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Iraq national football team records and statistics

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The lists shown below shows the Iraq national football team all-time record against opposing nations. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, AFC Asian Cup and Summer Olympics matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.

Competitive record

Regional competitions

Head-to-head record

The list shown below shows the Iraq national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.^[2]^[3]

Key

Positive balance (more wins than losses)

Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

Negative balance (more losses than wins)

All friendly and international matches have been approved, except for Olympic matches. A-level matches

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Iraq national football team head-to-head records
Team	Confederation	First	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	AFC	1975	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Algeria	CAF	1973	7	3	2	1	9	3	+6
Argentina	CONMEBOL	2018	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Australia	AFC	1973	11	2	2	7	8	14	−6
Azerbaijan	UEFA	2009	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Bahrain	AFC	1966	32	13	14	5	46	26	+20
Belgium	UEFA	1986	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Botswana	CAF	2012	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2012	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Cambodia	AFC	2019	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Chile	CONMEBOL	2013	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
China	AFC	1974	17	9	2	6	20	18	+2
Chinese Taipei	AFC	1974	5	5	0	0	18	3	+15
Colombia	CONMEBOL	2023	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Cyprus	UEFA	2005	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
DR Congo	CAF	2015	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Ecuador	CONMEBOL	2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Egypt	CAF	1972	7	0	3	4	1	7	−6
Estonia	UEFA	1999	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ethiopia	CAF	1992	1	1	0	0	13	0	+13
Finland	UEFA	1979	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Guinea	CAF	1989	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Hong Kong	AFC	2019	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
India	AFC	1974	7	4	3	0	13	4	+9
Indonesia	AFC	1973	9	8	1	0	25	5	+20
Iran	AFC	1962	28	6	6	16	21	37	−16
Japan	AFC	1978	14	4	3	7	12	20	−8
Jordan	AFC	1964	51	27	13	11	82	52	+30
Kazakhstan	UEFA	1997	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3
Kenya	CAF	2003	2	2	0	0	4	1	+2
Kyrgyzstan	AFC	1999	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Kuwait	AFC	1964	35	17	10	8	49	35	+14
Liberia	CAF	2013	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Lebanon	AFC	1959	18	9	8	1	24	9	+15
Libya	CAF	1964	11	7	3	1	17	6	+11
Macau	AFC	2001	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13
Malaysia	AFC	1974	7	4	3	0	12	3	+9
Mauritania	CAF	1985	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Mexico	CONCACAF	1986	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Moldova	UEFA	1992	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Morocco	CAF	1966	7	2	4	1	6	3	+3
Myanmar	AFC	2003	4	4	0	0	13	0	+7
North Korea	AFC	1974	9	6	1	2	11	5	+6
Nepal	AFC	1982	4	4	0	0	22	5	+17
New Zealand	OFC	1973	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6
Oman	AFC	1976	28	13	9	6	46	25	+21
Pakistan	AFC	1969	9	7	1	1	40	6	+34
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	1986	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Palestine	AFC	2002	16	13	3	0	37	6	+31
Peru	CONMEBOL	2014	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Philippines	AFC	2024	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Poland	UEFA	1970	5	1	2	2	3	7	−4
Qatar	AFC	1976	33	15	10	8	41	31	+10
Romania	UEFA	1970	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Russia	UEFA	2023	1	0	0	1	0	2	–2
Saudi Arabia	AFC	1976	36	17	9	10	55	31	+24
Sierra Leone	CAF	2012	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Singapore	AFC	1978	6	5	0	1	20	5	+15
South Africa	CAF	2009	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
South Korea	AFC	1972	20	1	12	7	13	24	−11
Spain	UEFA	2009	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Sudan	CAF	2012	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Syria	AFC	1966	33	17	11	5	46	25	+20
Tajikistan	AFC	1999	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Thailand	AFC	1972	18	10	6	2	47	20	+27
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF	1972	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Tunisia	CAF	1957	7	0	3	4	4	10	−6
Turkey	UEFA	1969	3	0	1	2	1	8	–7
Turkmenistan	AFC	1999	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Uganda	CAF	1977	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
United Arab Emirates	AFC	1973	30	11	12	7	43	29	+14
Uzbekistan	AFC	1997	11	3	3	5	8	10	-2
Vietnam	AFC	2007	6	5	1	0	11	5	+6
Yemen	AFC	1993	14	11	3	0	35	7	+28
Zambia	CAF	2022	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Total			728	344	206	178	1168	674	+494
Last match updated was against Philippines on 26 March 2024.

