2019–20 Al-Shorta SC season

AFC Champions League
	Group stage
Arab Club Champions Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Alaa Abdul-Zahra, Marwan Hussein; (3 each); All: Marwan Hussein (7 goals)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Al-Shorta's 46th season in the

Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 45 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in five competitions: the Iraqi Premier League (as defending champions), the Iraq FA Cup, the Iraqi Super Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Arab Club Champions Cup.^[1]^[2]

Al-Shorta won the Iraqi Super Cup for the first time in their history, beating

2019–2020 Iraqi protests and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The pandemic also led to their remaining four AFC Champions League group stage matches being postponed to the 2020–21 campaign.^[4]

Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		AFC Champions League		Arab Champions Cup		Super Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRQ	Ahmed Basil	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF	IRQ	Karrar Mohammed	1(1)	0	1	0	0	0	1(3)	0	0	0	2(4)	0
4	DF	IRQ	Saad Natiq	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	11	0
6	DF	IRQ	Ali Faez	4	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	1	0	12	1
8	MF	IRQ	Karrar Jassim	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	0	1	0	6(2)	0
9	FW	IRQ	Marwan Hussein	3(3)	3	1	3	0	0	1(2)	1	1	0	6(5)	7
10	FW	IRQ	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	6	3	0	0	2	0	6	1	1	0	15	4
11	DF	IRQ	Dhurgham Ismail (vice-captain)	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7(1)	0
13	MF	IRQ	Amjad Waleed	1(1)	1	1	1	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2(2)	2
14	FW	IRQ	Mazin Fayyadh	3(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1(1)	0	0	0	7(2)	0
15	MF	IRQ	Nabeel Sabah	4(2)	1	1	0	2	0	4(2)	2	0(1)	0	11(5)	3
16	MF	IRQ	Mohammed Mezher (on loan)	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
17	DF	IRQ	Alaa Mhawi	5(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	3(1)	0	0	0	8(3)	0
20	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Hameed	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	11	0
21	FW	DRC	Junior Mapuku	0(4)	0	0(1)	1	0(2)	0	0(1)	2	0(1)	1	0(9)	4
22	DF	IRQ	Hussam Kadhim	2(1)	0	1	0	2	0	4(1)	0	0	0	9(2)	0
23	DF	IRQ	Waleed Salem (captain)	1(2)	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	8(2)	1
24	DF	IRQ	Faisal Jassim	1	0	0	0	2	0	1(2)	0	0	0	4(2)	0
25	MF	IRQ	Saad Abdul-Amir	6	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	16	1
26	DF	IRQ	Bilal Khudhair	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
27	MF	IRQ	Atheer Salih	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
28	FW	IRQ	Ali Yousif	3	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	11	2
30	GK	IRQ	Alaa Khalil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	IRQ	Akram Rahim (on loan)	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
32	FW	COL	Diego Calderón Caicedo	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
34	MF	IRQ	Hassan Abdul-Karim	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
	GK	IRQ	Muhaimen Abdul-Rahman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRQ	Mustafa Nadhim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	IRQ	Manaf Younis (on loan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRQ	Abdul-Razzaq Qasim (on loan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRQ	Ali Jasim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	IRQ	Al-Hassan Saad (on loan)	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRQ	Amoori Faisal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	IRQ	Haidar Abdul-Salam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players departed but featured this season
3	MF	MLI	Aboubacar Diarra	0(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2(2)	0
5	MF	IRQ	Safaa Hadi	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0(1)	0	6(3)	0
7	FW	IRQ	Sherko Karim	1	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	3(2)	0
19	MF	IRQ	Amjad Attwan	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	8	2

Personnel

Technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach:	Abdul-Ghani Shahad
Assistant coach:	Abbas Obeid
Assistant coach:	Haidar Najim
Fitness coach:	Sardar Mohammed
Goalkeeping coach:	Emad Hashim
Team analyst:	Ali Al-Nuaimi
Team supervisor:	Hashim Ridha
Medical director:	Haider Abdul-Zahra
Administrator:	Bilal Hussein
Director of football:	Salih Radhi

Management

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei
Honorary President:	Yaseen Al-Yasiri
Financial Secretary:	Uday Tariq
Board Secretary	Alaa 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

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Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
July 2019	FW	Marwan Hussein	Al-Talaba	-
July 2019	DF	Saad Natiq	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	-
August 2019	DF	Ali Faez	Çaykur Rizespor	-
August 2019	FW	Sherko Karim	Grasshopper Club Zürich	-
August 2019	MF	Aboubacar Diarra	ENPPI	-
August 2019	GK	Alaa Khalil	Al-Hudood	-
August 2019	MF	Nabeel Sabah	Al-Talaba	-
August 2019	FW	Ali Yousif	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	-
August 2019	MF	Safaa Hadi	Al-Zawraa	-
September 2019	FW	Junior Mapuku	Dunărea Călărași	-
October 2019	FW	Mazin Fayyadh	Al-Naft	-
January 2020	MF	Mohammed Mezher	Naft Maysan	Loan
January 2020	MF	Akram Rahim	Naft Maysan	Loan
January 2020	FW	Diego Calderón Caicedo	Al-Faisaly	-
February 2020	MF	Hassan Abdul-Karim	Al-Karkh	End of loan
March 2020	DF	Manaf Younis	Al-Karkh	Loan
March 2020	MF	Abdul-Razzaq Qasim	Al-Karkh	Loan
March 2020	FW	Ali Jasim	Al-Karkh	-
March 2020	FW	Al-Hassan Saad	Al-Karkh	Loan
March 2020	DF	Mustafa Nadhim	Free agent	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
July 2019	MF	Hussein Abdul-Wahed		Retired
July 2019	MF	Dominique Mendy		Released
July 2019	DF	Ziad Al-Derbali		Released
July 2019	FW	Alassane Diallo		Released
August 2019	DF	Mustafa Nadhim	Al-Zawraa	-
August 2019	GK	Mohammed Abbas	Al-Kahrabaa	-
August 2019	MF	Haider Abdul-Salam	Al-Karkh	Loan
August 2019	FW	Ammar Abdul-Hussein	Al-Minaa	-
August 2019	MF	Mahdi Kamel	Al-Zawraa	-
August 2019	MF	Moamel Kareem	Al-Samawa	-
August 2019	MF	Mohammed Mohsen	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya	-
August 2019	DF	Ahmed Nadhim	Al-Naft	-
August 2019	MF	Amir Ahmed Abdul-Wahid	Al-Hudood	-
August 2019	GK	Abdul-Aziz Ammar	Naft Maysan	Loan
October 2019	MF	Hassan Abdul-Karim	Al-Karkh	Loan
October 2019	MF	Amoori Faisal	Al-Karkh	Loan
November 2019	MF	Aboubacar Diarra		Released
December 2019	FW	Sherko Karim		Released
January 2020	MF	Amjad Attwan	Al-Kuwait	-
February 2020	MF	Safaa Hadi	PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara	€150,000

