2006 in Iraqi football

Despite the nation being torn apart by civil war, 2006 in Iraqi football went as scheduled for the most part. Iraqi clubs participated in international competition. The National team qualified for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The Youth teams participated at the U-17 and Youth Championships, while the Olympic team won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games.

No games by the national team or the Iraqi clubs international precipitation were played in Iraq due to violence.

Contents

National team

2006 Friendlies

February 13, 2006
 Iraq  0 – 1  Oman Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Khalifa Ayel  77'
February 16, 2006
 Iraq  3 – 4  Thailand Ayutthaya Main Stadium, Ayutthaya
Emad Mohammed  8'  43'  89' Prat Samakrat  2'
Ali Hussein Rehema  10' (og)
Nirut Khamsawat  12'
Apichet Puttan  57'
March 15, 2006
 Iraq  2 – 2  Saudi Arabia Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Mohammed Nasser  28'
Haidar Abdul-Amir  90+4'		 Nawaf Al-Temyat  18'
Sami Al-Jaber  59'
July 15, 2006
 Iraq  3 – 1  Syria Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Emad Mohammed  34'
Younis Mahmoud  45'  82'		 Zyad Chaabo  73'
July 21, 2006
 Iraq  1 – 2  Jordan Amman International Stadium, Amman
Younis Mahmoud  53' Muayad Salim  36'
Ra'ft Ali  40'
July 25, 2006
 Iraq  3 – 1  Syria Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
Emad Mohammed  34'
Salih Sadir  60'		 Maher Al Sayed  61'
August 9, 2006
 Iraq  1 – 0  Jordan King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Younis Mahmoud  15'
October 10, 2006
 Iraq  0 – 2  Iran King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
Sheys Rezaei  25'
Mehdi Rajabzadeh  70'

2007 Asian Cup qualification

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 11 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4
 China PR 11 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4
 Singapore 4 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2
 Palestine 4 5 1 1 3 3 9 −6
2006-02-22
19:30 SST
 Singapore  2 – 0  Iraq Singapore National Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 10,221
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Amri 24'
Alam Shah 83'		 (Report)
2006-03-01
16:00
 Iraq  2 – 1  China PR Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Mohamed Omar Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)
Mahdi Karim 16'
Hawar Mohamed 67'		 (Report) Tao Wei 54'
2006-08-17
20:00
 Palestine  0 – 3  Iraq King Abdullah Stadium, Amman, Jordan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
(Report) Younis Mahmoud 59', 62'
Mohammad Nasser 90'
2006-09-06
20:30
 Iraq  2 – 2  Palestine Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)
Saleh Sader 70'
Hawar Mohamed 75'		 (Report) Amer 13'
Al Amour 78'
2006-10-11
21:30
 Iraq  4 – 2  Singapore Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ayn, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)
Younis Mahmoud 35', 68'
Mahdi Karim 60'
Hawar Mohamed 90 + 3'		 (Report) Goncalves 9'
Amri 62'
2006-11-15
19:30 CST
 China PR  1 – 1  Iraq Helong Stadium, Changsha
Attendance: 0
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Han Peng 40' (Report) Ahmed Salah 65'

Olympic Team

Asian Games

Main article: Football at the 2006 Asian Games

First round

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 7 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8
 Syria 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3
 Singapore 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2
 Indonesia 1 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9
November 18, 2006
18:00
 Indonesia  0 – 6  Iraq Al-Ahly Stadium
Attendance: 1300
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China)
Karrar Jassim  18'
Ahmad Abd Ali  24'
Mostafa Karim  36'  63'
Ali Alwan  82'
Ali Rehema  89'
November 21, 2006
18:00
 Iraq  2 – 0  Singapore Al-Ahly Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
Mostafa Karim  5'
Younis Mahmoud  7'
November 24, 2006
18:00
 Iraq  0 – 0  Syria Al-Ahly Stadium
Attendance: 2200
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

Second round

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
China PR 9 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4
 Iraq 6 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5
 Oman 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1
 Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
November 29, 2006
19:45
 China PR 1 – 0  Iraq Grand Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 615
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
Zhou Haibin  7'
December 3, 2006
19:45
 Oman  0 – 2  Iraq Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: Ajja Gowder (India)
Ali Rehema  30'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  45+2'
December 6, 2006
19:45
 Malaysia  0 – 4  Iraq Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: Naser Alghafary (Jordan)
Ali Rehema  14'
Younis Mahmoud  54'  55'
Mostafa Karim  65'

Quarter finals

December 9, 2006
16:00
 Uzbekistan  1 – 2  Iraq Al-Gharrafa Stadium
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)
Geyhrikh  45+1' Karrar Jassim  10'
Ali Alwan  95'

Semi finals

December 12, 2006
16:00
 Iraq  1 – 0  South Korea Al-Gharrafa Stadium
Referee: Ali Albadwawi (UAE)
Samer Saeed  24'

Gold medal match

December 15, 2006
15:00
 Qatar  1 – 0  Iraq Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
Bilal  65'

Youth Team

AFC Youth Championship

Main article: AFC Youth Championship 2006

Group stage

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 7 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5
 Saudi Arabia 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
 Vietnam 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
 Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6
October 30, 2006
16:00 IST
 Iraq  2 – 2
  Saudi Arabia Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Huang (China)
Abdul-Zahra  27'
Mohammed  82'		 Kabee  9'
Al-Sahlawi  52'
November 1, 2006
19:00 IST
 Vietnam  1 – 3
  Iraq Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Nguyen Van Khai  75' (pen) Ali  11'
Abul-Zahra  36'  81'
November 3, 2006
15:00 IST
 Iraq  3 – 0
  Malaysia Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 500
Referee: Al Hilali (Oman)
Khalaf  55'
Hussein  81'
Abdul-Zahra  83'

Quarter finals

November 6, 2006
19:00 IST
 Iraq  0 – 2
  North Korea Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Subrata (India)
Kim Kum-Il  36'
Yun Yong-Il  67'

U-17 Team

AFC U-17 Championship

Main article: AFC U-17 Championship 2006
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tajikistan 9 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3
 Iran 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Iraq 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1
 Yemen 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2
2006-09-03
20:00
 Iraq  0 – 1  Tajikistan Bishan Stadium
2006-09-05
17:00
 Yemen  1 – 1  Iraq Bishan Stadium
2006-09-07
20:00
 Iran  0 – 0  Iraq Jalan Besar Stadium

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The sport of football in the country of Iraq is run by the Iraq Football Association. The association administers the national football team as well as the Iraqi Premier League.

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