 The team was not well under coach Faleh Hassan Wasfi in the 1976–77 season, and finished in sixth place.The first match in Iraqi league history was televised, was played this season between Al-Mina'a and Al-Zawraa at Al-Shaab Stadium on Friday, March 11, 1977, was ended 5–1 for Al-Zawraa.The 1977–78 season was the golden season for the team when they won the league title, and the title moved for the first time from the clubs of the capital, Baghdad, to Basra under coach Jamil Hanoon.