| 2021–22 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | |||
| Head coach | |||
| Ground | Al-Shaab Stadium | ||
| Iraqi Premier League | 1st | ||
| Iraq FA Cup | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:Mahmoud Al-Mawas (22) All:Mahmoud Al-Mawas (22) | ||
The2021–22 season was Al-Shorta's 48th season in theIraqi Premier League, having featured in all 47 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in theIraqi Premier League and theIraq FA Cup, having finished fourth in the league in the2020–21 season.
Under the management ofEgyptian coachMoamen Soliman, Al-Shorta enjoyed one of the best league seasons in their history. Al-Shorta set a record for the earliest league title win in Iraq with seven rounds of the competition remaining, clinching the title with a 2–0 win over runners-upAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Al-Shorta also became the first club to beat all other teams in a 20-team season and the first club to win allBaghdad derbies home and away in one season.[1]
Their tally of 91 points equalled the record set byAl-Talaba in2001–02 for most points in a 38-game season, and they set a record for the largest title-winning margin by finishing 21 points clear at the top of the table. In the Iraq FA Cup, Al-Shorta were eliminated in the Round of 16 againstErbil on penalties.[2]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances assubstitute.[3]
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Ahmed Basil | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | DF | Khudhor Ali | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | DF | Karrar Amer | 18(6) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19(6) | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | DF | Saad Natiq | 28(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29(2) | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | DF | Niaz Mohammed | 9(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 9(4) | 0 | |||||||
| 6 | MF | Sadeq Zamel | 2(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(3) | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | FW | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | 32(3) | 22 | 1 | 0 | 33(3) | 22 | |||||||
| 8 | MF | Mohammed Jaffal | 10(25) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12(25) | 3 | |||||||
| 9 | FW | Ali Yousif | 6(16) | 4 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(17) | 4 | |||||||
| 10 | FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra(captain) | 11(7) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12(7) | 4 | |||||||
| 11 | MF | Bassam Shakir | 21(9) | 5 | 1(1) | 0 | 22(10) | 5 | |||||||
| 12 | GK | Yassin Karim | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 13 | MF | Ali Husni | 17(8) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18(8) | 3 | |||||||
| 14 | MF | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | |||||||
| 16 | MF | Mohammed Mezher | 11(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12(7) | 0 | |||||||
| 17 | MF | Hussein Younis | 5(15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(15) | 0 | |||||||
| 19 | MF | Mohammed Qasim Majid | 19(3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19(3) | 3 | |||||||
| 20 | DF | Haidar Ali Hussein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 21 | GK | Mohammed Abbas | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | |||||||
| 22 | MF | Ammar Ghalib | 0(8) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(10) | 0 | |||||||
| 23 | DF | Waleed Salem(vice-captain) | 6(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6(3) | 0 | |||||||
| 24 | DF | Faisal Jassim | 30(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31(2) | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | MF | Abdul-Razzaq Qasim | 15(13) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16(13) | 0 | |||||||
| 26 | FW | Mohammed Qasim Nassif | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | DF | Ameer Sabah | 16(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 16(6) | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | FW | Mohammed Dawood | 22(10) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23(10) | 8 | |||||||
| 30 | MF | Fahd Al-Youssef | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||||||
| 31 | DF | Ahmed Zero | 7(5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9(5) | 1 | |||||||
| 32 | DF | Hassan Ashour | 4(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 5(2) | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | FW | Hussein Sadeq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | DF | Mustafa Maan | 22(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22(3) | 0 | |||||||
| 35 | MF | Ali Mahdi | 4(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4(6) | 0 | |||||||
| 36 | GK | Abbas Karim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 37 | DF | Haidar Adel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 38 | FW | Abbas Mohammed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 39 | FW | Dhulfiqar Younis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 40 | MF | Zaid Mahdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Players out on loan for rest of the season | |||||||||||||||
| GK | Abdul-Aziz Ammar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| DF | Bilal Khudhair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| MF | Amoori Faisal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| MF | Atheer Salih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| MF | Haidar Abdul-Salam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Players departed but featured this season | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | Michael Ohanu | 3(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 | |||||||
| 26 | DF | Ammar Kadhim | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 28 | FW | Godwin Chika Okwara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Position | Name | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach: | Moamen Soliman | |
| Assistant coach: | Ahmed Salah | |
| Assistant coach: | Hussein Abdul-Wahed | |
| Fitness coach: | Mazin Abdul-Sattar | |
