Al-Shorta SC

Al-Shorta Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الشرطة الرياضي‎, lit. 'Police Sports Club') is an Iraqi sports club based in Rusafa District, East Districts of the Tigris River, 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.

They are one of Iraq's most successful clubs, having been crowned the inaugural Arab Club Champions Cup winners in 1982. They were also runners-up of what is now the AFC Champions League in 1971 where they refused to face Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final in protest at the Israeli occupation of Palestine. They were referred to as champions by the Iraqi media and were greeted with a heroes' reception upon their return to Baghdad, holding an open top bus parade. Al-Shorta have added two stars above their logo on club merchandise to represent these two achievements.

Al-Shorta have won five Iraqi Premier League titles, the most recent being in the 2018–19 season, which they followed up by winning the Iraqi Super Cup. They also won a joint record three Iraqi Elite Cups, in 2000, 2001 and 2002, being the only team to win that trophy three consecutive times. Al-Shorta hold numerous Premier League records in Iraq, such as the longest unbeaten run (39), the most consecutive wins in a season (11) and the most consecutive games scored in (37).

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