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, more than any other Iraqi club, and the best known section of the club is the football team, whose origins date back to 1932 with the police-representative team Montakhab Al-Shorta. In 1974, following the Iraq FA's decision to implement a clubs-only policy for domestic competitions, Al-Shorta were inaugurated as a sports club and were attached to the Ministry of Interior.
Al-Shorta are one of Iraq's most successful clubs, having been crowned the inaugural Arab Club Champions Cup winners in the 1981–82 season. The Aliyat Al-Shorta team reached the final of what is now the AFC Champions League in 1971 where they refused to face Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, taking the runner-up spot and returning to a heroes' welcome in Baghdad.
Al-Shorta won their most recent Iraqi Premier League title in the 2018–19 season, which they followed by winning their first Iraqi Super Cup. They also won a joint-record three Iraqi Elite Cups and are the only team to win that trophy three consecutive times. Al-Shorta hold numerous Iraqi Premier League records, such as the joint-longest unbeaten run (39), the most consecutive wins in a season (11) and the most consecutive games scored in (37).
1932Nov, 14
Al Shorta SC, one of Iraq's biggest football clubs, are founded as Montakhab Al Shorta.
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