*** Welcome to piglix ***

Iraqi Football Association

Iraq Football Association
الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم
Iraqi FA Crest.png
Sport Football
Futsal
Beach football
Jurisdiction Iraq
Abbreviation IFA
Founded 8 October 1948; 69 years ago (1948)
Affiliation FIFA (1950)
AFC (1970)
UAFA (1974)
WAFF (2000)
GCF (2016)
Headquarters Zayouna
Location Baghdad
President Abdul Khaliq Masood
Official website
ifa.iq
Iraq

The Iraq Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم‎‎) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraq Super League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2000. Iraq also is part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. The Iraqi team is commonly known as Usood Al-Rafidain (Arabic: أسود الرافدين‎‎), which literally meaning Lions of Mesopotamia.

The Iraqi youth national teams have been ejected from tournaments for fielding over-age players. In 1989, Iraq was banned for using over-age players in the under-20 world championships in Saudi Arabia. That ban was extended when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.

The following is a list of presidents of Iraq Football Association (IFA).



...
Wikipedia

...