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Competitions

Iraqi Super Cup

^[7]^[8]

14 September 2019 Al-Zawraa	Kut
15:00 GMT	Junior Mapuku 60'	Alaa Abbas 49'	Stadium: Al-Kut Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Watheq Muhammed
	Penalties
	Waleed Salem	Mohammed Ridha

Iraqi Premier League

^[7]^[9]

Original season

18 September 2019 1	Al-Hudood	Baghdad
15:00 GMT	Waleed Salem 21' (pen.) Alaa Abdul-Zahra 62'		Hussam Jadallah 51'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

28 September 2019 2	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
15:00 GMT	Hassan Houbeib 88' Mohammed Ridha 90+2'		Saad Abdul-Amir 53'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah

22 October 2019 3	Al-Shorta	Amara
14:15 GMT	Hassan Hamoud 50'		Nabeel Sabah 35' Ali Yousif 45+1'	Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium

Restarted season

22 February 2020 1	Al-Shorta	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Ahmed Mahmoud 13' Alaa Mhaisen 60' Murad Mohammed 69'		Amjad Waleed 67' Marwan Hussein 84'	Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium

26 February 2020 2	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 3' (pen.) Marwan Hussein 22', 82'		Teddy James 77'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman

7 March 2020 3	Al-Minaa	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Saad Abdul-Amir 75'		Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 69'	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah

Iraq FA Cup

^[7]^[10]

9 October 2019 Al-Shorta	Baghdad
12:00 GMT			Amjad Waleed 32' Junior Mapuku 61' (pen. )	Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

AFC Champions League

Al-Shorta played two 2020 AFC Champions League matches in the 2019–20 season before their remaining matches in the competition were postponed to the following campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]^[11]

Group stage

10 February 2020 Al-Shorta	1 – 1	Esteghlal	Erbil, Iraq
14:30 GMT	Ali Faez 48' (pen.)		Hussam Kadhim 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali

Al-Shorta

v

Al-Wahda

17 February 2020 Al-Shorta	0 – 1	Al-Wahda	Erbil, Iraq
14:00 GMT			Paul-José M'Poku 88'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Arab Club Champions Cup

^[7]^[12]

Round of 32

28 August 2019 Al-Shorta	Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:15 GMT	Diego Calderón Caicedo 30' Faisal Zayid 85'		Marwan Hussein 45+1' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 89'	Stadium: Al-Kuwait Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna

23 September 2019 Al-Shorta	2 – 0 (3a – 3 agg.)	Al-Kuwait	Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT	Junior Mapuku 79', 90+5'			Stadium: Karbala International Stadium Referee: Youssef Essrayri

Round of 16

6 November 2019 Al-Shorta	Nouakchott, Mauritania
17:00 GMT			Alaa Abdul-Zahra 56'	Stadium: Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal

Al-Shorta

v

FC Nouadhibou

25 November 2019 Al-Shorta	5 – 0 (6 – 0 agg.)	FC Nouadhibou	Al-Khor, Qatar
16:00 GMT	Jacob Ezekiel 8' (o.g.) Nabeel Sabah 12', 50' Amjad Attwan 34', 38'			Stadium: Al-Khor Stadium Referee: El Fadil Mohamed

Quarter-finals

23 December 2019 Al-Shorta	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16:00 GMT	Danilo Moreno Asprilla 6', 8', 44' Sebá 19' (pen.), 72' Cristian Guanca 22'			Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Amin Omar

20 January 2020 Al-Shabab	Amman, Jordan
14:30 GMT	Saad Abdul-Amir 48'		Cristian Guanca 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Referee: Ammar Ashkanani

References

^ Al-Shorta SC Website
^ Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Overview of History". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
^ "Iraqi Premier League called off". Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2020.
^ "Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper". Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.
^ "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2019-2020". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Al-Shorta SC Website
^ Goalzz.com
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External links

[1] Al-Shorta SC Website

[2] Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Overview of History". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2018-08-14.

[3] "Iraqi Premier League called off". Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2020.

[4] "Vice-chairman of the Iraq FA normalisation committee Shamel Kamel in dialogue with Al-Mada Paper". Al-Mada Paper. 1 July 2020.

[5] "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2019-2020". Al-Shorta SC. 7 July 2020.

[players-6] Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

[results-7] Al-Shorta SC Website

[8] Goalzz.com

[9] Goalzz.com

[10] Goalzz.com

[11] Goalzz.com

[12] Goalzz.com

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