Baghdad derby (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al Shorta)
The Baghdad derby between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al Shorta, sometimes referred to as the Baghdad 'El Clásico',[1] is a football rivalry between Baghdad-based clubs Al Shorta and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. They are two of the oldest clubs in Iraqi football history, with Al Quwa Al Jawiya being founded in 1931 and Al Shorta just a year later.[2][3] The two sides have been battling for honours ever since the 1932–33 Prince Ghazi Cup, and together they won nine of the twelve League of the Institutes titles that took place between 1962 and 1974. The first two trophies Al Shorta won in their history were both won by defeating Al Quwa Al Jawiya in the final (1–0 in the 1938 Taha Hashemi Cup final and 2–0 in the 1939 Al Quwa Al Jawiya Cup final), while Al Quwa Al Jawiya defeated Al Shorta in both the 1978 and 1997 Iraq FA Cup finals.
The League of the Institutes was replaced with the Iraqi Premier League in 1974, and Al Shorta and Al Quwa Al Jawiya remain the only two Iraqi clubs to have played in every single season of the Premier League since its inception 41 years ago.[3] Both clubs have won five Iraqi Premier League titles, and Al Shorta have won a major international club competition (the 1982 Arab Champions League) whereas Al Quwa Al Jawiya have only won domestic competitions. The rivalry is a local, historic and competitive one; the clubs' stadiums are situated either side of Falastin Street, mere metres away from each other, while both sides have been competing for and continue to compete for the league title almost every season.
In terms of matches between the two, Al Shorta has the better record in the Iraqi Premier League with 23 wins, two wins more than Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's 21, and Al Shorta also leads in total matches with 29 wins to Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's 28.
List of matches
League matches
# | Season/Date | R. | QWJ | SHR | Score | Goals (QWJ) | Goals (SHR) |
1 | 1974–75 | 3 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Falah Hassan | |
2 | 1974–75 | 12 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Ammo Yousif | Jassib Al-Fahad |
3 | 1975–76 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–2 | Najih Fadhil | Zahrawi Jabir (2) |
4 | 1975–76 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–1 | | Hussein Al-Luaibi |
5 | 1976–77 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–2 | Yousif | Jabir, Al-Luaibi |
6 | 1976–77 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–1 | | Sabah Hatem |
7 | 31 October 1977 | 5 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
8 | 1978–79 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Hussein Thajil | Al-Luaibi |
9 | 15 October 1979 | 5 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–1 | | Faisal Aziz |
10 | 24 January 1980 | 16 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
11 | 1980–81 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Osama Nouri | Ali Hussein Mohammed |
12 | 1981–82 | 7 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–2 | | Aziz |
13 | 1981–82 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–3 | | Aziz, Mohammed (2) |
14 | 5 March 1983 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Hussein Al-Luaibi | Adnan Kadhim |
15 | 1982–83 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
16 | 1983–84 | – | Al-Tayaran | Quwat Al Emen Al Dakhili | 1–0 | Nadhum Shaker | |
17 | 1983–84 | – | Al-Tayaran | Quwat Al Emen Al Dakhili | 2–0 | Mahdi Jasim, Mahdi Abdul Sahib | |
18 | 1984–85 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–2 | | Ali Rustum, Saad Qais Noaman |
19 | 1984–85 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
20 | 6 January 1986 | 7 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
21 | 1986–87 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 2–2 | Shaker, Jasim | Muwafaq Hussein, Khamis Hamood |
22 | 1986–87 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 2–0 | Emad Hashim, Nouri | |
23 | 1986–87 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
24 | 1986–87 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Jasim Ibrahim | |
25 | 1987–88 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Nouri | |
26 | 1987–88 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Nouri | |
27 | 1988–89 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 2–0 | Natik Hashim (2) | |
28 | 1988–89 | – | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–1 | | Samir Allaiwi |
29 | 1 December 1989 | 11 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Maad Ibrahim | |
30 | 16 March 1990 | 24 | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
31 | 1990–91 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–2 | Hashim, Ibrahim | Haitham Mit'ib, Younis Abid Ali |
32 | 1990–91 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–2 | | Riyadh Abd Al-Abbas, Noaman |
