In the 2013–14 season, Al Shorta competed in the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League and the 2014 AFC Cup after failing to qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage. They finished in first place in the Iraqi Premier League for the second time in a row, finishing one point ahead of second-placed Arbil FC, however were not crowned champions due to the season ending prematurely and were only considered as champions for the purpose of enabling admission into the AFC Cup.[1] They also played in the AFC Cup but failed to advance past the group stages, playing out four goalless draws out of six games.
| 2013–14 season | ||||
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| President |  Ayad Bunyan | |||
| Manager |  Lorival Santos | |||
| Ground | Al Shorta Stadium (until 4 March) Al Shaab Stadium (from 4 March onwards) | |||
| Iraqi Premier League | 1st (no title awarded) | |||
| AFC Champions League | First qualifying round | |||
| AFC Cup | Group stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mustafa Karim (7) All: Mustafa Karim (7) | |||
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The season saw the club appoint their third ever foreign coach, Brazilian Lorival Santos, and sign their first ever Brazilian player, striker Cristiano da Silva Santos. Their top scorer for the season was Iraqi forward Mustafa Karim who scored seven goals in total.
Squad edit
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Out on loan edit
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Departed during season edit
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Backroom staff and club officials edit
| Name | Position |
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| Lorival Santos
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Manager |
| Anderson Nicolau
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Assistant manager/Fitness Coach |
| Walid Juma
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Fitness coach |
| Marquinhos Domingues
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Goalkeeping coach |
| Hashim Ridha
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Administrative Director |
| Sirwan Raouf
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Administrative Assistant |
| Bilal Hussein
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Administrator |
| Abdulrahman Ali
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Technical Processor |
| Haider Abdul-Zahra
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Assistant Technical Processor |
| Tonello Marilia
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Physiotherapist |
| Felipe Biazotto
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Physiologist |
Boardroom positions edit
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Chairman: | Ayad Bunyan |
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| Vice-chairman: | Adnan Jafar |
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| Member of the Board: | Ghazi Faisal |
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| Member of the Board: | Salam Faraj |
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| Member of the Board: | Ali Abdul-Zahra |
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Kit edit
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Transfers edit
In edit
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
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| September 2013 | Administrative Director | Hashim Ridha
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Free agent | - |
| September 2013 | DF | Ali Bahjat
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Dohuk FC
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| September 2013 | FW | Ahmad Hussein
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Al Kahraba
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| September 2013 | FW | Ammar Abdul-Hussein
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Arbil FC
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| September 2013 | FW | Mustafa Karim
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Al Quwa Al Jawiya
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| September 2013 | MF | Qusay Munir
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Baghdad FC
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| September 2013 | Technical Advisor | Nazar Ashraf
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Free agent | - |
| September 2013 | Manager | Lorival Santos
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Treze
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| September 2013 | Assistant manager/Fitness Coach | Anderson Nicolau
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Betim
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| September 2013 | Goalkeeping coach | Marquinhos Domingues
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| September 2013 | FW | Mohanad Ali
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| October 2013 | MF | Mahdi Karim
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Arbil FC
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| October 2013 | DF |  Hamdi Al Masri
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Al Naft
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| October 2013 | GK | Wissam Adel
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Naft Al Junoob
