Iraq national football team records and statistics

The lists shown below shows the Iraq national football team all-time record against opposing nations. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, AFC Asian Cup and Summer Olympics matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.

Records[]

Most capped players[]

As of 16 November 2021.^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Iraq.

Younis Mahmoud is Iraq's all-time most capped player, having played in 148 official matches.

Players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone.

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	First cap	Latest cap
1	Younis Mahmoud	148	57	19 July 2002	29 March 2016
2	Hussein Saeed	137	78	5 September 1976	3 March 1990
3	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	126	17	8 June 2007	11 November 2021
4	Adnan Dirjal	121	8	11 December 1978	3 March 1990
4	Ahmed Radhi	121	62	21 February 1982	20 June 1997
6	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	113	20	31 August 2001	12 June 2012
	Nashat Akram		17	5 October 2001	4 June 2013
	Ali Rehema		2	8 June 2005	29 March 2016
9	Ahmed Ibrahim	112	4	11 November 2010	16 November 2021
10	Mahdi Karim	110	11	12 October 2001	28 February 2018

Top goalscorers[]

As of 16 November 2021.^[1]

Hussein Saeed is Iraq's all-time leading goalscorer, having scored 78 goals in 137 official matches.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Hussein Saeed	78	137	0.57	1976–1990
2	Ahmed Radhi	62	121	0.51	1982–1997
3	Younis Mahmoud	57	148	0.39	2002–2016
4	Ali Kadhim	35	82	0.43	1970–1980
5	Falah Hassan	29	103	0.28	1970–1986
6	Emad Mohammed	27	103	0.26	2001–2012
7	Razzaq Farhan	25	62	0.4	1998–2007
8	Laith Hussein	21	80	0.26	1986–2002
9	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	20	113	0.18	2001–2012
10	Husham Mohammed	19	43	0.44	1998–2004

Competitive record[]

Overview
Event	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place
FIFA World Cup	0	0	0	0
FIFA Confederations Cup	0	0	0	0
AFC Asian Cup	1	0	0	2
Total	1	0	0	2

FIFA World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup finals record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1970	Did not enter									Did not enter
1974	Did not qualify									6	3	2	1	11	6
1978	Withdrew									Withdrew
1982	Did not qualify									4	3	0	1	5	2
1986	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	1	4	Squad	10	7	1	2	25	11
1990	Did not qualify									6	3	2	1	11	5
1994										13	7	4	2	37	13
1998										4	2	0	2	14	8
2002										14	6	3	5	37	15
2006										6	3	2	1	17	7
2010										8	3	2	3	11	6
2014										16	7	3	6	20	12
2018										16	6	5	5	24	18
2022	To be determined									14	5	6	3	17	13
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Best: Group stage	1/21	3	0	0	3	1	4	—	117	55	30	32	229	116

AFC Asian Cup[]

AFC Asian Cup finals record

AFC Asian Cup qualification record

Year

Round

Position

*

Squad

1956 to

1968

Not an AFC member

1972

Group stage

6th

3

0

2

1

4

Squad

6

5

1

0

13

2

1976

Fourth place

4th

4

1

0

3

6

Squad

6

5

1

0

14

3

1980 to

1988

Withdrew

1992

Did not enter

1996

Quarter-finals

6th

4

2

0

2

6

4

Squad

2

0

4

0

2000

Quarter-finals

7th

4

1

2

5

7

Squad

3

0

9

2

2004

Quarter-finals

8th

4

2

0

2

5

7

Squad

6

4

1

16

4

2007

Champions

1st

6

3

0

7

2

Squad

6

3

2

1

12

8

2011

Quarter-finals

8th

4

2

0

2

3

Squad

Qualified as defending champions

2015

Fourth place

4th

6

2

1

3

8

9

Squad

6

3

0

3

7

6

2019

Round of 16

11th

4

2

1

6

3

Squad

6

3

0

13

6

2023

Qualified

8

5

2

1

14

4

Total

1 title

9/17

39

15

8

16

44

45

—

49

33

10

6

102

36

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Confederations Cup[]

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992 to 1995	Did not enter
1997 to 2005	Did not qualify
2009	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	0	1	Squad
2013 to 2017	Did not qualify
Total	Best: Group stage	1/10	3	0	2	1	0	1	—

Summer Olympics[]

Summer Olympics record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1956	Did not enter									Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	14	10
1964										2	0	1	1	0	4
1968										4	1	1	2	7	5
1972										5	3	0	2	4	5
1976										4	2	0	2	6	4
1980	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	4	5	Squad	5	3	1	1	10	3
1984	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	3	6	Squad	8	4	3	1	10	7
1988	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	5	4	Squad	8	6	1	1	14	6
1992–present	See Iraq national under-23 football team									See Iraq national under-23 football team
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	3/19	10	2	4	4	12	15	—	40	21	7	12	65	44

