Iraq at the AFC Asian Cup

This is a record of Iraq's results at the AFC Asian Cup. Iraq have appeared in the finals of the AFC Asian Cup on 8 occasions in 1972 to 1976, 1996 to 2015. Their best ever performance is a champions in the 2007 tournament held in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam respectively.

Records

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup Finals record									Qualifications record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956	Did not enter								Did not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	1	4	6	5	1	0	13	2
1976	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	3	6	6	5	1	0	14	3
1980	Withdrew								Withdrew
1984
1988
1992	Did not enter								Did not enter
1996	Quarterfinals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	4	2	2	0	0	4	0
2000	Quarterfinals	7th	4	1	1	2	5	7	3	3	0	0	9	2
2004	Quarterfinals	8th	4	2	0	2	5	7	6	4	1	1	16	4
2007	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	7	2	6	3	2	1	12	8
2011	Quarterfinals	8th	4	2	0	2	3	3	Qualified as Holders
2015	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	8	9	6	3	0	3	7	6
2019	Qualified		0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	3	0	13	6
Total	Best: Champions	9/17	35	13	7	15	38	42	41	28	8	5	88	32

Record by opponent

AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded	Last Played
Iran	6	1	1	4	6	12	2015
Thailand	4	2	2	0	8	3	2007
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	1	0	1976
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	2	3	1976
China PR	2	0	0	2	0	4	2004
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	3	2	2007
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	2015
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	2	2	2000
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	5	2015
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	1	2004
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	3	2	2004
Australia	2	1	0	1	3	2	2011
Oman	1	0	1	0	0	0	2007
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	2	0	2007
South Korea	2	0	1	1	0	2	2015
North Korea	1	1	0	0	1	0	2011
Jordan	1	1	0	0	1	0	2015
Palestine	1	1	0	0	2	0	2015

Thailand 1972

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4
Thailand	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Iran v Iraq

9 May 1972

Iran	3 – 0	Iraq
Kalani 34', 70', 78'

National Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

Thailand v Iraq

11 May 1972

Thailand	1 – 1	Iraq
		Yousif

National Stadium, Bangkok

Iran 1976

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	10	0	+10	4
Iraq	2	1	1	1	2	−1	2
South Yemen	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Iran v Iraq

4 June 1976

Iran	2 – 0	Iraq
Nouraei 45' Roshan 58'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

Iraq v South Yemen

6 June 1976

Iraq	1 – 0	South Yemen
Waal 84'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Semi-finals

Kuwait v Iraq

11 June 1976

Kuwait	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ibrahim 11' Kamel 77', 100'		Abdul-Jalil 46' Hassan 85'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 60,000

Third place match

Iraq v China PR

13 June 1976

Iraq	0 – 1	China PR
		He Jia 61'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

United Arab Emirates 1996

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4
Saudi Arabia	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4
Iraq	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3
Thailand	0	3	0	3	2	13	−11

Iran v Iraq

1996-12-05
19:00

Iran	1 – 2	Iraq
Daei 90' (pen.)	Report	Hussam Fawzi 37' Khalid Sabbar 69'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

1996-12-08
16:45

Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Iraq
Al-Mehallel 26'	Report

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Iraq v Thailand

1996-12-11
19:00

Iraq	4 – 1	Thailand
Haidar Mahmoud 17', 50' Laith Hussein 23', 63'	Report	Chalermsan 26'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)

Quarterfinal

United Arab Emirates v Iraq

1996-12-15
16:45

United Arab Emirates	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ab. Ibrahim 103'	Report

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Lebanon 2000

Iraq squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup

1 Khamis 2 Mahmoud 3 Saadoun 4 Hanoon 5 Hadi 6 Tariq 7 Adnan 8 Mohammed 9 Abdul-Jabar 10 A. Obeid 11 Jeayer 12 E. Hashim 13 Rahim 14 Hamad 15 Chathir 16 H. Obeid 17 Hussein 18 Kadhim 20 Fawzi 21 Abdul-Hussein 22 Habib 25 Abu Al-Hail Coach: Živadinović

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	7	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
Iraq	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Thailand	2	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2
Lebanon	2	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4

Iraq v Thailand

12 October 2000
15:05

Iraq	2 – 0	Thailand
Qahtan Chathir 27' Haidar Mahmoud 60'	Report

Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Lebanon v Iraq

15 October 2000
19:45

Lebanon	2 – 2	Iraq
Chahrour 28' Hojeij 76'	Report	Sabah Jaeer 5', 22'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)

Iran v Iraq

18 October 2000
19:35

Iran	1 – 0	Iraq
Daei 77'	Report

Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 8,582
Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

Quarterfinal

Japan v Iraq

24 October 2000
16:45

Japan	4 – 1	Iraq
Nanami 8', 29' Takahara 11' Myojin 62'	Report	Abbas Obeid 4'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)

China 2004

Iraq squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup

1 Taleb 2 Attiya 3 Bassim 4 H. Abdul-Jabar 5 Munir 6 Sadir 7 Emad 8 Abu Al-Hail (c) 9 R. Farhan 10 Mahmoud 11 Hawar 12 H. Abdul-Razzaq 13 Sabah 14 H. Abdul-Amir 15 Turki 16 A. Mnajed 17 A. Salah 18 Karim 19 Akram 21 Ahmad Ali 22 Sabri 23 Raad Coach: Hamad

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uzbekistan	9	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3
Iraq	6	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Turkmenistan	1	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2
Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2

