2018–19 Al-Shorta SC season
| 2018–19 season | |||
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| President |  Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei | ||
| Manager |  Nebojša Jovović (until 19 July) Ahmad Salah (Caretaker) (from 19 July onwards) | ||
| Ground | Al-Shaab Stadium | ||
| Iraqi Premier League | Winners | ||
| Iraq FA Cup | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (28) All: Alaa Abdul-Zahra (29) | ||
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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]
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
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Out on loan
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Personnel
Technical Staff
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Manager: | Nebojša Jovović |
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| Assistant manager: | Haitham Al-Shaboul | 
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| Assistant manager: | Ahmad Salah |
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| Fitness coach: | Marko Jovanović | 
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| Goalkeeping coach: | Zoran Banović |
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| Medical officer: | Haider Abdul-Zahra |
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| Director of football: | Hashim Ridha |
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| Administrator: | Bilal Hussein |
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Management
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| President: | Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei |
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| Honorary President: | Yaseen Al-Yasiri |
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| Financial Secretary: | Uday Tariq |
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| Board Secretary | Alaa Bahar Al-Uloom |
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| Member of the Board: | Sadiq Jafar |
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| Member of the Board: | Ghazi Faisal |
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| Member of the Board: | Tahseen Al-Yassri |
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| Member of the Board: | Ali Al-Shahmani |
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| Member of the Board: | Ghalib Al-Zamili |
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| Member of the Board: | Ahsan Al-Daraji |
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Transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
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| July 2018 | DF | Mustafa Nadhim
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Al-Najaf
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| July 2018 | FW | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
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Al-Ramtha
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| July 2018 | DF | Ahmed Nadhim
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Al-Talaba
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| July 2018 | MF | Amjad Attwan
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Al-Najaf
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- |
| August 2018 | MF | Saad Abdul-Amir
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 Al-Shabab
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| August 2018 | FW |  Alassane Diallo
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 Dibba Al-Fujairah
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| August 2018 | DF |  Carlos Santos
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Free agent | - |
| September 2018 | DF |  Mamadou Wagué
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 Chornomorets Odesa
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| September 2018 | MF |  Maarouf Youssef
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 Al-Zamalek
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Loan |
| January 2019 | DF | Dhurgham Ismail
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 Çaykur Rizespor
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- |
| January 2019 | MF | Dominique Mendy
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| January 2019 | MF | Karrar Jassim
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 Sanat Naft Abadan
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| January 2019 | DF |  Ziad Al-Derbali
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 Al-Muharraq
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Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
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| July 2018 | MF |  Asiedu Attobrah
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Released | |
| July 2018 | MF | Akwetey Mensah
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Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
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| July 2018 | FW | Jefferson Araújo
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Manaus
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- |
| July 2018 | FW | Rafid Muayad
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Al-Karkh
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- |
| July 2018 | FW | Aqeel Khairi
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Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
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- |
| July 2018 | FW | Karrar Hameed
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Al-Hudood
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- |
| August 2018 | DF | Ali Lateef
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Al-Talaba
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- |
| August 2018 | MF | Nabeel Sabah
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Al-Talaba
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| August 2018 | DF | Ahmed Mohammed
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Al-Talaba
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| August 2018 | FW | Abdul-Qadir Tariq
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Al-Talaba
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| August 2018 | MF | Mohammed Mohsen
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Amanat Baghdad
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Loan |
| August 2018 | GK | Neriman Khedher
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Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
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| August 2018 | MF | Ahmad Ayad
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Released | |
| September 2018 | DF | Carlos Santos
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Released | |
| September 2018 | DF | Mamadou Wagué
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Released | |
| December 2018 | GK | Abdulaziz Ammar
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Al-Samawa
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Loan |
| January 2019 | FW | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
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Al-Minaa
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| January 2019 | DF | Ahmed Nadhim
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Al-Naft
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Loan |
| July 2019 | MF | Maarouf Youssef
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Al-Zamalek
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End of loan |
| July 2019 | FW | Mohanad Ali
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 Al-Duhail
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Competitions
Iraqi Premier League
| 15 September 2018 1 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Naft Al-Wasat | Baghdad |
| 15:00 GMT | Mahdi Kamel  62'Alassane Diallo 69' |
Salih Sadir  89' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qassim |
| 23 September 2018 2 | Al-Zawraa | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 15:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah |
| 5 October 2018 3 | Al-Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad |
| 14:45 GMT | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qassim |
