Al-Shorta SC

Al-Shorta

Full name	Al-Shorta Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Qithara (The Harp)
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Ground	Al-Shaab Stadium
Capacity	35,700
President	Abdul-Halim Fahem
Head coach	Moamen Soliman
League	Iraq Stars League
2022–23	Iraqi Premier League, 1st of 20 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Active departments of Al-Shorta SC
Football	Basketball	Handball
Futsal	Volleyball	Beach volleyball
Archery	Athletics	Bodybuilding
Boxing	Footvolley	Judo
Show jumping	Swimming	Taekwondo
Water polo	Weightlifting	Wrestling

Al-Shorta Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الشرطة الرياضي, lit. 'Police Sports Club') is an Iraqi sports club based in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad. It has teams in 18 different sports, and the best known section of the club is the football team, whose origins date back to 1932. Al-Shorta was formally established as a sports club in 1978 after a clubs-only policy was introduced to Iraqi football.

Al-Shorta's football team is one of the most successful in Iraq,^[1] having won the Iraq Stars League six times, including in both the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons. Al-Shorta were crowned the inaugural Arab Club Champions Cup winners in 1982 and are one of only two Iraqi clubs to have won the tournament.^[2] Al-Shorta are the only team to win the Umm al-Ma'arik Championship three times in a row, while they have reached the final of the Iraq FA Cup on five occasions, losing each time.^[3]

Al-Shorta hold the Iraq Stars League records for the joint-longest unbeaten run (39 games) and the most consecutive wins in a season (11 wins). In the 2021–22 season, Al-Shorta set records for the earliest league title win (seven rounds remaining) and the largest title-winning margin (21 points), and also became the first club to win all Baghdad derbies home and away in one season.^[4]