2016–17 Al-Shorta SC season
| 2016–17 season | |||
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| President |  Ayad Abdul-Rahman (until 5 August)  Ayad Bunyan (from 5 August onwards) | ||
| Manager |  Mohamed Youssef (until 29 March)  Nadhum Shaker (from 30 March onwards) | ||
| Ground | Al-Shaab Stadium | ||
| Iraqi Premier League | 3rd | ||
| Iraq FA Cup | Round of 32 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Marwan Hussein (15) All: Marwan Hussein (15) | ||
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The 2016–17 season was Al-Shorta's 43rd season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 42 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.
They entered this season having finished in a disappointing seventh place in the league in the 2015–16 season. They were much better during this season, and were still in contention for the league title on the final day of the campaign, but a loss to Al-Minaa saw them finish in third place and miss out on continental qualification. They were knocked out of the Iraq FA Cup at the Round of 32 stage, losing at home to lower division side Al-Jaish; that defeat led to the sacking of manager Mohamed Youssef in March, who was replaced by Nadhum Shaker. The former club president Ayad Bunyan was re-elected into office early in August, following his exit midway through the 2014–15 season.[1]
Squad
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Out on loan
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Departed during season
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Personnel
Technical Staff
| Position | Name | Nationality | 
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| Manager: | Nadhum Shaker |   | 
| Assistant manager: | Ahmad Salah |   | 
| Fitness coach: | Farouq Abdul-Jassim |   | 
| Goalkeeping coach: | Ghanim Ibrahim |   | 
| Director of football: | Hashim Ridha |   | 
Management
Kit
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Transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | DF |  Essam Yassin |  Naft Al-Wasat | - | 
| June 2016 | MF |  Amjad Waleed |  Naft Al-Wasat | - | 
| June 2016 | GK |  Noor Sabri |  Naft Al-Wasat | - | 
| June 2016 | FW |  Jassim Mohammed |  Naft Al-Wasat | - | 
| June 2016 | GK |  Mohammed Abbas |  Al-Hedood | - | 
| June 2016 | MF |  Jawad Kadhim |  Al-Minaa | - | 
| July 2016 | FW |  Bassam Qabel |  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - | 
| July 2016 | FW |  Abdul-Qadir Tariq |  Al-Talaba | - | 
| July 2016 | DF |  Ali Lateef |  Al-Zawraa | - | 
| July 2016 | DF |  Faisal Jassim |  Al-Minaa | - | 
| August 2016 | DF |  Kosrat Baez |  Arbil FC | - | 
| August 2016 | MF |  Ahmed Magdy |  Petrojet FC | Loan | 
| August 2016 | MF |  Miran Khesro |  Arbil FC | - | 
| August 2016 | MF |  Hussein Abdul-Wahed |  Al-Zawraa | - | 
| August 2016 | FW |  Rafid Muayad | Free agent | - | 
| August 2016 | FW |  Karrar Hameed |  Al-Hedood | Return from loan | 
| August 2016 | DF | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png) Hamdi Al Masri |  Dhofar | - | 
| August 2016 | DF |  Ahmad Ibrahim | Free agent | - | 
| January 2017 | GK |  Sarhang Muhsin |  Erbil | - | 
| January 2017 | DF |  Abdul-Hamid Sami |  Misr Lel-Makkasa | - | 
| January 2017 | FW |  Ali Yousif |  Al-Kahrabaa | Loan | 
| January 2017 | FW |  Mohamed Aoudou |  Free State Stars | - | 
| February 2017 | GK |  Mohammed Hameed |  Naft Al-Wasat | - | 
| February 2017 | MF |  Hatem Zidan |  Zakho | - | 
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | DF | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png) Ahmad Al Salih | Released | |
| May 2016 | DF |  Seifeddine Chammari | Released | |
| May 2016 | MF |  Hassan Wasswa | Released | |
| June 2016 | MF |  Ahmad Fadhel |  Al-Zawraa | - | 
| June 2016 | MF |  Ibrahim Naeem |  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | - | 
| June 2016 | GK |  Jalal Hassan |  Naft Al-Wasat | - | 
| June 2016 | DF |  Waleed Bahar |  Amanat Baghdad | - | 
| June 2016 | GK |  Haidar Raad |  Naft Al-Junoob | - | 
| June 2016 | FW |  Ameer Sabah |  Al-Talaba | - | 
| July 2016 | DF |  Ali Faez |  Çaykur Rizespor | - | 
| July 2016 | FW |  Ali Salah | Released | |
