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2024–25 Al-Shorta SC season

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Al-Shorta
2024–25 season
PresidentAbdul-Halim Fahem
Head coachAhmed Salah (until 8 December)
Hussein Abdul-Wahed (Caretaker) (from 8 December until 3 January)
Mohamed Azima (from 7 January until 10 March)
Munir Jaber (Caretaker) (from 10 March until 17 March)
Moamen Soliman (from 17 March onwards)
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium
Iraq Stars League1st
Iraq FA CupSemi-finals
AFC Champions League EliteLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mohanad Ali (27)
All: Mohanad Ali (28)
Asian home colours

The 2024–25 season was Al-Shorta's 51st season in the Iraq Stars League, having featured in all 50 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraq Stars League and the Iraq FA Cup as defending champions of both competitions.[1] Al-Shorta also competed in the AFC Champions League Elite, the premier club tournament in Asia.[2]

Al-Shorta started the season relatively slowly, only winning half of their first 18 league games under the management of Ahmed Salah and later Mohamed Azima. However, they returned to top form under returning head coach Moamen Soliman, winning 17 of their last 20 league matches and securing the title with two games to spare by beating Naft Al-Basra 3–1.[3] This made them the first team in history to win four Iraq Stars League titles in a row. Striker Mohanad Ali scored 27 league goals, making him the competition's top scorer.

Al-Shorta were unable to defend their Iraq FA Cup title, losing to Zakho on penalties in the semi-finals. In the AFC Champions League Elite, Al-Shorta missed out on a place in the knockout stage, despite picking up a 2–0 victory against title holders Al-Ain in their last match.[4]

Squad

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Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[5]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Stars League FA Cup ACL Elite Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK IRQ Ahmed Basil (vice-captain) 34 0 3 0 7 0 44 0
4 DF IRQ Manaf Younis 15(7) 0 1 0 6(1) 0 22(8) 0
5 MF IRQ Rewan Amin 15(7) 2 2(1) 0 1(2) 1 18(10) 3
6 MF IRQ Sajjad Jassim 26(6) 5 1(2) 1 3(2) 1 30(10) 7
7 FW SYR Mahmoud Al-Mawas 31(4) 12 2(1) 0 5(3) 1 38(8) 13
8 DF IRQ Akam Hashim 30(3) 0 2 0 3 0 35(3) 0
9 MF IRQ Hussein Ali 34(4) 2 3 0 7(1) 0 44(5) 2
10 FW IRQ Ahmed Farhan 7(21) 0 1(2) 0 2(1) 0 10(24) 0
11 MF IRQ Bassam Shakir 26(10) 2 2(1) 0 2(4) 0 30(15) 2
12 DF IRQ Hassan Raed 7(4) 0 0(2) 0 1 0 8(6) 0
14 MF NIG Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 20(3) 1 2 1 6 0 28(3) 2
15 DF IRQ Ahmed Yahya 29(1) 3 3 0 8 0 40(1) 3
17 MF TUN Ayoub Ben Mcharek 5(6) 3 1(1) 0 0 0 6(7) 3
18 FW IRQ Mohanad Ali (captain) 31(3) 27 3 0 6(2) 1 40(5) 28
21 GK IRQ Hassan Ahmed 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
22 GK IRQ Mohammed Karim 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF MAR Ayoub Mouddane (on loan) 16(1) 2 3 0 2 0 21(1) 2
24 DF IRQ Faisal Jassim 11(3) 0 0 0 3(2) 0 14(5) 0
25 MF IRQ Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 11(10) 1 0 0 4(2) 0 15(12) 1
27 DF IRQ Ameer Sabah 27(2) 0 1 0 5(3) 0 33(5) 0
28 FW BRA Lucas Santos 4(23) 5 0(1) 0 0(4) 1 4(28) 6
29 FW IRQ Mohammed Dawood 9(19) 5 0(2) 0 5(2) 1 14(23) 6
30 MF SYR Fahd Al-Youssef 13(11) 0 1(2) 0 7(1) 1 21(14) 1
31 DF IRQ Ahmed Zero 5(3) 0 2 0 0(1) 0 7(4) 0
36 DF CMR Salomon Banga 5(4) 0 0(1) 0 4(1) 0 9(6) 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

Personnel

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Technical staff

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Position Name Nationality
Head coach: Moamen Soliman Egypt
Assistant coach: Amrou Fathi Egypt
Fitness coach: Haidar Abdul-Qadir Iraq
Goalkeeping coach: Essam Saber Egypt
Technical analyst: Moataz Abdul-Haseeb Egypt
Physiotherapist: Tonello Marilia Brazil
Team manager: Hashim Ridha Iraq