| 21 October 2018 4 | Naft Al-Junoob | 1 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 14:15 GMT | Faisal Kadhem 31' |
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 1', 88' Mohanad Ali 48' |
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed |
| 2 November 2018 5 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 0 | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | Baghdad |
| 13:45 GMT | Mohanad Ali 20', 90+4' Amjad Attwan 27' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman |
| 7 November 2018 6 | Al-Kahrabaa | 0 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Mohanad Ali 25' Hassan Ashor 48' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan |
| 24 November 2018 7 | Al-Shorta | 5 – 1 | Naft Maysan | Baghdad |
| 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 8 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 15:00 GMT | Emad Mohsin 45+1' |
Alassane Diallo 14' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed |
| 3 December 2018 9 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Al-Hussein | Baghdad |
| 13:15 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 30' (pen.) Alassane Diallo 32' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qassim |
| 7 December 2018 10 | Al-Diwaniya | 1 – 7 | Al-Shorta | Diwaniya |
| 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 11 | Erbil | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Erbil |
| 12:00 GMT | Maarouf Youssef 52' |
Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan |
| 16 December 2018 12 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Hudood | Baghdad |
| 13:15 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 71' |
Saif Jassim  55'  63' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed |
| 31 January 2019 13 | Al-Samawa | 0 – 4 | Al-Shorta | Samawa |
| 11:30 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 42', 52' Alassane Diallo 55'Mohanad Ali 60' |
Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium |
| 5 February 2019 14 | Amanat Baghdad | 1 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 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 15 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 1 | Al-Najaf | Baghdad |
| 13:45 GMT | Maarouf Youssef 63' |
Hussain Salman 26' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Tahseen Ali |
| 16 February 2019 16 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 0 | Al-Minaa | Baghdad |
| 15:00 GMT | Karrar Jassim 19' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 38', 60' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman |
| 21 February 2019 17 | Al-Karkh | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah |
| 25 February 2019 18 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 1 | Al-Bahri | Baghdad |
| 13:45 GMT | Mohanad Ali 21', 47' Karrar Jassim 84' |
Ahmed Dawood 25' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qassim |
| 4 March 2019 19 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Al-Naft | Baghdad |
| 13:45 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 11' Mohanad Ali 39' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed |
| 30 March 2019 20 | Naft Al-Wasat | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Najaf |
| 12:00 GMT | Mohanad Ali 52' |
Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed |
| 4 April 2019 21 | Al-Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al-Zawraa | Baghdad |
| 14:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed |
| 11 April 2019 22 | Al-Naft | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 12:30 GMT | Mazin Fayyadh 85' |
Mohanad Ali 40' |
Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan |
| 18 April 2019 23 | Al-Talaba | 0 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 14:45 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 47' (pen.) Mohanad Ali 73' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed |
| 25 April 2019 24 | Al-Shorta | 4 – 0 | Naft Al-Junoob | Baghdad |
| 13:00 GMT | Mohanad Ali 28', 58' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 43', 90+1' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Fareed Kareem |
| 2 May 2019 25 | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 13:00 GMT | Alaa Mhawi 26' |
Stadium: Al-Taji Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed |
| 10 May 2019 26 | Al-Shorta | 5 – 3 | Al-Kahrabaa | Baghdad |
| 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 27 | Naft Maysan | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Amara |
| 19:00 GMT | Mehdi Daghagheleh 12' |
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 45+1' (pen.) |
Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qassim |
| 23 May 2019 28 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad |
| 19:00 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 35', 52' |
Hammadi Ahmad 13', 22', 80' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed |
| 28 May 2019 29 | Al-Hussein | 0 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 13:30 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 60' Mohanad Ali 70' |
Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium Referee: Salem Amer |
| 1 June 2019 30 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Diwaniya | Baghdad |
| 19:00 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 10' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Ayad Mozahem |
| 14 June 2019 31 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Erbil | Baghdad |
| 16:15 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 12' Mohanad Ali 34' |
Waso Rustam 73' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman |
| 20 June 2019 32 | Al-Hudood | 1 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 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 33 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 1 | Al-Samawa | Baghdad |
| 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 34 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Amanat Baghdad | Baghdad |
| 15:00 GMT | Maarouf Youssef 56' Amjad Attwan 82' |
Sattar Yasin 20' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium Referee: Mohanad Qassim |
| 9 July 2019 35 | Al-Najaf | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Najaf |
| 14:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed |
| 14 July 2019 36 | Al-Minaa | 1 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 16:15 GMT | Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf 24' |
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium Referee: Watheq Muhammed |
| 19 July 2019 37 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Karkh | Baghdad |
| 15:00 GMT | Hussam Kadhim 10' |
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 23 July 2019 38 | Al-Bahri | 3 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 14:00 GMT | Ahmad Dawood 11' Amer Mithaa 58'Wael Abdul-Hussein 66' |
Ammar Abdul-Hussein 5' |
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium |
Iraq FA Cup
Round of 32
| 25 October 2018 First leg | Al-Shorta | 5 – 0 | Haifa | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Alassane Diallo 7', 53' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Karrar Mohammed 9'Mohanad Ali 82' |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 16 November 2018 Second leg | Haifa | 1 – 1 (1 – 6 agg.) | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:00 GMT | Hussein Mundher 66' |
Alassane Diallo 44' |
Stadium: Al-Sinaa Stadium Referee: Shamil Tahseen |
Round of 16
| 5 January 2019 First leg | Al-Kahrabaa | 1 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:00 GMT | Alaa Mhaisen 75' |
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 85' |
Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium |
| 11 January 2019 Second leg | Al-Shorta | 1 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.) | Al-Kahrabaa | Baghdad |
| 10:30 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 31' |
Sajjad Raad 59' |
Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium Referee: Mohamed Salman |
References
- ^ Danilo Mitrović. "Nebojša Jovović ide u peti arapski izazov: Irak naredna stanica". Vijesti. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ Al-Shorta SC Website
- ^ Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Overview of History". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ a b Al-Shorta website. "Al-Shorta – Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ^ Al-Shorta SC Website
- ^ Goalzz.com