General |
Iraq العراق | |
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Nickname(s) | Lions of Mesopotamia Usood Al-Rafidain (اسود الرافدين) |
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Association | Iraq Football Association |
Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
Head coach | ![]() |
Asst coach | Nazar Ashraf |
Captain | Younis Mahmoud |
Most caps | Younis Mahmoud (137) |
Top scorer | Hussein Saeed (61) |
Home Stadium | Basra Sports City |
FIFA ranking | 94 ![]() |
Highest FIFA ranking | 39 |
Lowest FIFA ranking | 139 |
Elo ranking | 85 (11 January 2015) |
Highest Elo ranking | 26 |
Lowest Elo ranking | 86 |
First international | ![]() ![]() (Beirut, Lebanon; October 19, 1957) |
Biggest win | ![]() ![]() (Amman, Jordan; August 18, 1992) |
Biggest defeat | ![]() ![]() (Adana, Turkey; December 6, 1959) ![]() ![]() (Malmö, Sweden; October 11, 2012) ![]() ![]() (Copenhagen, Denmark; August 14, 2013) |
World Cup appearances | 1 (First in 1986) |
Best result | Round 1, 1986 |
Asian Cup appearances | 8 (First in 1972) |
Best result | Champions, 2007 |
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The Iraqi national football team (منتخب العراق لكرة القدم) represents Iraq in international football since 1948 and It is governed by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2000. Iraq also is part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. The Iraqi team is commonly known as Usood Al-Rafidain (اسود الرافدين) which literally meaning Lions of Mesopotamia.
Players[]
Current squad[]
- The following 27 players were called up for the International Friendly:
- Match date: 25 and 31 March 2015
- Opposition:
Cape Verde and
DR Congo
- Caps and goals are correct as of January 30, 2015, after the match against
United Arab Emirates.
# | Pos | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Mohammed Gassid | December 10, 1986 | 54 | 0 | ![]() | |||
GK | Jalal Hassan | May 18, 1991 | 22 | 0 | ![]() | |||
GK | Shwan Jalal | August 14, 1983 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
GK | Rani Dowisha | January 1, 1993 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Salam Shaker | July 31, 1986 | 82 | 4 | ![]() | |||
DF | Samal Saeed | December 1, 1987 | 60 | 2 | ![]() | |||
DF | Ahmad Ibrahim | February 25, 1992 | 49 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Ali Adnan | December 19, 1993 | 33 | 1 | ![]() | |||
DF | Waleed Salem | January 5, 1992 | 30 | 1 | ![]() | |||
DF | Dhurgham Ismail | May 23, 1994 | 25 | 2 | ![]() | |||
DF | Ali Bahjat | March 3, 1992 | 23 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Mohammed Qabel | January 9, 1988 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Hawbir Mustafa | September 24, 1993 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Saad Abdul-Amir | January 19, 1992 | 44 | 1 | ![]() | |||
MF | Saif Salman | July 1, 1993 | 34 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Amjad Kalaf | October 5, 1991 | 26 | 1 | ![]() | |||
MF | Humam Tariq | February 10, 1996 | 26 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Yaser Kasim | May 10, 1991 | 12 | 2 | ![]() | |||
MF | Justin Meram | December 4, 1988 | 11 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Hussein Abdul-Wahed | February 28, 1985 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Anmar Almubaraki | July 1, 1991 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Rawez Lawan | October 4, 1987 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
FW | Younis Mahmoud (c) | February 3, 1983 | 137 | 53 | ![]() | |||
FW | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | December 22, 1987 | 82 | 13 | ![]() | |||
FW | Amjad Radhi | July 17, 1990 | 33 | 2 | ![]() | |||
FW | Marwan Hussein | January 4, 1991 | 10 | 0 | ![]() | |||
FW | Ali Salah | February 16, 1987 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
Recent call-ups[]
The following players have also been called up to the Iraq squad within the last 12 months. Retired players are not listed.
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Previous squads[]World Cups[]
Asian Cups[]
Confederations Cups[]
External links[]
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