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Al Shorta (Arabic: الشرطة) (Police Club) is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad. They are widely regarded as Iraq's best team, as they are only one of two Iraqi teams to ever win any competition outside of Iraq (the other being Al-Rasheed.)
Al Shorta have won 12 cups. They were runners-up in the 1971 Asian Champions Cup, having withdrawn from the final in which they were due to face Maccabi Tel Aviv for political reasons. They were also the winners of the first-ever edition of the Arab Champions League in 1982, then called the Arab Club Champions Cup by defeating Al-Nejmeh from Lebanon 2-0. During the early years of Iraqi football, Al-Shorta were dominant in the Baghdad Super League, winning over half of the titles expanding from 1962 to 1973. Since the Baghdad Super League expanded to form the Iraq Super League, they have won two titles and been runners-up as well. They have reached the Iraq FA Cup final on 5 occasions, losing every time. However, they did win the Umm Al Ma’arak (mother of all battles) Cup 3 times in 2000, 2001 and 2003. After starting the 2006/07 season brilliantly by being the only team to win all their games in the first group, including two victories over Al Quwa Al Jawiya, Al Shorta were eventually knocked out in the final (elite) stage of the competition. They will be hoping to do much better this season by winning the Iraq Super League as they are expected to.
The home kit is all green and the away kit is green with white trimming and it is sponsored by Puma.
[edit] Iraq Super League 2007-2008
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[edit] The Primary Stage: Baghdad Division Standing
|
Team |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Al-Shorta |
21 |
13 |
7 |
1 |
39 |
13 |
26 |
46 |
Qualified |
| 2 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
18 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
35 |
10 |
25 |
39 |
Qualified |
| 3 |
Al-Kahraba |
22 |
10 |
8 |
4 |
30 |
10 |
20 |
38 |
Qualified |
| 4 |
Al-Zawraa |
21 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
23 |
9 |
14 |
37 |
Qualified |
| 5 |
Al-Talaba |
22 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
25 |
17 |
8 |
36 |
Qualified |
| 6 |
Al-Sinaa |
22 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
24 |
16 |
8 |
35 |
| 7 |
Al-Bareed (N) |
22 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
25 |
29 |
-4 |
30 |
| 8 |
Al-Naft |
22 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
18 |
24 |
-6 |
27 |
| 9 |
Al-Ramadi |
22 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
26 |
42 |
-16 |
21 |
| 10 |
Al-Jaish |
22 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
14 |
39 |
-25 |
15 |
Relegated |
| 11 |
Al-Shuala (N) |
21 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
14 |
41 |
-27 |
13 |
Relegated |
| 12 |
Al-Adala |
21 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
10 |
33 |
-23 |
9 |
Relegated |
After all matches have been played the teams in the following colours will:
|
Qualified to next round |
|
Relegated to the 2nd division |
| (N) |
Promoted to the Super league in this season |
[edit] 2007/2008 Squad
[edit] The First Team
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 22 |
 |
GK |
Dhiyaa Jabbar |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Hussein Jabbar |
|
|
GK |
Mohammed Kassid |
|
|
DF |
Ammar Abdul-Zahra |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Anmar Salam |
| 19 |
|
DF |
Kassim Zidan |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Maher Habeeb |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Mohammed Ali |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Wissam Jabir |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Ali Jabbar |
| 21 |
|
MF |
Amir Sabah |
| 9 |
|
MF |
Ammar Abdul-Hasan |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 12 |
|
MF |
Akeel Saddam |
| 13 |
|
MF |
Hassan Ali |
|
|
MF |
Qais Tareq |
| 14 |
|
MF |
Khalid Saad |
| 25 |
|
MF |
Mustafa Mahmoud |
| 11 |
|
FW |
Tayseer Abdul-Hussein |
|
|
MF |
Zaman Majid |
| 18 |
|
FW |
Ali Saad |
|
|
FW |
Abbas Hasan |
|
|
FW |
Amjad Kalaf |
| 23 |
|
FW |
Bashar Saad |
|
|
FW |
Hashim Redha |
|
[edit] Squad changes during 2007/08 season
In:
Out:
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
|
|
DF |
Samer Mahdi Mansour |
|
|
MF |
Ali Shaheed Aziz |
|
|
MF |
Ahmad Fadhil |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
|
|
MF |
Ali Zuwaid Al-Rubayawi |
|
|
FW |
Mustafa Jawda |
|
[edit] Famous Head Coaches
[edit] Famous players
[edit] Honours
(6): 1962-63, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1972-73
(2): 1979-80, 1997-98
(1): 1981-82
(3): 2000, 2001, 2003
[edit] International performance
(1): 1981-82
- 2004: Group Stage
- 2005: Group stage
- 1971: Runners-up (refused to play final against Maccabi Tel Aviv for political reasons)
- 2000: Group Stage
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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