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Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Younis Mahmoud	148	57	2002–2016
2	Hussein Saeed	137	78	1976–1990
3	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	126	17	2007–2021
4	Adnan Dirjal	121	8	1978–1990
4	Ahmed Radhi	121	62	1982–1997
6	Ahmed Ibrahim	118	5	2010–2022
7	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	113	20	2001–2012
	Nashat Akram	113	17	2001–2013
	Ali Rehema	113	2	2005–2016
10	Mahdi Karim	110	11	2001–2018

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Hussein Saeed	78	137	0.57	1976–1990
2	Ahmed Radhi	62	121	0.51	1982–1997
3	Younis Mahmoud	57	148	0.39	2002–2016
4	Ali Kadhim	35	82	0.43	1970–1980
5	Falah Hassan	29	103	0.28	1970–1986
6	Emad Mohammed	27	103	0.26	2001–2012
7	Razzaq Farhan	25	62	0.4	1998–2007
7	Aymen Hussein	25	74	0.34	2015–present
9	Laith Hussein	21	80	0.26	1986–2002
10	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	20	113	0.18	2001–2012
10	Mohanad Ali	20	46	0.43	2017–present

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992 to 1995	Did not enter
1997 to 2005	Did not qualify
2009	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	0	1	Squad
2013 to 2017	Did not qualify
Total	Best: Group stage	1/10	3	0	2	1	0	1	—

Summer Olympics record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1936	Not an IOC member									Not an IOC member
1948 to 1956	Did not enter									Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	14	10
1964										2	0	1	1	0	4
1968										4	1	1	2	7	5
1972										5	3	0	2	4	5
1976										4	2	0	2	6	4
1980	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	4	5	Squad	5	3	1	1	10	3
1984	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	3	6	Squad	8	4	3	1	10	7
1988	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	5	4	Squad	8	6	1	1	14	6
1992–present	See Iraq national under-23 football team									See Iraq national under-23 football team
Total	Quarter-finals	3/11	10	2	4	4	12	15	—	40	21	7	12	65	44

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1951 to 1970	Did not enter
1974	Second round	5th	6	3	2	1	6	2	Squad
1978	Fourth place	4th	7	4	1	2	11	4	Squad
1982	Gold medalists	1st	6	5	0	1	11	2	Squad
1986	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	13	5	Squad
1990 to 1998	Banned due to Gulf War
2002–present	See Iraq national under-23 football team
Total	1 Title	4/13	24	15	4	5	41	13	—

Iraq_national_football_team_records_and_statistics

Iraq national football team records and statistics

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

AFC Asian Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup

Summer Olympics

Asian Games

Regional competitions

WAFF Championship

FIFA Arab Cup

Arabian Gulf Cup

West Asian Games

Arab Games

Minor tournaments

Head-to-head record

Penalty shootout record

See also

References

External links

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WAFF Championship record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
2000	Third place	5	3	2	0	10	2	Squad
2002	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2	Squad
2004	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	4	8	Squad
2007	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	5	2	Squad
2008	Withdrew
2010	Semi-finals	3	2	0	1	6	3	Squad
2012	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	4	2	Squad
2013	Group stage	2	0	2	0	0	0	Squad
2019	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	5	3	Squad
Total	1 Title	31	16	8	7	40	22	—

West Asian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1997 to 2002	Did not enter
2005	Gold medalists	4	3	1	0	13	3
Total	1 Title	4	3	1	0	13	3

