# 2011–12 Al-Shorta SC season

In the 2011-12 season, Al Shorta competed in the 2011–12 Iraqi Elite League. Al Shorta managed to stay in the top four throughout most of the season but a run of 6 losses in a row led them to 7th place in the league.

## 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 | Ali Husain (captain) |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Ali Abd Ali |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Dhirgham Ismail |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Zeid Khalaf |
| 5 | FW | IRQ | Safwan Abdul-Ghani |
| 6 | DF | IRQ | Abbas Rahif |
| 7 | FW | IRQ | Ali Oudah |
| 8 | MF | IRQ | Emad Ghali |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Muhaimen Salim |
| 10 | MF | IRQ | Jabir Shakir |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Ali Khudhair |
| 12 | MF | IRQ | Emad Khalaf |
| 13 | GK | IRQ | Muhanned Jabbar |
| 14 | FW | IRQ | Amjad Kalaf (3rd captain) |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Waleed Bahar |
| 16 | MF | IRQ | Ali Yousif |
| 17 | FW | IRQ | Mousa Hashem |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | IRQ | Husain Abdullah |
| 20 | DF | IRQ | Fareed Majeed (vice-captain) |
| 21 | FW | IRQ | Emad Mohsin |
| 22 | FW | IRQ | Hussam Ibrahim |
| 23 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Hameed |
| 27 | MF | IRQ | Mahdi Kamel |
| 28 | MF | IRQ | Haider Salim |
| 30 | MF | IRQ | Ali Hussein Fandi |
| 31 | MF | IRQ | Kadhum Dheiaa |
| 32 | MF | IRQ | Ali Rahim |
| 33 | FW | IRQ | Sherko Kareem |
| 34 | MF | IRQ | Nadim Karim |
| 35 | MF | IRQ | Ahmad Fadhel |
| — | MF | IRQ | Sanad Raad Saleem |
| — | MF | IRQ | Muntadher Abdulkareem |
| — | MF | IRQ | Muhammed Eskander |

## Kit

| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Away | Away alt. 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| August 2011 | Manager | Basim Qasim | Zakho FC | - |
| August 2011 | FW | Mousa Hashem | Zakho FC | - |
| September 2011 | FW | Muhaimen Salim | Baghdad FC | - |
| September 2011 | FW | Hussam Ibrahim | Al Minaa | - |
| September 2011 | MF | Samer Saeed | Al Zawraa | - |
| September 2011 | GK | Ali Mutashar | Al Talaba | - |
| September 2011 | MF | Safwan Abdul-Ghani | Zakho FC | - |
| September 2011 | DF | Muayad Khalid | Al Zawraa | - |
| September 2011 | DF | Zeid Khalaf | Duhok FC | - |
| September 2011 | DF | Abbas Rahif | Al Kahraba | - |
| September 2011 | DF | Ali Abd Ali | Al Karkh | - |
| September 2011 | MF | Ali Khudhair | Arbil FC | - |
| September 2011 | FW | Alaa Shimal | Al Naft | - |
| September 2011 | GK | Muhannad Jabbar | Baghdad FC | - |
| September 2011 | GK | Mohammed Hameed | Al Kahraba | - |
| October 2011 | MF | Ali Yousif | Dohuk FC | - |
| December 2011 | FW | Sherko Kareem | Kirkuk FC | - |
| December 2011 | MF | Emad Khalaf | Najaf FC | - |
| December 2011 | MF | Kadhum Dheiaa | Al Talaba | - |
| March 2012 | MF | Nadim Karim | Dohuk FC | - |
| March 2012 | MF | Ali Rahim | Al Sinaa | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| August 2011 | FW | Bashar Saad | Al Masafi | - |
| August 2011 | GK | Hussein Shallal | Al Kahraba | - |
| August 2011 | GK | Luay Khalil | Al-Hedood | - |
| August 2011 | DF | Kassim Zidan | Zakho FC | - |
| August 2011 | FW | Omar Kadhim | Al Etisalat | - |
| August 2011 | MF | Wissam Kadhim | Al Sinaa | - |
| August 2011 | MF | Mustafa Mohammed | Al Masafi | - |
| August 2011 | MF | Ahmed Khalaf (footballer) | Salahaddin FC | - |
| August 2011 | DF | Ahmed Mohammed | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | - |
| August 2011 | DF | Ali Jabbar | Al Naft | - |
| September 2011 | MF | Ali Zoyed | Al Naft | - |
| September 2011 | FW | Ahmed Hannon | Najaf FC | - |
| September 2011 | DF | Ahmed Chasib | Al Zawraa | - |
| September 2011 | MF | Samer Saeed | Najaf FC | - |
| October 2011 | DF | Muayad Khalid | Al Zawraa | - |
| November 2011 | MF | Haitham Kadhim Jassim | Najaf FC | - |
| November 2011 | GK | Ali Mutashar | Al Sinaa | - |
| December 2011 | FW | Hashim Ridha | Karbala FC | - |
| May 2012 | FW | Alaa Shimal | Al Naft | - |
| July 2012 | Manager | Basim Qasim | Sulaymaniya FC | - |

## Competitions
### Iraqi Elite League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Zakho | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 61 |
| 6 | Baghdad | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 60 |
| 7 | Al-Shorta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 59 |
| 8 | Al-Zawraa | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 56 |
| 9 | Al-Najaf | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 52 |

## Basketball

Al Shorta finished 4th in the 2012 Arab Club Basketball Championship.