| Goalkeeping coach: | Amrou Abdul-Salam | |
| Technical analyst: | Amrou Fathi | |
| Team manager: | Hashim Ridha |
| Period | Homecolours | Awaycolours | Supplier |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 – December 2021 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Qitharah (club's own brand) |
| December 2021 – June 2022 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | MF | End of loan | ||
| August 2021 | MF | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | GK | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | MF | - | ||
| August 2021 | GK | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | FW | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | FW | - | ||
| September 2021 | MF | - | ||
| September 2021 | MF | - | ||
| September 2021 | FW | - | ||
| September 2021 | FW | $50,000 | ||
| January 2022 | FW | - | ||
| January 2022 | FW | - |
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | FW | Released | ||
| August 2021 | GK | - | ||
| August 2021 | FW | - | ||
| August 2021 | MF | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | MF | - | ||
| August 2021 | MF | - | ||
| August 2021 | FW | - | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | MF | Loan | ||
| August 2021 | MF | Loan | ||
| August 2021 | DF | - | ||
| August 2021 | MF | - | ||
| August 2021 | MF | - | ||
| September 2021 | FW | - | ||
| September 2021 | GK | - | ||
| September 2021 | DF | - | ||
| December 2021 | FW | - | ||
| January 2022 | DF | - | ||
| April 2022 | FW | Released | ||
| April 2022 | FW | Released |
| 20 September 20211 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad |
| 16:00GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 26 September 20212 | Al-Kahrabaa | 0 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 12:30GMT | Mohammed Dawood Mohammed Jaffal | Stadium:Al-Taji Stadium |
| 1 October 20213 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 2 | Erbil | Baghdad |
| 12:30GMT | Karrar Amer Alaa Abdul-Zahra Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Sherko Karim Shafiu Mumuni | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 15 October 20214 | Naft Al-Basra | 1 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 16:30GMT | Haider Abdul-Rahim | Alaa Abdul-Zahra Fahd Al-Youssef Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Al-Fayhaa Stadium |
| 21 October 20215 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 2 | Zakho | Baghdad |
| 14:15GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra Mohammed Qasim Majid Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Yaser Kasim Lucas Santos | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 25 October 20216 | Al-Naft | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 12:00GMT | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | Stadium:Al-Naft Stadium |
| 30 October 20217 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 0 | Naft Al-Wasat | Baghdad |
| 15:00GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Ahmed Zero | Didier Koré | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 5 November 20218 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad |
| 16:30GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 15 November 20219 | Al-Sinaa | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:30GMT | Mohammed Jaffal | Stadium:Al-Sinaa Stadium |
| 20 November 202110 | Al-Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al-Qasim | Karbala |
| 13:00GMT | Stadium:Karbala International Stadium |
| 25 November 202111 | Samarra | 0 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Samarra |
| 11:00GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra Mohammed Dawood Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | Stadium:Samarra Stadium |
| 12 December 202112 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Naft Maysan | Baghdad |
| 15:00GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 17 December 202113 | Newroz | 2 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Sulaymaniya |
| 11:00GMT | Diar Ali Ibrahim Mohammed | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni Bilal Belmubarak Mohammed Dawood | Stadium:Sulaymaniya Stadium |
| 22 December 202114 | Al-Karkh | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 10:45GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium |
| 26 December 202115 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 1 | Al-Minaa | Baghdad |
| 13:00GMT | Faisal Jassim Mahmoud Al-Mawas Ali Husni | Nasser Al-Gahwashi Ibrahim Naeem | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 31 December 202116 | Amanat Baghdad | 1 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:00GMT | Jabbar Karim | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Bassam Shakir Mohammed Dawood | Stadium:Amanat Baghdad Stadium |
| 5 January 202217 | Al-Zawraa | 1 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 14:45GMT | Mazin Fayyadh | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Mahdi Kamel | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 10 January 202218 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Najaf | Baghdad |
| 13:00GMT | Ali Yousif | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 16 January 202219 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Al-Diwaniya | Baghdad |
| 16:00GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Ali Husni | Mohammed Jummah | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 8 February 202220 | Al-Talaba | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 17:15GMT | Ali Yousif | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 14 February 202221 | Al-Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al-Kahrabaa | Baghdad |
| 15:00GMT | Mustafa Ali | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 20 February 202222 | Erbil | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Erbil |
| 15:00GMT | Sherko Karim | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Franso Hariri Stadium |
| 25 February 202223 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Naft Al-Basra | Baghdad |
