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, 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.

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. 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.

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 – 21	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 – 12	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 – 03	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)

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