# 2020–21 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Shorta's 47th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 46 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League, the Iraq FA Cup and the AFC Champions League, having won the league title in the 2018–19 season (the 2019–20 league season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Al-Shorta were unable to defend their league title as they ended the season in fourth place, while they reached the semi-finals of the Iraq FA Cup and were eliminated from the AFC Champions League group stages.

## Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | 2020 ACL | 2020 ACL | 2021 ACL | 2021 ACL | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Ahmed Basil | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Uday Shehab | 2(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 5(2) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Amer | 18(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27(4) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Saad Natiq | 28(1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 37(1) | 8 |
| 5 | DF | IRQ | Ali Faez | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | SYR | Fahd Al-Youssef | 17(1) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26(1) | 3 |
| 7 | MF | IRQ | Amjad Attwan | 32(1) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 37(2) | 13 |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Murad Mohammed | 16(10) | 2 | 3(1) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19(13) | 4 |
| 9 | FW | VEN | Gelmin Rivas | 6(3) | 6 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 8(7) | 6 |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Marwan Hussein | 4(11) | 2 | 1(2) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(14) | 2 |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Ahmed Jalal | 6(7) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(9) | 2 |
| 13 | MF | IRQ | Ali Husni | 9(10) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 11(11) | 1 |
| 14 | FW | IRQ | Mazin Fayyadh | 24(5) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4(2) | 0 | 33(7) | 4 |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Khudhor Ali | 18(13) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 27(16) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Mezher | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(2) | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRQ | Alaa Mhawi | 23(4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29(4) | 4 |
| 19 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Qasim Majid | 29(3) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 33(4) | 6 |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Hameed (captain) | 15(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17(2) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRQ | Hussam Kadhim | 20(7) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29(7) | 0 |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Saad Abdul-Amir (vice-captain) | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 3 |
| 26 | MF | IRQ | Ammar Ghalib | 0(7) | 1 | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(13) | 1 |
| 28 | FW | IRQ | Ali Yousif | 1(7) | 0 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3(9) | 1 |
| 29 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Dawood | 13(3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 18(4) | 4 |
| 30 | GK | IRQ | Alaa Khalil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | IRQ | Ali Jasim | 1(8) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(11) | 0 |
| 32 | DF | IRQ | Hassan Ashour | 18(5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 21(7) | 0 |
| 33 | MF | IRQ | Jassim Mohammed | 6(14) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 12(19) | 1 |
| 34 | GK | IRQ | Moamel Mohammed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | IRQ | Ali Mahdi | 6(11) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 7(15) | 0 |
| Players out on loan for rest of the season ||||||||||||||
| 21 | MF | IRQ | Sadeq Zamil | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
| | GK | IRQ | Abdul-Aziz Ammar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRQ | Bilal Khudhair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Amoori Faisal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Atheer Salih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Haidar Abdul-Salam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Hassan Abdul-Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players departed but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | COL | Daniel Hernández | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | 5(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(11) | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGR | Christian Osaguona | 9(1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 2 |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Rafael Silva | 4(3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(3) | 3 |
| 29 | FW | IRQ | Hussam Jadallah | 1(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(6) | 0 |

## Kit

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

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| June 2020 | MF | Ahmed Jalal | Al-Zawraa | - |
| June 2020 | FW | Hussam Jadallah | Al-Hudood | - |
| June 2020 | DF | Karrar Amer | Al-Najaf | - |
| June 2020 | MF | Murad Mohammed | Al-Kahrabaa | - |
| June 2020 | DF | Khudhor Ali | Naft Al-Wasat | - |
| June 2020 | MF | Jassim Mohammed | Amanat Baghdad | - |
| June 2020 | MF | Mohammed Mezher | Naft Maysan | - |
| June 2020 | DF | Hassan Ashour | Al-Kahrabaa | - |
| July 2020 | MF | Ali Mahdi | Al-Karkh | - |
| July 2020 | MF | Sadeq Zamil | Naft Al-Basra | - |
| July 2020 | FW | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Kazma | - |
| July 2020 | MF | Mohammed Qasim Majid | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - |
| September 2020 | FW | Christian Osaguona | Persepolis | - |
| October 2020 | GK | Moamel Mohammed | Amanat Baghdad | - |
| October 2020 | MF | Amjad Attwan | Al-Kuwait | - |
| October 2020 | MF | Daniel Hernández | Deportivo Pasto | - |
| February 2021 | MF | Ali Husni | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - |
| February 2021 | FW | Rafael Silva | Always Ready | - |
| February 2021 | FW | Mohammed Dawood | Al-Naft | - |
| February 2021 | DF | Uday Shehab | Al-Karkh | - |
| February 2021 | FW | Gelmin Rivas | Free agent | - |
| February 2021 | MF | Fahd Al-Youssef | Al-Wehdat | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| June 2020 | MF | Akram Rahim | Naft Maysan | End of loan |
| June 2020 | DF | Manaf Younis | Al-Karkh | End of loan |
| June 2020 | MF | Abdul-Razzaq Qasim | Al-Karkh | End of loan |
| June 2020 | FW | Al-Hassan Saad | Al-Karkh | End of loan |
| June 2020 | FW | Junior Mapuku | | Released |
| June 2020 | FW | Diego Calderón Caicedo | | Released |
| June 2020 | MF | Nabeel Sabah | Naft Al-Wasat | - |
| June 2020 | MF | Amjad Waleed | Zakho | - |
| June 2020 | DF | Faisal Jassim | Naft Al-Wasat | - |
| June 2020 | DF | Mustafa Nadhim | Amanat Baghdad | - |
| June 2020 | DF | Dhurgham Ismail | Al-Zawraa | - |
| June 2020 | DF | Waleed Salem | Zakho | - |
| June 2020 | FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | Al-Zawraa | - |
| July 2020 | GK | Abdul-Aziz Ammar | Zakho | Loan |
| July 2020 | MF | Haidar Abdul-Salam | Al-Qasim | Loan |
| July 2020 | MF | Atheer Salih | Al-Qasim | Loan |
| August 2020 | MF | Karrar Jassim | | Released |
| August 2020 | MF | Hassan Abdul-Karim | Al-Karkh | Loan |
| September 2020 | DF | Bilal Khudhair | Al-Hudood | Loan |
| October 2020 | DF | Karrar Mohammed | Amanat Baghdad | - |
| January 2021 | GK | Abdul-Aziz Ammar | Al-Karkh | Loan |
| January 2021 | MF | Daniel Hernández | | Released |
| February 2021 | FW | Christian Osaguona | | Released |
| February 2021 | MF | Sadeq Zamil | Naft Al-Basra | Loan |
| February 2021 | FW | Hussam Jadallah | Al-Naft | - |
| February 2021 | FW | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Al-Minaa | - |
| June 2021 | FW | Rafael Silva | Madura United | - |

## Competitions
### 2020 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

Al-Shorta's first two group stage games were played in the 2019–20 season before the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Ahli | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Al-Wahda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Al-Wahda were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to several team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.

### 2021 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Al-Duhail | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | |
| 3 | Al-Ahli (H) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Al-Shorta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |