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2025–26 Al-Shorta SC season

Al-Shorta
2025–26 season
PresidentAbdul-Halim Fahem
Head coachMoamen Soliman
GroundAl-Shaab Stadium (until 20 November)
Al-Shorta Stadium (from 4 January onwards)
Iraq Stars League2nd
Iraq FA CupTBD
AFC Champions League EliteLeague stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Leonel Ateba (10)
All: Leonel Ateba (10)

The 2025–26 season is Al-Shorta's 52nd season in the Iraq Stars League, having featured in all 51 previous editions of the competition. Al-Shorta are participating in the Iraq Stars League, as defending champions, and the Iraq FA Cup. Al-Shorta are also competing in the AFC Champions League Elite, the premier club tournament in Asia.[1]

Al-Shorta were initially scheduled to begin their season with the Iraqi Super Cup, but the competition was cancelled.[2]

Player statistics

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.[3]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Stars League FA Cup ACL Elite Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK IRQ Ahmed Basil (captain) 16 0 0 0 5 0 21 0
2 DF IRQ Adam Rasheed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF IRQ Manaf Younis 14(1) 0 0 0 6 0 20(1) 0
5 MF IRQ Rewan Amin 2(1) 0 0 0 2(2) 0 4(3) 0
7 FW SYR Mahmoud Al-Mawas (vice-captain) 16 6 0 0 5(1) 0 21(1) 6
8 MF SEN Dominique Mendy 16 2 0 0 7(1) 1 23(1) 3
9 MF IRQ Hussein Ali 9(7) 1 0 0 8 0 17(7) 1
10 FW CMR Leonel Ateba 12(4) 10 0 0 6 0 18(4) 10
11 MF IRQ Bassam Shakir 8(4) 2 0 0 4(2) 2 12(6) 4
13 DF ALG Tarek Aggoun 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
14 MF NIG Abdoul Madjid Moumouni 10(2) 0 0 0 2(3) 0 12(5) 0
15 DF IRQ Ahmed Yahya 13 1 0 0 6(1) 0 19(1) 1
16 GK IRQ Hassan Ahmed 0(1) 0 0 0 2 0 2(1) 0
17 FW IRQ Ahmed Farhan 4(8) 2 0 0 4(4) 0 9(12) 2
19 FW IRQ Salem Ahmed 1(5) 0 0 0 0(2) 0 1(7) 0
20 MF TUN Mootez Zaddem 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
21 MF IRQ Shareef Abdul-Kadhim 7(8) 2 0 0 1(4) 1 8(12) 3
22 GK IRQ Mohammed Karim 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0
23 DF IRQ Mustafa Saadoon 13(1) 1 0 0 5(1) 0 18(2) 1
24 DF IRQ Abbas Fadhel 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
25 MF IRQ Abdul-Razzaq Qasim 11(2) 0 0 0 8 0 19(2) 0
27 DF IRQ Ameer Sabah 2(3) 0 0 0 2(1) 0 4(4) 0
28 MF IRQ Hussein Jabbar 2(4) 0 0 0 1(4) 0 3(8) 0
30 MF SYR Fahd Al-Youssef 2(3) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 3(4) 0
31 MF IRQ Atheer Salih 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
32 FW SEN Bouly Sambou 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2
Players out on loan for rest of the season
26 DF IRQ Abdul-Khaliq Mohammed 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0(3) 0
Players departed but featured this season
3 DF BRA Moisés Lucas 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
6 DF MAR Mehdi Ashabi 4(1) 0 0 0 5 0 9(1) 0
12 DF IRQ Hassan Raed 2(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 3(2) 0
29 FW IRQ Mohammed Dawood 4(9) 0 0 0 0(4) 0 4(13) 0

Personnel

Technical staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach: Moamen Soliman Egypt
Assistant coach: Amrou Fathi Egypt
Assistant coach: Hussein Abdul-Wahed Iraq
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: Ali Al-Shahmani Iraq
Board secretary: Alaa Bahar Al-Uloom Iraq
Financial secretary Tahseen Al-Yassri Iraq
Member of the Board: Uday Al-Rubaie Iraq
Member of the Board: Abdul-Wahab Al-Taei Iraq
Member of the Board: Ghalib Al-Zamili Iraq
Member of the Board: Ihsan Ali Iraq
Member of the Board: Mustafa Jabbar Alak Iraq
Member of the Board: Hussein Subhan Iraq

[4]

