2013–14 Al-Shorta SC season

In the 2013–14 season, Al Shorta competed in the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League and the 2014 AFC Cup after failing to qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage. They finished in first place in the Iraqi Premier League for the second time in a row, finishing one point ahead of second-placed Arbil FC, however were not crowned champions due to the season ending prematurely and were only considered as champions for the purpose of enabling admission into the AFC Cup.^[1] They also played in the AFC Cup but failed to advance past the group stages, playing out four goalless draws out of six games.

Al Shorta

2013–14 season
President	Ayad Bunyan
Manager	Lorival Santos
Ground	Al Shorta Stadium (until 9 December) Al Shaab Stadium (from 8 February onwards)
Iraqi Premier League	1st (no title awarded)
AFC Champions League	First qualifying round
AFC Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mustafa Karim (7) All: Mustafa Karim (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The season saw the club appoint their third ever foreign coach, Brazilian Lorival Santos, and sign their first ever Brazilian player, striker Cristiano da Silva Santos. Their top scorer for the season was Iraqi forward Mustafa Karim who scored seven goals in total.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  IRQ Waleed Salem 3 DF  IRQ Dhirgham Ismail 4 DF  SYR Hamdi Al Masri 5 MF  IRQ Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain) 6 DF  IRQ Kassim Zidan 7 FW  IRQ Sherko Karim 9 FW  IRQ Mustafa Karim 10 MF  IRQ Mahdi Kamel 12 GK  IRQ Mohammed Gassid 14 FW  IRQ Amjad Kalaf (vice-captain) 16 MF  IRQ Hamza Hassan 17 FW  IRQ Ammar Abdul-Hussein 18 MF  IRQ Mahdi Karim 19 MF  IRQ Ahmad Ayad

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  CMR Innocent Awoa 23 GK  IRQ Mohammed Hameed 24 MF  IRQ Qusay Munir 26 FW  IRQ Mohanad Ali 27 FW  IRQ Karrar Hameed 28 MF  IRQ Haider Muthanna 29 DF  IRQ Ahmed Hassan 30 FW  BRA Cristiano 31 GK  IRQ Nebras Salman 33 DF  IRQ Ali Bahjat 35 MF  IRQ Ahmad Fadhel — GK  IRQ Amjed Salem — MF  IRQ Mohammed Hadi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRQ Husain Abdullah (at Al Zawraa until the end of the 2013-14 season) — MF  IRQ Haider Salim (at Al Masafi until the end of the 2013-14 season)

Departed during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 DF  BFA Paul Koulibaly 11 FW  IRQ Hussein Karim 15 MF  IRQ Nashat Akram 20 FW  IRQ Ahmad Hussein

Backroom staff and club officials

Name	Position
Lorival Santos	Manager
Anderson Nicolau	Assistant manager/Fitness Coach
Walid Juma	Fitness coach
Marquinhos Domingues	Goalkeeping coach
Hashim Ridha	Administrative Director
Sirwan Raouf	Administrative Assistant
Bilal Hussein	Administrator
Abdulrahman Ali	Technical Processor
Haider Abdul-Zahra	Assistant Technical Processor
Tonello Marilia	Physiotherapist
Felipe Biazotto	Physiologist

Boardroom positions

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman:	Ayad Bunyan
Vice-chairman:	Adnan Jafar
Member of the Board:	Ghazi Faisal
Member of the Board:	Salam Faraj
Member of the Board:	Ali Abdul-Zahra

