2024–25 Al-Shorta SC season

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

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

Technical staff

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

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

Supplier: Qithara (club's own brand)

Home
Home (Asia)
Away
Away (Asia)

Transfers

In

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

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

Iraq Stars League

[7][8]

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
11 December 2024 8 Al-Karkh 1 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
14:00 GMT Christ Kouvouama 38' Lucas Santos 66'
Sajjad Jassim 90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi 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
14 January 2025 14 Al-Shorta 3 – 3 Naft Maysan Baghdad
14:00 GMT Sajjad Jassim 44'
Manaf Younis Yellow card Yellow-red card 52'
Mohanad Ali 66', soccer ball with red X 77'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 83'
Salomon Banga Yellow card Yellow-red card 90+7'
Sajjad Jabbar 20'
Daouda Diémé 57' (pen.)
Alaa Saad 90+9' (pen.)
Mohammed Salam Red card 90+14'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
24 January 2025 16 Al-Shorta 2 – 2 Newroz Baghdad
16:30 GMT Mohanad Ali 78'
Wael Ben Othmane 88' (o.g.)
Manaf Younis Red card 90+9'
Marwan Hussein 35'
Gatoch Panom 90+10'
Stadium: Al-Shaab 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
30 March 2025 23 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Baghdad
20:30 GMT Ayoub Ben Mcharek 11'
Ruslan Hanoon 28' (o.g.)
Hamoud Mishaan 65' (o.g.)
Mohanad Ali 68'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
4 April 2025 24 Zakho 2 – 0 Al-Shorta Zakho
18:00 GMT Echeta Ugonna Deputy 20'
Amjad Attwan 90+8'
Stadium: Zakho International Stadium
8 April 2025 25 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Naft Al-Basra Baghdad
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 7'
Hussein Ali 19'
Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 90+2'
Hassan Dakhel 81' (pen.) Stadium: Al-Shaab 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
24 May 2025 34 Duhok 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Duhok
17:00 GMT Peter Gwargis 90+5' (pen.) Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 11'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 27'
Ayoub Mouddane 42'
Stadium: Duhok Stadium
15 June 2025 35 Al-Shorta 4 – 0 Al-Naft Baghdad
15:00 GMT Sajjad Jassim 45+2' (pen.)
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 70'
Ayoub Ben Mcharek 79', 86'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
20 June 2025 36 Naft Al-Basra 1 – 3 Al-Shorta Basra
17:00 GMT Hassan Dakhel 47' Ahmed Yahya 35'
Mohanad Ali 58'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 80'
Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
25 June 2025 37 Al-Shorta 3 – 1 Al-Hudood Baghdad
18:00 GMT Bassam Shakir 35'
Mohammed Dawood 45+5'
Lucas Santos 82'
Saif Kareem 48' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
2 July 2025 38 Al-Qasim 2 – 2 Al-Shorta Baghdad
16:00 GMT Haider Abdul-Rahim 87'
Hussein Abdul-Wahid Khalaf 90+8'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 15' (pen.)
Mohammed Dawood 73'
Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium

Score overview

  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

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, and the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League spot was passed to the league's third-placed team Zakho.[9]

Results summary

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

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

Iraq FA Cup

AFC Champions League Elite

League stage

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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16 September 2024 1 Al-Shorta Iraq 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Baghdad, Iraq
16:00 GMT Mohammed Dawood 24' Sultan Al-Ghannam 14' Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali
21 October 2024 3 Al-Shorta Iraq 0 – 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
Referee: Ma Ling
4 November 2024 4 Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia 5 – 1 Iraq Al-Shorta Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
16:00 GMT Franck Kessié soccer ball with red X 25'
Roberto Firmino 14', 45+5'
Firas Al-Buraikan 53'
Riyad Mahrez 61', 65'
Sajjad Jassim 29' Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Stadium
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi
26 November 2024 5 Al-Shorta Iraq 1 – 3 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl Karbala, Iraq
16:00 GMT Fahd Al-Youssef 50' Jonatas Santos 14'
Fábio Lima 64' (pen.)
Nicolás Giménez 90+2' (pen.)
Stadium: Karbala International Stadium
Referee: Yusuke Araki
2 December 2024 6 Persepolis Iran 2 – 1 Iraq Al-Shorta Doha, Qatar
14:00 GMT Oston Urunov 89'
Giorgi Gvelesiani 90+13' (pen.)
Mohanad Ali 19'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas soccer ball with red X 90+9'
Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Referee: Kim Dae-yong
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
17 February 2025 8 Al-Shorta Iraq 2 – 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Baghdad, Iraq
16:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 50'
Lucas Santos 90+4'
Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

Player statistics

Iraq Stars League

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

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

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

  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.