud Al-Mawas FC Botoșani -
September 2021 FW Michael Ohanu Kwara United $50,000
January 2022 FW Mohammed Qasim Nassif Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
January 2022 FW Godwin Chika Okwara FK Mash'al Mubarek -

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
August 2021 FW Gelmin Rivas Released
August 2021 GK Alaa Khalil Al-Talaba -
August 2021 FW Marwan Hussein Al-Naft -
August 2021 MF Amjad Attwan Al-Shamal -
August 2021 DF Alaa Mhawi Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 MF Saad Abdul-Amir Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 MF Hassan Abdul-Karim Al-Karkh -
August 2021 FW Mazin Fayyadh Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 DF Hussam Kadhim Al-Zawraa -
August 2021 MF Atheer Salih Al-Sinaa Loan
August 2021 MF Haidar Abdul-Salam Al-Minaa Loan
August 2021 DF Uday Shehab Al-Naft -
August 2021 MF Jassim Mohammed Al-Naft -
August 2021 MF Ahmed Jalal Naft Al-Basra -
September 2021 FW Murad Mohammed Naft Al-Wasat -
September 2021 GK Mohammed Hameed Al-Naft -
September 2021 DF Ali Faez Al-Qadsia -
December 2021 FW Ali Jasim Al-Kahrabaa -
January 2022 DF Ammar Kadhim Naft Al-Basra -
April 2022 FW Michael Ohanu Released
April 2022 FW Godwin Chika Okwara Released

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Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

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20 September 2021 1 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 42' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
26 September 2021 2 Al-Kahrabaa 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
12:30 GMT Mohammed Dawood 61'
Mohammed Jaffal 88'
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium
15 October 2021 4 Naft Al-Basra 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Basra
16:30 GMT Haider Abdul-Rahim 8' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 53'
Fahd Al-Youssef 60'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 80'
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
21 October 2021 5 Al-Shorta 3 – 2 Zakho Baghdad
14:15 GMT Alaa Abdul-Zahra 33'
Mohammed Qasim Majid 48'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 90+2'
Yaser Kasim 42'
Lucas Santos 47'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
25 October 2021 6 Al-Naft 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
12:00 GMT Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 56' Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium
30 October 2021 7 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Naft Al-Wasat Baghdad
15:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 38', 48'
Ahmed Zeero 78'
Didier Koré   61' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
15 November 2021 9 Al-Sinaa 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
11:30 GMT Mohammed Jaffal 77' Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium
20 November 2021 10 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Qasim Karbala
13:00 GMT Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
17 December 2021 13 Newroz 2 – 3 Al-Shorta Sulaymaniya
11:00 GMT Diar Ali 49'
Ibrahim Mohammed 75'
Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 58'
Bilal Belmubarak 64' (o.g.)
Mohammed Dawood 76'
Stadium: Sulaymaniya Stadium
26 December 2021 15 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
13:00 GMT Faisal Jassim  29'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 62' (pen.), 72'
Ali Husni 90+2'
Nasser Al-Gahwashi 32' (pen.)
Ibrahim Naeem   59'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
10 January 2022 18 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Najaf Baghdad
13:00 GMT Ali Yousif 53' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 January 2022 19 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Diwaniya Baghdad
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 28'
Ali Husni 62'
Mohammed Jummah 12' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
8 February 2022 20 Al-Talaba 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
17:15 GMT Ali Yousif 90+2' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
14 February 2022 21 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Kahrabaa Baghdad
15:00 GMT Mustafa Ali 89' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
20 February 2022 22 Erbil 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Erbil
15:00 GMT Sherko Karim 85' Mahmoud Al-Mawas 71' Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
2 March 2022 24 Zakho 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Zakho
10:30 GMT Frank Cédric Abogo 78' Mohammed Dawood 56' Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
8 March 2022 25 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Naft Baghdad
15:30 GMT Ali Yousif 75' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 April 2022 26 Naft Al-Wasat 2 – 1 Al-Shorta Najaf
19:00 GMT Ahmed Ammar 54'
Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf 60'
Ahmed Ammar 34' (o.g.) Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
20 April 2022 27 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Sinaa Baghdad
19:00 GMT Mohammed Jaffal 90+1' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 May 2022 29 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Samarra Baghdad
19:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 37'
Bassam Shakir 45+1'
Milad Al-Omaisi 62' (o.g.)
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
11 May 2022 30 Naft Maysan 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Amara
19:00 GMT Alaa Khalil  60'
Akram Rahim   90+6'
Bassam Shakir 41'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 66'
Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
Note: The match was stopped for 27 minutes during the second half due to a power outage in the stadium.
21 May 2022 32 Al-Shorta 2 – 3 Newroz Baghdad
13:00 GMT Ali Yousif 8'
Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 45+1'
Aso Rostam 18', 74' (pen.)
Mohammed Sami 45+3'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
29 May 2022 33 Al-Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Karkh Baghdad
18:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 24' Ahmed Salah 52'
Mustafa Hanoon 86'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
29 June 2022 38 Al-Diwaniya 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Al-Diwaniya
14:00 GMT Anas Malik 44' Mohammed Dawood 19' Stadium: Al-Diwaniya Stadium