| 12:45GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Mohammed Dawood | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 2 March 202224 | Zakho | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Zakho |
| 10:30GMT | Frank Cédric Abogo | Mohammed Dawood | Stadium:Zakho International Stadium |
| 8 March 202225 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Naft | Baghdad |
| 15:30GMT | Ali Yousif | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 4 April 202226 | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Najaf |
| 19:00GMT | Ahmed Ammar Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf | Ahmed Ammar | Stadium:Al-Najaf International Stadium |
| 20 April 202227 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Sinaa | Baghdad |
| 19:00GMT | Mohammed Jaffal | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 26 April 202228 | Al-Qasim | 0 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Babil |
| 12:30GMT | Mohammed Qasim Majid Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Al-Kifl Olympic Stadium |
| 4 May 202229 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 0 | Samarra | Baghdad |
| 19:00GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Bassam Shakir Milad Al-Omaisi | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 11 May 202230 | Naft Maysan | 0 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Amara |
| 19:00GMT | Alaa Khalil Akram Rahim | Bassam Shakir Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Maysan Olympic Stadium | |
| Note: The match was stopped for 27 minutes during the second half due to a power outage in the stadium. | ||||
| 17 May 202231 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad |
| 17:00GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas Ali Husni | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 21 May 202232 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 3 | Newroz | Baghdad |
| 13:00GMT | Ali Yousif Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | Aso Rostam Mohammed Sami | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 29 May 202233 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 2 | Al-Karkh | Baghdad |
| 18:00GMT | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Ahmed Salah Mustafa Hanoon | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 2 June 202234 | Al-Minaa | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Basra |
| 16:15GMT | Mohammed Jabbar Shokan | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Al-Fayhaa Stadium |
| 7 June 202235 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Amanat Baghdad | Baghdad |
| 18:45GMT | Bassam Shakir Saad Natiq | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 18 June 202236 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Al-Zawraa | Baghdad |
| 17:30GMT | Bassam Shakir Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Stadium:Al-Shaab Stadium |
| 23 June 202237 | Al-Najaf | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Najaf |
| 16:30GMT | Stadium:Al-Najaf International Stadium |
| 29 June 202238 | Al-Diwaniya | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Al-Diwaniya |
| 14:00GMT | Anas Malik | Mohammed Dawood | Stadium:Al-Diwaniya Stadium |
Win Draw Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Diwaniya | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Kahrabaa | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Karkh | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Minaa | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Naft | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Najaf | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Qasim | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Sinaa | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Talaba | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Zawraa | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Amanat Baghdad | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Erbil | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Naft Al-Basra | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Naft Maysan | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Newroz | 2–3 | 3–2 | |
| Samarra | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Zakho | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Note: Al-Shorta goals listed first.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Shorta(C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 91 | Qualification for theArab Club Champions Cup group stage |
| 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 70 | Qualification for theArab Club Champions Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Al-Talaba | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 69 | |
| 4 | Al-Naft | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 64[a] | |
| 5 | Naft Al-Wasat | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 64[a] |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 91 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | +21 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 |
Source:Kooora
| 10 November 2021Round of 32 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Sufiya | Baghdad |
| 11:30GMT | Mohammed Dawood Saad Natiq | Stadium:Al-Sinaa Stadium |
| Position | Nation | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | 7 | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | 22 | 8 | |
| FW | 29 | Mohammed Dawood | 7 | 1 | |
| MF | 11 | Bassam Shakir | 5 | 5 | |
| MF | 14 | Abdoul Madjid Moumouni | 5 | 0 | |
| FW | 10 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 4 | 1 | |
| FW | 9 | Ali Yousif | 4 | 0 | |
| MF | 19 | Mohammed Qasim Majid | 3 | 7 | |
| MF | 13 | Ali Husni | 3 | 3 | |
| MF | 8 | Mohammed Jaffal | 3 | 2 | |
| MF | 30 | Fahd Al-Youssef | 1 | 6 | |
| DF | 4 | Saad Natiq | 1 | 1 | |
| DF | 3 | Karrar Amer | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | 31 | Ahmed Zero | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | 27 | Ameer Sabah | 0 | 5 | |
| MF | 16 | Mohammed Mezher | 0 | 2 | |
| DF | 34 | Mustafa Maan | 0 | 2 | |
| FW | 15 | Michael Ohanu | 0 | 1 |
| Position | Nation | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | 29 | Mohammed Dawood | 1 | 0 |