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Kit

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Home

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Away

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Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
September 2013	Administrative Director	Hashim Ridha	Free agent	-
September 2013	DF	Ali Bahjat	Dohuk FC	-
September 2013	FW	Ahmad Hussein	Al Kahraba	-
September 2013	FW	Ammar Abdul-Hussein	Arbil FC	-
September 2013	FW	Mustafa Karim	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	-
September 2013	MF	Qusay Munir	Baghdad FC	-
September 2013	Technical Advisor	Nazar Ashraf	Free agent	-
September 2013	Manager	Lorival Santos	Treze	-
September 2013	Assistant manager/Fitness Coach	Anderson Nicolau	Betim	-
September 2013	Goalkeeping coach	Marquinhos Domingues		-
September 2013	FW	Mohanad Ali		-
October 2013	MF	Mahdi Karim	Arbil FC	-
October 2013	DF	Hamdi Al Masri	Al Naft	-
October 2013	GK	Wissam Adel	Naft Al Junoob	-
October 2013	GK	Nebras Salman	Sulaymaniya FC	-
October 2013	FW	Cristiano	Betim	-
November 2013	MF	Mohammed Hadi	Free agent	-
November 2013	GK	Amjed Salem	Free agent	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
September 2013	FW	Minusu Buba	El Gouna FC	End of loan
September 2013	FW	Muslim Mubarak	Al Talaba	-
September 2013	Manager	Thair Jassam		-
September 2013	Assistant manager	Haitham Al-Shaboul		-
September 2013	Fitness coach	Hassan Darwich		-
September 2013	Goalkeeping coach	Abdul Raouf Alteka		-
September 2013	MF	Husain Abdullah	Al Zawraa	Loan
September 2013	FW	Muhaimen Salim	Al Zawraa	-
September 2013	MF	Haider Salim	Al Masafi	Loan
September 2013	MF	Mohammed Faisel	Al Naft	-
September 2013	DF	Zeid Khalaf	Al Masafi	-
September 2013	DF	Fareed Majeed		-
September 2013	DF	Omar Sabah		-
September 2013	MF	Ali Rahim	Al Naft	-
October 2013	GK	Ali Husain	Zakho FC	-
October 2013	MF	Ali Hussein Fandi	Duhok FC	-
October 2013	DF	Ali Abd Ali	Al Karkh	-
October 2013	GK	Wissam Adel	Al Karkh	-
October 2013	DF	Ali Mohammed Alialah	Al Talaba	-
January 2014	FW	Ahmad Hussein	Zakho FC	-
January 2014	FW	Hussein Karim	Al Zawraa	-
February 2014	MF	Nashat Akram	Dalian Aerbin	-
February 2014	Technical Advisor	Nazar Ashraf		-
April 2014	DF	Paul Koulibaly		-

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Matches

Pre-season friendlies

Al Shorta v Al Minaa

22 October 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Al Minaa	Baghdad
12:30 GMT	Amjad Kalaf 16' Mustafa Karim 36' (pen.)		Naif Faleh 71'	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Al Shorta v Karbala FC

24 October 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Karbala FC	Baghdad
12:30 GMT	Mustafa Karim 62'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Mid-season friendlies

Al Shorta v Al Oloom wal Technologia

18 November 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Oloom wal Technologia	Baghdad
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Al Shorta v Al Jaish

1 December 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	3 – 1	Al Jaish	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Cristiano Innocent Awoa Hamza Hassan			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Al Shorta v Naft Maysan

31 December 2013 Friendly	Al Shorta	3 – 0	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
10:00 GMT	Cristiano 9', 48' Ammar Abdul-Hussein 14'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Al Shorta v Al Karkh

7 January 2014 Friendly	Al Shorta	5 – 2	Al Karkh	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Ammar Abdul-Hussein 15' Cristiano 23' Mahdi Karim 55' (pen.) Mustafa Karim 71', 85'		Ali Abd Dyab 75' (pen.) Karrar Mohammed 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Tala'ea El-Gaish v Al Shorta

14 January 2014 Friendly	Tala'ea El-Gaish	1 – 1	Al Shorta	Cairo
13:00 GMT	Islam Kamal 63' (pen.)		Cristiano	Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium

Al Shorta v Al Tadamun

17 January 2014 Friendly	Al Shorta	2 – 2	Al Tadamun	Cairo
12:00 GMT	Nashat Akram 22' Cristiano 38'

Al Shorta v Al Zawraa

28 January 2014 Friendly	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Al Zawraa	Baghdad
11:00 GMT	Cristiano 9'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Samawa FC v Al Shorta

26 April 2014 Friendly	Samawa FC	1 – 1	Al Shorta	Samawa
	Mohammed Hassan (pen.)		Ali Bahjat	Stadium: Al Muthanna Stadium
Note: This was a charity match which saw the participation of the retired striker Hashim Ridha for Al Shorta.

