# 2015–16 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2015–16 season was Al Shorta's 42nd season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 42 editions of the competition. Al Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League, while they withdrew from the Iraq FA Cup and did not enter the AFC Cup.
They entered this season having finished in third place in the league in the 2014–15 season, but this season they only managed to finish in seventh place in the league after failing to win any of their last six games. The managerial instability at the club contributed to their disappointing campaign as they had four different managers all in the same season.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Ahmed Basil |
| 2 | DF | SYR | Ahmad Al Salih |
| 5 | DF | IRQ | Ali Faez |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Ibrahim Naeem |
| 7 | FW | IRQ | Ali Salah |
| 8 | FW | IRQ | Mohanad Ali |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Mahdi Kamel (5th captain) |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Marwan Hussein |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Amjad Attwan |
| 12 | GK | IRQ | Jalal Hassan (3rd captain) |
| 14 | FW | IRQ | Amjad Kalaf (captain) |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Waleed Bahar |
| 16 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Salam |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRQ | Nabeel Sabah |
| 18 | DF | TUN | Seifeddine Chammari |
| 19 | MF | IRQ | Ahmad Ayad |
| 20 | MF | UGA | Hassan Wasswa |
| 21 | FW | IRQ | Akram Jassim |
| 22 | FW | IRQ | Hussein Karim |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Waleed Salem (4th captain) |
| 24 | GK | IRQ | Haidar Raad |
| 29 | FW | IRQ | Ameer Sabah |
| 32 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohammed |
| 35 | MF | IRQ | Ahmad Fadhel (vice-captain) |
| — | DF | IRQ | Safa Hussein |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Bassim Abbas |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Mohanad Arzeij |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Hussein Ali Wahid |
| 13 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Abdul Amir |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Ali Bahjat |
| 18 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Abbas |
| 19 | DF | IRQ | Mohammed Nasser Noumi |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Jhonatan Bernardo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Murtadha Hudaib |
| 26 | FW | TOG | Backer Aloenouvo |
| 27 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul Wahid Khalaf |
| 28 | MF | IRQ | Faris Hassoun |
| 32 | DF | IRQ | Anas Jassim |
| — | GK | IRQ | Amjad Raheem |
| — | DF | IRQ | Ali Hussein |
| — | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Mohammed |

## Kit

| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Home alt. 3 | Away | Away alt. | Third |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| July 2015 | MF | Ahmad Fadhel | Baghdad FC | Return from loan |
| July 2015 | DF | Ali Faez | Arbil FC | - |
| July 2015 | DF | Ahmed Mohammed | Arbil FC | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Nabeel Sabah | Arbil FC | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Ibrahim Naeem | Al Karkh | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Papa Koami | Al Karkh | - |
| July 2015 | DF | Mustafa Mohammed | Al Jaish | - |
| July 2015 | GK | Jalal Hassan | Baghdad FC | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Amjad Attwan | Naft Al Wasat | - |
| July 2015 | GK | Haidar Raad | Al Naft | - |
| July 2015 | FW | Hussein Ali Wahid | Al Minaa | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Hussein Abdul Wahid | Al Minaa | - |
| July 2015 | GK | Amjad Raheem | Al Minaa | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Ahmed Abbas | Baghdad FC | - |
| July 2015 | DF | Mohanad Arzeij | Al Karkh | - |
| July 2015 | FW | Ahmed Salam | Free agent | - |
| July 2015 | DF | Mohammed Nasser Noumi | Naft Al Wasat | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Ahmed Abdul-Amir | Al Talaba | - |
| August 2015 | DF | Anas Jassim | Naft Al Junoob | - |
| August 2015 | DF | Ahmad Al Salih | Al Arabi | - |
| September 2015 | FW | Jhonatan Bernardo | Than Quảng Ninh | - |
| October 2015 | FW | Backer Aloenouvo | Free agent | - |
| November 2015 | DF | Waleed Bahar | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | - |
| November 2015 | MF | Faris Hassoun | Naft Al Wasat | - |
| November 2015 | FW | Ali Salah | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | - |
| November 2015 | FW | Marwan Hussein | Al Khaleej | - |
| November 2015 | MF | Ahmad Ayad | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | - |
| November 2015 | FW | Ameer Sabah | Zakho FC | - |
| November 2015 | MF | Hussein Karim | Karbala FC | - |
| November 2015 | DF | Bassim Abbas | Al Kahraba | - |
| November 2015 | DF | Safa Hussein | Najaf FC | - |
| November 2015 | DF | Ali Hussein | Al Minaa | - |
| November 2015 | MF | Hassan Wasswa | Free agent | - |
| January 2016 | DF | Seifeddine Chammari | Free agent | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| July 2015 | FW | Marwan Hussein | Al Khaleej | - |
| July 2015 | DF | Salam Shakir | Al Fateh | - |
| July 2015 | FW | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | Al Minaa | - |
| July 2015 | GK | Saif Jameel | Al Talaba | - |
| July 2015 | DF | Karrar Mohammed | Al Zawraa | - |
| July 2015 | GK | Mohammed Gassid | Al Zawraa | - |
| July 2015 | FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | Al Zawraa | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Hussein Abdul-Wahed | Al Zawraa | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Muthana Khalid | Baghdad FC | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Ahmad Ayad | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | - |
| July 2015 | GK | Mohammed Hameed | Zakho FC | - |
| July 2015 | DF | Hamdi Al Masri | Al Muharraq | - |
| July 2015 | MF | Mahdi Karim | Al Talaba | - |
| August 2015 | DF | Dhurgham Ismail | Çaykur Rizespor | - |
| August 2015 | MF | Mustafa Mohsin | Naft Maysan | - |
| September 2015 | MF | Papa Koami | Al Karkh | - |
| November 2015 | GK | Amjad Raheem | | Released |
| November 2015 | DF | Mohammed Nasser Noumi | | Released |
| November 2015 | FW | Backer Aloenouvo | | Released |
| November 2015 | FW | Jhonatan Bernardo | | Released |
| November 2015 | FW | Hussein Ali Wahid | | Released |
| November 2015 | DF | Ali Bahjat | | Released |
| November 2015 | MF | Hussein Abdul Wahid | | Released |
| November 2015 | MF | Ahmed Abdul Amir | | Released |
| November 2015 | MF | Murtadha Hudaib | | Released |
| November 2015 | DF | Mustafa Mohammed | | Released |
| November 2015 | MF | Ahmed Abbas | | Released |
| March 2016 | DF | Mohanad Arzeij | | Released |
| March 2016 | DF | Bassim Abbas | | Released |
| March 2016 | DF | Anas Jassim | | Released |
| March 2016 | DF | Ali Hussein | | Released |
| April 2016 | MF | Faris Hassoun | | Released |

## Competitions
### Iraqi Premier League
#### Group stage (group 2)
##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |

#### Elite Stage
##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ground | N | N | H | A | N | N | N |
| Result | W | D | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Other sports

| Sport | Result |
| Handball | champions |
| Athletics | champions |
| Bobybuilding | champions |
| Archery | champions |
| Weightlifting | champions |
| Judo | champions |
| Wrestling | runners-up |
| Boxing | runners-up |
| Volleyball | 3rd place |
| Basketball | 3rd place in league 5th place in WABA Champions Cup Quarter-finals in Arab Club Championship |