• Al Shorta finish fourth despite final day win
    Mohanad Ali's goal gave Al Shorta a 1-0 win over Al Kahrabaa on the last day of the season but the Harps finish fourth and miss out on continental qualification.

  • Check the current Iraqi Premier League standings
    Which teams are challenging for the title? Which teams are trying to avoid the drop? And most importantly, in what position are Al Shorta? Check out the current Iraqi Premier League table by clicking here.
  • Look at Al Shorta's squad for this season
    With Al Shorta adding a whole host of new faces to the team this season, the squad looks a whole lot different to last campaign's. To see the current squad, staff and club transfers, click here.
  • Learn more about the history of Al Shorta Sports Club
    Want to know more about the origins and achievements of one of Iraq's oldest and most successful teams? Click here to read our summary of the club's history, and click here to see Al Shorta's honours list.
  • Al Shorta's Greatest 50 Moments
    From winning the league title in the dying seconds of the season to becoming the first Iraqi side to lift a major continental club trophy, we rank the Greatest 50 Moments in Al Shorta's history.

  • Al Shorta's Greatest 50 Players
    We look at the 50 most legendary players to have worn the green and white strip of Al Shorta in the 85-year history of the club, including icons such as Abid Kadhim, Hashim Ridha and Nashat Akram.

  • Al Shorta's Greatest 50 Goals from 2007-2016
    Al Shorta scored some stunning goals between 2007 and 2016 and we have compiled them into a list of the 50 best ones in descending order for you to watch and enjoy.

  • Relive the successful 2012-13 season
    The 2012-13 season was one of the most successful in Al Shorta's history as they won the league title for the first time in a decade as well as the Baghdad Cup. Relive the magic season with our season review.

  • Relive the successful 2013-14 season
    The 2013-14 campaign was another terrific season for the Green Harps as they retained the league title for the first time since the 1969-70 season. Relive the exciting season by reading our season review.
  • See how the construction of the new stadium is going
    Al Shorta Sports City Stadium, the club's new 10,000-seater home ground, is currently under construction and is set to be opened in a few years' time. See how the construction of the new ground is progressing by clicking here.
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Mohanad Ali set to stay at Al Shorta next season

July 2018
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Coach Thair Jassam replaced by Haitham Al-Shaboul

June 2018
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Ali Faez to join Al Kharaitiyat of Qatar

June 2018
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Top four:
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1Al Zawraa38261026626+40882019 AFC Champions League group stage
2019-20 Arab Champions League
2Al Quwa Al Jawiya3825946623+43842019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2019-20 Arab Champions League
3Al Naft38241225920+3984
4Al Shorta38241136924+4583

We sat down with Lorival Santos, the Brazilian manager who made history by becoming the first coach from outside of Asia to win the Iraqi Premier League as he led the Harps to their landmark tenth overall league title in the 2013-14 season. Read our exclusive interview with him here!

Photo of the Month

This month five years ago, Al Shorta produced one of the all-time great Iraqi Premier League comebacks. At home, the Harps, leading the league at the time, were surprisingly losing 2-0 to lowly Karbalaa with only 19 minutes remaining and a defeat, or even a draw, would have severely dented their hopes of winning a first league title in ten years. However, as true champions would, Al Shorta never gave up and reduced the deficit to one when Minusu Buba headed home Innocent Awoa's looping cross. The legendary Nashat Akram made the scores level minutes later with one of Al Shorta's best ever goals, rifling the ball in from outside the box, and Hussein Kareem made it a win for the ages by turning home Dhurgham Ismail's through ball with five minutes left on the clock. The stadium went wild as the players ran to celebrate with the goalscorer, as the photo below depicts perfectly. The three points gained would prove crucial as 'Al Qeetharah' won the league by just two points.

Video of the Month

This month eight years ago saw Al Shorta pull off a famous win in the Elite Stage of the 2009-10 Iraqi Premier League. The Harps were playing away against Erbil, who had won the league in each of the past three seasons, in what was billed as the toughest game of the entire season. However, Al Shorta dominated the Northern side and managed to pull off a 1-0 victory courtesy of a Younes Shakor piledriver from outside the box. The win saw Al Shorta move to the top of the group, but Erbil would eventually overtake the Police thus causing them to just miss out on the semi-finals of the competition.

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