Baghdad derby (Al Shorta–Al-Talaba)

Baghdad derby (Al Shorta–Al-Talaba)

Al-Shaab Stadium hosts all games between the two sides
Other names	Al Shorta vs. Al-Talaba
Locale	Baghdad, Iraq
Teams	Al Shorta Sports Club Al-Talaba Sports Club
First meeting	Al Shorta 2–0 Al-Jameaa 1975–76 Iraqi Premier League
Latest meeting	Al Shorta 1–0 Al-Talaba 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League (2 April 2016)
Statistics
Meetings total	85
Most wins	Al-Talaba (38)
All-time series	Al Shorta: 26 Drawn: 21 Al-Talaba: 38
Largest victory	Al Shorta 0–4 Al-Talaba 1981–82 Iraqi Premier League 1994–95 Iraqi Premier League

The Baghdad derby between Al Shorta and Al-Talaba is a football rivalry between Baghdad-based clubs Al Shorta and Al-Talaba. They are two of the most successful clubs in Iraqi football history, with both sides having won five Iraqi Premier League titles in their history. The two sides have been battling for cup honours as well as league titles over the years; they played each other in both the Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup and Iraq FA Cup finals of the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons with Al Shorta winning both Umm Al Ma'arik Cup finals 1–0 and Al-Talaba winning both Iraq FA Cup finals 1–0.^[1]

Neither Al Shorta or Al-Talaba 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-Talaba having played in the inaugural season in 1974–75.^[2] They have both won 5 league titles and 3 Umm Al Ma'arik Cups, but Al-Talaba has won 2 Iraq FA Cups and 1 Al Muthabara Cup while Al Shorta has not won either of these two tournaments. 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-Talaba 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-Talaba reached the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup final) but both lost.

In terms of matches between the two, Al-Talaba has the better record with 38 wins compared to Al Shorta's 26 and there have been 21 draws. However, Al Shorta has the upper hand in terms of recent matches having won all of the past 6 matches between the clubs.^[3]

Results

Season Competition Date Al Shorta Result Al-Talaba 1975–76 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 2 – 0 Al-Jameaa – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Jameaa Iraq FA Cup (R16) – Al Shorta 0 – 3 Al-Jameaa 1976–77 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Jameaa – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Jameaa 1977–78 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Jameaa 1978–79 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Talaba 1979–80 Iraqi Premier League 26/09/1979 Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Talaba 01/01/1980 Al Shorta 3 – 2 Al-Talaba 1980–81 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Talaba 1981–82 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 4 Al-Talaba 1982–83 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 3 Al-Talaba 1983–84 Iraqi Premier League – Quwat Al Emen Al Dakhili 1 – 2 Al-Talaba – Quwat Al Emen Al Dakhili 1 – 2 Al-Talaba 1984–85 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Talaba Al-Rasheed Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Talaba 1985–86 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Talaba 1986–87 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba 1987–88 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Talaba 1988–89 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 0^1 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 2 – 3^1 Al-Talaba 1989–90 Iraqi Premier League 03/11/1989 Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Talaba 02/02/1990 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba 1990–91 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba 1991–92 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) 02/09/1991 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League 10/10/1991 Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Talaba 27/02/1992 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba 1992–93 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Talaba 1993–94 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 2 – 3 Al-Talaba 1994–95 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 4 Al-Talaba 1995–96 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 2 – 4 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba

Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team 1996–97 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 3 – 2 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 3 Al-Talaba 1997–98 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 3 – 3 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Talaba Iraq FA Cup (QF) 29/12/1997 Al Shorta 3 – 0 Al-Talaba 12/01/1998 Al Shorta 3 – 2 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba 1998–99 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) – Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 3 – 3 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Talaba 1999–00 Iraqi Premier League – Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 3 Al-Talaba 2000–01 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (SF) 12/12/2000 Al Shorta 1 – 1^2 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League 02/02/2001 Al Shorta 2 – 3 Al-Talaba – Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Talaba 2001–02 Iraqi Premier League 09/10/2001 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Talaba Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (Final) 10/02/2002 Al Shorta 1 – 0^3 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League 19/02/2002 Al Shorta 1 – 3 Al-Talaba Iraq FA Cup (Final) 29/04/2002 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Talaba 2002–03 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (GS) 11/08/2002 Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Talaba Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (Final) 20/08/2002 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba Iraqi Premier League 26/12/2002 Al Shorta 0 – 2 Al-Talaba Iraq FA Cup (Final) 23/08/2003 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Talaba 2003–04 Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup (SF) 08/10/2003 Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Talaba 2006–07 Iraqi Premier League 22/06/2007 Al Shorta 0 – 1 Al-Talaba 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League 29/12/2007 Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Talaba 26/04/2008 Al Shorta 0 – 0 Al-Talaba 2009–10 Iraqi Premier League 04/04/2010 Al Shorta 2 – 2 Al-Talaba 30/06/2010 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Talaba 2011–12 Iraqi Premier League 25/02/2012 Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Talaba 01/08/2012 Al Shorta 1 – 2 Al-Talaba 2012–13 Iraqi Premier League 01/03/2013 Al Shorta 1 – 1 Al-Talaba 04/09/2013 Al Shorta 3 – 0 Al-Talaba 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League 26/03/2014 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Talaba 04/05/2014 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League 25/10/2014 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba 05/03/2015 Al Shorta 2 – 1 Al-Talaba 2015–16 Iraqi Premier League 02/04/2016 Al Shorta 1 – 0 Al-Talaba

¹ After extra time.
² Al Shorta won 4–2 on penalties.
³ After golden goal extra time.

Summary

Al Shorta wins	26
Draws	21
Al-Talaba wins	38
Al Shorta goals	86
Al-Talaba goals	116
Total matches	85

Honours

Championship	Al Shorta	Al-Talaba
Regional
Arab Champions League	1	0
Domestic
Iraqi Premier League	5	5
Iraq FA Cup	0	2
Al-Muthabara Cup	0	1
Intercontinental (Defunct)
President's Gold Cup	1	0
Regional (Defunct)
Arab Police Championship	3	0
Al-Quds International Championship	1	0
Damascus International Championship	0	1
Bangalore Championship	0	1
Domestic (Defunct)
League of the Institutes	5	0
Umm Al-Ma'arik Cup	3	3
Republics Cup	2	0
Friendlies
Baghdad Cup	1	1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Cup	1	0
Olympic Club Cup	1	0
Taha Hashemi Cup	1	0
Total	25	14

See also

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

References

1. Iraq - List of Cup Winners
2. Iraq 1974/75
3. Results of Al Shorta vs. Al-Zawraa matches