The first football team consisted of Markar Avadician, Kadhim Dawood, Dehjat Ohaness, Liu Steven, Samuel Akesh, Aziz Hormuz, Rashad Al-Mufti, Khudair Abbas and others.

[30] On December 20, 1972, Al-Mina'a under the leadership of coach Hamza Qasim, played against the China national football team lost 1–0.

Al-Minaa started the first two matches under coach leadership Faleh Hassan Wasfi, who resigned after being drawn against Salahaddin 0–0 and Al-Sinaa 0–0, the team played after that under the leadership of coach Jamil Hanoon, who took over the job, and led the team to a series of successes, began to win against defending champions Al-Zawraa 2–3 in Baghdad.

The Al-Minaa goalkeeper, Sattar Farhan, saved a penalty kick obtained by Al-Shorta in the final minutes of the match.

Al-Mina'a in particular had many players recruited and transported to the battlefield, and the team lost their playing field, and did not find a training ground.

Their financial allocations were significantly reduced, and the stars of the team left to play in the big clubs of Baghdad.

[36] In the 1985–86 season, Al-Mina'a were not able to play in Basra, due to the fall of the bombs and the lack of safe stadiums, so their matches were moved to Amarah, and because of these harsh conditions, the team finished in 14th place and were relegated to the Iraqi First Division League for the first time in its history.

[34] They were runners-up of the Al-Faw Liberation Championship in 1988, a tournament hosted at Al-Minaa Stadium that featured Al-Talaba, Al-Zawraa and Al-Tayaran.

[39] The ruling Ba'ath Party has been accused of treating the club with racist treatment, including the opening match of Maysan Stadium in 1987 between Al-Mina'a and Al-Rasheed (club sponsored by the ruling party in Iraq), which ended in a 0–0 draw attended by the son of president Uday Saddam Hussein, and when he found that the fans cheer for Al-Mina'a team said: "If this stadium could have been moved to Baghdad, I would have done so (this audience is not worth it)".

[43][44] Despite these difficult circumstances, the team managed to reach fourth place in Umm al-Ma'arik Championship and fourth place in the league in 1998–99 season,[45] and reach the semifinals of the 1999–2000 Iraq FA Cup, where they were came out of the championship after losing from Al-Zawraa, who won the title that season,[46] and in the 2002–03 Iraq FA Cup also reached the semifinals, came out of the championship after losing from Al-Talaba, who won the title that season.

In the semi-finals, they managed to beat Al-Zawraa in Baghdad 1–0 and tied 0–0 with them in Basra to advance to the final, where they played against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya.

[49] in final played against Foolad Khuzestan B and won 1–0, the winning goal was scored by Alaa Aasi at the 44th minute of the game.

[58] In the 2007–08 season, a similar thing repeated under the same coach, where the team finished in 3rd place in their First Stage group behind Karbalaa and Al-Najaf, having won eight matches, drawn six and lost two, but could not go beyond the Elite Stage,[59] where they finished in fourth place in Group A behind Arbil, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Kirkuk.

[63] In pre-season and under the leadership of coach Adel Nasser, Al-Minaa won 2009 Thaghr Al Iraq Championship title, Al-Minaa qualified for the final game after collecting 7 points by defeating Naft Maysan 3–1, Ghaz Al-Junoob 4–1,[64] and won the Thaghr Al Iraq Championship after beating Naft Al-Junoob in the final game with a score of 2–1.

[65] In the third season, 2010–11, the team under the same coach finished in fourth place in their First Stage group with 12 wins, nine draws and five defeats.

They started the season led by coach Jamal Ali[76] and who resigned because the results were not good, especially after the 2–1 loss to Al-Karkh.

[78] The club then appointed coach Hassan Mawla,[79] who finished the season in 11th place, and he led the team for just four matches, winning one, losing one and drawing two, and he could not continue the rest of the matches because of Iraq Football Association suspended the Premier League and considered it finished on June 18, 2014.

[92] In the 2016–17 season, Al-Minaa contracted with the Romanian professional coach, Marin Ion[93][94] and he was sacked after twenty-seven matches because the chaos that appeared in the team due to the weakness of the personality of the coach, and the results were not satisfactory; he won fourteen matches, lost four and drew nine, and lost both Basra Derbies; against Al-Bahri 2–1, Naft Al-Junoob 1–0, leaving the team in fourth place in their First Stage in league,[95] then Al-Minaa signed local coach Ghazi Fahad,[96][97] who finished the league in sixth place.

[106] The president of Football Association, Adnan Dirjal promised the president of Al-Mina'a Club and the governor of Basra that Al-Mina'a team would play in the Iraqi Premier League and not in the Iraqi First Division League if the club completed the licensing file.

Based on the foregoing, the club contracted with coach Basim Qasim and five professionals, paid all their debts and completed the licensing file.

[109][110][111] The club entered the first division season and successfully got out the first time of asking by topping their group and defeating Amanat Baghdad to win the title.

FIFA imposed a registration ban on the club a few weeks before the start of the season due to not paying the debts owed to former players and staff.

However, Iraqi manager Hassan Ahmed decided to take over the club,[117] and sensationally steered the side full of youth players to a 14th place finish, comfortably surviving the season.

[138] On February 3, 2024, Al-Minaa played its first official match on this Stadium in the second round of the FA Cup, where it faced Naft Al-Wasat, and they were able to score three goals.

The fanbase is large and generally loyal; in 2014–15, Al-Mina'a had the highest average League attendance for an Iraqi club.

Al-Mina'a has the Promoters Association, which was established at the beginning of the club's starting point, and remained supportive of the team in all their matches, and traveled with them wherever they went.

And there are five players who scored for both teams, they are Alaa Aasi, Nasser Talla Dahilan, Ahmed Hassan, Sajjad Abdul Kadhim and Hossam Malik.

[155][156] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.