Iraq national under-20 football team

Iraq under-20

Nickname(s)

Young Lions of Mesopotamia
Leyouth Al-Rafidayn (ليوث الرافدين)

Association

IFA

Sub-confederation

WAFF (West Asia)

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Abbas Attiya

Captain

Mohammad Salam Enad

FIFA code

IRQ

First colours

Second colours

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Appearances

4 (First in 1977)

Best result

Fourth Place: (2013)

AFC U-19 Championship

Appearances

15 (First in 1975)

Best result

Champions (5): (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)

Iraq Youth Teams' System
Olympic (Under-23, Under-22, and Under-21)
Leyouth (Under-20, Under-19, and Under-18)
Ashbal (Under-17, Under-16, and Under-15)
Bara'em (Under-14, Under-13, and Below)

Iraq national under-20 football team (also known as Iraq Under-20 or Iraq Youth Team) represents Iraq in international football competitions in AFC U-19 Championship which Iraq holds 5 titles, as well as any other under-20, under-19, and under-18 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iraq Football Federation

Iraq have been awarded the AFC National Team of the Year award once in 2013, being the only U-20 team to win this award.^[1]

Competitions Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	6	8
1979	Qualified but Withdrew
1981	Did Not Qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	5	2
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	9
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Fourth Place	7	3	3	1	11	11
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017	To be determined
Total	4/21	17	8	3	6	27	30

AFC U-19 Championship Record

AFC U-19 Championship
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1975	Champions	6	5	1	0	18	1
1976	Quarter Finals	4	3	1	0	13	1
1977	Champions	5	5	0	0	19	4
1978	Champions	6	4	2	0	20	2
1980	Did not enter
1982	Third Place	3	1	0	2	4	5
1985	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Champions	5	2	3	0	5	3
1990	Did not enter
1992	Did not enter
1994	Fourth Place	6	2	2	2	8	8
1996	Did not enter
1998	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	6	13
2000	Champions	6	3	3	0	11	3
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	7	1
2006	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	8	5
2008	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
2010	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	7
2012	Runner-up	6	4	2	0	10	3
2014	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	8	3
2016	Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Best:Champions	63	34	15	14	127	61

Arab U-20 Championship Record

Arab U-20 Championship
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Round 1	4	2	0	2	6	4
2012	Round 1	3	0	1	2	6	9
Total	Best: Round 1	7	2	1	4	12	13

Matches

Recent results and fixtures

Win Draw Lose

2 October 2015 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	Iraq	2–0	Tajikistan	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00	Alaa 3' Jasim 79'	Report		Stadium: Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

4 October 2015 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	Maldives	0–5	Iraq	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
15:00		Report	Alaa 10', 39' Ameer 14' Mohammed 27', 52'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

6 October 2015 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	Iraq	4–1	Bahrain	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
15:00		Report		Stadium: Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification:
Caps and goals are correct as of October 4, 2015, after the match against Maldives.
Caps and goals are correct excluding friendly matches and unrecognized tournaments such as Arab U-20 Championship.

Recent squad

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ali Kadhim Hadi		0	0
22	1GK	Mohammed Abbas Ali		2	0
30	1GK	Karrar Mahmood Radha		0	0

3	2DF	Mustafa Mohammed Al-Ezairej		2	0
4	2DF	Ahmed Abdulridha		1	0
6	2DF	Hayder Sari Jawad		0	0	Al-Minaa
13	2DF	Hasan Ashour Kadhim		0	0
15	2DF	Ayad Kareem		2	0
24	2DF	Karrar Falih		2	0
26	2DF	Mustafa Mohammed Jebour		0	0
32	2DF	Saif Hatem Abbood		2	0

4	3MF	Yassir Ammar Sami	(1997-01-31) January 31, 1997	0	0
7	3MF	Ameer Sabah Khudhair		2	1
8	3MF	Amjad Attwan Kadhim	(1997-03-12) March 12, 1997	2	0	Al-Shorta
10	3MF	Sajjad Jassim Mousa		2	0
11	3MF	Mohammed Hasan		2	2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
14	3MF	Ahmed Jalal Hasan		0	0
16	3MF	Ammar Abduljaleel		2	0
35	3MF	Safaa Hadi Abdullah		2	0

19	4FW	Mustafa Ali Neamah		1	0
21	4FW	Jasim Mohammed Oglah		2	1
27	4FW	Alaa Abbas Abdulnabi		2	3	Karbala

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to Iraqi squad for the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ahmed Basil Fadhil	(1996-08-19) August 19, 1996	Al-Shorta	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
GK	Haidar Mohammed Faisal	(1996-10-23) October 23, 1996	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2014 AFC U-19 Championship

DF	Alaa Ali Mhawi	(1996-06-03) June 3, 1996	Al-Kahraba	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
DF	Hamza Adnan	(1996-02-08) February 8, 1996	Al-Minaa	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
DF	Mahdi Abdul-Zahra	(1996-03-17) March 17, 1996	Al-Kahraba	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
DF	Ali Lateef Mohammed	(1996-01-18) January 18, 1996	Diwaniya	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
DF	Ahmad Nadhim Owaid	(1996-07-10) July 10, 1996	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
DF	Ruslan Hanoon	(1996-03-04) March 4, 1996		2014 AFC U-19 Championship
DF	Mahmood Ayyal Taan	(1996-02-03) February 3, 1996		2014 AFC U-19 Championship

MF	Bashar Rasan	(1996-12-22) December 22, 1996	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
MF	Ahmed Mohsin Ashour	(1996-01-04) January 4, 1996	Al-Minaa	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
MF	Mustafa Al-Ameen	(1996-05-19) May 19, 1996	Naft Maysan	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
MF	Mohammed Khalid Jaffal	(1996-06-01) June 1, 1996	Erbil	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
MF	Ali Essam Kadhim	(1996-11-26) November 26, 1996	Diyala	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
MF	Layth Tahseen Asal	(1996-11-11) November 11, 1996		2014 AFC U-19 Championship
MF	Nameer Hameed Mohsen	(1995-11-09) November 9, 1995	Al-Karkh	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
MF	Ibrahim Naeem Mutar	(1996-11-19) November 19, 1996	Al-Shorta	2014 AFC U-19 Championship

FW	Sherko Karim	(1996-05-25) May 25, 1996	Grasshopper	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
FW	Emad Mohsin Majeed	(1996-11-03) November 3, 1996	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
FW	Ahmad Abdul-Abbas Fadhel	(1996-04-28) April 28, 1996	Al-Kahraba	2014 AFC U-19 Championship
FW	Ayman Hussein	(1996-03-22) March 22, 1996	Al-Naft	2014 AFC U-19 Championship

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

AFC U-19 Championship

Coaches

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %	Achievements
Hakim Shaker	2011–2013	7001170000000000000♠17	7001110000000000000♠11	7000500000000000000♠5	7000100000000000000♠1	7001647099999999999♠64.71	Fourth place at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Rahim Hameed	2014	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Abbas Attiya	2015–	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠100.000	Qualified for 2016 AFC U-19 Championship

References

↑ The-AFC.com - Iraq u20 the 2013 Asian Team of the Year

External links

Football in Iraq

IFA
IKFA (regional)

National teams

Men	National team U-23 U-20 U-17 U-14

Women	National team

Others	Beach (men) Futsal (men)

League system

Men	Iraqi Premier League (2015–16) Iraq Division One

Domestic cups

Men	Iraq FA Cup (2015–16)

Lists

Seasons

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Records
Iraq at the AFC Asian Cup

National under-20 football teams of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Timor-Leste United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Former nations: * North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.