Minor tournaments
Tournament	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1966 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	5	3
1967 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Champions	3	2	1	0	7	3
1969 Friendship Cup	Fifth place	4	0	0	4	2	7
1972 Palestine Cup	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	10	5
1973 Palestine Cup	Fourth place	6	2	3	1	5	3
1975 Palestine Cup	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	10	2
1977 Merdeka Tournament	Runners-up	7	3	3	1	11	2
1978 Merdeka Tournament	Runners-up	8	5	1	2	12	6
1981 Merdeka Tournament	Champions	6	4	1	1	16	4
1984 Merlion Cup	Champions	5	4	1	0	10	3
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Champions	6	3	2	1	10	5
1992 Jordan Tournament	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	20	2
1995 Nehru Cup	Champions	5	3	2	0	8	3
1995 Merdeka Tournament	Champions	4	3	1	0	7	3
1997 Nehru Cup	Champions	6	5	1	0	14	3
1999 Friendship Tournament	Champions	3	1	2	0	6	3
2000 Four Nations Tournament	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	4
2003 LG Cup	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	5
2003 Prime Minister's Cup	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	4	4
2009 UAE Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	2	0
2011 Fuchs Tournament	Fourth place	2	0	1	1	1	3
2018 IFC	Third place	2	0	1	1	3	4
2018 Superclásico Championship	Fourth place	2	0	1	1	1	5
2019 IFC	Champions	2	2	0	0	4	2
2022 Jordan Tournament	Third place	2	1	1	0	2	1
2023 King's Cup	Champions	2	0	2	0	4	4
2023 Jordan Tournament	Third place	2	0	2	0	2	2

7 May 1972 1972 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	0–0 (2 – 4 p)	Iraq	National Stadium, Bangkok
				Attendance: 2,000
	Penalties
	Cha Bum-Kun Hwang Jae-Man Park Su-Deok		Aziz Noori Kadhim Fathi

25 August 1973 1973 Palestine Cup	Algeria	0–0 (3 – 0 p)	Iraq	Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli
	Penalties
			Hassan Farhan Yousif

28 March 1984 1984 Gulf Cup	Iraq	1–1 (3 – 2 p)	Qatar	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Mascat
	Dirjal 102'		Muftah 109'

1 October 1986 1986 Asian Games	Saudi Arabia	1–1 (9 – 8 p)	Iraq	Olympic Stadium, Seoul
	Al-Shehrani 39'		Mohammed 51'

21 July 1988 1988 Arab Cup	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 3 p)	Syria	Amman International Stadium, Amman
	Gorgis 34'		Al-Nasser 33'	Attendance: 35,000

12 November 1989 Friendly	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 3 p)	Uganda	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
	Ahmad Radhi		Paul Hasule 29'	Attendance: 35,000

10 April 1997 Friendly	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 2 p)	India	Kaloor International Stadium, Cochin
			Sadiq Saadoun 74'

31 August 1999 1999 Arab Games	Jordan	4–4 (3 – 1 p)	Iraq	Amman International Stadium
	Abu Zema 30' (pen.) Al-Shagran 51', 70' Shneishel 67' (o.g.)		Fawzi 73', 75' (pen.) Mahmoud 78' Farhan 87'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jamal Al-Ghandour
	Penalties
	Abu Zema Al-Shagran Al-Sheikh Sufian		Shneishel Fawzi Mezher Raheem

10 December 2005 2005 West Asian Games	Iraq	2–2 (4 – 3 p)	Syria	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
	Farhan 45' Mahmoud 78'		Al Amenah 19' Al Hussain 90+1'
	Penalties
	Munir E. Mohammed Abdul-Amir Mahmoud Sabri		Aodi Dakka Alaya Chaabo Istanbuli

2 December 2010 2010 Gulf Cup	Kuwait	2–2 (5 – 4 p)	Iraq	May 22 Stadium, Aden
16:00	Al-Mutawa 1' Al-Enezi 58'		Hawar 6' Abdul-Zahra 14'	Referee: Hamdy Raaban Shaaban (Egypt)

15 January 2013 2013 Gulf Cup	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 2 p)	Bahrain	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
18:45	Mahmoud 18'	Report	Baba 61'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Penalties
	Yasin Ismail Salem Mahmoud Sabri		Husain Aaish Dhiya Al Malood