Competitive

Iraqi Premier League

Main article: 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League

Al Zawraa v Al Shorta

29 October 2013 1	Al Zawraa	0 – 1	Al Shorta	Baghdad
12:00 GMT	Ali Khudhair  58'		Mustafa Karim 66' Cristiano 90+4'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Al Shorta v Naft Maysan

3 November 2013 2	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Naft Maysan	Baghdad
11:45 GMT	Mustafa Karim 34' (pen.) Cristiano 90+4'		Khodor Salame 28'	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Najaf FC v Al Shorta

24 November 2013 3	Najaf FC	0 – 0	Al Shorta	Najaf
11:30 GMT				Stadium: An Najaf Stadium

Al Shorta v Duhok FC

29 November 2013 4	Al Shorta	5 – 0	Duhok FC	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Dhirgham Ismail 27' Mustafa Karim 60', 68' Hamdi Al Masri 72' Waleed Salem 90+3'			Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Al Karkh v Al Shorta

4 December 2013 5	Al Karkh	0 – 2	Al Shorta	Karkh
11:30 GMT			Nashat Akram 44' Mustafa Karim 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium

Al Shorta v Al Minaa

9 December 2013 6	Al Shorta	1 – 1	Al Minaa	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Mustafa Karim 45' (pen.)		Basem Ali 85'	Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium

Zakho FC v Al Shorta

14 December 2013 7	Zakho FC	1 – 0	Al Shorta	Zakho
11:30 GMT	Khalid Musheer 73' (pen.)			Stadium: Zakho Stadium

Al Shorta v Arbil FC

8 February 2014 8	Al Shorta	2 – 1	Arbil FC	Baghdad
11:30 GMT	Mahdi Karim 23' (pen.) Cristiano 30'		Amjad Radhi 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Al Naft v Al Shorta

14 February 2014 9	Al Naft	0 – 0	Al Shorta	Baghdad
11:30 GMT				Stadium: Al Naft Stadium

Al Talaba v Al Shorta

26 March 2014 10	Al Talaba	1 – 2	Al Shorta	Baghdad
13:00 GMT	Ali Salah 90+4'		Ahmad Ayad 20' Amjad Kalaf 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Naft Maysan v Al Shorta

13 April 2014 11	Naft Maysan	1 – 3	Al Shorta	Amarah
13:00 GMT	Mustafa Al Ameen 52'		Karrar Hameed 62' Dhirgham Ismail 68', 84' Mahdi Kamel  85'	Stadium: Al-Maimouna Stadium

Al Shorta v Al Quwa Al Jawiya

18 April 2014 12	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	Baghdad
13:00 GMT	Sherko Karim 76'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Al Shorta v Al Talaba

4 May 2014 13	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Al Talaba	Baghdad
13:00 GMT	Amjad Kalaf 6'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Al Shorta v Najaf FC

9 May 2014 14	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Najaf FC	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Mahdi Karim 2'			Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Duhok FC v Al Shorta

15 May 2014 15	Duhok FC	2 – 2	Al Shorta	Duhok
13:30 GMT	Alaa Abdul-Zahra 45+2' Ahmed Abdul-Ameer 53'		Amjad Kalaf 17' Mustafa Karim 86'	Stadium: Duhok Stadium

Baghdad FC v Al Shorta

20 May 2014 16	Baghdad FC	1 – 2	Al Shorta	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Ali Rabo  34' Mustafa Ahmad 80'		Ali Bahjat 44' Sherko Karim 88'	Stadium: Baghdad FC Stadium

Karbala FC v Al Shorta

26 May 2014 17	Karbala FC	0 – 0	Al Shorta	Karbala
13:30 GMT	Cleyton 81'			Stadium: Karbala Stadium

Al Shorta v Al Karkh

1 June 2014 18	Al Shorta	2 – 2	Al Karkh	Baghdad
13:30 GMT	Hamdi Al Masri 22' Amjad Kalaf 87'		Abdul-Qadir Tariq 38' Aboubacar Tambadou 63'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Al Minaa v Al Shorta

6 June 2014 19	Al Minaa	0 – 0	Al Shorta	Basra
13:45 GMT				Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium

Al Shorta v Zakho FC

11 June 2014 20	Al Shorta	1 – 0	Zakho FC	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Ahmad Ayad 13'		Raja Rafe Hamid Ismael	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Al Shorta v Naft Al Junoob