Asian Games[]

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1951 to 1970	Did not enter
1974	Round 2	5th	6	3	2	1	6	2	Squad
1978	Fourth place	4th	7	4	1	2	11	4	Squad
1982	Gold medalists	1st	6	5	0	1	11	2	Squad
1986	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	13	5	Squad
1990 to 1998	Banned due to Gulf War
2002–present	See Iraq national under-23 football team
Total	1 title	4/13	24	15	4	5	41	13	—

Regional competitions[]

WAFF Championship record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
2000	Third place	5	3	2	0	10	2	Squad
2002	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2	Squad
2004	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	4	8
2007	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	5	2	Squad
2008	Withdrew
2010	Semi-finals	3	2	0	1	6	3	Squad
2012	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	4	2	Squad
2014	See Iraq national under-23 football team
2019	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	5	3	Squad
2023	To be determined
Total	1 title	29	16	6	7	40	22	—

FIFA Arab Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1963	Did not enter
1964	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2	Squad
1966	Champions	6	5	1	0	20	5	Squad
1985	Champions	4(1)	3	1	0(1)	7(2)	3(3)	Squad
1988	Champions	6	2	4	0	7	2	Squad
1992 to 2002	Banned due to Gulf War
2012	Third place	5	3	1	1	6	4	Squad
2021	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	4	Squad
Total	4 titles	28(1)	16	10	2(1)	47(2)	20(3)	(Qualifiers in brackets)

Arabian Gulf Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1970 to 1974	Did not enter
1976	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	23	8
1979	Champions	6	6	0	0	23	1
1982	Withdrew	4	3	1	0	8	2
1984	Champions	7	4	2	1	12	5
1986	Sixth place	6	1	3	2	8	9
1988	Champions	6	4	2	0	8	1
1990	Withdrew	3	1	2	0	4	3
1992 to 2003–04	Banned due to Gulf War
2004	Group stage	3	0	2	1	5	7
2007	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
2009	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	8	Squad
2010	Semi-finals	4	1	3	0	5	4
2013	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	7	3	Squad
2014	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad
2017–18	Semi-finals	4	2	2	0	6	2	Squad
2019	Semi-finals	4	2	2	0	6	3	Squad
2023	To be determined
Total	3 titles	68	33	24	11	120	62	—

West Asian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1997 to 2002	Did not enter
2005	Gold medalists	4	3	1	0	13	3
Total	1 title	4	3	1	0	13	3

Pan Arab Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1953	Did not enter
1957	Group stage	3	1	1	1	8	8
1961	Did not enter
1965	Group stage	4	1	2	1	7	2
1976	Did not enter
1985	Gold medalists	4	4	0	0	7	1	Squad
1997	Did not enter
1999	Silver medalists	7	4	1	2	17	9
2007	Did not enter
2011	Group stage	2	0	1	1	0	3	Squad
Total	1 title	20	10	5	5	39	23	—

Minor tournaments[]

Minor tournaments
Tournament	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1966 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	5	3
1967 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Champions	3	2	1	0	7	3
1969 Friendship Cup	Fifth place	4	0	0	4	2	7
1972 Palestine Cup	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	10	5
1973 Palestine Cup	Fourth place	6	2	3	1	5	3
1975 Palestine Cup	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	10	2
1977 Merdeka Tournament	Runners-up	7	3	3	1	11	2
1978 Merdeka Tournament	Runners-up	8	5	1	2	12	6
1981 Merdeka Tournament	Champions	6	4	1	1	16	4
1984 Merlion Cup	Champions	5	4	1	0	10	3
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Champions	6	3	2	1	10	5
1992 Jordan Tournament	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	20	2
1995 Nehru Cup	Champions	5	3	2	0	8	3
1995 Merdeka Tournament	Champions	4	3	1	0	7	3
1997 Nehru Cup	Champions	6	5	1	0	14	3
1999 Friendship Tournament	Champions	3	1	2	0	6	3
2000 Four Nations Tournament	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	4
2003 LG Cup	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	5
2003 Prime Minister's Cup	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	4	4
2009 UAE Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	2	0
2011 Fuchs Tournament	Fourth place	2	0	1	1	1	3
2018 IFC	Third place	2	0	1	1	3	4
2018 Superclásico Championship	Fourth place	2	0	1	1	1	5
2019 IFC	Champions	2	2	0	0	4	2

Head-to-head record[]

The following table shows Iraq's all-time international record, correct as of 3 December 2021 (vs. Bahrain).

