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Iraqi football

Iraq
Nickname(s) Usood Al-Rafidain
(Lions of Mesopotamia)
Association Iraq Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)
UAFA (Arab world)
GCF (Persian Gulf)
Head coach vacant
Captain Saad Abdul-Amir
Most caps Younis Mahmoud (148)
Top scorer Hussein Saeed (78)
Home stadium Basra Sports City
FIFA code IRQ
FIFA ranking
Current 119 Increase 3 (6 April 2017)
Highest 39 (6 October 2004)
Lowest 139 (3 July 1996)
Elo ranking
Current 84 Increase 1 (29 March 2017)
Highest 25 (3 December 1982)
Lowest 95 (14 September 2016)
First international
 Morocco 3–3 Iraq Iraq
(Beirut, Lebanon; 19 October 1957)
Biggest win
Iraq Iraq 13–0 Ethiopia Ethiopia
(Irbid, Jordan; 18 August 1992)
Biggest defeat
 Turkey 7–1 Iraq Iraq
(Adana, Turkey; 6 December 1959)
 Brazil 6–0 Iraq Iraq
(Malmö, Sweden; 11 October 2012)
 Chile 6–0 Iraq Iraq
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 14 August 2013)
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

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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