Iraq national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Usood Al-Rafidain (Lions of Mesopotamia) |
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| Association | Iraq Football Association |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation |
WAFF (West Asia) UAFA (Arab world) GCF (Arabian Gulf) |
| Head coach | Radhi Shenaishil |
| Captain | Mohammed Gassid |
| Most caps | Younis Mahmoud (148) |
| Top scorer | Hussein Saeed (78) |
| Home stadium | Basra Sports City |
| FIFA code | IRQ |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 122  3 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 39 (6 October 2004) |
| Lowest | 139 (3 July 1996) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 87 (23 January 2017) |
| Highest | 25 (3 December 1982) |
| Lowest | 95 (14 September 2016) |
| First international | |
 Morocco 3–3 Iraq  (Beirut, Lebanon; 19 October 1957) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Iraq 13–0 Ethiopia  (Irbid, Jordan; 18 August 1992) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Turkey 7–1 Iraq  (Adana, Turkey; 6 December 1959)  Brazil 6–0 Iraq  (Malmö, Sweden; 11 October 2012)  Chile 6–0 Iraq (Copenhagen, Denmark; 14 August 2013) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1986) |
| Best result | Group stage, 1986 |
| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1972) |
| Best result | Champions, 2007 |
| Confederations Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2009) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2009 |
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Medal record
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The Iraq national football team (Arabic: المنتخب العراقي لكرة القدم represents Iraq in international football. It is known by its fans as Usood Al-Rafidain (Arabic: أسود الرافدين) which means Lions of Mesopotamia. The team is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as well as the following regional football confederations: West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and Gulf Cup Federation (GCF).
Iraq is one of the most successful teams in the AFC, winning the AFC Asian Cup once (in 2007), winning the gold medal at the Asian Games once (in 1982) and being awarded the AFC National Team of the Year award twice (in 2003 and 2007, and the under-20 team won the award in 2013). Iraq has achieved similar success at a regional level too, winning the WAFF Championship once (in 2002), the gold medal at the West Asian Games once (in 2005), the Arab Nations Cup four times (in 1964, 1966, 1985 and 1988), the gold medal at the Pan Arab Games once (in 1985) and the Gulf Cup of Nations three times (in 1979, 1984 and 1988).
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