# 2017–18 Al-Shorta SC season

The 2017–18 season was Al-Shorta's 44th season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 43 previous editions of the competition. They entered this season having finished a promising third in the league in the 2016–17 season, but this season they only managed a fourth place finish, ending up five points off of champions Al-Zawraa after conceding last-minute goals in multiple matches.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRQ | Ahmed Basil |
| 2 | DF | IRQ | Karrar Mohammed |
| 3 | DF | IRQ | Ali Lateef |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Ali Faez (on loan from Çaykur Rizespor) |
| 5 | MF | IRQ | Hussein Abdul-Wahed (captain) |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Akwetey Mensah |
| 7 | FW | IRQ | Alaa Abdul-Zahra |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Jefferson Araújo |
| 9 | MF | IRQ | Mahdi Kamel |
| 12 | FW | IRQ | Ammar Abdul-Hussein |
| 13 | MF | IRQ | Amjad Waleed |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Asiedu Attobrah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | IRQ | Alaa Mhawi |
| 17 | MF | IRQ | Nabeel Sabah |
| 18 | FW | IRQ | Mohanad Ali |
| 20 | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Hameed |
| 21 | GK | IRQ | Abdul-Aziz Ammar |
| 22 | DF | IRQ | Hussam Kadhim |
| 23 | DF | IRQ | Waleed Salem (vice-captain) |
| 24 | DF | IRQ | Faisal Jassim |
| 25 | MF | IRQ | Mohammed Mohsen |
| 30 | GK | IRQ | Neriman Khedher |
| 32 | DF | IRQ | Ahmed Mohammed |
| — | FW | IRQ | Aqeel Khairi |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | IRQ | Mohammed Abbas (on loan at Al-Kahrabaa until the end of the 2017–18 season) |
| — | MF | IRQ | Ahmad Ayad (on loan at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya until the end of the 2017–18 season) |
| — | MF | IRQ | Moamel Kareem (on loan at Al-Hudood until the end of the 2017–18 season) |
| — | FW | IRQ | Abdul-Qadir Tariq (on loan at Al-Talaba until the end of the 2017–18 season) |
| — | FW | IRQ | Karrar Hameed (on loan at Al-Kahrabaa until the end of the 2017–18 season) |
| — | FW | IRQ | Rafid Muayad (on loan at Al-Karkh until the end of the 2017–18 season) |

### Departed during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | IRQ | Aymen Hussein |

## Kit

Supplier: Nike
| Home | Away |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| August 2017 | MF | Omar Jabbar | Karbala | - |
| August 2017 | MF | Sattar Yasin | Al-Talaba | - |
| August 2017 | GK | Neriman Khedher | Ghaz Al-Shamal | - |
| August 2017 | FW | Ayman Hussein | Al-Naft | - |
| August 2017 | MF | Mohammed Mohsen | Al-Samawa | - |
| August 2017 | DF | Ali Faez | Çaykur Rizespor | Loan |
| August 2017 | DF | Salam Shakir | Al-Ittihad Kalba | - |
| August 2017 | DF | Hussam Kadhim | Al-Naft | - |
| August 2017 | FW | Aqeel Khairi | Al-Hussein | - |
| August 2017 | MF | Akwetey Mensah | Al-Minaa | - |
| September 2017 | FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | Al-Zawraa | - |
| September 2017 | FW | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | Al-Minaa | - |
| October 2017 | DF | Alaa Mhawi | Al-Zawraa | - |
| November 2017 | DF | Karrar Mohammed | Al-Zawraa | - |
| February 2018 | MF | Asiedu Attobrah | Free agent | - |
| February 2018 | FW | Jefferson Araújo | Moto Club de São Luís | - |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| August 2017 | FW | Marwan Hussein | Sepahan | - |
| August 2017 | DF | Essam Yassin | Al-Naft | - |
| August 2017 | FW | Ahmed Salam | Al-Hedood | - |
| September 2017 | MF | Omar Jabbar | | Released |
| October 2017 | MF | Hatem Zidan | Naft Al-Wasat | - |
| October 2017 | FW | Jawad Kadhim | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - |
| October 2017 | GK | Sarhang Muhsin | Erbil | - |
| October 2017 | DF | Kosrat Baez | Erbil | - |
| October 2017 | MF | Miran Khesro | Erbil | - |
| October 2017 | MF | Sattar Yasin | | Released |
| November 2017 | DF | Salam Shakir | | Released |
| November 2017 | FW | Jassim Mohammed | Al-Talaba | - |
| January 2018 | FW | Ayman Hussein | Al-Naft | - |
| January 2018 | MF | Ahmad Ayad | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Loan |
| February 2018 | MF | Moamel Kareem | Al-Hudood | Loan |
| February 2018 | FW | Abdul-Qadir Tariq | Al-Talaba | Loan |