33 | 7 November 1991 | 6 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
34 | 26 March 1992 | 25 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Saad Abdul Hameed (p.) | |
35 | 1992–93 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Sabah Jeayer | Abid Ali |
36 | 1992–93 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Hazim Yusur | Abid Ali (p.) |
37 | 1992–93 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–1 | Jaafar Umran, Hashim | Ziyad Tariq Aziz Brisam |
38 | 1993–94 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–4 | Thamir Muhsin | Abid Ali (3), Aaid Assu |
39 | 1993–94 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Walid Dhahid | Nassir Hassan |
40 | 1994–95 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–2 | Kadhim Jabir, Ali Zghayer | Shaker Mahmoud, Noaman |
41 | 1994–95 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–2 | Akram Emmanuel, Hashim | Abid Ali (2) |
42 | 1995–96 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–1 | | Abdul Hussein Juwad |
43 | 1995–96 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–3 | Razzaq Farhan (p.) | Hussein Jabbar, Abid Ali, Mahir Ugla |
44 | 1996–97 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–1 | Munther Khalaf, Dhahid (p.) | Ugla |
45 | 1996–97 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–2 | Dhahid | Maitham Adil, Noaman |
46 | 1997–98 | 9 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–3 | Ahmed Khudhair (2) | Juwad, Abbas Rahim, Mahmoud Majeed |
47 | 1997–98 | 24 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–3 | Mudhhir Khalaf, Farhan | Noaman (2), Qais Essa |
48 | 1998–99 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Khudhair | |
49 | 1998–99 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–2 | Khudhair, Dhahid | Hashim Ridha (2) |
50 | 1999–00 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Khudhair | |
51 | 1999–00 | – | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 | Amin Abbas | Mufeed Issam |
52 | 5 January 2001 | 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–0 (0–0) | Emmanuel (70) | |
53 | 28 April 2001 | 19 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–1 | Uday Abdul Khaliq, Hawar Mulla Mohammed | Khudhair |
54 | 15 October 2001 | 5 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–3 (1–0) | Khudhair (28, 55) | Ridha (64, 76), Ammar Ahmed (81) |
55 | 4 March 2002 | 25 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–2 (1–2) | Muhannad Muhammad Ali (10), Dhahid (51) | Ahmed Manajid (5), Amir Mushraf (p. 32) |
56 | 7 December 2002 | 14 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–3 (1–2) | Luay Salah (45), Munem Yousif (o.g. 75) | Ahmed (35), Rahim (40), Ammar Abdul-Hussein (88) |
57 | 4 November 2005 | 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 (1–1) | Muayad Khalid (25) | Mustafa Karim (26) |
58 | 12 January 2006 | 9 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–0 (0–0) | | |
59 | 21 February 2007 | 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–1 (0–1) | | Ali Saad (12) |
60 | 26 March 2007 | 6 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–2 (1–1) | Muhannad Yousif (15) | Ali Salah Hashim (11, 71) |
61 | 15 December 2007 | 6 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–2 (0–1) | | Taiseer Hussein (p. 11), Saad (88) |
62 | 26 May 2008 | 17 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 (1–0) | Ahmed Hanoon (24) | Mustafa Jawda (90) |
63 | 14 November 2008 | 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 4–1 (1–0) | Yassir Abdul-Mohsen (45, 65), Ahmad Ayad (47), Hussein Jawad (50) | |
64 | 6 March 2009 | 16 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–1 (2–0) | Haitham Kadhim (10), Ali Sabri (35) | Saad (90) |
65 | 26 December 2011 | 9 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–0 (0–0) | | |
66 | 5 August 2012 | 28 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–0 (1–0) | Hammadi Ahmad (36, 64) | |
67 | 18 November 2012 | 4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–4 (1–2) | Ahmad (26) | Jean Michel N'Lend (22, 41, 77), Muslim Mubarak (48) |
68 | 4 May 2013 | 21 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 4–0 (2–0) | Karim (31, 39), Ahmad (59), Ayad Sadir (77) | |
69 | 18 April 2014 | 9 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–1 (0–0) | | Sherko Karim (76) |
70 | 15 September 2015 | 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–0 (1–0) | Ahmad (18, 76) | |
71 | 14 December 2015 | 10 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 (0–1) | Mohammed Hassan Abdulwahid (82) | Hashim (33) |
Summary
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins | 21 |
Draws | 27 |
Al Shorta wins | 23 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya goals | 74 |
Al Shorta goals | 77 |
Total matches | 71 |
Cup matches
# | Date | Round | QWJ | SHR | Score | Goals (QWJ) | Goals (SHR) |
1 | 7 April 1978 | Final | Al-Tayaran | Al Shorta | 1–1 (1–1) | Najah Fadhil (20) | Hussein Al-Luaibi (10) |
