Al-Shorta SC
| Full name | Al-Shorta Sports Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Al-Qithara (The Harp) | |||
| Founded | 1932 | |||
| Ground | Al-Shaab Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 35,700 | |||
| President | Abdul-Halim Fahem | |||
| Head coach | Moamen Soliman | |||
| League | Iraq Stars League | |||
| 2024–25 | Iraq Stars League, 1st of 20 (champions) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Active departments of Al-Shorta SC | ||
|---|---|---|
| Football | Basketball | Handball |
| Futsal | Volleyball | Beach volleyball |
| Archery | Athletics | Bodybuilding |
| Boxing | Diving | Footvolley |
| Judo | Show jumping | Swimming |
| Taekwondo | Water polo | Weightlifting |
| Wrestling | ||
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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 19 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, having won the Iraq Stars League eight times and the Iraq FA Cup once, completing the domestic double in the 2023–24 season. 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. Al-Shorta have won two Iraqi Super Cup titles and are the only team to have won the Baghdad Championship three times in a row.
Al-Shorta hold the Iraq Stars League records for the most consecutive titles (four in a row) and the longest winning streak (11 consecutive wins). They also hold the league's joint-record for the longest unbeaten run (39 games). In the 2021–22 season, Al-Shorta became the first club to win all Baghdad derbies home and away in one season.