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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]
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Asian Cup record
[edit] Asian Games record
The Iraqi football team line up for the recent
Asian Games in
Doha,
Qatar in which they won a silver medal.
- 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
[edit] WAFF Championship record
- 2000 - Third Place
- 2002 - Winners
- 2004 - Fourth Place
- 2006 -
[edit] Arab Nations Cup record
- 1963 - Did not enter
- 1964 - Winners
- 1966 - Winners
- 1985 - Winners
- 1988 - Winners
- 1992 to 2002- Did not enter
- 2009 -
[edit] Upcoming matches
- 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
[edit] Current National Team
The following 26 players named for the Gulf Cup 18.
Caps and goals included Iraq match against Saudi Arabia on 24 January 2007.
[edit] Recent callups
The following players have also been called up to Iraq squad for the Asian Cup 2007 Qualifications and friendly matches.
[edit] Famous Players
[edit] External links
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Iraq squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup |
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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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Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq 
Iraq 10 - 1 Bahrain 
Turkey 7 - 1 Iraq 