Kit

Supplier: Kelme

Home
Away

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
July 2025 MF Senegal Dominique Mendy Iraq Al-Najaf -
July 2025 DF Brazil Moisés Lucas Iraq Duhok -
July 2025 MF Iraq Hussein Jabbar Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
July 2025 MF Iraq Shareef Abdul-Kadhim Iraq Al-Talaba -
July 2025 DF Iraq Mustafa Saadoon Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya -
August 2025 DF Iraq Abdul-Khaliq Mohammed Iraq Al-Karkh -
August 2025 DF Morocco Mehdi Ashabi Morocco OC Safi -
August 2025 FW Iraq Salem Ahmed Iraq Al-Minaa -
August 2025 FW Cameroon Leonel Ateba Tanzania Simba -
January 2026 DF Iraq Abbas Fadhel Iraq Naft Maysan -
January 2026 DF Algeria Tarek Aggoun Romania Metaloglobus București -
January 2026 MF Syria Fahd Al-Youssef Free agent -
January 2026 MF Tunisia Mootez Zaddem Iraq Erbil -
February 2026 DF Iraq Adam Rasheed Slovenia NK Maribor -
February 2026 FW Senegal Bouly Sambou Iraq Duhok -

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
July 2025 DF Morocco Ayoub Mouddane Morocco FUS Rabat End of loan
July 2025 FW Brazil Lucas Santos Iraq Al-Kahrabaa -
August 2025 DF Iraq Akam Hashim Iraq Al-Zawraa -
August 2025 MF Iraq Sajjad Jassim Iraq Al-Karma -
August 2025 FW Iraq Mohanad Ali United Arab Emirates Dibba -
August 2025 DF Iraq Faisal Jassim Iraq Al-Minaa -
August 2025 MF Tunisia Ayoub Ben Mcharek Released
August 2025 DF Iraq Ahmed Zero Iraq Erbil -
August 2025 MF Syria Fahd Al-Youssef Released
August 2025 DF Cameroon Salomon Banga Iraq Al-Gharraf -
November 2025 DF Brazil Moisés Lucas Released
January 2026 DF Morocco Mehdi Ashabi Released
January 2026 DF Iraq Abdul-Khaliq Mohammed Iraq Al-Qasim Loan
February 2026 FW Iraq Mohammed Dawood Iraq Duhok -
February 2026 DF Iraq Hassan Raed Iraq Zakho -

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Competitions

Iraq Stars League

Main article: 2025–26 Iraq Stars League

[5][6]

21 September 2025 1 Al-Shorta 2 – 0 Duhok Basra
15:00 GMT Mahmoud Al-Mawas 9', 40' Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
25 September 2025 2 Al-Shorta 3 – 2 Newroz Basra
17:30 GMT Mustafa Saadoon 34'
Dominique Mendy 39'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 72' (pen.)		 Ahmed Yahya 3' (o.g.)
Aso Rostam 50'		 Stadium: Al-Fayhaa Stadium
4 October 2025 3 Al-Kahrabaa 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
17:30 GMT Ahmed Yahya 90+3' Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
24 October 2025 4 Erbil 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Erbil
18:00 GMT Sherzod Temirov 25' Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium
29 October 2025 5 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Karma Baghdad
18:00 GMT Bassam Shakir 20' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
20 November 2025 6 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Al-Karkh Baghdad
14:00 GMT Leonel Ateba 28', 75', 85' Stadium: Al-Shaab Stadium
26 December 2025 7 Al-Talaba 1 – 0 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:00 GMT Habib Oueslati 62' Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
30 December 2025 8 Amanat Baghdad 2 – 1 Al-Shorta Baghdad
15:30 GMT Bakhtiyor Kosimov 8', 50' Hussein Ali 35' Stadium: Al-Saher Ahmed Radhi Stadium
4 January 2026 9 Al-Shorta 1 – 0 Zakho Baghdad
15:30 GMT Gaby Kiki 9' (o.g.) Stadium: Al-Shorta Stadium
8 January 2026 10 Al-Qasim 1 – 7 Al-Shorta Najaf
12:00 GMT Mohammed Ali Attiya 4' Mahmoud Al-Mawas 10'
Ahmed Farhan 45+1', 88'
Leonel Ateba 65', 69'
Dominique Mendy 72'
Shareef Abdul-Kadhim 90+2'		 Stadium: Al-Najaf International Stadium
13 January 2026 11 Al-Shorta 3 – 0 Al-Mosul Baghdad
12:00 GMT Shareef Abdul-Kadhim 21'
Atheer Salih 54'
Bassam Shakir 86'		 Stadium: Al-Shorta Stadium
17 January 2026 12 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Diyala
14:30 GMT Issam Al-Sabhi 81' Mahmoud Al-Mawas 24' Stadium: Diyala Stadium
23 January 2026 13 Al-Minaa 1 – 1 Al-Shorta Basra
14:30 GMT Mohammed Qasim Nassif 32' Leonel Ateba 54' Stadium: Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium
27 January 2026 14 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Naft Maysan Baghdad
14:30 GMT Leonel Ateba 22'
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 35'		 Ridha Mohammed Hachem 90+6' Stadium: Al-Shorta Stadium
31 January 2026 15 Al-Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Najaf Baghdad
14:30 GMT Leonel Ateba 45+4', 90+15' Sajjad Raad 71' Stadium: Al-Shorta Stadium
4 February 2026 16 Al-Gharraf 0 – 1 Al-Shorta Nasiriya
12:00 GMT Leonel Ateba 48' Stadium: Al-Nasiriya International Stadium