Iraq v Uzbekistan

18 July 2004
21:15

Iraq	0 – 1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Qosimov 21'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 12,400
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

Turkmenistan v Iraq

22 July 2004
18:30

Turkmenistan	2 – 3	Iraq
V. Bayramov 14' Kuliyyew 85'	Report	Hawar Mohammed 12' Razzaq Farhan 80' Qusay Munir 88'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

26 July 2004
19:00

Saudi Arabia	1 – 2	Iraq
Al-Montashari 57'	Report	Nashat Akram 51' Younis Mahmoud 86'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

Quarterfinal

China PR v Iraq

30 July 2004
21:00

China PR	3 – 0	Iraq
Hao Haidong 8' Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007

Iraq squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup Winners (1st Title)

1 Ahmad Ali 2 M. Ghulam 3 Bassim 4 Ibrahim 5 Akram 6 Sadir 7 Ali Abbas 8 Abid-Ali 9 Nasser 10 Mahmoud (c) 11 Hawar 12 H. Abdul-Razzaq 13 Jassim 14 H. Abdul-Amir 15 Rehema 16 A. Mnajed 17 Salah 18 Karim 19 Kadhim 20 N. Abbas 21 Munir 22 Sabri 23 Gassid Coach: Vieira

Group A

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Thailand	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Oman	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Thailand v Iraq

7 July 2007
19:35 UTC+7

Thailand	1 – 1	Iraq
Suksomkit 6' (pen.)	Report	Younis Mahmoud 32'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Iraq v Australia

13 July 2007
17:20 UTC+7

Iraq	3 – 1	Australia
Nashat Akram 22' Hawar Mohammed 60' Karrar Jassim 86'	Report	Viduka 47'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

Oman v Iraq

16 July 2007
19:35 UTC+7

Oman	0 – 0	Iraq
	Report

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 500
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Quarterfinal

Iraq v Vietnam

21 July 2007
20:20 UTC+7

Iraq	2 – 0	Vietnam
Younis Mahmoud 2', 65'	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 9,720
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Semifinal

Iraq v South Korea

25 July 2007
18:20 UTC+8

Iraq	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
	Penalties
Hawar Mohammed Qusay Munir Haidar Abdul-Amir Ahmad Mnajed	4 – 3	Lee Chun-Soo Lee Dong-Gook Cho Jae-Jin Yeom Ki-Hun Kim Jung-Woo

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Final

Iraq v Saudi Arabia

29 July 2007
19:35 UTC+7

Iraq	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia
Younis Mahmoud 72'	Report

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Qatar 2011

Iraq squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup

1 Mutashar 2 Ali Karim 3 Bassim 4 Munir 5 Akram 6 Abdul-Amir 7 Emad 8 Samer 9 Mustafa 10 Mahmoud (c) 11 Hawar 12 Gassid 13 Jassim 14 Shaker 15 Rehema 16 Samal 17 Abdul-Zahra 18 Karim 19 A. Ayad 20 Khalid 21 A. Ibrahim 22 Raad 23 Attiya Coach: Sidka

Group D

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Iraq	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Iraq v Iran

11 January 2011
19:15

Iraq	1 – 2	Iran
Mahmoud 13'	Report	Rezaei 42' Mobali 84'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 10,478
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

United Arab Emirates v Iraq

15 January 2011
19:15

United Arab Emirates	0 – 1	Iraq
	Report	W. Abbas 90+3' (o.g.)

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 7,233
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Iraq v North Korea

19 January 2011
19:15

Iraq	1 – 0	North Korea
Jassim 22'	Report

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 4,111
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Quarterfinal

Australia v Iraq

22 January 2011
16:25

Australia	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Kewell 118'	Report

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Australia 2015

Group D

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Jordan	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Palestine	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2015. Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Jordan v Iraq

12 January 2015
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Jordan	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Kasim 77'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 6,840
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Iraq v Japan

16 January 2015
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Iraq	0–1	Japan
	Report	Honda 23' (pen.)

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 22,941
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Iraq v Palestine

20 January 2015
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iraq	2–0	Palestine
Mahmoud 48' Yasin 88'	Report

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 10,235
Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Quarterfinal

Iran v Iraq

23 January 2015
17:30 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iran	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Azmoun 24' Pouraliganji 103' Ghoochannejhad 118'	Report	Yasin 56' Mahmoud 93' Ismail 116' (pen.)
	Penalties
Hajsafi Pouraliganji Nekounam Hosseini Ghafouri Jahanbakhsh Teymourian Amiri	6–7	Abdul-Amir Salem Ismail Adnan Mahmoud Kasim Hussein Shaker

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 18,921
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Semifinal

South Korea v Iraq

26 January 2015
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

South Korea	2–0	Iraq
Lee Jung-hyup 20' Kim Young-gwon 50'	Report

Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 36,053
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Third place match

Iraq v United Arab Emirates

30 January 2015
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iraq	2–3	United Arab Emirates
Salem 28' Kalaf 42'	Report	Khalil 16', 51' Mabkhout 57' (pen.)

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 12,829
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

External links

Countries at the AFC Asian Cup

Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Myanmar North Korea Oman Palestine Qatar Singapore South Korea South Vietnam South Yemen Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam

Football in Iraq

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National teams

Men	National team U23 U20 U17 U14

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League system

Men	Iraqi Premier League (2016–17) Iraq Division One

Domestic cups

Men	Iraq FA Cup (2016–17)

Super cups

Men	Al-Muthabara Cup (2016)

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