15 June 2014 21	Al Shorta	1 – 2	Naft Al Junoob	Baghdad
13:45 GMT	Hamdi Al Masri  44' Qusay Munir  60' Dhirgham Ismail 65' (pen.)		Faisal Kadhim 2' De Santos 59' Faris Hassan  90+4'	Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shorta	21	12	7	2	29	13	+16	43	Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
2	Erbil	21	12	6	3	29	15	+14	42
3	Baghdad	23	11	7	5	33	22	+11	40
4	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	22	10	7	5	32	21	+11	37
5	Naft Al-Junoob	23	9	9	5	26	22	+4	36

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	12	7	2	29	13	+16	43	7	2	1	17	7	+10	5	5	1	12	6	+6

Source: Goalzz

AFC Champions League

Kuwait SC v Al Shorta

2 February 2014 First qualifying round	Kuwait SC	1 – 0	Al Shorta	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:30 GMT	Rogério de Assis Coutinho  57' Javad Nekounam 63' Musab Al Kandari  72'		Cristiano  53' Innocent Awoa  65' Ahmad Fadhel  85' Qusay Munir  87' Hussein Abdul-Wahed  90+1'	Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed

AFC Cup

Main article: 2014 AFC Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2014 AFC Cup group stage § Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Qadsia	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11[a]
Al-Hidd	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11[a]
Al-Shorta	6	1	4	1	3	4	−1	7
Al-Wahda	6	0	2	4	5	14	−9	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.

Al Shorta v Al Qadsia

26 February 2014 1	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Qadsia	Al Wakrah, Qatar
14:00 GMT	Paul Koulibaly  62' Mohammed Gassid  90+3'		Nawaf Al-Mutairi  53' Abdulrahman Al Enezi  64' Musaed Neda  67'	Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baqi

Al Wahda v Al Shorta

12 March 2014 2	Al Wahda	1 – 3	Al Shorta	Sidon, Lebanon
12:00 GMT	Mohamed Bash Buyuk 30' Ali Diab  47'		Amjad Kalaf  10', 59', 60' Mahdi Karim 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Saida Municipal Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Charymurat Kurbanov

Al Hidd v Al Shorta

18 March 2014 3	Al Hidd	0 – 0	Al Shorta	Riffa, Bahrain
15:30 GMT	Mohammad Al Daoud  43'			Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

Al Shorta v Al Hidd

2 April 2014 4	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Hidd	Al Wakrah, Qatar
15:00 GMT	Mahdi Karim  15' Hamdi Al Masri  42' Amjad Kalaf  45+3' Mohammed Gassid  81'		Sayed Mohammed Adnan  17'	Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh

Al Qadsia v Al Shorta

8 April 2014 5	Al Qadsia	3 – 0	Al Shorta	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:50 GMT	Omar Al Soma 3', 50', 74',  90+2' Khalid El Ebrahim  11' Ahmad Al Dhefiri  48' Ibrahima Keita  86'		Ammar Abdul-Hussein Al-Asadi  11' Hussein Abdul-Wahed  68'	Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Timur Faizullin

Al Shorta v Al Wahda

22 April 2014 6	Al Shorta	0 – 0	Al Wahda	Al Wakrah, Qatar
15:30 GMT	Hamdi Al Masri  90'			Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi

Last updated: 15 May 2014
Source: Al Shorta website

Player statistics

Iraqi Premier League

Position	Nation	Squad Number	Name	Goals	Assists[4]
FW		9	Mustafa Karim	7	1
FW		14	Amjad Kalaf	4	4
DF		3	Dhirgham Ismail	4	2
MF		19	Ahmad Ayad	2	3
DF		4	Hamdi Al Masri	2	0
FW		7	Sherko Karim	2	0
MF		18	Mahdi Karim	2	0
FW		30	Cristiano	2	0
DF		2	Waleed Salem	1	2
MF		15	Nashat Akram	1	1
FW		27	Karrar Hameed	1	0
DF		33	Ali Bahjat	1	0
MF		10	Mahdi Kamel	0	4
FW		17	Ammar Abdul-Hussein	0	1

AFC Cup

Position	Nation	Squad Number	Name	Goals	Assists[4]
FW		14	Amjad Kalaf	2	0
MF		18	Mahdi Karim	1	0
MF		5	Hussein Abdul-Wahed	0	1