# 2024–25 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2024–25 season is Al-Shorta's 51st season in the Iraq Stars League, having featured in all 50 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta are participating in the Iraq Stars League and the Iraq FA Cup as defending champions of both competitions. Al-Shorta are also competing in the AFC Champions League Elite, the premier club tournament in Asia.

## Squad

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Stars League | Stars League | FA Cup | FA Cup | ACL Elite | ACL Elite | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Ahmed Basil (vice-captain) | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Manaf Younis | 10(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(1) | 0 | 17(4) | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Rewan Amin | 7(4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 | 9(6) | 3 |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Sajjad Jassim | 14(4) | 2 | 0(1) | 1 | 3(2) | 1 | 17(7) | 4 |
| 7 | FW | SYR | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | 20(2) | 7 | 0(1) | 0 | 5(3) | 1 | 25(6) | 8 |
| 8 | DF | IRQ | Akam Hashim | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Ali | 21(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 29(2) | 1 |
| 10 | FW | IRQ | Ahmed Farhan | 4(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 7(9) | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Bassam Shakir | 14(6) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(4) | 0 | 16(11) | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRQ | Hassan Raed | 2(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(4) | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NIG | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 11(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17(2) | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Yahya | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | TUN | Ayoub Ben Mcharek | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IRQ | Mohanad Ali (captain) | 17(2) | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6(2) | 1 | 24(4) | 20 |
| 21 | GK | IRQ | Hassan Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Ayoub Mouddane (on loan) | 5(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8(1) | 1 |
| 24 | DF | IRQ | Faisal Jassim | 8(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 11(3) | 0 |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Abdul-Razzaq Qasim | 8(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 0 | 12(8) | 0 |
| 27 | DF | IRQ | Ameer Sabah | 16(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 0 | 21(4) | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Lucas Santos | 2(14) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 1 | 2(18) | 5 |
| 29 | FW | IRQ | Mohammed Dawood | 3(13) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5(2) | 1 | 8(15) | 4 |
| 30 | MF | SYR | Fahd Al-Youssef | 11(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(1) | 1 | 19(2) | 1 |
| 31 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Zeero | 1(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(4) | 0 |
| 36 | DF | CMR | Salomon Banga | 4(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 8(5) | 0 |
| Players out on loan for rest of the season ||||||||||||
| | GK | IRQ | Abbas Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Ammar Ghalib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRQ | Atheer Salih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRQ | Dhulfiqar Younis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players departed but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 19 | MF | JOR | Mohammad Abu Zrayq | 2(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(5) | 1 |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Niang | 0(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(7) | 0 |

## Kit

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

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| July 2024 | DF | Hassan Raed | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - |
| July 2024 | DF | Akam Hashim | Erbil | - |
| July 2024 | MF | Mohammad Abu Zrayq | Al-Wehdat | - |
| August 2024 | MF | Rewan Amin | Duhok | - |
| August 2024 | DF | Djamel Benlamri | MC Alger | - |
| September 2024 | GK | Hassan Ahmed | Al-Talaba | - |
| January 2025 | DF | Ayoub Mouddane | FUS Rabat | Loan |
| February 2025 | MF | Ayoub Ben Mcharek | US Ben Guerdane | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| July 2024 | DF | Karrar Amer | Al-Nasr | - |
| August 2024 | GK | Yassin Karim | Al-Talaba | - |
| August 2024 | MF | Ali Husni | Al-Karma | - |
| August 2024 | MF | Mohammed Mezher | Al-Karma | - |
| August 2024 | MF | Ousmane Coumbassa | | Released |
| August 2024 | MF | Zidane Abdul-Jabbar | Al-Najaf | - |
| August 2024 | FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | Al-Minaa | - |
| August 2024 | MF | Atheer Salih | Al-Hudood | Loan |
| September 2024 | GK | Abbas Karim | Al-Minaa | Loan |
| September 2024 | FW | Aso Rostam | Newroz | - |
| September 2024 | DF | Djamel Benlamri | | Released |
| January 2025 | MF | Mohammad Abu Zrayq | Al-Hussein | - |
| January 2025 | MF | Idrissa Niang | Al-Talaba | - |

## Competitions
### AFC Champions League Elite
#### League stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 22 | Round of 16 |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 22 | Round of 16 |
| 3 | Al-Nassr | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 17 | Round of 16 |
| 4 | Al-Sadd | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | Round of 16 |
| 5 | Al Wasl | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 11 | Round of 16 |
| 6 | Esteghlal | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 | Round of 16 |
| 7 | Al-Rayyan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 8 | Round of 16 |
| 8 | Pakhtakor | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | Round of 16 |
| 9 | Persepolis | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | |
| 10 | Al-Gharafa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 7 | |
| 11 | Al-Shorta | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 6 | |
| 12 | Al Ain | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 2 | |