# 2022–23 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Shorta's 49th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 48 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League as defending champions, as well as the Iraq FA Cup, the Iraqi Super Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup.
Al-Shorta began the season by winning the Iraqi Super Cup, beating Al-Karkh 1–0. After a slow start to their league campaign, winning just three games from their first nine, Al-Shorta picked up their form but dismissed manager Moamen Soliman in March after a Baghdad Derby defeat to Al-Zawraa. Soliman's assistant Ahmed Salah took charge of the team for the remainder of the season and managed to steer the club to their second consecutive league title after overtaking Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at the top of the table, clinching the title with a 3–0 win away to Naft Maysan in the penultimate round of the season.
In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Shorta reached the round of 16 but were eliminated by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7–6 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. At the end of the season, Al-Shorta participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup and exceeded expectations by reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, defeating Club Sfaxien 1–0 and Al-Sadd 4–2 before losing to Al-Nassr from a penalty scored by Cristiano Ronaldo.

## Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Arab Champions Cup | Arab Champions Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Ahmed Basil | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Manaf Younis | 29(2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 35(3) | 2 |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Sajjad Jassim | 8(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 9(12) | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SYR | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | 26(6) | 10 | 0(1) | 1 | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30(8) | 11 |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Ammar Ghalib | 1(13) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(14) | 2 |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Alaa Abdul-Zahra (captain) | 19(8) | 12 | 0(1) | 0 | 4(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23(10) | 13 |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Bassam Shakir | 18(11) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20(13) | 2 |
| 12 | GK | IRQ | Yassin Karim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | IRQ | Ali Husni | 3(10) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(10) | 2 |
| 14 | MF | NIG | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Yahya | 15(7) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(7) | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Farhan | 27(6) | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33(6) | 13 |
| 19 | DF | JOR | Ihsan Haddad | 9(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(2) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Niang | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Karim | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Waleed Salem (vice-captain) | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRQ | Faisal Jassim | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Abdul-Razzaq Qasim | 8(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 8(10) | 1 |
| 26 | FW | IRQ | Dhulfiqar Younis | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 27 | DF | IRQ | Ameer Sabah | 23(6) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27(8) | 2 |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Lucas Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 29 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Dawood | 15(19) | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17(20) | 3 |
| 30 | MF | SYR | Fahd Al-Youssef | 36(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41(2) | 3 |
| 31 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Zeero | 8(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10(7) | 0 |
| 32 | GK | IRQ | Abbas Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Maan | 8(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(2) | 0 |
| 36 | FW | IRQ | Abbas Mohammed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Nadhim | 4(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(2) | 0 |
| 61 | MF | YEM | Nasser Mohammedoh | 6(7) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(10) | 1 |
| 99 | FW | IRQ | Aso Rostam | 11(9) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15(12) | 9 |
| Players out on loan until end of league season ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Amer | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9(2) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Mezher | 3(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(9) | 0 |
| | DF | IRQ | Bilal Khudhair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Atheer Salih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players departed but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SYR | Mardik Mardikian | 3(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(7) | 1 |
| 21 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Jaffal | 2(8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(8) | 1 |
| 33 | MF | IRQ | Amjad Waleed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Kit

Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)
| Home | Home (Arab) | Home (Super Cup) | Away | Away (Arab) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| July 2022 | MF | Idrissa Niang | Al-Talaba | - |
| July 2022 | MF | Sajjad Jassim | Naft Al-Wasat | - |
| July 2022 | DF | Manaf Younis | Al-Karkh | - |
| July 2022 | GK | Mohammed Karim | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - |
| July 2022 | MF | Amjad Waleed | Zakho | - |
| July 2022 | FW | Ahmed Farhan | Naft Al-Basra | - |
| August 2022 | FW | Mardik Mardikian | Al-Fahaheel | - |
| August 2022 | DF | Ahmed Yahya | Al-Minaa | - |
| January 2023 | DF | Ihsan Haddad | Al-Faisaly | - |
| February 2023 | FW | Aso Rostam | Al-Salmiya | - |
| February 2023 | DF | Mustafa Nadhim | Al-Faisaly | Loan |
| February 2023 | MF | Nasser Mohammedoh | Naft Al-Wasat | - |
| July 2023 | DF | Karrar Amer | Al-Najaf | End of loan |
| July 2023 | FW | Mohammed Mezher | Al-Najaf | End of loan |
| July 2023 | FW | Lucas Santos | Naft Al-Wasat | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| July 2022 | MF | Mohammed Qasim Majid | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - |
| July 2022 | DF | Niaz Mohammed | Erbil | - |
| July 2022 | DF | Hassan Ashour | Al-Zawraa | - |
| July 2022 | DF | Ali Yousif | Al-Zawraa | - |
| July 2022 | DF | Saad Natiq | Al-Batin | - |
| July 2022 | DF | Khudhor Ali | Al-Talaba | - |
| July 2022 | MF | Ali Mahdi | Al-Talaba | - |
| July 2022 | DF | Bilal Khudhair | Al-Hudood | Loan |
| August 2022 | MF | Sadeq Zamel | Naft Al-Basra | - |
| August 2022 | GK | Mohammed Abbas | Al-Naft | - |
| August 2022 | MF | Atheer Salih | Al-Naft | Loan |
| August 2022 | MF | Hussein Younis | Al-Talaba | - |
| August 2022 | FW | Mohammed Qasim Nassif | Karbala | - |
| December 2022 | FW | Mardik Mardikian | Al-Hamriya | - |
| January 2023 | MF | Amjad Waleed | Al-Talaba | - |
| January 2023 | DF | Karrar Amer | Al-Najaf | Loan |
| January 2023 | MF | Mohammed Jaffal | Erbil | - |
| February 2023 | MF | Mohammed Mezher | Al-Najaf | Loan |
| July 2023 | DF | Mustafa Nadhim | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| July 2023 | DF | Ihsan Haddad | Al-Faisaly | - |

## Competitions
### Iraqi Premier League
#### Score overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score |
| Al-Diwaniya | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Al-Hudood | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Al-Karkh | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Najaf | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Al-Qasim | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Sinaa | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Talaba | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Al-Zawraa | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Duhok | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Erbil | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Karbala | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Naft Al-Basra | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Naft Maysan | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Newroz | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Zakho | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Note: Al-Shorta goals listed first.

#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Shorta (C) | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 82 | |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 78 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 68 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 66 | |
| 5 | Al-Kahrabaa | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 62 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
* ↑ Al-Shorta were not granted an AFC license, therefore their AFC Champions League spot was passed to the league runners-up and Iraq FA Cup winners Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.
* 1 2 As Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (league runners-up and Iraq FA Cup winners) entered the AFC Champions League, the two AFC Cup spots were passed down to Iraq's only other licensed clubs, Al-Zawraa and Al-Kahrabaa.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Kooora

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ittihad Jeddah | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Al-Shorta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | CS Sfaxien | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Semi-finals
## Player statistics
### Iraqi Premier League

| Position | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| FW | 10 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 12 | 2 |
| FW | 17 | Ahmed Farhan | 11 | 3 |
| FW | 7 | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | 10 | 6 |
| FW | 99 | Aso Rostam | 7 | 0 |
| MF | 20 | Idrissa Niang | 5 | 1 |
| MF | 30 | Fahd Al-Youssef | 3 | 7 |
| FW | 29 | Mohammed Dawood | 3 | 5 |
| MF | 11 | Bassam Shakir | 2 | 3 |
| DF | 4 | Manaf Younis | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | Ammar Ghalib | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 27 | Ameer Sabah | 1 | 2 |
| FW | 9 | Mardik Mardikian | 1 | 1 |
| MF | 21 | Mohammed Jaffal | 1 | 1 |
| MF | 14 | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 25 | Abdul-Razzaq Qasim | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 61 | Nasser Mohammedoh | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 15 | Ahmed Yahya | 0 | 3 |
| MF | 6 | Sajjad Jassim | 0 | 2 |
| MF | 13 | Ali Husni | 0 | 2 |
| MF | 16 | Mohammed Mezher | 0 | 2 |
| DF | 31 | Ahmed Zeero | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 34 | Mustafa Maan | 0 | 1 |

### Iraq FA Cup

| Position | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| MF | 13 | Ali Husni | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 14 | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 7 | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 17 | Ahmed Farhan | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 99 | Aso Rostam | 0 | 3 |
| FW | 10 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 0 | 1 |

### Iraqi Super Cup

| Position | Nation | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| MF | | 14 | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 1 | 0 |
| MF | | 13 | Ali Husni | 0 | 1 |

### Arab Club Champions Cup

| Position | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| FW | 9 | Aso Rostam | 2 | 1 |
| FW | 10 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 14 | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 17 | Ahmed Farhan | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 27 | Ameer Sabah | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 4 | Manaf Younis | 0 | 1 |