The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya SC–Al-Minaa SC rivalry, sometimes referred to as Al-Araqa Derby, is a high-level competition between the two oldest established clubs in the history of Iraqi football clubs Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Minaa (the two teams were founded in 1931). It is considered one of the largest matches in Iraqi football in terms of the number of spectators. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya is considered among the four biggest clubs in Baghdad, the capital, while Al-Minaa, located in Basra in southern Iraq, is considered one of the biggest and most popular teams in the south, and is the first team that was able to obtain the league title from outside Baghdad.
The two teams had previously played against each other in 1950s and 1960s in friendly games before the national league was established in 1973, and their matches were characterized by excitement.
One of the historical precedents for this derby is that the first time a scoreboard was placed for Al-Shaab Stadium on 21 March 1977, was in this derby match, which ended with a score of 2–2 and the first to score in the match was Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya player Saleem Malakh.
In the 2004–05 season in Premier League, the teams were divided into groups, and the two teams reached the final match at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad to determine the title, in which Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 2–0 to become champions, with Al-Minaa finishing in second place. Consequently, the two teams played in the 2006 AFC Champions League as Iraq's representatives in the tournament.
The derby was not without excitement in the field of sacking coaches due to the loss in it, as on 2 April 2016, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya coach Sabah Abdul-Jalil was dismissed due to the loss to Al-Minaa at Basra International Stadium.
Statistics The first official match between the two clubs was a National First Division match in the 1973–74 season and resulted in a 2–0 victory for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. The first match in the Premier League was in the 1975–76 season where Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (known as Al-Tayaran at the time) won 1–0 with a goal scored by the player Hanoon Mashkoor, while Ali Abdul-Zahra scored the first goal for Al-Minaa against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the second match of the same season, which ended in a 1–1 draw.
The player who scored the most in the league was Hammadi Ahmed, who scored 10 goals for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya against Al-Minaa, while Jalil Hanoon scored the most for Al-Minaa against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the league, as he scored 8 goals. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya scored 108 goals in the league, while Al-Minaa scored 66 goals. The biggest victory was a 6–0 victory for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 1998–99 season at Al-Shaab Stadium. The highest number of goals in one match recorded was 6–3 in favor of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in the 1983–84 season at Al-Shaab Stadium and 5–4 in favor of Al-Minaa in the 1994–95 season at Al-Shaab Stadium too.
One of the most beautiful goals in this derby was the winning goal scored by Hamza Adnan against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium on 30 September 2015, which came from a free kick from a distance from the goal in stoppage time. The match ended with Al-Minaa winning 1–2.
+League Results Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins Draws Al-Minaa wins Premier League 35 23 16 National First Division 1 0 0
All-time results
League matches only.
