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Iraq
Nickname	اسود الرافدين Assood Al Rafidain (Lions of the Two Rivers)
Association	Iraqi Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Akram Ahmed Salman, (2005-)
Most caps	Hussein Saeed (126)
Top scorer	Hussein Saeed (63)
Home stadium	Al Shaab Stadium
FIFA code	IRQ
FIFA ranking	82
Highest FIFA ranking	39 (October 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	139 (July 1996)
Elo ranking	65
Highest Elo ranking	24 (December 1982)
Lowest Elo ranking	86 (February 2006)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq (Lebanon; October 19, 1957)
Biggest win Iraq 10 - 1 Bahrain (Baghdad, Iraq; April 5, 1966)
Biggest defeat Turkey 7 - 1 Iraq (Turkey; December 6, 1959)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1986)
Best result	Round 1, 1986
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1972)
Best result	Fourth place, 1976

The Iraqi national football team is the national team of Iraq and is controlled by the Iraqi Football Association. It qualified for the finals of one World Cup, in 1986. Iraq's league is the Iraq Super League.

During the rule of the government of President Saddam Hussein, the President's son, Uday Hussein, was in charge of the Iraqi Olympic Committee and, by extension, the national football team. Under Uday's leadership, motivational lectures to the team included threats to cut off players' legs, while missed practices resulted in prison time, and losses resulted in flogging with electric cable or baths in raw sewage. [1] Despite the turmoil in the country following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the football team, then guided by Adnan Hamad, continued playing international tournaments with good results. Its Under-23 team qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics and then represented the country in the Asian Cup, where reached the quarterfinals, as they had done in 1996 and 2000. At the 2004 Olympics, Iraq defeated Portugal, Costa Rica, and Australia on their way to securing fourth place in the tournament. During the 2004 Olympics, team members expressed their objections to TV commercials of the re-election campaign of George W. Bush which made reference to Iraq's participation in the Games. [2] [3]

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 Asian Cup record 3 Asian Games record 4 WAFF Championship record 5 Arab Nations Cup record 6 Upcoming matches 7 Current National Team 8 Recent callups 9 Famous Players 10 External links

• 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Withdrew
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Round 1
• 1990 to 2006 - Did not qualify

• 1956 to 1968 - Did not enter
• 1972 - Round 1
• 1976 - Fourth place
• 1980 to 1992 - Did not enter
• 1996 - Quarterfinals
• 2000 - Quarterfinals
• 2004 - Quarterfinals
• 2007 - Qualified

• 1951 to 1970 - Did not enter
• 1974 - Round 1
• 1978 - 4th Place
• 1982 - Gold Medal
• 1986 - Quarterfinals
• 1990 to 2002 - Did not enter
• 2006 - Silver Medal

• 2000 - Third Place
• 2002 - Winners
• 2004 - Fourth Place
• 2006 -

• 1963 - Did not enter
• 1964 - Winners
• 1966 - Winners
• 1985 - Winners
• 1988 - Winners
• 1992 to 2002- Did not enter
• 2009 -

• January 18, 2007 - Comptiton: Gulf Cup 18 - Venue: Abu Dhabi, UAE - teams: Qatar (0-1) Iraq
• January 21, 2007 - Comptiton: Gulf Cup 18 - Venue: Abu Dhabi, UAE - teams: Bahrain (1-1) Iraq
• January 24, 2007 - Comptiton: Gulf Cup 18 - Venue: Abu Dhabi, UAE - teams: Saudi Arabia (1-0) Iraq
• July 07, 2007 - Comptiton: AFC Asian Cup 2007 - Venue: Bangkok, Thailand - teams: Thailand v Iraq
• July 13, 2007 - Comptiton: AFC Asian Cup 2007 - Venue: Bangkok, Thailand - teams: Australia v Iraq
• July 16, 2007 - Comptiton: AFC Asian Cup 2007 - Venue: Bangkok, Thailand - teams: Oman v Iraq

The following 26 players named for the Gulf Cup 18.