| July 2016 | FW |  Hussein Karim | Released | |
| August 2016 | MF |  Amjad Attwan |  Naft Al-Wasat | - | 
| August 2016 | FW |  Akram Jassim | Released | |
| August 2016 | FW |  Mohanad Ali |  Al-Kahrabaa | Loan | 
| August 2016 | FW |  Bassam Qabel | Released | |
| September 2016 | DF |  Ahmad Ibrahim |  Emirates Club | - | 
| January 2017 | GK |  Noor Sabri |  Al-Minaa | - | 
| January 2017 | FW |  Amjad Kalaf |  Al-Zawraa | - | 
| January 2017 | DF | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png) Hamdi Al Masri | Released | |
| January 2017 | FW |  Karrar Hameed |  Al-Kahrabaa | Loan | 
| January 2017 | FW |  Rafid Muayad |  Al-Karkh | Loan | 
| February 2017 | GK |  Mohammed Abbas |  Al-Kahrabaa | Loan | 
| April 2017 | DF |  Abdul-Hamid Sami | Released | |
| June 2017 | FW |  Mohamed Aoudou | Released | |
| July 2017 | MF |  Ahmed Magdy |  Petrojet FC | Return from loan | 
Competitions
Iraqi Premier League
| 15 September 2016 1 | Al-Talaba | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 15:00 GMT | Samer Saeed  45+2' | Amjad Waleed  37' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 20 September 2016 2 | Al-Hussein | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 12:45 GMT | Haider Nino  51' | Waleed Salem  54' (pen.) | Stadium: Five Thousand Stadium | 
| 25 September 2016 3 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Al-Bahri | Baghdad | 
| 12:30 GMT | Amjad Kalaf  32' Jassim Mohammed  35' |  82' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 20 October 2016 4 | Al-Shorta | 4 – 1 | Al-Samawa | Baghdad | 
| 13:00 GMT | Mahdi Kamel  11' Marwan Hussein  42', 90+2' Jassim Mohammed  46' | Hassan Abbas  82' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 26 October 2016 5 | Naft Maysan | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Amarah | 
| 12:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Maimouna Stadium | 
| 31 October 2016 6 | Al-Shorta | 4 – 0 | Al-Karkh | Baghdad | 
| 13:00 GMT | Amjad Waleed  28' Amjad Kalaf  43', 51' Abdul-Qadir Tariq  68' (pen.) | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 26 November 2016 7 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 2 | Al-Hedood | Baghdad | 
| 13:00 GMT | Marwan Hussein  48', 72', 85' Amjad Kalaf  72' | Henri Jaudel Ambo  35' Kosrat Baez  77' (o.g.) | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 1 December 2016 8 | Zakho FC | 1 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Zakho | 
| 11:00 GMT | Ibrahim Bayesh  63' | Marwan Hussein  22' (pen.) Abdul-Qadir Tariq  90+2' | Stadium: Zakho International Stadium | 
| 6 December 2016 9 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Kahrabaa | Baghdad | 
| 13:00 GMT | Amjad Kalaf  45' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 11 December 2016 10 | Al-Zawraa | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 13:30 GMT | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 16 December 2016 11 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Baghdad | 
| 13:30 GMT | Abdul-Qadir Tariq  90' | Bashar Rasan  24', 52' Emad Mohsen  89' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 21 December 2016 12 | Karbala | 2 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Karbala | 
| 16:00 GMT | Jabbar Karim  17' Muhaimen Salim  42' | Stadium: Karbala International Stadium | 
| 31 December 2016 13 | Naft Al-Janoob | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Basra | 
| 11:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Zubair Stadium | 
| 5 January 2017 14 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Amanat Baghdad | Baghdad | 
| 14:00 GMT | Ahmed Magdy  24' Hussein Abdul-Wahed    | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 12 January 2017 15 | Naft Al-Wasat | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Najaf | 
| 13:30 GMT | Amjad Waleed  49' | Stadium: Naft Al-Wasat Stadium | 
| 17 January 2017 16 | Al-Najaf | 1 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Najaf | 
| 11:00 GMT | Ali Ayad  4' | Ahmed Magdy  62' | Stadium: An-Najaf Stadium | 
| 23 January 2017 17 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Minaa | Baghdad | 