Team	Confederation	First	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	AFC	1975	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Algeria	CAF	1973	7	3	2	1	9	3	+6
Argentina	CONMEBOL	2018	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Australia	AFC	1973	11	2	2	7	8	14	−6
Azerbaijan	UEFA	2018	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Bahrain	AFC	1966	32	13	14	5	46	26	+20
Belgium	UEFA	1986	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Botswana	CAF	2012	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2012	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Cambodia	AFC	2019	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Chile	CONMEBOL	2013	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
China PR	AFC	1974	17	9	2	6	20	18	+2
Chinese Taipei	AFC	2015	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Cyprus	UEFA	2005	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
DR Congo	CAF	2015	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Egypt	CAF	1972	7	0	3	4	1	7	−6
Estonia	UEFA	1999	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ethiopia	CAF	1992	1	1	0	0	13	0	+13
Finland	UEFA	1979	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Guinea	CAF	1989	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Hong Kong	AFC	2019	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
India	AFC	1974	6	4	2	0	11	2	+9
Indonesia	AFC	1973	7	6	1	0	17	3	+14
Iran	AFC	1962	26	6	6	14	22	36	−14
Japan	AFC	1978	13	3	3	7	10	19	−9
Jordan	AFC	1964	45	25	11	9	66	41	+25
Kazakhstan	UEFA	1997	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3
Kenya	CAF	2003	2	2	0	0	4	1	+2
Kyrgyzstan	AFC	1999	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Kuwait	AFC	1964	36	16	10	10	53	43	+10
Liberia	CAF	2013	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Lebanon	AFC	1959	18	10	7	1	25	9	+16
Libya	CAF	1964	11	7	3	1	17	6	+11
Macau	AFC	2001	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13
Malaysia	AFC	1974	6	3	3	0	9	3	+6
Mauritania	CAF	1985	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Mexico	CONCACAF	1986	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Moldova	UEFA	1992	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Morocco	CAF	1966	7	2	4	1	6	3	+3
Myanmar	AFC	2003	4	4	0	0	13	0	+7
North Korea	AFC	1974	8	4	1	3	9	6	+3
Nepal	AFC	1982	4	4	0	0	22	5	+17
New Zealand	OFC	1973	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6
Oman	AFC	1976	26	12	8	6	45	22	+23
Pakistan	AFC	1969	9	7	1	1	40	6	+34
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	1986	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Palestine	AFC	2002	16	13	3	0	37	6	+31
Peru	CONMEBOL	2014	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Poland	UEFA	1970	5	1	2	2	3	7	−4
Qatar	AFC	1976	31	14	9	8	39	30	+9
Romania	UEFA	1970	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Saudi Arabia	AFC	1976	35	16	9	10	53	31	+22
Sierra Leone	CAF	2012	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Singapore	AFC	1978	6	5	0	1	20	5	+15
South Africa	CAF	2009	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
South Korea	AFC	1972	20	1	11	8	13	26	−13
Spain	UEFA	2009	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Sudan	CAF	2012	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Syria	AFC	1966	32	17	10	5	45	24	+20
Tajikistan	AFC	1999	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Thailand	AFC	1972	17	10	5	2	45	18	+27
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF	1972	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Tunisia	CAF	1957	7	0	3	4	4	10	−6
Turkey	UEFA	1969	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
Turkmenistan	AFC	1999	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Uganda	CAF	1977	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
United Arab Emirates	AFC	1973	29	10	12	7	42	29	+13
Uzbekistan	AFC	1997	11	3	3	5	8	10	−2
Vietnam	AFC	2007	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Yemen	AFC	1993	11	9	2	0	26	4	+22
Total			689	323	191	174	1102	640	+452

Penalty shootout record[]

7 May 1972 1972 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	0–0 (2 – 4 p)	Iraq	National Stadium, Bangkok
				Attendance: 2,000
	Penalties
	Cha Bum-Kun		Aziz Kadhim

25 August 1973 1973 Palestine Cup	Algeria	0–0 (3 – 0 p)	Iraq	Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli
	Penalties
			Hassan Farhan Yousif

28 March 1984 1984 Gulf Cup	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 3 p)	Qatar	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Mascat
	Dirjal 102'		Muftah 109'

1 October 1986 1986 Asian Games	Saudi Arabia	1–1 (9 – 8 p)	Iraq	Olympic Stadium, Seoul
	39'		Mohammed 51'

21 July 1988 1988 Arab Nations Cup	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 3 p)	Syria	Amman International Stadium, Amman
	Gorgis 34'		33'	Attendance: 35,000

12 November 1989 Friendly	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 3 p)	Uganda	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
	Ahmad Radhi		Paul Hasule 29'	Attendance: 35,000

10 April 1997 Friendly	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 2 p)	India	Kaloor International Stadium, Cochin
			Sadiq Saadoun 74'

