Iraq national under-20 football team

Iraq Under-20
Nickname(s)	Young Lions of Mesopotamia ; Leyouth Al-Rafidayn (ليوث الرافدين)
Association	IFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Emad Mohammed
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 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	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	6	8
1979	Qualified but Withdrew
1981	Did Not Qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Quarterfinals	6th	4	3	0	1	5	2
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group stage	19th	3	1	0	2	5	9
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Fourth place	4th	7	3	3	1	11	11
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	To be determined
Total	Best: Fourth place	4/23	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	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	7	2
2018	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	9
2020	Cancelled
2023	To be determined
Total	Best: Champions	70	36	18	16	137	72

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
2021	Round 1	3	1	1	1	7	5
Total	Best: Round 1	10	3	2	5	19	18

WAFF U-18 Championship Record[]


Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2019	Champions	4	1	2	1	5	6
	To Be Determined	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Best: Champions	4	1	2	1	5	6

Friendly honours[]

Year	Tournament	Result	GP	W	D*	GS	GA
1985	Al-Wehdat Championship	Champions	3	2	1	4	2
1990	Al-Wehdat Championship	Champions	5	3	2	6	1
2013	Jordan Friendly Quartet Championship	Champions	3	3	0	5	1

Matches[]

Recent results and fixtures[]

Win Draw Lose

12 November 2020 Friendly

Qatar

0–0

Iraq

Aspire Academy, Doha

June 21, 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20	Iraq	3–4		show, Egypt
19:00

June 24, 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20	Iraq	2–0	Lebanon	show, Egypt
19:00

June 27, 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20	Iraq	1–1	Senegal	show, Egypt
16:00

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2021 Arab Cup U-20.
Match dates: 21, 24 and 27 June 2021.
Opposition: , Lebanon, and Senegal,
Caps and goals correct as of:

Recent squad[]

Recent callups[]

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK		(2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 19)	0	0
1GK			0	0
1GK			0	0

2DF			0	0	Al-Zawraa
2DF			0	0
2DF			0	0
2DF		(2001-07-28) 28 July 2001 (age 20)	0	0
2DF		(2003-05-01) 1 May 2003 (age 18)	0	0
2DF			0	0
2DF			0	0
2DF			0	0	Crystal Palace U18
2DF			0	0

3MF		(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 (age 18)	0	0
3MF	Ali Shawqi		0	0	Al-Minaa
3MF			0	0
3MF		(2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 20)	0	0
3MF			0	0
3MF			0	0
3MF			0	0

4FW			0	0	Al-Minaa
4FW			0	0
4FW			0	0
4FW			0	0

Previous squads[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squad
1989 FIFA World Youth Championship squad
2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squad
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad

AFC U-19 Championship

2004 AFC Youth Championship Squad
2006 AFC Youth Championship Squad
2008 AFC-U19 Championship Squad
2010 AFC-U19 Championship Squad
2012 AFC-U19 Championship Squad
2014 AFC-U19 Championship Squad
2016 AFC-U19 Championship Squad
2018 AFC-U19 Championship Squad

Current technical staff[]

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Emad Mohammed
Assist. manager:	Haidar Abdul-Jabar
Assist. manager:	Ahmed Wali
Assist. manager:	Ehsan Torki
Goalk. manager:	Maan Jameel
Fitnes. manager:	Waleed Juma
Managing Director:	Mohammed Nasser Shakroun
Technical Supervisor:	Dawood Al-Azzawi

Updated to match played May 2021
Source:^{[citation needed]}

Coaches[]

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %	Achievements
Thair Jassam	2000	10	4	3	3	040.00
Adnan Hamad	2000	8	4	4	0	050.00
Nazar Ashraf	2001	2	0	1	1	000.00
Adnan Hamad	2001	7	3	0	4	042.86
	2001–2002	9	5	2	2	055.56
Ahmed Radhi	2002	3	2	0	1	066.67
Akram Salman	2003	0	0	0	0	!—
	2004	0	0	0	0	!—
	2005–2006	0	0	0	0	!—
	2007	0	0	0	0	!—
Hakim Shaker	2008	12	3	5	4	025.00
	2009–2010	11	4	1	6	036.36
Hakim Shaker	2011–2013	42	23	8	11	054.76	Fourth place at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Muwafaq Hussein	2013	2	1	1	0	050.00
Rahim Hameed	2014	5	2	1	2	040.00
Abbas Attiya	2015–2016	13	7	6	0	053.85
Qahtan Chathir	2017–2021	26	8	9	9	030.77
Emad Mohammed	2021–	0	0	0	0	!—

References[]

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

External links[]

[1] The-AFC.com - Iraq u20 the 2013 Asian Team of the Year

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