 After the founding of the Iraq Football Association, Al-Mina'a participated in the regional league for teams in Basra, organised by the Basra branch of the IFA.Al-Mina'a also participated in the first ever national football league in Iraq, the 1949 Iraq FA Championship, but were knocked out in the group stage.In 1950, Al-Mina'a played its first match outside the country as the first Iraqi team to play outside Iraq, they played against Shahin at the Amjadiyeh Stadium in Tahran and the result was 2–2, The team was composed of these players