# 2013–14 Al-Shorta SC season

In the 2013–14 season, Al Shorta competed in the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League and the 2014 AFC Cup after failing to qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage. They finished in first place in the Iraqi Premier League for the second time in a row, finishing one point ahead of second-placed Arbil FC, however were not crowned champions due to the season ending prematurely and were only considered as champions for the purpose of enabling admission into the AFC Cup. They also played in the AFC Cup but failed to advance past the group stages, playing out four goalless draws out of six games.
The season saw the club appoint their third ever foreign coach, Brazilian Lorival Santos, and sign their first ever Brazilian player, striker Cristiano da Silva Santos. Their top scorer for the season was Iraqi forward Mustafa Karim who scored seven goals in total.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Waleed Salem |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Dhirgham Ismail |
| 4 | DF | SYR | Hamdi Al Masri |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain) |
| 6 | DF | IRQ | Kassim Zidan |
| 7 | FW | IRQ | Sherko Karim |
| 9 | FW | IRQ | Mustafa Karim |
| 10 | MF | IRQ | Mahdi Kamel |
| 12 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Gassid |
| 14 | FW | IRQ | Amjad Kalaf (vice-captain) |
| 16 | MF | IRQ | Hamza Hassan |
| 17 | FW | IRQ | Ammar Abdul-Hussein |
| 18 | MF | IRQ | Mahdi Karim |
| 19 | MF | IRQ | Ahmad Ayad |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | CMR | Innocent Awoa |
| 23 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Hameed |
| 24 | MF | IRQ | Qusay Munir |
| 26 | FW | IRQ | Mohanad Ali |
| 27 | FW | IRQ | Karrar Hameed |
| 28 | MF | IRQ | Haider Muthanna |
| 29 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Hassan |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Cristiano |
| 31 | GK | IRQ | Nebras Salman |
| 33 | DF | IRQ | Ali Bahjat |
| 35 | MF | IRQ | Ahmad Fadhel |
| — | GK | IRQ | Amjed Salem |
| — | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Hadi |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | MF | IRQ | Husain Abdullah (at Al Zawraa until the end of the 2013-14 season) |
| — | MF | IRQ | Haider Salim (at Al Masafi until the end of the 2013-14 season) |

### 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 |
| 8 | DF | BFA | Paul Koulibaly |
| 11 | FW | IRQ | Hussein Karim |
| 15 | MF | IRQ | Nashat Akram |
| 20 | FW | IRQ | Ahmad Hussein |

## Backroom staff and club officials

| Name | Position |
| Lorival Santos | Manager |
| Anderson Nicolau | Assistant manager/Fitness Coach |
| Walid Juma | Fitness coach |
| Marquinhos Domingues | Goalkeeping coach |
| Hashim Ridha | Administrative Director |
| Sirwan Raouf | Administrative Assistant |
| Bilal Hussein | Administrator |
| Abdulrahman Ali | Technical Processor |
| Haider Abdul-Zahra | Assistant Technical Processor |
| Tonello Marilia | Physiotherapist |
| Felipe Biazotto | Physiologist |

### Boardroom positions
## Kit

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

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| September 2013 | Administrative Director | Hashim Ridha | Free agent | - |
| September 2013 | DF | Ali Bahjat | Dohuk FC | - |
| September 2013 | FW | Ahmad Hussein | Al Kahraba | - |
| September 2013 | FW | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | Arbil FC | - |
| September 2013 | FW | Mustafa Karim | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | - |
| September 2013 | MF | Qusay Munir | Baghdad FC | - |
| September 2013 | Technical Advisor | Nazar Ashraf | Free agent | - |
| September 2013 | Manager | Lorival Santos | Treze | - |
| September 2013 | Assistant manager/Fitness Coach | Anderson Nicolau | Betim | - |
| September 2013 | Goalkeeping coach | Marquinhos Domingues | | - |
| September 2013 | FW | Mohanad Ali | | - |
| October 2013 | MF | Mahdi Karim | Arbil FC | - |
| October 2013 | DF | Hamdi Al Masri | Al Naft | - |
| October 2013 | GK | Wissam Adel | Naft Al Junoob | - |
| October 2013 | GK | Nebras Salman | Sulaymaniya FC | - |
| October 2013 | FW | Cristiano | Betim | - |
| November 2013 | MF | Mohammed Hadi | Free agent | - |
| November 2013 | GK | Amjed Salem | Free agent | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| September 2013 | FW | Minusu Buba | El Gouna FC | End of loan |
| September 2013 | FW | Muslim Mubarak | Al Talaba | - |
| September 2013 | Manager | Thair Jassam | | - |
| September 2013 | Assistant manager | Haitham Al-Shaboul | | - |
| September 2013 | Fitness coach | Hassan Darwich | | - |
| September 2013 | Goalkeeping coach | Abdul Raouf Alteka | | - |
| September 2013 | MF | Husain Abdullah | Al Zawraa | Loan |
| September 2013 | FW | Muhaimen Salim | Al Zawraa | - |
| September 2013 | MF | Haider Salim | Al Masafi | Loan |
| September 2013 | MF | Mohammed Faisel | Al Naft | - |
| September 2013 | DF | Zeid Khalaf | Al Masafi | - |
| September 2013 | DF | Fareed Majeed | | - |
| September 2013 | DF | Omar Sabah | | - |
| September 2013 | MF | Ali Rahim | Al Naft | - |
| October 2013 | GK | Ali Husain | Zakho FC | - |
| October 2013 | MF | Ali Hussein Fandi | Duhok FC | - |
| October 2013 | DF | Ali Abd Ali | Al Karkh | - |
| October 2013 | GK | Wissam Adel | Al Karkh | - |
| October 2013 | DF | Ali Mohammed Alialah | Al Talaba | - |
| January 2014 | FW | Ahmad Hussein | Zakho FC | - |
| January 2014 | FW | Hussein Karim | Al Zawraa | - |
| February 2014 | MF | Nashat Akram | Dalian Aerbin | - |
| February 2014 | Technical Advisor | Nazar Ashraf | | - |
| April 2014 | DF | Paul Koulibaly | | - |

## Matches
### Competitive
#### Iraqi Premier League
##### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Shorta | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Erbil | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Baghdad | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 40 | |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 37 | |
| 5 | Naft Al-Junoob | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 36 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Goalzz

#### AFC Cup
##### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Qadsia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 |
| Al-Hidd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 |
| Al-Shorta | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 |
| Al-Wahda | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 |
* 1 2 Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.
Last updated: 15 May 2014 Source: Al Shorta website

## Player statistics
### Iraqi Premier League

| Position | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| FW | 9 | Mustafa Karim | 7 | 1 |
| FW | 14 | Amjad Kalaf | 4 | 4 |
| DF | 3 | Dhirgham Ismail | 4 | 2 |
| MF | 19 | Ahmad Ayad | 2 | 3 |
| DF | 4 | Hamdi Al Masri | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 7 | Sherko Karim | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Mahdi Karim | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 30 | Cristiano | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Waleed Salem | 1 | 2 |
| MF | 15 | Nashat Akram | 1 | 1 |
| FW | 27 | Karrar Hameed | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 33 | Ali Bahjat | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 10 | Mahdi Kamel | 0 | 4 |
| FW | 17 | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | 0 | 1 |

### AFC Cup

| Position | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists |
| FW | 14 | Amjad Kalaf | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Mahdi Karim | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 5 | Hussein Abdul-Wahed | 0 | 1 |