Al-Araqa derby explained

Al-Araqa derby
City Or Region:Baghdad/Basra (Iraq)
Teams Involved:
First Contested:
1973–74 Iraqi National First Division
Mostrecent:
2023–24 Iraq Stars League
(18 May 2024)
Top Scorer:Hammadi Ahmed
(11 goals)
Total:74 (League)
Series:League:
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya: 35
Drawn: 23
Al-Minaa: 16
Largestvictory:
1998–99 Iraqi Premier League
(31 March 1999)

The Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya SC–Al-Minaa SC rivalry, sometimes referred to as Al-Araqa Derby,[1] [2] 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,[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] [8] Consequently, the two teams played in the 2006 AFC Champions League as Iraq's representatives in the tournament.[9]

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.[10]

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 106 goals in the league, while Al-Minaa scored 65 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.[11]

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 in 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.[12]

League Results! ! Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins! Draws! Al-Minaa wins
Premier League34 23 16
National First Division1 0 0

All-time results

League matches only.[13]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at home

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya result given first.

width=90Date width=120 Venuewidth=35 Scorewidth=80Competition
1973–742–0National First Division
1975–76Al-Shaab Stadium1–0Premier League
21 March 1978Al-Shaab Stadium2–2Premier League
18 April 1980Al-Shaab Stadium0–1Premier League
7 May 1981Al-Shaab Stadium4–0Premier League
28 October 1981Al-Shaab Stadium1–0Premier League
23 April 1983Al-Shaab Stadium1–1Premier League
12 January 1984Al-Shaab Stadium6–3Premier League
17 March 1986Al-Shaab Stadium3–2Premier League
13 April 1988Al-Shaab Stadium1–0Premier League
20 April 1991Al-Shaab Stadium0–1Premier League
3 October 1991Al-Shaab Stadium2–2Premier League
14 December 1992Al-Shaab Stadium3–1Premier League
6 June 1993Al-Shaab Stadium2–0Premier League
21 October 1993Al-Shaab Stadium3–0Premier League
15 May 1995Al-Shaab Stadium4–5Premier League
16 May 1996Al-Shaab Stadium4–0Premier League
10 January 1997Al-Shaab Stadium3–0Premier League
19 March 1998Al-Shaab Stadium2–0Premier League
31 March 1999Al-Shaab Stadium6–0Premier League
12 May 2000Al-Shaab Stadium1–0Premier League
7 May 2001Al-Karkh Stadium0–0Premier League
1 April 2002Al-Shaab Stadium2–0Premier League
7 March 2003Al-Shaab Stadium3–1Premier League
30 July 2008Al-Shaab Stadium1–0Premier League
27 March 2011Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium2–1Premier League
24 February 2012Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium2–1Premier League
22 November 2012Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium1–3Premier League
13 February 2014Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium1–0Premier League
28 June 2015Al-Shaab Stadium0–0Premier League
30 September 2015Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium1–2Premier League
11 December 2016Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium2–1Premier League
31 March 2018Al-Shaab Stadium1–1Premier League
15 June 2019Al-Shaab Stadium1–1Premier League
29 September 2019Al-Shaab Stadium0–0Premier League
8 February 2021Al-Shaab Stadium2–1Premier League
9 March 2022Al-Shaab Stadium2–1Premier League
10 February 2024Al-Shaab Stadium4–2Stars League
width=150Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins width=100Draws width=150Al-Minaa wins
2585

Al-Minaa at home

Al-Minaa result given first.

