2013–14 Al-Shorta SC season

Al Shorta
2013–14 season
President	Ayad Bunyan
Manager	Lorival Santos
Ground	Al Shorta Stadium (until 4 March); Al Shaab Stadium (from 4 March 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)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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.

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

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Royal Arena Sport

Home

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Away

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Third

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

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

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

Mid-season friendlies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage
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

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

Group stage

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:

^ ^a ^b Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.

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

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

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

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

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

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	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	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

References

^ "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
^ Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Staff". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
^ "Al Shorta - Transfers 2013-14". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
^ ^a ^b "Al Shorta - 2013-14 Season Review". Al Shorta's website. Retrieved 2018-07-31.

External links

[table_hth_QAD0.94294715716641-4] Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.

[1] "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.

[2] Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Staff". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

[3] "Al Shorta - Transfers 2013-14". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

[stats-5] "Al Shorta - 2013-14 Season Review". Al Shorta's website. Retrieved 2018-07-31.

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