Caps and goals included Iraq match against Saudi Arabia on 24 January 2007.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mohammed Kassid Kadhim 10 December 1986 0 0 Al Shurta 22 GK Noor Sabri 6 June 1984 34 1 Mes Kerman 37 GK Serhank Muhsen 5 0 Arbil

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 2 DF Samal Saeed Mujbel 01 December 1987 Al Shurta 3 DF Jassim Muhammad Haji 3 May 1984 Duhok FC 4 DF Yassir Raad 1 July 1982 Arbil 14 DF Haidar Abdul-Amir 5 April 1982 Al-Faisaly 15 DF Ali Hussein Rehema 15 April 1985 Al-Ahly Tripoli 20 DF Ahmed Khadim Assar (c) 1 July 1976 46 2 Pas Tehran 26 DF Haider Aboodi Hantosh 26 March 1987 3 0 Najaf FC

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 5 MF Nashat Akram 12 September 1984 40 8 Al-Shabab 6 MF Saleh Sader 21 August 1982 Al-Ansar 8 MF Samer Saeed Mujbel 1 December 1987 0 0 Al-Ahly Tripoli 11 MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed 12 September 1982 43 11 Al-Ain 18 MF Mahdi Karim 10 December 1983 Apollon Limassol 19 MF Haitham Khadim 20 November 1983 Arbil 24 MF Khalid Mushir Duhok FC 27 MF Karrar Jassim Mohammed 15 March 1987 0 0 Najaf FC 28 MF Wissam Zaki Arbil ~~ MF Ahmad Abd Ali (Kobi) 18 January 1986 0 0 Al Zawraa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 7 FW Emad Mohammed 19 November 1982 Sepahan 9 FW Razzaq Farhan 1 July 1977 60 24 Bahrain 10 FW Younis Mahmoud 3 February 1983 38 22 Al-Gharafa 17 FW Ahmad Salah Alwan 18 June 1982 18 4 Arbil 23 FW Mostafa Kareem 21 July 1987 0 0 Arbil 25 FW Mohammad Nasser 12 March 1984 Apollon Limassol

The following players have also been called up to Iraq squad for the Asian Cup 2007 Qualifications and friendly matches.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club GK Sarmad Rasheed 1 January 1981 Al Zawraa DF Bassim Abbas 1 July 1982 34 0 Nejmeh DF Haidar Abdul-Razzaq 6 June 1982 16 0 Al-Hussein Irbid DF Wisam Khadim Hafid Al Zawraa DF Alaa Abdul-Hussein 7 October 1986 Al Minaa MF Jassim Swadi 15 December 1975 21 4 Apollon Limassol MF Abdul-Wahab Abu al-Hail 21 December 1979 Sepahan MF Qusay Munir 12 April 1981 32 5 Al Zawraa MF Safwan Abdul-Ghani 13 August 1983 Arbil MF Nawaf Falah 20 June 1986 Al Zawraa FW Louay Salah Hassan 7 February 1982 Persepolis FC

• Qusay Munir Injured, expected to come back before the Asian Cup 2007.
• Bassim Abbas Dropped from the list after leaving the training for Pepsi Commercial contract.
• Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Banned, Made trouble for Captain armband in Singapore match.

Ammo Baba Falah Hassan Hussein Saeed Basil Gorgis Thamer Yousif

Ahmed Radhi Abbas Obeid Jassim

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	Iraq squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Salman | 2 Majid | 3 Khalil Allawi | 4 Salim | 5 Mahmoud | 6 Shihab | 7 Hassan | 8 Radhi | 9 Minshid | 10 Saeed | 11 Aufi | 12 J. Hamza | 13 Karim Allawi | 14 Gorgis | 15 Abidoun | 16 S. Hamza | 17 Tweresh | 18 Sharif | 19 Hamdan | 20 A. Jassim | 21 Mohammed | 22 G. Jassim | Coach: Baba

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