In recent hours, there has been widespread controversy in the Iraqi football scene following the report published by the Asian Football Confederation on its official website, which dedicated itself to discussing Al-Shorta Club, describing it as the 'leader of Iraqi football' and praising its rich history of championships.

The report initially indicated that Al-Shorta is the most decorated club in Iraq, noting that it has 16 league titles in its history.

This prompted a quick reaction from the club, which posted a video on its official pages carrying the message: 'The AFC acknowledges 16 league titles for Al-Shorta... Our celebrations continue.'

However, the AFC returned hours later to amend the report, removing the section that counted the number of league titles from the original text, which raised significant questions among Al-Shorta fans and observers about the reasons behind this sudden retraction.