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| October 2013 | GK | Nebras Salman
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Sulaymaniya FC
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| October 2013 | FW | Cristiano
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Betim
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| November 2013 | MF | Mohammed Hadi
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Free agent | - |
| November 2013 | GK | Amjed Salem
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Free agent | - |
Out edit
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
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| September 2013 | FW |  Minusu Buba
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 El Gouna FC
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End of loan |
| September 2013 | FW | Muslim Mubarak
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Al Talaba
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| September 2013 | Manager | Thair Jassam
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| September 2013 | Assistant manager |  Haitham Al-Shaboul
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| September 2013 | Fitness coach | Hassan Darwich
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| September 2013 | Goalkeeping coach | Abdul Raouf Alteka
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| September 2013 | MF | Husain Abdullah
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Al Zawraa
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Loan |
| September 2013 | FW | Muhaimen Salim
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Al Zawraa
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| September 2013 | MF | Haider Salim
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Al Masafi
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Loan |
| September 2013 | MF | Mohammed Faisel
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Al Naft
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| September 2013 | DF | Zeid Khalaf
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Al Masafi
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| September 2013 | DF | Fareed Majeed
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| September 2013 | DF | Omar Sabah
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| September 2013 | MF | Ali Rahim
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Al Naft
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| October 2013 | GK | Ali Husain
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Zakho FC
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| October 2013 | MF | Ali Hussein Fandi
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Duhok FC
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| October 2013 | DF | Ali Abd Ali
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Al Karkh
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| October 2013 | GK | Wissam Adel
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Al Karkh
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| October 2013 | DF | Ali Mohammed Alialah
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Al Talaba
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| January 2014 | FW | Ahmad Hussein
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Zakho FC
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| January 2014 | FW | Hussein Karim
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Al Zawraa
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| February 2014 | MF | Nashat Akram
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 Dalian Aerbin
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| February 2014 | Technical Advisor | Nazar Ashraf
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| April 2014 | DF |  Paul Koulibaly
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Matches edit
Pre-season friendlies edit
| 22 October 2013 Friendly | Al Shorta | 2 – 1 | Al Minaa | Baghdad |
| 12:30 GMT | Amjad Kalaf  16' Mustafa Karim 36' (pen.) |
Naif Faleh 71' |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 24 October 2013 Friendly | Al Shorta | 1 – 0 | Karbala FC | Baghdad |
| 12:30 GMT | Mustafa Karim 62' |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
Mid-season friendlies edit
| 18 November 2013 Friendly | Al Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al Oloom wal Technologia | Baghdad |
| 12:00 GMT | Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 1 December 2013 Friendly | Al Shorta | 3 – 1 | Al Jaish | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Cristiano Innocent Awoa Hamza Hassan |
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Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 31 December 2013 Friendly | Al Shorta | 3 – 0 | Naft Maysan | Baghdad |
| 10:00 GMT | Cristiano 9', 48' Ammar Abdul-Hussein 14' |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 7 January 2014 Friendly | Al Shorta | 5 – 2 | Al Karkh | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Ammar Abdul-Hussein 15' Cristiano 23' Mahdi Karim 55' (pen.) Mustafa Karim 71', 85' |
Ali Abd Dyab 75' (pen.) Karrar Mohammed 79' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 14 January 2014 Friendly | Tala'ea El-Gaish | 1 – 1 | Al Shorta | Cairo |
| 13:00 GMT | Islam Kamal 63' (pen.) |
Cristiano |
Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium |
| 17 January 2014 Friendly | Al Shorta | 2 – 2 | Al Tadamun | Cairo |
| 12:00 GMT | Nashat Akram 22' Cristiano 38' |
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| 28 January 2014 Friendly | Al Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al Zawraa | Baghdad |
| 11:00 GMT | Cristiano 9' |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 26 April 2014 Friendly | Samawa FC | 1 – 1 | Al Shorta | Samawa |
| Mohammed Hassan (pen) |
Ali Bahjat |
Stadium: Al Muthanna Stadium | ||
| Note: This was a charity match which saw the participation of the retired striker Hashim Ridha for Al Shorta. | ||||
Competitive edit
Iraqi Premier League edit
| 29 October 2013 1 | Al Zawraa | 0 – 1 | Al Shorta | Baghdad |
| 12:00 GMT | Ali Khudhair  58' |
Mustafa Karim 66' Cristiano  90+4' |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 3 November 2013 2 | Al Shorta | 2 – 1 | Naft Maysan | Baghdad |
| 11:45 GMT | Mustafa Karim 34' (pen.) Cristiano 90+4' |
Khodor Salame 28' |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 24 November 2013 3 | Najaf FC | 0 – 0 | Al Shorta | Najaf |
| 11:30 GMT | Stadium: An Najaf Stadium |
| 29 November 2013 4 | Al Shorta | 5 – 0 | Duhok FC | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Dhirgham Ismail 27' Mustafa Karim 60', 68' Hamdi Al Masri 72' Waleed Salem 90+3' |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 4 December 2013 5 | Al Karkh | 0 – 2 | Al Shorta | Karkh |
| 11:30 GMT | Nashat Akram 44' Mustafa Karim 48' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al Karkh Stadium |
| 9 December 2013 6 | Al Shorta | 1 – 1 | Al Minaa | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Mustafa Karim 45' (pen.) |
Basem Ali 85' |
Stadium: Al Shorta Stadium |
| 14 December 2013 7 | Zakho FC | 1 – 0 | Al Shorta | Zakho |
| 11:30 GMT | Khalid Musheer 73' (pen.) |
Stadium: Zakho Stadium |
| 8 February 2014 8 | Al Shorta | 2 – 1 | Arbil FC | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Mahdi Karim 23' (pen.) Cristiano 30' |
Amjad Radhi 78' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 14 February 2014 9 | Al Naft | 0 – 0 | Al Shorta | Baghdad |
| 11:30 GMT | Stadium: Al Naft Stadium |
| 26 March 2014 10 | Al Talaba | 1 – 2 | Al Shorta | Baghdad |
| 13:00 GMT | Ali Salah 90+4' |
Ahmad Ayad 20' Amjad Kalaf 34' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 13 April 2014 11 | Naft Maysan | 1 – 3 | Al Shorta | Amarah |
| 13:00 GMT | Mustafa Al Ameen 52' |
Karrar Hameed 62' Dhirgham Ismail 68', 84' Mahdi Kamel 85' |
Stadium: Al-Maimouna Stadium |
| 18 April 2014 12 | Al Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | Baghdad |
| 13:00 GMT | Sherko Karim 76' |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 4 May 2014 13 | Al Shorta | 1 – 0 | Al Talaba | Baghdad |
| 13:00 GMT | Amjad Kalaf 6' |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 9 May 2014 14 | Al Shorta | 1 – 0 | Najaf FC | Baghdad |
| 13:30 GMT | Mahdi Karim 2' |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 15 May 2014 15 | Duhok FC | 2 – 2 | Al Shorta | Duhok |
| 13:30 GMT | Alaa Abdul-Zahra 45+2' Ahmed Abdul-Ameer 53' |
Amjad Kalaf 17' Mustafa Karim 86' |
Stadium: Duhok Stadium |
| 20 May 2014 16 | Baghdad FC | 1 – 2 | Al Shorta | Baghdad |
| 13:30 GMT | Ali Rabo 34' Mustafa Ahmad 80' |
Ali Bahjat 44' Sherko Karim 88' |
Stadium: Baghdad FC Stadium |
| 26 May 2014 17 | Karbala FC | 0 – 0 | Al Shorta | Karbala |
| 13:30 GMT | Cleyton 81' |
Stadium: Karbala Stadium |
| 1 June 2014 18 | Al Shorta | 2 – 2 | Al Karkh | Baghdad |
| 13:30 GMT | Hamdi Al Masri 22' Amjad Kalaf 87' |
Abdul-Qadir Tariq 38' Aboubacar Tambadou 63' |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 6 June 2014 19 | Al Minaa | 0 – 0 | Al Shorta | Basra |
| 13:45 GMT | Stadium: Al Mina'a Stadium |
| 11 June 2014 20 | Al Shorta | 1 – 0 | Zakho FC | Baghdad |
| 13:45 GMT | Ahmad Ayad 13' |
Raja Rafe Hamid Ismael |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
| 15 June 2014 21 | Al Shorta | 1 – 2 | Naft Al Junoob | Baghdad |
| 13:45 GMT | Hamdi Al Masri 44' Qusay Munir 60' Dhirgham Ismail 65' (pen.) |
Faisal Kadhim 2' De Santos 59' Faris Hassan 90+4' |
Stadium: Al Shaab Stadium |
Classification edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Al-Shorta | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage |
| 2 | Erbil | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 42 | |
| 3 | Baghdad | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 40 | |
| 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 37 | |
| 5 | Naft Al-Junoob | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 36 |
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 |
Source: Goalzz
AFC Champions League edit
| 2 February 2014 First qualifying round | Kuwait SC | 1 – 0 | Al Shorta | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| 16:30 GMT | Rogério de Assis Coutinho  57' Javad Nekounam 63' Musab Al Kandari 72' |
Cristiano 53' Innocent Awoa 65' Ahmad Fadhel 85' Qusay Munir 87' Hussein Abdul-Wahed 90+1' |
Stadium: Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed |
AFC Cup edit
Group stage edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Al-Qadsia
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11[a] |
 Al-Hidd
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11[a] |
| Al-Shorta
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 |
| Al-Wahda
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.