Management

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Position Name Nationality
President: Abdul-Halim Fahem Iraq
Vice-president: Ghalib Al-Zamili Iraq
Board secretary: Uday Al-Rubaie Iraq
Financial secretary Ghazi Faisal Iraq
Member of the Board: Sadeq Faraj Iraq
Member of the Board: Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei Iraq
Member of the Board: Ali Al-Shahmani Iraq
Member of the Board: Alaa Bahar Al-Uloom Iraq
Member of the Board: Tahseen Al-Yassri Iraq

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Kit

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Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

Home
Home (Asia)
Away
Away (Asia)

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

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Competitions

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Iraq Stars League

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21 September 2024 1 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Karma Baghdad
18:15 GMT Hussein Ali 30'
Lucas Santos 46'
Mohammed Adnan 33'
Abbas Qasim 88'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
26 September 2024 2 Diyala 0 – 6 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 14', 35', 45+1'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 76', 90+1'
Mohammed Dawood 90+4'
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
5 October 2024 3 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba Baghdad
17:00 GMT Mohammed Dawood 90+2' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 October 2024 5 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Qasim Baghdad
16:45 GMT Mohanad Ali 48'
Lucas Santos 74'
Al-Harith Hatem 37', 90+4' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
7 December 2024 7 Al-Shorta 0 – 1 Zakho Baghdad
14:15 GMT Gustavo Henrique 58' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
16 December 2024 9 Al-Shorta 0 – 0 Duhok Baghdad
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
29 December 2024 11 Al-Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Minaa Baghdad
14:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 76' Mujtaba Ali 90+3' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 January 2025 12 Al-Shorta 4 – 1 Erbil Baghdad
13:00 GMT Mohanad Ali 16', 47', 51'
Lucas Santos 80'
Youssef Ben Souda 66'
Omar Jengi Yellow card Yellow-red card 75'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
10 January 2025 13 Al-Najaf 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Najaf
14:00 GMT Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
8 February 2025 18 Al-Zawraa 0 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
16:30 GMT Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
4 March 2025 20 Al-Talaba 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
19:30 GMT Karrar Amer Yellow card Yellow-red card 84' Mohanad Ali 45+3'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 90+1' (pen.)
Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
9 March 2025 21 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Karbala Baghdad
20:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 15'
Ayoub Mouddane 44', Red card 86'
Rewan Amin 75', 79'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
13 March 2025 22 Naft Maysan 0 – 4 Al-Shorta Maysan
18:15 GMT Mohanad Ali 32' (pen.), 53', 58'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 74'
Stadium: Maysan Olympic Stadium
12 April 2025 26 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Najaf Baghdad
16:30 GMT Sajjad Jassim 2' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
17 April 2025 27 Al-Minaa 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Basra
16:30 GMT Ayoub Mouddane Yellow card Yellow-red card 45+1'
Haider Salem 80' (o.g.)
Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium
22 April 2025 28 Al-Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa Baghdad
16:30 GMT Murad Mohammed 74' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
28 April 2025 29 Erbil 0 – 2 Al-Shorta Erbil
16:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 3', 66' (pen.) Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
3 May 2025 30 Newroz 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Sulaymaniya
17:30 GMT Sajjad Jassim 11' (pen.) Stadium: Newroz Stadium
8 May 2025 31 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Karkh Baghdad
17:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 10' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
13 May 2025 32 Al-Karma 0 – 4 Al-Shorta Ramadi
17:30 GMT Bassam Shakir 38'
Mohanad Ali 62', 77'
Ahmed Yahya 90+4'
Stadium: Al-Ramadi Stadium
18 May 2025 33 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Diyala Baghdad
17:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 90+3' Hussein Younis Red card 56'
Nathaniel Nangolo Red card 90+10'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Score overview

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Al-Hudood 3–1 1–0 Yes
Al-Kahrabaa 2–0 1–0 Yes
Al-Karkh 1–0 2–1 Yes
Al-Karma 2–2 4–0 No
Al-Minaa 1–1 1–0 No
Al-Naft 4–0 2–0 Yes
Al-Najaf 1–0 0–0 No
Al-Qasim 2–2 2–2 No
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–0 2–1 Yes
Al-Talaba 1–0 2–0 Yes
Al-Zawraa 0–1 0–0 No
Diyala 1–0 6–0 Yes
Duhok 0–0 3–1 No
Erbil 4–1 2–0 Yes
Karbala 4–0 1–0 Yes
Naft Al-Basra 3–1 3–1 Yes
Naft Maysan 3–3 4–0 No
Newroz 2–2 1–0 No
Zakho 0–1 0–2 No

Note: Al-Shorta goals listed first.

Classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shorta (C) 38 26 9 3 75 23 +52 87 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Al-Zawraa 38 23 8 7 56 28 +28 77 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage[a]
3 Zakho 38 20 11 7 57 25 +32 71 Qualification for the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage
4 Al-Talaba 38 18 9 11 40 27 +13 63
5 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 38 17 9 12 51 43 +8 60
Source: IPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of wins.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Duhok, the 2024–25 Iraq FA Cup winners, were not granted an AFC license. Therefore, their AFC Champions League Two spot was passed to the league runners-up Al-Zawraa.[9]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 26 9 3 75 23  +52 87 11 6 2 38 15  +23 15 3 1 37 8  +29

Source: Kooora

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWWDWLWDWDWDDWDWDWWWWWLWWWLWWWWWWWWWD
Position64111187722223222323332311122222211111
Source: Kooora
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Iraq FA Cup

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AFC Champions League Elite

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League stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 8 7 1 0 26 7 +19 22 Round of 16
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 8 7 1 0 21 8 +13 22
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 8 5 2 1 17 6 +11 17
4 Qatar Al-Sadd 8 3 3 2 10 9 +1 12
5 United Arab Emirates Al Wasl 8 3 2 3 8 12 −4 11
6 Iran Esteghlal 8 2 3 3 8 9 −1 9
7 Qatar Al-Rayyan 8 2 2 4 8 12 −4 8
8 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 8 1 4 3 4 6 −2 7
9 Iran Persepolis 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 7
10 Qatar Al-Gharafa 8 2 1 5 10 18 −8 7
11 Iraq Al-Shorta 8 1 3 4 7 17 −10 6
12 United Arab Emirates Al Ain 8 0 2 6 11 22 −11 2

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21 October 2024 3 Al-Shorta Iraq 0 – 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
Referee: Ma Ling
3 February 2025 7 Esteghlal Iran 1 – 1 Iraq Al-Shorta Tehran, Iran
16:00 GMT Joel Kojo 4' Rewan Amin 49' Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi

Player statistics

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Iraq Stars League

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Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[5]
FW Iraq 18 Mohanad Ali 27 1
FW Syria 7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 12 15
MF Iraq 6 Sajjad Jassim 5 2
FW Iraq 29 Mohammed Dawood 5 2
FW Brazil 28 Lucas Santos 5 0
DF Iraq 15 Ahmed Yahya 3 3
MF Tunisia 17 Ayoub Ben Mcharek 3 2
MF Iraq 9 Hussein Ali 2 9
MF Iraq 11 Bassam Shakir 2 2
DF Morocco 23 Ayoub Mouddane 2 2
MF Iraq 5 Rewan Amin 2 0
MF Niger 14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 1 1
MF Iraq 25 Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 1 1
MF Jordan 19 Mohammad Abu Zrayq 1 0
DF Iraq 27 Ameer Sabah 0 5
FW Iraq 10 Ahmed Farhan 0 4
MF Syria 30 Fahd Al-Youssef 0 2
DF Cameroon 36 Salomon Banga 0 1

Iraq FA Cup

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Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[5]
MF Iraq 6 Sajjad Jassim 1 0
MF Niger 14 Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 1 0

AFC Champions League Elite

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Position Nation Squad Number Name Goals Assists[5]
FW Syria 7 Mahmoud Al-Mawas 1 2
FW Iraq 29 Mohammed Dawood 1 1
MF Iraq 5 Rewan Amin 1 0
MF Iraq 6 Sajjad Jassim 1 0
FW Iraq 18 Mohanad Ali 1 0
FW Brazil 28 Lucas Santos 1 0
MF Syria 30 Fahd Al-Youssef 1 0
MF Iraq 9 Hussein Ali 0 1
FW Iraq 10 Ahmed Farhan 0 1
DF Morocco 23 Ayoub Mouddane 0 1

References

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  1. ^ Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – History". Al-Shorta SC Official Website - History. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  2. ^ "Preliminary battles to kick-start #ACLElite 2024/25". Asian Football Confederation. 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ "الشرطة يحتفظ بلقب الدوري العراقي" (in Arabic). Kooora. 20 June 2025.
  4. ^ "MD8: Al Shorta (IRQ) 2-0 Al Ain FC (UAE)". Asian Football Confederation. 17 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d "تفاصيل مباريات الشرطة في موسم 2024-2025". Al-Shorta SC. 13 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – First Team Squad". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  7. ^ "Results". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  8. ^ "دوري نجوم العراق 2024/2025" (in Arabic). Kooora. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  9. ^ "List of Licensed Clubs - AFC Club Competitions 2025/26" (PDF). 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ^ "AFC Champions League Elite - Fixtures & Standings". the-afc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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