2 | 24 September 1991 | Quarter final | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 3–1 | Akram Emmanuel, Sabah Jeayer, Saad Abdul Hamid | Younis Abid Ali |
3 | 28 April 1998 | Final | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–1 (1–0) | Emmanuel (31) | Abdul Hussein Jawad (81) |
Summary
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins | 1 |
Draws | 2 |
Al Shorta wins | 0 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya goals | 5 |
Al Shorta goals | 3 |
Total matches | 3 |
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup matches
# | Date | Round | QWJ | SHR | Score | Goals (QWJ) | Goals (SHR) |
1 | 4 September 1991 | Groups stage | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 1–0 | Basil Fadhil | |
2 | September 1995 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 6–0 | Jaafar Umran (2), Walid Dhahid, Haitham Kadhim, Jassim Swadi, Tareq Gaeon | |
3 | 17 September 1996 | Semi final | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 3–0 | | |
4 | September 1997 | Groups stage | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 4–7 | Dhahid (2), Umran, Riyadh M. | Mahmoud Majeed (3), Abu Al Hail, Saad Qais Noaman, Mafeed Assem, Abdul Hussein Juwad |
5 | 1999 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 2–0 | Dhahid (2) | |
6 | 8 February 2001 | Semi final | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al Shorta | 0–1 (0–0) | | Amir Mushraf (63) |
Summary
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
Al Shorta wins | 2 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya goals | 16 |
Al Shorta goals | 8 |
Total matches | 6 |
Other matches
# | Season/Date | Competition | QWJ | SHR | Score | Goals (QWJ) | Goals (SHR) |
1 | December 1932 | Prince Ghazi Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Montakhab Al Shorta | 1–0 (1–0) | Defender (o.g. 15) | |
2 | 1938 | Taha Hashemi Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Montakhab Al Shorta | 0–1 | | Harbi Shabaa |
3 | 1939 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Montakhab Al Shorta | 0–2 | | |
4 | 1963–64 | League of the Institutes | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Madrasa Al Shorta | 0–0 | | |
5 | 1963–64 | League of the Institutes | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Aliyat Al Shorta | 3–1 | | |
6 | 11 October 1973 | League of the Institutes | Al-Tayaran | Aliyat Al Shorta | 2–5 | | |
7 | 4 September 2002 | Al-Quds Championship | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya B | Al Shorta | 1–2 | Hadi Jaber (p. 47) | Munem Yousif (p. 30), Ammar Abdul-Hussein (75) |
Summary
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya wins | 2 |
Draws | 1 |
Al Shorta wins | 4 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya goals | 7 |
Al Shorta goals | 11 |
Total matches | 7 |
Records
Biggest wins (3+ goals)
Margin |
Result |
Date |
Event |
6 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6-0 Al Shorta |
September 1995 |
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup |
4 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4-0 Al Shorta |
4 May 2013 |
Iraqi Premier League |
3 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4-7 Al Shorta |
September 1997 |
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup |
Al-Tayaran 2-5 Aliyat Al Shorta |
11 October 1973 |
League of the Institutes |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-4 Al Shorta |
1993 |
Iraqi Premier League |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4-1 Al Shorta |
14 November 2008 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1-4 Al Shorta |
18 November 2012 |
Al-Tayaran 0-3 Al Shorta |
1982 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3-0 Al Shorta |
17 September 1996 |
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup |
Longest runs
Most consecutive wins
Games |
Club |
Period |
4 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1987 – 1988 |
4 | Al Shorta | 1997 – 1998 |
4 | Al Shorta | 1975 – 1977 |
3 | Al Shorta | 21 February 2007 – 15 December 2007 |
Most consecutive draws
Games |
Period |
3 | 1994 – 1995 |
3 | 1985 – 1986 |
Most consecutive matches without a draw
Games |
Period |
6 | 1987 – 1989 |
5 | 5 August 2012 – 15 September 2015 |
4 | 1995 – 28 April 1997 |
Longest undefeated runs
Games |
Club |
Period |
14 | Al Shorta | 1975 – 1983 |
12 | Al-Tayaran | 6 January 1986 – 1988 |
10 | Al Shorta | 15 October 2001 – 26 May 2008 |
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal
Games |
Club |
Period |
6 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1986 – 1989 |
Most consecutive games scoring
Games |
Club |
Period |
14 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 1996 – 8 February 2001 |
8 | Al Shorta | 1992 – September 1995 |
Bold represents current active streak.
Top scorers
Younis Abid Ali is the top scorer of the derby.
Honours
References