2014–15 Al-Shorta SC season

Al Shorta

2014–15 season
President	Ayad Bunyan (until 8 February) Riyadh Abdul-Abbas (from 8 February onwards)
Manager	Mohamed Youssef (until 2 May) Thair Jassam (from 2 May onwards)
Ground	Al Shaab Stadium
Iraqi Premier League	3rd
AFC Cup	Round of 16
Tournament for the Armed Forces	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marwan Hussein (15) All: Marwan Hussein (19)
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The 2014–15 season was Al Shorta's 41st season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 41 editions of the competition. Al Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the AFC Cup.

They entered this season on the back of two successful seasons for the club. The 2012–13 season saw them win both the Baghdad Cup^[1] and the Iraqi Premier League^[2] and the 2013–14 season saw them top the Iraqi Premier League standings again.^[3]

This season was not as successful as Al Shorta finished in third place in the league. They started the season brilliantly by storming to first place in Group 2 with 40 points from a possible 48, but they were knocked out at the elite stage after replacing Egyptian coach Mohamed Youssef with former manager Thair Jassam, finishing three points behind Naft Al Wasat (who reached the final and went on to win the league) in Group 1. Al Shorta were awarded a 3–0 win over Al Minaa in the third place match as Al Minaa did not turn up to the game, so Al Shorta finished in third.

In the AFC Cup, Al Shorta topped their group, reaching the knockout stage for the first time in their history. However, they were eliminated by Al Kuwait in the round of 16.

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 Saif Jameel 2 DF  IRQ Waleed Salem 3 DF  IRQ Ali Bahjat 4 DF  SYR Hamdi Al Masri 5 MF  IRQ Hussein Abdul-Wahed (vice-captain) 6 DF  IRQ Karrar Mohammed 8 FW  IRQ Ammar Abdul-Hussein 9 MF  IRQ Mahdi Kamel 10 FW  IRQ Marwan Hussein 11 DF  IRQ Dhirgham Ismail (3rd captain) 12 GK  IRQ Mohammed Gassid 13 FW  BRA Caion 14 FW  IRQ Amjad Kalaf (captain) 16 MF  IRQ Haider Salim 17 FW  IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra 18 MF  IRQ Mahdi Karim

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  IRQ Ahmad Ayad 20 FW  IRQ Akram Jassim 21 GK  IRQ Ahmed Basil 22 DF  CMR Innocent Awoa 23 GK  IRQ Mohammed Hameed 24 MF  IRQ Muthana Khalid 25 MF  IRQ Murtadha Hudaib 26 FW  IRQ Mohanad Ali 27 MF  IRQ Mohammed Hadi 28 MF  CMR Makadji Boukar 29 DF  IRQ Ahmed Fakhir 31 DF  IRQ Salam Shakir 32 MF  IRQ Hamza Hassan 33 MF  IRQ Mustafa Mohsin 34 FW  IRQ Saif Ahmed — MF  IRQ Haider Muthanna

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 35 MF  IRQ Ahmad Fadhel (at Amanat Baghdad until the end of the 2014-15 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 7 FW  IRQ Sherko Karim 15 MF  IRQ Nashat Akram

Personnel

Technical Staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Thair Jassam
Assistant manager:	Karim Nafea
Director of football:	Hashim Ridha
Fitness coach:	Anderson Nicolau
Fitness coach:	Walid Juma
Goalkeeping coach:	Ibrahim Salem
Physiotherapist:	Tonello Marilia

Management

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Riyadh Abdul-Abbas
Vice-president:	Mahdi Shuai
Member of the Board:	Ali Abdul-Zahra
Member of the Board:	Adnan Akbar Ali
Member of the Board:	Khalid Abdul-Nabi
Member of the Board:	Ghazi Faisal
Member of the Board:	Faiz Abdul-Hassan
Member of the Board:	Raad Ramadan
Female Member of the Board:	Adara Abdul-Amir Abbas

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Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Royal Arena Sport

Home

Home alt.

Away

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
July 2014	DF	Karrar Mohammed	Najaf FC	-
July 2014	FW	Marwan Hussein	Al Zawraa	-
July 2014	MF	Haider Salim	Al Masafi	Return from loan
July 2014	Manager	Mohamed Youssef	Free agent	-
July 2014	Assistant Manager	Karim Nafea	Free agent	-
July 2014	MF	Muthana Khalid	Arbil FC	-
July 2014	GK	Ahmed Basil	Al Oloom Technology	-
August 2014	GK	Saif Jameel	Najaf FC	-
August 2014	MF	Makadji Boukar	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	-
August 2014	FW	Caion	Free agent	-
August 2014	MF	Nashat Akram	Free agent	-
September 2014	DF	Salam Shakir	Free agent	-
September 2014	FW	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Free agent	-
May 2015	Manager	Thair Jassam	Free agent	-
May 2015	Goalkeeping Coach	Emad Hashim	Iraq	Loan
June 2015	Goalkeeping Coach	Ibrahim Salem	Free agent	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
June 2014	Manager	Lorival Santos		Released
June 2014	FW	Cristiano		Released
July 2014	GK	Nebras Salman		Released
July 2014	GK	Amjed Salem		Released
July 2014	DF	Ahmed Hassan		Released
July 2014	MF	Husain Abdullah		Released
July 2014	FW	Mustafa Karim	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	-
July 2014	MF	Qusay Munir		Released
July 2014	DF	Kassim Zidan		Released
July 2014	MF	Ahmad Fadhel	Amanat Baghdad	Loan
November 2014	MF	Nashat Akram		Released
February 2015	FW	Sherko Karim	Grasshopper Club Zürich	-
May 2015	Manager	Mohamed Youssef		Released
May 2015	Goalkeeping Coach	Marquinhos Domingues		Released
June 2015	Goalkeeping Coach	Emad Hashim	Iraq	End of loan
June 2015	DF	Innocent Awoa		Released
June 2015	MF	Makadji Boukar		Released
June 2015	FW	Caion		Released

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Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

Group stage (group 2)

Elite Stage (Group 1)

Third-place match

AFC Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shorta	6	2	3	1	14	7	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Jazeera	6	2	3	1	6	7	−1	9
3	Taraji Wadi Al-Nes	6	1	3	2	6	11	−5	6
4	Al-Hidd	6	0	5	1	6	7	−1	5

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Tournament for the Armed Forces

Basketball

Al Shorta won the Iraqi Basketball League for the first time since 1996 by defeating Al Karkh in the final. The first leg of the final ended in a 66–65 win, the second ended in a 75–70 loss and the final leg ended in a 90–89 win thanks to a 3-pointer right at the end of the game from DeAndre Rice.

References

External links

• Al Shorta website
• Al Shorta TV
• Team info at goalzz.com