Al-Shorta SC–Al-Zawraa SC rivalry

Baghdad derby (Al Shorta–Al-Zawraa)

Al-Shaab Stadium hosts all games between the two sides
Other names	Iraqi El Clasico
Locale	Baghdad, Iraq
Teams	Al Shorta Sports Club Al-Zawraa Sports Club
First meeting	Al Shorta 1–1 Al-Zawraa 1975–76 Iraqi Premier League
Latest meeting	Al Shorta 2–2 Al-Zawraa 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League (8 April 2016)
Statistics
Meetings total	93
Most wins	Al-Zawraa (44)
All-time series	Al Shorta: 23 Drawn: 26 Al-Zawraa: 44
Largest victory	Al Shorta 4–0 Al-Zawraa (1987 Al-Nasr Al-Adheem Cup) Al Shorta 1–5 Al-Zawraa (1993 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup, 1998–99 Iraqi Premier League)

The Baghdad derby between Al Shorta and Al-Zawraa, also known as Iraqi El Clasico,^[1] is a football rivalry between Baghdad-based clubs Al Shorta and Al-Zawraa. They are two of the most successful clubs in Iraqi football history, having played each other in 4 cup finals with Al-Zawraa winning the 1996 Iraq FA Cup final and the 1998 Al-Muthabara Cup final and Al Shorta winning the 2000 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup final and the 2013 Baghdad Cup final.^[2]

Neither Al Shorta or Al-Zawraa have ever been relegated from the Iraqi Premier League, although Al Shorta has played in the Iraqi Premier League for one more season than Al-Zawraa having played in the inaugural season in 1974–75.^[3] Al-Zawraa have won more league titles than any other Iraqi club with 13, and more Iraq FA Cups than any other club with 14, whereas Al Shorta have won 10 league titles (including League of the Institutes titles) but 0 Iraq FA Cups. Both sides have won 3 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cups, but Al-Zawraa have won 3 more Al-Muthabara Cups than Al Shorta. On the other hand, Al Shorta are one of only two Iraqi sides to win a major international club competition when they won the Arab Champions League in 1982, whereas Al-Zawraa have never won a major international competition. They have both reached finals of AFC tournaments (Al Shorta reached the 1971 Asian Champions League final and Al-Zawraa reached the 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup final) but both lost.

In terms of matches between the two, Al-Zawraa has the better record with 44 wins compared to Al Shorta's 23 and there have been 26 draws. However, Al Shorta has the upper hand in terms of recent matches having won 6 and drawn 2 of the last 8 matches between the sides. Since the start of the 2000–01 season, Al Shorta have won 12 games compared with Al-Zawraa's 7.^[4]

Results

Season Competition Date Al Shorta Result Al-Zawraa 1975–76 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa 1976–77 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa 1977–78 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa 1978–79 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 1979–80 Iraqi Premier League 21/09/1979 Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Shorta 21/12/1979 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Zawraa 1980–81 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 3 – 0 Al-Zawraa 1981–82 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Zawraa 1982–83 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa 1983–84 Iraqi Premier League – Quwat Al Emen Al Dakhili 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Quwat Al Emen Al Dakhili 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa 1984–85 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa Al-Rasheed Cup (QF) – Al Shorta 3 – 4 Al-Zawraa 1985–86 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 3 – 1 Al-Zawraa Saddam International Tournament (GS) – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa 1986–87 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 2 – 3 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa 1987–88 Al-Nasr Al-Adheem Cup – Al Shorta 4 – 0 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Zawraa 1988–89 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 2 – 2^1 Al-Zawraa 1989–90 Iraqi Premier League 06/10/1989 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 05/01/1990 Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa Iraq FA Cup (QF) – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 2 – 3 Al-Zawraa 1990–91 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 1991–92 Iraqi Premier League 13/12/1991 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 01/05/1992 Al Shorta 0 – 3 Al-Zawraa 1992–93 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) 02/07/1992 Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 2 – 0 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa 1993–94 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 1 – 5 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 1994–95 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 1995–96 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa Iraq FA Cup (Final) – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa

Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team 1996–97 Al-Nasr Al-Adheem Cup ??/08/1996 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa 1997–98 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (SF) – Al Shorta 1 – 1^2 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa Iraq FA Cup (SF) 06/04/1998 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 13/04/1998 Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa Al-Muthabara Cup (Final) 25/05/1998 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Zawraa 1998–99 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 5 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa Iraq FA Cup (SF) 16/03/1999 Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Zawraa 22/03/1999 Al Shorta 2 – 4 Al-Zawraa 1999–00 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa 2000–01 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) 03/12/2000 Al Shorta 2 – 3 Al-Zawraa Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (Final) 15/12/2000 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League 16/02/2001 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Zawraa – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa 2001–02 Iraqi Premier League 06/01/2002 Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) 05/02/2002 Al Shorta 3 – 2 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League 12/04/2002 Al Shorta 2 – 5 Al-Zawraa 2002–03 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (SF) 16/08/2002 Al Shorta 0 – 0^3 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League 14/10/2002 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa 28/02/2003 Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa 2003–04 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) 06/10/2003 Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Zawraa 2004–05 Iraqi Premier League 12/06/2005 Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Zawraa 23/06/2005 Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Zawraa 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League 01/12/2007 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Zawraa 02/02/2008 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa 08/07/2008 Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa 05/08/2008 Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Zawraa 2011–12 Iraqi Premier League 01/01/2012 Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Zawraa 09/06/2012 Al Shorta 3 – 2 Al-Zawraa 2012–13 Iraqi Premier League 24/02/2013 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Zawraa Baghdad Cup (Final) 16/06/2013 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa Iraqi Premier League 31/08/2013 Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Zawraa 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League 29/10/2013 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Zawraa 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League 17/05/2015 Al Shorta 4 – 1 Al-Zawraa 21/06/2015 Al Shorta 4 – 1 Al-Zawraa 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League 08/04/2016 Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Zawraa

¹ Al-Zawraa won 4–2 on penalties.
² Al Shorta won 3–1 on penalties.
³ Al Shorta won 3–2 on penalties.

Summary

Al Shorta wins	21
Draws	26
Al-Zawraa wins	44
Al Shorta goals	94
Al-Zawraa goals	134
Total matches	91

Honours

Championship	Al Shorta	Al-Zawraa
Continental
Arab Champions League	1	0
Domestic
Iraqi Premier League	5	13
Iraq FA Cup	0	14
Al-Muthabara Cup	0	3
Intercontinental (Defunct)
President's Gold Cup	1	0
Regional (Defunct)
Arab Police Championship	5	0
Al-Quds International Championship	1	1
Domestic (Defunct)
League of the Institutes	5	0
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup	3	3
Al-Intisar Cup	0	2
Republics Cup	2	0
Friendlies
Baghdad Cup	3	1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Cup	1	0
Olympic Club Cup	1	0
Taha Hashemi Cup	1	0
Total	29	36

See also

• Baghdad derby (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya–Al Shorta)
• Baghdad derby (Al Shorta–Al-Talaba)

References

1. Al Shorta 2013–14 Season Review
2. Iraq - List of Cup Winners
3. Iraq 1974/75
4. Results of Al Shorta vs. Al-Zawraa matches