| 13:30 GMT | Jassim Mohammed  59' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 28 January 2017 18 | Al-Naft | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 11:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Naft Stadium | 
| 25 February 2017 19 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Talaba | Baghdad | 
| 14:00 GMT | Abdul-Qadir Tariq  7' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 1 March 2017 20 | Al-Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al-Hussein | Baghdad | 
| 13:30 GMT | Mohamed Aoudou  75' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 5 March 2017 21 | Al-Bahri | 3 – 7 | Al-Shorta | Basra | 
| 12:00 GMT | Alaa Athab  21', 45+3' (pen.) Adil Hussein  77' | Waleed Salem  45+5' (pen.), 78' Hatem Zidan  46', 60' Marwan Hussein  59' Abdul-Qadir Tariq  66' Qaid Sadir  68' (o.g.) | Stadium: Al-Zubair Stadium | 
| 10 March 2017 22 | Al-Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al-Naft | Baghdad | 
| 14:30 GMT | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 14 March 2017 23 | Al-Samawa | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Samawa | 
| 12:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Samawa Stadium | 
| 3 April 2017 24 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Naft Maysan | Baghdad | 
| 15:00 GMT | Marwan Hussein  26', 45' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 8 April 2017 25 | Al-Karkh | 1 – 2 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 12:00 GMT | Arkan Ammar  55' | Essam Yassin  73' Abdul-Qadir Tariq  90' | Stadium: Al-Karkh Stadium | 
| 12 April 2017 26 | Al-Hedood | 2 – 3 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 13:00 GMT | Mustafa Mohammed  23'  88' Ali Hussein Fandi  88' | Abdul-Qadir Tariq  45' Marwan Hussein  60', 65' | Stadium: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium | 
| 17 April 2017 27 | Al-Shorta | 4 – 0 | Zakho | Baghdad | 
| 13:00 GMT | Abdul-Qadir Tariq  8' Mahdi Kamel  28' Mohamed Aoudou  43' Marwan Hussein  76' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 5 May 2017 28 | Al-Kahrabaa | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 13:30 GMT | Stadium: Al-Kahrabaa Stadium | 
| 10 May 2017 29 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 2 | Al-Zawraa | Baghdad | 
| 15:00 GMT | Amjad Waleed  1' Waleed Salem  35' (pen.) | Alaa Abdul-Zahra  19' Ali Raheem  43' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 17 May 2017 30 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 15:00 GMT | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 23 May 2017 31 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 0 | Karbala | Baghdad | 
| 15:00 GMT | Waleed Salem  10' Amjad Waleed  36' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 28 June 2017 32 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Naft Al-Wasat | Baghdad | 
| 15:00 GMT | Waleed Salem  54' (pen.) Marwan Hussein  74' | Ajad Khalaf  45+4' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 10 July 2017 33 | Al-Shorta | 2 – 1 | Naft Al-Janoob | Baghdad | 
| 15:00 GMT | Abdul-Qadir Tariq  26' Marwan Hussein  67' | Wesam Malik  57' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 28 July 2017 34 | Amanat Baghdad | 0 – 1 | Al-Shorta | Baghdad | 
| 13:45 GMT | Amjad Waleed  8' | Stadium: Amanat Baghdad Stadium | 
| 6 August 2017 35 | Al-Shorta | 3 – 2 | Al-Najaf | Baghdad | 
| 13:45 GMT | Ali Lateef  18' Marwan Hussein  42' Abdul-Qadir Tariq  90' | Jabbar Karim  10' Ameer Sabah  67'    | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
| 10 August 2017 36 | Al-Minaa | 1 – 0 | Al-Shorta | Basra | 
| 13:45 GMT | Ammar Abdul-Hussein  45' | Stadium: Basra International Stadium | 
Iraq FA Cup
| 27 March 2017 Third round | Al-Shorta | 1 – 3 | Al-Jaish | Baghdad | 
| 12:00 GMT | Abdul-Qadir Tariq  45+5' | Hussein Ahmed  36' Samir Falah  57' Ali Abdullah  77' | Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium | 
References
- ^ Al-Shorta SC [@AlShorta_EN] (7 August 2017). "Welcome back, Haji #AyadBunyan! Take us back to the glory years... 🏆" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Al-Shorta - Players and Transfers". Al-Shorta's website. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
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