2012–13 Al-Shorta SC season


In the 2012–13 season, Al Shorta won both the 2012–13 Iraqi Elite League and the Baghdad Cup.
Al Shorta won the Iraqi Premier League on the last day of an historic season, thrashing Al Talaba 3–0 to ensure that they clinched the title for the first time since the 2002–03 season and finished two points ahead of second-placed Arbil, losing just two games in the entire season. Al Shorta also triumphed in the Baghdad Cup, with a 1–0 win over rivals Al Zawraa. Hussein Karim scored the winning goal in the match.
The season witnessed Al Shorta sign their first ever foreign players. Cameroonian defender Innocent Awoa was the first to join, and he became a key player for Al Shorta, scoring a goal on the opening day of the season. Suwaria Mohammed, an Ivorian defender, joined the club soon after Innocent Awoa's arrival, however he left the club without playing a single game due to homesickness. Cameroon international striker Jean Michel N'Lend signed a contract with the club at the start of the season and he bagged six goals during his relatively short spell at the club, including an historic hat-trick against rivals Al Quwa Al Jawiya. He became the first ever non-Iraqi to score a hat-trick in an Iraqi Premier League match and he left the club in May 2013. Nigerian striker Minusu Buba joined the club on loan a few games into the season and became a star striker, scoring eight goals including a goal in the final match of the season. Defender Paul Koulibaly, a Burkina Faso regular, joined in the winter transfer window and he provided solidity and experience to the league's second-best defence.
Many of these signings were orchestrated by Al Shorta's Iraqi manager Thair Jassam, who joined the club at the very beginning of the season. He led the team to a league and cup double, cementing his place as a legend for the club.
Al Shorta's league top scorer was Iraqi forward Amjad Kalaf for the third season in a row; this time he netted nine goals.

Squad

Out on loan

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Departed during season

Kit


Transfers

In

DatePos.NameFromFee
August 2012FW Hussein Karim Dohuk FC-
August 2012MF Abbas Rehema Al Talaba-
August 2012GK Mohammed Gassid Al Talaba-
August 2012FW Muslim Mubarak Arbil FC-
August 2012MF Hussein Abdul-Wahed Arbil FC-
August 2012MF Ahmad Ayad Arbil FC-
September 2012DF Innocent Awoa El Gouna FC-
September 2012MF Mohammed Faisel Al Talaba-
September 2012DF Suwaria Mohammed Free agent-
September 2012FW Jean Michel N'Lend Free agent-
November 2012DF Waleed Salem Arbil FC-
December 2012FW Minusu Buba El Gouna FCLoan
February 2013MF Nashat Akram Al Nasr SC-
February 2013DF Kassim Zidan Karbala FC-
March 2013DF Paul Koulibaly FC Dinamo București-

Out

DatePos.NameToFee
August 2012FW Ali Oudah Al Najaf-
August 2012MF Jabir Shakir Al Najaf-
August 2012MF Sanad Raad Saleem-
August 2012MF Muntadher Abdulkareem-
August 2012MF Muhammed Eskander-
August 2012FW Emad Mohsin-
August 2012DF Abbas Rahif Al Kahraba-
August 2012MF Kadhum Dheiaa Al-Hedood-
August 2012MF Ali Yousif Karbala FC-
August 2012FW Hussam Ibrahim Baghdad FC-
September 2012DF Safwan Abdul-Ghani Zakho FC-
September 2012MF Emad Ghali Al Talaba-
September 2012MF Ali Khudhair Al Talaba-
September 2012MF Nadim Karim Al Quwa Al Jawiya-
September 2012FW Mousa Hashem Baghdad FC-
September 2012MF Emad Khalaf Al Quwa Al Jawiya-
September 2012DF Waleed Bahar Al Quwa Al Jawiya-
October 2012DF Suwaria Mohammed-
December 2012DF Mustafa Maan-
December 2012MF Ali Essam-
February 2013GK Muhanned Jabbar Al Naft-
February 2013MF Haider Salim Zakho FCLoan
February 2013MF Abbas Rehema Al Talaba-
February 2013MF Ali Hussein Fandi Sulaymaniya FCLoan
February 2013MF Husain Abdullah Al TalabaLoan
May 2013FW Jean Michel N'Lend-

Iraqi Elite League

Matches

Score overview

Classification

Results by round

Baghdad Cup

Player statistics

Iraqi Elite League

Baghdad Cup