AFC Champions League Elite

Main article: 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite

League stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Qatar Al Sadd 7 2 2 3 11 12 −1 8 Round of 16
9 United Arab Emirates Sharjah 8 2 2 4 8 16 −8 8
10 Qatar Al-Gharafa 7 2 0 5 7 19 −12 6
11 Iraq Al-Shorta (E) 8 1 2 5 6 20 −14 5
12 Uzbekistan Nasaf (E) 8 1 1 6 9 17 −8 4
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2026. Source: ACLE
(E) Eliminated

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15 September 2025 1 Al-Shorta Iraq 1 – 1 Qatar Al-Sadd Baghdad, Iraq
18:15 GMT Dominique Mendy 28' Hassan Al-Haydos 62' Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
Referee: Qasim Matar Al-Hatmi
29 September 2025 2 Al-Gharafa Qatar 2 – 0 Iraq Al-Shorta Al-Rayyan, Qatar
16:00 GMT Joselu 48'
Ferjani Sassi 54'		 Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi
20 October 2025 3 Al-Shorta Iraq 1 – 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Baghdad, Iraq
16:00 GMT Bassam Shakir 5' Moussa Diaby 17'
Fabinho 29'
Danilo Pereira Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 50'
Houssem Aouar 60', 76'		 Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
Referee: Omar Al Ali
3 November 2025 4 Tractor Iran 1 – 0 Iraq Al-Shorta Tabriz, Iran
16:00 GMT Mehdi Torabi 26' Stadium: Sahand Stadium
Referee: Abdulhadi Al-Ruaile
25 November 2025 5 Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 4 – 0 Iraq Al-Shorta Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:15 GMT Marcos Leonardo 45', 72'
Milinković-Savić 63'
João Cancelo 90+3'		 Ahmed Yahya Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 61' Stadium: Kingdom Arena
Referee: Qasim Matar Al-Hatmi
22 December 2025 6 Al-Shorta Iraq 0 – 5 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Baghdad, Iraq
18:15 GMT Roger Ibañez 30'
Ivan Toney 56'
Galeno 72'
Saleh Abu Al-Shamat 81'
Ziyad Al-Johani 86'		 Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi
9 February 2026 7 FC Nasaf Uzbekistan 1 – 1 Iraq Al-Shorta Ferghana, Uzbekistan
13:45 GMT Murodbek Rahmatov 8' Shareef Abdul-Kadhim 68' Stadium: Istiqlol Stadium
Referee: Alireza Faghani
16 February 2026 8 Al-Shorta Iraq 3 – 2 Qatar Al-Duhail Baghdad, Iraq
18:15 GMT Bassam Shakir 19'
Bouly Sambou 57', 58'		 Krzysztof Piątek 10'
Benjamin Bourigeaud 45+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al-Zawraa Stadium
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

References

  1. ^ "#ACLElite set for League Stage battles". Asian Football Confederation. 10 September 2025.
  2. ^ "إلغاء بطولة السوبر العراقي والاقتصار على مباراة بطل الدوري والكأس" (in Arabic). Ashour Land. 15 August 2025.
  3. ^ "الشرطة - أرقام وإحصاءات اللاعبين". 365 Scores. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b Al-Shorta SC Official Website. "Al-Shorta SC – First Team Squad". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  5. ^ "Results". Al-Shorta SC Official Website. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ "دوري نجوم العراق" (in Arabic). Kooora. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  7. ^ "AFC Champions League Elite - Fixtures & Standings". the-afc.com. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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