| 26 February 2014 1 | Al Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al Qadsia | Al Wakrah, Qatar |
| 14:00 GMT | Paul Koulibaly 62' Mohammed Gassid 90+3' |
Nawaf Al-Mutairi 53' Abdulrahman Al Enezi 64' Musaed Neda 67' |
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baqi |
| 12 March 2014 2 | Al Wahda | 1 – 3 | Al Shorta | Sidon, Lebanon |
| 12:00 GMT | Mohamed Bash Buyuk 30' Ali Diab 47' |
Amjad Kalaf 10', 59', 60' Mahdi Karim 90+3' (pen.) |
Stadium: Saida Municipal Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Charymurat Kurbanov |
| 18 March 2014 3 | Al Hidd | 0 – 0 | Al Shorta | Riffa, Bahrain |
| 15:30 GMT | Mohammad Al Daoud 43' |
Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi |
| 2 April 2014 4 | Al Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al Hidd | Al Wakrah, Qatar |
| 15:00 GMT | Mahdi Karim 15' Hamdi Al Masri 42' Amjad Kalaf 45+3' Mohammed Gassid 81' |
Sayed Mohammed Adnan 17' |
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh |
| 8 April 2014 5 | Al Qadsia | 3 – 0 | Al Shorta | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| 16:50 GMT | Omar Al Soma 3', 50', 74', 90+2' Khalid El Ebrahim 11' Ahmad Al Dhefiri 48' Ibrahima Keita 86' |
Ammar Abdul-Hussein Al-Asadi 11' Hussein Abdul-Wahed 68' |
Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Timur Faizullin |
| 22 April 2014 6 | Al Shorta | 0 – 0 | Al Wahda | Al Wakrah, Qatar |
| 15:30 GMT | Hamdi Al Masri 90' |
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi |
Last updated: 15 May 2014
Source: Al Shorta website
Player statistics edit
Iraqi Premier League edit
| Position | Nation | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists[4] |
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| FW |
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9 | Mustafa Karim | 7 | 1 |
| FW |
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14 | Amjad Kalaf | 4 | 4 |
| DF |
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3 | Dhirgham Ismail | 4 | 2 |
| MF |
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19 | Ahmad Ayad | 2 | 3 |
| DF |
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4 | Hamdi Al Masri | 2 | 0 |
| FW |
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7 | Sherko Karim | 2 | 0 |
| MF |
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18 | Mahdi Karim | 2 | 0 |
| FW |
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30 | Cristiano | 2 | 0 |
| DF |
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2 | Waleed Salem | 1 | 2 |
| MF |
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15 | Nashat Akram | 1 | 1 |
| FW |
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27 | Karrar Hameed | 1 | 0 |
| DF |
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33 | Ali Bahjat | 1 | 0 |
| MF |
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10 | Mahdi Kamel | 0 | 4 |
| FW |
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17 | Ammar Abdul-Hussein | 0 | 1 |
AFC Cup edit
| Position | Nation | Squad Number | Name | Goals | Assists[4] |
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| FW |
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14 | Amjad Kalaf | 2 | 0 |
| MF |
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18 | Mahdi Karim | 1 | 0 |
| MF |
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5 | Hussein Abdul-Wahed | 0 | 1 |
References edit
- ^ "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^ Al Shorta website. "Al Shorta - Players and Staff". Al Shorta website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
- ^ "Al Shorta - Transfers 2013-14". Al Shorta's website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ^ a b "Al Shorta - 2013-14 Season Review". Al Shorta's website. Retrieved 2018-07-31.