# 2018–19 Al-Shorta SC season

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.
They entered this season having finished fourth in the league in the 2017–18 season, but under the management of Nebojša Jovović they achieved better results and managed to secure the Iraqi Premier League title on 14 July with three 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.

## Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Ahmed Basil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Mohammed | 27(1) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31(1) | 1 |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Mustafa Nadhim | 4(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(6) | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain) | 2(14) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6(14) | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Maarouf Youssef | 28(2) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30(2) | 3 |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Karrar Jassim | 18(6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18(6) | 2 |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Mahdi Kamel | 18(10) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20(10) | 1 |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 36 | 28 | 2(2) | 1 | 38(2) | 29 |
| 11 | DF | IRQ | Dhurgham Ismail (vice-captain) | 11(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 11(7) | 0 |
| 12 | FW | IRQ | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | 14(17) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18(17) | 2 |
| 13 | MF | IRQ | Amjad Waleed | 13(17) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 16(18) | 0 |
| 15 | DF | TUN | Ziad Al-Derbali | 13(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13(5) | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRQ | Mustafa Mohammed Salih | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRQ | Alaa Mhawi | 22(7) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23(7) | 2 |
| 18 | FW | IRQ | Mohanad Ali | 29(1) | 19 | 0(1) | 1 | 29(2) | 20 |
| 19 | MF | IRQ | Amjad Attwan | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Hameed | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Abbas | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRQ | Hussam Kadhim | 19(5) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23(5) | 1 |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Waleed Salem | 18(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18(5) | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRQ | Faisal Jassim | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Saad Abdul-Amir | 14(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16(4) | 1 |
| 26 | MF | IRQ | Hassan Abdul-Karim | 1(6) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 2(8) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | IRQ | Haidar Abdul-Salam | 0(2) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 1(4) | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IRQ | Atheer Salih | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 29 | DF | IRQ | Bilal Khudhair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SEN | Alassane Diallo | 26(7) | 11 | 2 | 4 | 28(7) | 15 |
| Players out on loan for rest of the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Nadhim | 0(4) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(5) | 0 |
| 28 | FW | IRQ | Mustafa Farman | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| | GK | IRQ | Abdul-Aziz Ammar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Moamel Kareem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Mohsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players departed but featured this season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | 0(5) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 3(6) | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Dominique Mendy | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 |
| 29 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Thaer | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |

## Kit

Supplier: Nike
| Home | Home alt. | Away | Away alt. | Away alt. 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| July 2018 | DF | Mustafa Nadhim | Al-Najaf | - |
| July 2018 | FW | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Al-Ramtha | - |
| July 2018 | DF | Ahmed Nadhim | Al-Talaba | - |
| July 2018 | MF | Amjad Attwan | Al-Najaf | - |
| August 2018 | MF | Saad Abdul-Amir | Al-Shabab | - |
| August 2018 | FW | Alassane Diallo | Dibba Al-Fujairah | - |
| August 2018 | DF | Carlos Santos | Free agent | - |
| September 2018 | DF | Mamadou Wagué | Chornomorets Odesa | - |
| September 2018 | MF | Maarouf Youssef | Al-Zamalek | Loan |
| January 2019 | DF | Dhurgham Ismail | Çaykur Rizespor | - |
| January 2019 | MF | Dominique Mendy | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - |
| January 2019 | MF | Karrar Jassim | Sanat Naft Abadan | - |
| January 2019 | DF | Ziad Al-Derbali | Al-Muharraq | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| July 2018 | MF | Asiedu Attobrah | | Released |
| July 2018 | MF | Akwetey Mensah | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | - |
| July 2018 | FW | Jefferson Araújo | Manaus | - |
| July 2018 | FW | Rafid Muayad | Al-Karkh | - |
| July 2018 | FW | Aqeel Khairi | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | - |
| July 2018 | FW | Karrar Hameed | Al-Hudood | - |
| August 2018 | DF | Ali Lateef | Al-Talaba | - |
| August 2018 | MF | Nabeel Sabah | Al-Talaba | - |
| August 2018 | DF | Ahmed Mohammed | Al-Talaba | - |
| August 2018 | FW | Abdul-Qadir Tariq | Al-Talaba | - |
| August 2018 | MF | Mohammed Mohsen | Amanat Baghdad | Loan |
| August 2018 | GK | Neriman Khedher | Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | - |
| August 2018 | MF | Ahmad Ayad | | Released |
| September 2018 | DF | Carlos Santos | | Released |
| September 2018 | DF | Mamadou Wagué | | Released |
| December 2018 | GK | Abdul-Aziz Ammar | Al-Samawa | Loan |
| January 2019 | FW | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Al-Minaa | - |
| January 2019 | DF | Ahmed Nadhim | Al-Naft | Loan |
| January 2019 | FW | Mustafa Farman | Al-Sinaa | Loan |
| July 2019 | MF | Maarouf Youssef | Al-Zamalek | End of loan |
| July 2019 | FW | Mohanad Ali | Al-Duhail | $1,800,000 |

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

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score |
| Al-Bahri | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Al-Diwaniya | 1–0 | 7–1 |
| Al-Hudood | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Hussein | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 5–3 | 2–0 |
| Al-Karkh | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Minaa | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Naft | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Najaf | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Al-Samawa | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Talaba | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Zawraa | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Amanat Baghdad | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Erbil | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Naft Al-Junoob | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Naft Maysan | 5–1 | 1–1 |
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 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 89 | 2020 and 2021 AFC Champions League and 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup first round |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 84 | 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round and 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup first round |
| 3 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 65 | 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and 2021 play-off round and 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Al-Naft | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 63 | |
| 5 | Naft Maysan | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 59 | |
* ↑ Al-Shorta qualified for both the 2020 and 2021 AFC Champions League group stages by virtue of their position as 2018–19 league champions due to the abandonment of the 2019–20 domestic season.
* ↑ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round by virtue of their position as 2018–19 league runners-up due to the abandonment of the 2019–20 domestic season.
* ↑ Al-Zawraa qualified for both the 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and 2021 AFC Champions League play-off round by virtue of their position as 2018–19 Iraq FA Cup winners due to the abandonment of the 2019–20 domestic season.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Iraq FA Cup
#### Round of 16
## Player statistics
### Iraqi Premier League

| Position | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| FW | 10 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 28 | 8 |
| FW | 18 | Mohanad Ali | 19 | 8 |
| FW | 33 | Alassane Diallo | 11 | 2 |
| MF | 6 | Maarouf Youssef | 3 | 3 |
| MF | 8 | Karrar Jassim | 2 | 11 |
| FW | 12 | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | 2 | 5 |
| DF | 17 | Alaa Mhawi | 2 | 2 |
| MF | 19 | Amjad Attwan | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 9 | Mahdi Kamel | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 22 | Hussam Kadhim | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 25 | Saad Abdul-Amir | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 23 | Waleed Salem | 0 | 5 |
| DF | 11 | Dhurgham Ismail | 0 | 2 |
| DF | 2 | Karrar Mohammed | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 4 | Mustafa Nadhim | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 13 | Amjad Waleed | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 15 | Ziad Al-Derbali | 0 | 1 |
| GK | 20 | Mohammed Hameed | 0 | 1 |

### Iraq FA Cup

| Position | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| FW | 33 | Alassane Diallo | 4 | 0 |
| FW | 10 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 18 | Mohanad Ali | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Karrar Mohammed | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 7 | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 14 | Dominique Mendy | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 17 | Alaa Mhawi | 0 | 1 |