Al-Shorta SC in continental club competitions
Club | Al-Shorta |
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First entry | 1971 AFC Champions League |
Latest entry | 2015 AFC Cup |
Al-Shorta is an Iraqi football club based in Baghdad, Iraq. The club's first match in a continental club competition was a 3–2 victory over Taj Club on 21 March 1971, and they have since participated in Asian and Arab club competitions on several occasions. Al-Shorta have won the Arab Champions League once, in 1982, and are also widely regarded as the winners of the AFC Champions League in 1971. They are one of just three Iraqi sides to win a major continental club competition alongside Al-Rasheed and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.[1]
Al-Shorta's biggest winning margin in Asian competitions is by five goals; they thrashed Punjab Police 6–1 in the 1971 AFC Champions League and defeated Al-Wahda of Yemen 5–0 in the 1999–2000 AFC Champions League.[2]
List of matches
By competition
Note: Al-Shorta's withdrawn games against Israeli opposition in 1971 are counted as 2–0 defeats in the table below.
- Information correct as of 17 February 2016.
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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AFC Champions League | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 33.33 |
AFC Cup | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 23.08 |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 33.33 |
Arab Champions League | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16.67 |
Total | 49 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 28.57 |
References and notes
- ↑ Al-Shorta SC Greatest 50 Moments
- ↑ Al-Shorta SC History
- ↑ Qualifying method: 1969–70 Iraq FA Premier League champions
- ↑ Qualifying method: 1979–80 Iraqi National League champions
- ↑ Qualifying method: 1996–97 Iraq FA Cup runners-up
- ↑ Qualifying method: 1997–98 Iraqi Premier League champions
- ↑ Qualifying method: 2002–03 Iraqi First Division League champions
- ↑ Qualifying method: 2002–03 Iraqi First Division champions
- ↑ Qualifying method: Defeated Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–3 on aggregate in qualification play-offs after the cancellation of the 2003–04 Iraqi Premier League
- ↑ Qualifying method: 2012–13 Iraqi Premier League champions
- ↑ Qualifying method: Knocked out of AFC Champions League at qualification stage
- ↑ Qualifying method: 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League champions