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at home Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya result given first. Date VenueScoreCompetition 1973–74 Al-Shaab Stadium 2–0 National First Division 1975–76 Al-Shaab Stadium1–0 Premier League 21 March 1978 Al-Shaab Stadium2–2 Premier League 18 April 1980 Al-Shaab Stadium0–1 Premier League 7 May 1981 Al-Shaab Stadium4–0 Premier League 28 October 1981 Al-Shaab Stadium1–0 Premier League 23 April 1983 Al-Shaab Stadium1–1 Premier League 12 January 1984 Al-Shaab Stadium6–3 Premier League 17 March 1986 Al-Shaab Stadium3–2 Premier League 13 April 1988 Al-Shaab Stadium1–0 Premier League 20 April 1991 Al-Shaab Stadium0–1 Premier League 3 October 1991 Al-Shaab Stadium2–2 Premier League 14 December 1992 Al-Shaab Stadium3–1 Premier League 6 June 1993 Al-Shaab Stadium2–0 Premier League 21 October 1993 Al-Shaab Stadium3–0 Premier League 15 May 1995 Al-Shaab Stadium4–5 Premier League 16 May 1996 Al-Shaab Stadium4–0 Premier League 10 January 1997 Al-Shaab Stadium3–0 Premier League 19 March 1998 Al-Shaab Stadium2–0 Premier League 31 March 1999 Al-Shaab Stadium6–0 Premier League 12 May 2000 Al-Shaab Stadium1–0 Premier League 7 May 2001 Al-Karkh Stadium0–0 Premier League 1 April 2002 Al-Shaab Stadium2–0 Premier League 7 March 2003 Al-Shaab Stadium3–1 Premier League 30 July 2008 Al-Shaab Stadium1–0 Premier League 27 March 2011 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium2–1 Premier League 24 February 2012 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium2–1 Premier League 22 November 2012 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium1–3 Premier League 13 February 2014 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium1–0 Premier League 28 June 2015 Al-Shaab Stadium0–0 Premier League 30 September 2015 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium1–2 Premier League 11 December 2016 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium2–1 Premier League 31 March 2018 Al-Shaab Stadium1–1 Premier League 15 June 2019 Al-Shaab Stadium1–1 Premier League 29 September 2019 Al-Shaab Stadium0–0 Premier League 8 February 2021 Al-Shaab Stadium2–1 Premier League 9 March 2022 Al-Shaab Stadium2–1 Premier League 10 February 2024 Al-Shaab Stadium4–2 Stars League 27 September 2024 Al-Shaab Stadium2–1 Stars League
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins Draws Al-Minaa wins2685
Al-Minaa at home Al-Minaa result given first. Date VenueScoreCompetition 1975–76 Al-Minaa Stadium1–1 Premier League 1976–77 Al-Minaa Stadium0–3 Premier League 1978–79 Al-Minaa Stadium3–0 Premier League 20 November 1979 Al-Minaa Stadium4–2 Premier League 22 December 1981 Al-Minaa Stadium0–2 Premier League 15 January 1983 Al-Minaa Stadium1–0 Premier League 30 April 1984 Al-Minaa Stadium1–3 Premier League 29 November 1984 Al-Minaa Stadium0–1 Premier League 24 December 1987 Al-Minaa Stadium1–2 Premier League 2 June 1991 Al-Minaa Stadium0–0 Premier League 20 February 1992 Al-Minaa Stadium1–1 Premier League 11 March 1993 Al-Minaa Stadium0–0 Premier League 10 February 1994 Al-Minaa Stadium0–0 Premier League 12 January 1995 Al-Minaa Stadium0–1 Premier League 16 January 1996 Al-Minaa Stadium2–0 Premier League 2 May 1997 Al-Minaa Stadium0–1 Premier League 14 November 1997 Al-Minaa Stadium0–1 Premier League 4 December 1998 Al-Minaa Stadium2–1 Premier League 3 December 1999 Al-Minaa Stadium0–0 Premier League 9 January 2001 Al-Minaa Stadium0–0 Premier League 7 December 2001 Al-Minaa Stadium1–1 Premier League 18 October 2002 Al-Minaa Stadium2–0 Premier League 15 July 2005 Al-Shaab Stadium0–2 Premier League 7 July 2008 Al-Minaa Stadium1–0 Premier League 10 December 2010 Al-Minaa Stadium2–1 Premier League 1 August 2012 Al-Minaa Stadium2–0 Premier League 10 May 2013 Basra Stadium1–3 Premier League 23 May 2015 Al-Zubair Stadium0–0 Premier League 11 February 2016 Basra International Stadium1–1 Premier League 2 April 2016 Basra International Stadium1–0 Premier League 10 May 2017 Basra International Stadium1–1 Premier League 21 November 2017 Basra International Stadium0–0 Premier League 12 December 2018 Basra International Stadium1–1 Premier League 12 July 2021 Al-Fayhaa Stadium2–0 Premier League 26 October 2021 Al-Fayhaa Stadium1–1 Premier League 18 May 2024 Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium0–0 Stars League
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins DrawsAl-Minaa wins101511
See also Al-Minaa SC Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya SC
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