2016–17 Al-Shorta SC season

Al-Shorta

2016–17 season
President	Ayad Abdul-Rahman
Manager	Mohamed Youssef
Ground	Al-Shaab Stadium (temporary)
Iraqi Premier League	TBD
Iraq FA Cup	TBD
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 season will be Al-Shorta's 43rd season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 42 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta will participate in the Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq FA Cup.

They enter this season having finished in a disappointing seventh place in the league in the 2015–16 season, and will be looking to wrestle back the title they won in both the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons.^[1] They will also be looking to achieve their maiden Iraq FA Cup title having lost all five finals that they have previously reached.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ahmed Basil 9 MF Mahdi Kamel (3rd captain) 10 FW Marwan Hussein 14 FW Amjad Kalaf (captain) 16 FW Ahmed Salam 17 MF Nabeel Sabah 19 MF Ahmad Ayad 23 DF Waleed Salem (vice-captain) 32 DF Ahmed Mohammed GK Mohammed Abbas GK Noor Sabri DF Ahmad Ibrahim DF Ali Lateef DF Essam Yassin

No. Position Player DF Faisal Jassim DF Hamdi Al Masri DF Kosrat Baez MF Ahmed Magdy (on loan from Petrojet) MF Amjad Waleed MF Hussein Abdul-Wahed MF Jawad Kadhim MF Miran Khesro MF Saif Salman FW Abdul-Qadir Tariq FW Jassim Mohammed FW Karrar Hameed FW Rafid Muayad

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 8 FW Hassan Ali (on loan at Al-Kahraba until the end of the 2016–17 season)

Personnel

Technical Staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Mohamed Youssef
Assistant manager:	Saif Omar
Assistant manager:	Adel Mustafa
Goalkeeping coach:	Imam Abdullal
Fitness coach:	Mohammed Al-Najjar
Administrative director:	Hashim Ridha

Management

Position	Name	Nationality
President:	Ayad Abdul-Rahman
Vice-president:	Sadiq Faraj
Member of the Board:	Ghazi Faisal
Member of the Board:	Nihad Anwar
Member of the Board:	Alaa Bahar Al-Uloom
Member of the Board:	Ali Juayed
Member of the Board:	Uday Al-Rubaie
Member of the Board:	Tahseen Al-Yassri

^[2]

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	MF	Saif Salman	Free agent	-
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	Hamdi Al Masri	Dhofar	-
August 2016	DF	Ahmad Ibrahim	Free agent	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
May 2016	DF	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	Hassan Ali	Al-Kahraba	Loan
August 2016	FW	Bassam Qabel		Released

^[3]

External links

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

References