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Al-Diwaniya 2–1 1–1
Al-Kahrabaa 0–0 2–0
Al-Karkh 1–2 1–0
Al-Minaa 3–1 1–1
Al-Naft 1–0 1–0
Al-Najaf 1–0 0–0
Al-Qasim 0–0 3–0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 2–0
Al-Sinaa 1–0 1–0
Al-Talaba 1–0 1–0
Al-Zawraa 2–0 2–1
Amanat Baghdad 2–0 3–1
Erbil 2–2 1–0
Naft Al-Basra 2–0 3–1
Naft Al-Wasat 3–0 1–2
Naft Maysan 2–0 2–0
Newroz 2–3 3–2
Samarra 3–0 3–0
Zakho 3–2 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 28 7 3 64 21 +43 91 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup group stage
2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 20 10 8 50 31 +19 70 Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup first qualifying round
3 Al-Talaba 38 20 9 9 54 33 +21 69
4 Al-Naft 38 16 16 6 38 20 +18 64[lower-alpha 1]
5 Naft Al-Wasat 38 17 13 8 50 36 +14 64[lower-alpha 1]
Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of wins; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Al-Naft finished ahead of Naft Al-Wasat on head-to-head points: Al-Naft 1–1 Naft Al-Wasat, Naft Al-Wasat 0–2 Al-Naft.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 28 7 3 64 21  +43 91 14 3 2 32 11  +21 14 4 1 32 10  +22

Source: Kooora

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAA
ResultWWDWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWWDWWDWLWWWWWLLDWWDD
Position52322211111111111111111111111111111111
Source: Kooora
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Iraq FA Cup

4 December 2021 Round of 16 Erbil 0 – 0
(4 – 3 p)
Al-Shorta Erbil
13:15 GMT Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
Penalties
Kosrat Baez
Haidar Qaraman
Safin Mansour
André Castro
Ali Serhan
Mohammed Jaffal
Hassan Ashour
Ammar Ghalib
Mahmoud Al-Mawas
Alaa Abdul-Zahra

Player statistics

Iraqi Premier League

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[3]
FW 7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 22 8
FW 29 Mohammed Dawood 7 1
MF 11 Bassam Shakir 5 5
MF 14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 5 0
FW 10 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 4 1
FW 9 Ali Yousif 4 0
MF 19 Mohammed Qasim Majid 3 7
MF 13 Ali Husni 3 3
MF 8 Mohammed Jaffal 3 2
MF 30 Fahd Al-Youssef 1 6
DF 4 Saad Natiq 1 1
DF 3 Karrar Amer 1 0
DF 31 Ahmed Zeero 1 0
DF 27 Ameer Sabah 0 5
MF 16 Mohammed Mezher 0 2
DF 34 Mustafa Maan 0 2
FW 15 Michael Ohanu 0 1

Iraq FA Cup

Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[3]
FW 29 Mohammed Dawood 1 0

References

  1. Al-Shorta SC Official Website
  2. Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – History". Al-Shorta SC Official Website - History. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  3. "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2021-2022". Al-Shorta SC. 30 June 2022.
  4. Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – First Team Squad". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  5. Al-Shorta SC Official Website - Results
  6. Goalzz.com
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