31 May 2000 2000 WAFF	Syria	0–0 (5 – 3 p)	Iraq	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
17:30

5 September 2002 2002 WAFF	Iraq	0–0 (6 – 5 p)	Iran	Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus
	Penalties
	A. Abdul-Jabar Abu Al-Hail H. Abdul-Jabar Emad Mohammed Ahmad Kadhim Nashat Akram Bassim Abbas		Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Nosrati Nikbakht Bayatinia Azizzadeh

25 July 2007 2007 AFC Asian Cup	Iraq	0–0 (4 – 3 p)	South Korea	Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
18:20 UTC+8		Report		Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Penalties
	M. Mohammed Munir Abdul-Amir Mnajed		Lee Chun-Soo Lee Dong-Gook Cho Jae-Jin Yeom Ki-Hun Kim Jung-Woo

16 July 2011 Friendly	Jordan	1–1 (5 – 4 p)	Iraq	Amman International Stadium, Amman
			Karim 15'

23 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Iran	3–3 (6 – 7 p)	Iraq	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
17:30 AEDT (UTC+11)	Azmoun 24' Pooladi 22' 43' Pouraliganji 103' Ghoochannejhad 119'	Report	Yasin 56' Mahmoud 93' Ismail 116' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,921 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
	Penalties
	Hajsafi Pouraliganji Nekounam Hosseini Ghafouri Jahanbakhsh Teymourian Amiri		Abdul-Amir Salem Ismail Adnan Mahmoud Kasim Hussein Shaker

2 January 2018 2017–18 Gulf Cup	Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	United Arab Emirates	Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City
20:30 UTC+3		Report		Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
	Penalties
	Abdul-Zahra Abdul-Amir Tariq Attwan		Mabkhout Abdulrahman Esmaeel Barqesh

5 December 2019 2019 Gulf Cup	Iraq	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Bahrain	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
17:30 (UTC+3)	M. Ali 6' Bayesh 18'	Report	Al-Haza'a 14' Marhoon 45+2'	Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
	Penalties
	Faez Ismail Bayesh Qasim		Al-Hardan Al-Shaikh Marhoon Thiago Augusto Madan

23 September 2022 2022 Jordan Tournament	Iraq	1–1 (3–4 p)	Oman	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+3	Hussein 85'	Report	Al-Malki 82'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Referee: Mohamad Issa (Lebanon)
	Penalties
	Hussein Attwan Ahmed Rostam Adnan Karim		Al-Yahyaei Al-Malki Al-Sabhi Saleh Al-Musalami Al-Yahmadi

7 September 2023 2023 King's Cup	Iraq	2–2 (5–4 p)	India	Chiang Mai, Thailand
13:30 UTC+3	Al-Hamadi 28' (pen.) Hussein 80' (pen.)		Naorem 17' Hassan 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium
	Penalties
	Doski Kadhim Al-Saedi Al-Hamawi Resan		Fernandes Jhingan Wangjam A. Ali R. Ali

10 September 2023 2023 King's Cup	Thailand	2–2 (4–5 p)	Iraq	Chiang Mai, Thailand
16:30 UTC+3	Mickelson 37' Bordin 82'		Hussein 6' Attwan 65'	Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium
	Penalties
	Kritsada Thitiphan Pokklaw Pathompol Theerathon		Abdulla Doski Farhan Bayesh Attwan

13 October 2023 2023 Jordan Tournament	Qatar	0–0 (6–5 p)	Iraq	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Amman International Stadium
	Penalties
	Al-Haydos Fatehi Alaaeldin Suhail Afif Al-Brake Gaber Meshaal		Doski Al-Hamadi Ali Adnan Allée Al-Ammari Sulaka Resan

17 October 2023 2023 Jordan Tournament	Jordan	2–2 (3–5 p)	Iraq	Amman, Jordan
17:30 UTC+3	Al-Naimat 31', 79'		Hussein 70' Al-Hamadi 75'	Stadium: Amman International Stadium
	Penalties
	Al-Mardi Sadeh Al-Rashdan Haddad		Doski Al-Hamadi Adnan Hussein Attwan