31 August 1999 1999 Pan Arab Games	Jordan	4–4 (3 – 1 p)	Iraq	Amman International Stadium
	Abu Zema 30' (pen.) Al-Shagran 51', 70' Shneishel 67' (o.g.)		Fawzi 73', 75' (pen.) 78' Farhan 87'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee:
	Penalties
	Abu Zema Al-Shagran Al-Sheikh Sufian		Shneishel Fawzi Mezher

31 May 2000 2000 WAFF	Syria	0–0 (5 – 3 p)	Iraq	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
17:30

5 September 2002 2002 WAFF	Iraq	0–0 (6 – 5 p)	Iran	Al Abbassiyyine Stadium, Damascus
	Penalties
	A. Abdul-Jabar Abu Al-Hail H. Abdul-Jabar Emad Mohammed Ahmad Kadhim Nashat Akram Bassim Abbas		Nekounam Bakhtiarizadeh Navidkia Nosrati Nikbakht Bayatinia Azizzadeh

10 December 2005 2005 West Asian Games	Iraq	2–2 (4 – 3 p)	Syria	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
	Farhan 45' Mahmoud 78'		Al Amenah 19' Al Hussain 90+1'
	Penalties
	Munir E. Mohammed Abdul-Amir Mahmoud Sabri		Aodi Dakka Chaabo

25 July 2007 2007 AFC Asian Cup	Iraq	0–0 (4 – 3 p)	South Korea	Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
18:20 UTC+8		Report		Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Penalties
	M. Mohammed Munir Abdul-Amir Mnajed		Lee Chun-Soo Lee Dong-Gook Cho Jae-Jin Yeom Ki-Hun Kim Jung-Woo

2 December 2010 2010 Gulf Cup	Kuwait	2–2 (5 – 4 p)	Iraq	May 22 Stadium, Aden
16:00	Al-Mutawa 1' Al-Enezi 58'		Hawar 6' Abdul-Zahra 14'	Referee: Hamdy Raaban Shaaban (Egypt)

16 July 2011 Friendly	Jordan	1��1 (5 – 4 p)	Iraq	Amman International Stadium, Amman
			Karim 15'

15 January 2013 2013 Gulf Cup	Iraq	1–1 (4 – 2 p)	Bahrain	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
18:45	Mahmoud 18'	Report	Baba 61'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Penalties
	Yasin Ismail Salem Mahmoud Sabri		Husain Aaish Dhiya Al Malood

23 January 2015 2015 AFC Asian Cup	Iran	3–3 (6 – 7 p)	Iraq	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
17:30 AEDT (UTC+11)	Azmoun 24' Pooladi 22' 43' Pouraliganji 103' Ghoochannejhad 119'	Report	Yasin 56' Mahmoud 93' Ismail 116' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,921 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
	Penalties
	Hajsafi Pouraliganji Nekounam Hosseini Ghafouri Jahanbakhsh Teymourian Amiri		Abdul-Amir Salem Ismail Adnan Mahmoud Kasim Hussein Shaker

2 January 2018 2017 Gulf Cup	Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	United Arab Emirates	Jaber International Stadium, Kuwait City
20:30 UTC+3		Report		Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
	Penalties
	Abdul-Zahra Abdul-Amir Tariq Attwan		Mabkhout Abdulrahman Esmaeel Barqesh

5 December 2019 2019 Gulf Cup	Iraq	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Bahrain	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
17:30 (UTC+3)	M. Ali 6' Bayesh 18'	Report	Al-Haza'a 14' Marhoon 45+2'	Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
	Penalties
	Faez Ismail Bayesh Qasim		Al-Hardan Al-Shaikh Marhoon Thiago Augusto Madan

References[]

^ ^a ^b Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq - Record International Players". RSSSF.

External links[]

Iraqi Football Website
History of Iraq National Team
FIFA.com
Iraq - List of International Matches, RSSSF, 21 Jan 2006
World Football Elo Ratings: Iraq

[RSSSF-1] Mubarak, Hassanin. "Iraq - Record International Players". RSSSF.

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v t Iraq national football team
General	Iraq Football Association History Managers
Statistics	All-time record World Cup record Asian Cup record
Venues	Basra Sports City Franso Hariri Stadium Al-Shaab Stadium
Results	1957–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–present
Players	International footballers Born outside Iraq Records
Goals
World Cup Finals	1986
Asian Cup Finals	1972 1976 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019
Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup Olympics FIFA Arab Cup WAFF Championship Arabian Gulf Cup Minor tournaments
Noted rivalries	Iran Kuwait Saudi Arabia
Culture	Noted matches Lions of Mesopotamia
Other FA teams	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's WU-17 Futsal Beach soccer

Iraq national football team records and statistics

Contents

Records[]

Most capped players[]

Top goalscorers[]

Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

AFC Asian Cup[]

FIFA Confederations Cup[]

Summer Olympics[]

Asian Games[]

Regional competitions[]

Minor tournaments[]

Head-to-head record[]

Penalty shootout record[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]