width=90Date width=120 Venuewidth=35 Scorewidth=80Competition
1975–76Al-Minaa Stadium1–1Premier League
1976–77Al-Minaa Stadium0–3Premier League
1978–79Al-Minaa Stadium3–0Premier League
20 November 1979Al-Minaa Stadium4–2Premier League
22 December 1981Al-Minaa Stadium0–2Premier League
15 January 1983Al-Minaa Stadium1–0Premier League
30 April 1984Al-Minaa Stadium1–3Premier League
29 November 1984Al-Minaa Stadium0–1Premier League
24 December 1987Al-Minaa Stadium1–2Premier League
2 June 1991Al-Minaa Stadium0–0Premier League
20 February 1992Al-Minaa Stadium1–1Premier League
11 March 1993Al-Minaa Stadium0–0Premier League
10 February 1994Al-Minaa Stadium0–0Premier League
12 January 1995Al-Minaa Stadium0–1Premier League
16 January 1996Al-Minaa Stadium2–0Premier League
2 May 1997Al-Minaa Stadium0–1Premier League
14 November 1997Al-Minaa Stadium0–1Premier League
4 December 1998Al-Minaa Stadium2–1Premier League
3 December 1999Al-Minaa Stadium0–0Premier League
9 January 2001Al-Minaa Stadium0–0Premier League
7 December 2001Al-Minaa Stadium1–1Premier League
18 October 2002Al-Minaa Stadium2–0Premier League
15 July 2005Al-Shaab Stadium0–2Premier League
7 July 2008Al-Minaa Stadium1–0Premier League
10 December 2010Al-Minaa Stadium2–1Premier League
1 August 2012Al-Minaa Stadium2–0Premier League
10 May 2013Basra Stadium1–3Premier League
23 May 2015Al-Zubair Stadium0–0Premier League
11 February 2016Basra International Stadium1–1Premier League
2 April 2016Basra International Stadium1–0Premier League
10 May 2017Basra International Stadium1–1Premier League
21 November 2017Basra International Stadium0–0Premier League
12 December 2018Basra International Stadium1–1Premier League
12 July 2021Al-Fayhaa Stadium2–0Premier League
26 October 2021Al-Fayhaa Stadium1–1Premier League
18 May 2024Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium0–0Stars League
width=150Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins width=100Drawswidth=150Al-Minaa wins
101511

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: مــلــــعــب الصـقـــور يـحتضن ديـربي العراقة . September 30, 2015. almadapaper.net. ar.
  2. Web site: الليبي زقلام هويدي يزين الديربي العراقي. November 26, 2019. rimessa.net. ar.
  3. Web site: القوة الجوية.. 58 لقباً في تأريخ اول نادٍ رسمي بالعراق. April 22, 2020. alsumaria.tv. ar.
  4. Web site: الميناء البصري.. 85 عاما تأريخ طويل وأول من نقل درع الدوري خارج العاصمة. November 28, 2016. burathanews.com. ar.
  5. Web site: Basra in the memory of its people. Basra Heritage Center in The Holy Abbasid Shrine; Basra 2016. Homaidi. Karim Allawi. Karim Allawi Homaidi. 2024-02-11.
  6. Web site: سليم ملاخ أول لاعب عراقي يسجل اسمه على لوحة ملعب الشعب. September 7, 2019. alsabaah.iq. ar.
  7. Web site: نادي القوة الجوية يحرز لقب دوري النخبة العراقي في كرة القدم. July 15, 2005. kuna.net.kw. ar.
  8. Web site: الجوية بطل دوري العراق . July 17, 2005. aletihad.ae. ar.
  9. Web site: قرعة دوري أبطال آسيا 2006 اليوم بمشاركة العين والوحدة . December 1, 2005. aletihad.ae. ar.
  10. Web site: نتائج مباريات الدوري العراقي الموسم 1975-1976. May 25, 2020. forum.kooora.com. ar.
  11. Web site: نتائج مباريات القوة الجوية × الميناء بالدوري العراقي. November 20, 2012. forum.kooora.com. ar.
  12. Web site: هدف الميناء " حمزة عدنان " الرائع على القوة الجوية. October 1, 2015. iraqTube10. ar.
  13. Web site: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Vs Al-Minaa (head-to-head) . kooora.com. Arabic. February 11, 2024.