Iraq national football team: Difference between revisions

Iraq needed 1 point to advance to the final stage on the last matchday, but failed to advance to the final round of [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] qualifiers as a 1–0 defeat to [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] saw them finish in third in the group. Following this, the Iraq FA decided to disband the team and sacked Hamad.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/soccer/iraq-sack-coach-hamad-367505.html|title = Iraq sack coach Hamad|date = 26 June 2008|access-date = 18 August 2019|archive-date = 18 August 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190818154411/https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/soccer/iraq-sack-coach-hamad-367505.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

 

 

Jorvan Vieira was reappointed in September 2008. After a disappointing [[2009 Gulf Cup of Nations|2009 Arabian Gulf Cup]], Vieira was sacked and replaced by [[Bora Milutinovic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.thenational.ae/sport/milutinovic-is-iraq-s-new-cup-coach-1.486037|title = Milutinovic is Iraq's new Cup coach|date = 10 April 2009|access-date = 18 August 2019|archive-date = 18 August 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190818154834/https://www.thenational.ae/sport/milutinovic-is-iraq-s-new-cup-coach-1.486037|url-status = live}}</ref>

On 7 November 2022, [[Jesús Casas]] was appointed head coach of Iraq to lead the national team until the [[2026 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_asian_cup/news/jesus_casas_appointed_as_new_iraq_coach_1.html | title=Jesus Casas takes charge of Iraq | access-date=8 January 2023 | archive-date=17 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117110746/https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_asian_cup/news/jesus_casas_appointed_as_new_iraq_coach_1.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In the first tournament under Casas' leadership, Iraq hosted and won the [[25th Arabian Gulf Cup]], beating [[Oman national football team|Oman]] 3–2 after extra time in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/iraq-wins-arabian-gulf-cup-championship-defeating-oman-basra|title=Iraq wins Arabian Gulf Cup championship defeating Oman in Basra|publisher=Al-Monitor|date=19 January 2023|last=Lucente|first=Adam|access-date=19 January 2023|archive-date=19 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119202634/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/iraq-wins-arabian-gulf-cup-championship-defeating-oman-basra|url-status=live}}</ref>

 

 

==Team image==

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*[[Jalal Hassan|Hassan]] {{goal|51|o.g.}}

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*[[Amjad Attwan|Attwan]] {{goal|65}}

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*{{pengoal}} [[Amjad Attwan|Attwan]]

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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round#Group F|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]]

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*[[Shayne Pattynama|Pattynama]] {{goal|45+3}}

|stadium = [[Basra International Stadium]]

|attendance = 64,447

|referee = Ahmed Eisa ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])

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|round = [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round#Group F|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]]

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|goals1=

*[[Mohanad Ali|Ali]] {{goal|90+7}}

|stadium = [[Mỹ Đình National Stadium]]

|referee = Abdulla Al-Marri ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])

|result = W

|goals2 =

|stadium = [[New York University Abu Dhabi#Athletics and recreation|New York University Stadium]]

|attendance = 100

|referee = Yahya Ali Al-Mulla ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])

*[[Aymen Hussein|Hussein]] {{goal|75}}

|stadium = [[Ahmad bin Ali Stadium]]

|attendance = 16,532

|referee = [[Ilgiz Tantashev]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])

*[[Wataru Endō|Endō]] {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = [[Education City Stadium]]

|attendance = 38,663

|referee = [[Khalid Al-Turais]] ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])

*[[Nguyễn Quang Hải (footballer, born 1997)|Nguyễn Quang Hải]] {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = [[Jassim bin Hamad Stadium]]

|attendance = 8,932

| referee = [[Nazmi Nasaruddin]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])

*[[Nizar Al-Rashdan|Al-Rashdan]] {{goal|90+7}}

|stadium = [[Khalifa International Stadium]]

|attendance = 35,814

|referee = [[Alireza Faghani]] ([[Football Australia|Australia]])

|goals2=

|stadium = [[Basra International Stadium]]

|attendance =63,750

|referee = Abdullah Jamali ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])

*[[Zaid Tahseen|Tahseen]] {{goal|77}}

|stadium = [[Rizal Memorial Stadium]]

| attendance = 10,014

| referee = [[Nazmi Nasaruddin]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])

*[[Ali Jasim|Jasim]] {{goal|88}}

|stadium = [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]]

|attendance = 60,245

|referee = [[Shaun Evans (referee)|Shaun Evans]] ([[Football Australia|Australia]])

*[[Phạm Tuấn Hải]] {{goal|84}}

|stadium = [[Basra International Stadium]]

|attendance = 42,791

|referee = Omar Al-Ali ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])

|result = W

}}

 

{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=MF|name=[[Bashar Resan]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|12|22}}|caps=64|goals=4|club=[[Al-Markhiya SC|Al-Markhiya]]|clubnat=QAT}}

{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Zidane Iqbal]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|4|27}}|caps=12|goals=1|club=[[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]]|clubnat=NED}}

{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Ali Jasim]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|1|20}}|caps=13|goals=2|club=[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]]|clubnat=IRQ}}

{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=[[Youssef Amyn]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|8|21}}|caps=10|goals=1|club=[[Eintracht Braunschweig]]|clubnat=GER}}

{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=[[Osama Rashid]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|1|17}}|caps=37|goals=2|club=''[[Free agent|Unattached]]''|clubnat=}}

{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=MF|name=[[Marko Farji]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|3|16|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Strømsgodset Toppfotball|Strømsgodset]]|clubnat=NOR}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs end}}

 

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Masies Artien]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|8|8}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[SV Spakenburg|Spakenburg]]|clubnat=NED|latest=[[2023 Jordan International Tournament]]}}

{{nat fs break|background=#008000}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Hasan Abdulkareem]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|4|17}}|caps=13|goals=1|club=[[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]]|clubnat=IRQ|latest= v. {{fb|PHI}}, 26 March 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Montader Madjed]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|4|24}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby]]|clubnat=SWE|latest= v. {{fb|PHI}}, 26 March 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Abdul-Razzaq Qasim]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|2|19}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]|clubnat=IRQ|latest= v. {{fb|PHI}}, 26 March 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Ahmad Allée]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|4|29}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[FC Rouen|Rouen]]|clubnat=FRA|latest=[[2023 AFC Asian Cup]]}}

{{nat fs r player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Amjad Attwan]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|3|12}}|caps=77|goals=4|club=[[Zakho SC|Zakho]]|clubnat=IRQ|latest=[[2023 AFC Asian Cup]]^INJ}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Hussein Ali Al-Saedi]]|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|29}}|caps=50|goals=6|club=[[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]|clubnat=IRQ|latest= v. {{fb|VIE}}, 21 November 2023}}

| 5 || align=left|[[Falah Hassan]] || 29 || 103 || {{#expr:29/103 round 2}} || 1970–1986

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| 8 || align=left|[[Razzaq Farhan]] || 25 || 62 || {{#expr:25/62 round 2}} || 1998–2007