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 Abbas Attiya
Captain Mohammad Salam Enad
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 Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 6 8
Japan 1979 Qualified but Withdrew
Australia 1981 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 5 2
Portugal 1991 Did Not Qualify
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 5 9
United Arab Emirates 2003 Did Not Qualify
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013 Fourth Place 73311111
New Zealand 2015 Did Not Qualify
South Korea 2017
Total 4/21 17 8 3 6 27 30

AFC U-19 Championship Record

AFC U-19 Championship
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Kuwait 1975 Champions 6510181
Thailand 1976 Quarter Finals 4310131
Iran 1977 Champions 5500194
Bangladesh 1978 Champions 6420202
Thailand 1980 Did not enter
Thailand 1982 Third Place310245
United Arab Emirates 1985 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1986
Qatar 1988 Champions 523053
Indonesia 1990 Did not enter
United Arab Emirates 1992
Indonesia 1994 Fourth Place622288
South Korea 1996 Did not enter
Thailand 1998 Group Stage 4103613
Iran 2000 Champions 6330113
Qatar 2002 Did not qualify
Malaysia 2004 Quarterfinals 430171
India 2006 Quarterfinals 421185
Saudi Arabia 2008 Group Stage 310235
China 2010 Group Stage 300317
United Arab Emirates 2012 Runner-up 6420103
Myanmar 2014Group Stage311183
Bahrain 2016Quarterfinals422072
Total Best: Champions 67 36 17 14 134 63

Arab U-20 Championship Record

Arab U-20 Championship
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Morocco 2011 Round 1 420264
Jordan 2012 Round 1 301269
Total Best: Round 1 7 2 1 4 12 13

Friendly honours

Year Tournament Result GP W D* L GS GA
Jordan 1985Al-Wehdat Championship Champions321042
Jordan 1990Al-Wehdat Championship Champions532061
Jordan 2013Jordan Friendly Quartet Championship Champions330051

Matches

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

Current squad

Recent squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mohammed Abbas Ali (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 2 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
12 1GK Hasanain Mohammed (1997-09-08) 8 September 1997 4 0 Iraq Al-Najaf FC
22 1GK Ali Kadhim Hadi (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997 1 0 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat

2 2DF Kareem Deli Najim (1998-04-16) 16 April 1998 2 0 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
3 2DF Mustafa Mohammed Al-Ezairej (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 3 0 Iraq
4 2DF Yassir Ammar Sami (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 3 0 Iraq Al-Minaa
5 2DF Ahmed Abdulridha (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 5 0 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
6 2DF Karrar Falih (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 3 0 Iraq
15 2DF Ayad Kareem Chyad (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 3 0 Iraq
18 2DF Ali Hussein Habeeb (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 3 0 Iraq
19 2DF Saif Hatem Abbood (1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 5 0 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
20 2DF Waleed Kareem Ali (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 4 3 Iraq Al-Naft
23 2DF Mohammed Kareem (1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 3 0 Iraq

7 3MF Ameer Sabah Khudhair (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 5 1 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
8 3MF Ahmed Jalal Hasan (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 3 0 Iraq
17 3MF Amjad Attwan (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 0 0 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
13 3MF Jasim Mohammed Oglah (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 6 1 Iraq Al-Shorta
16 3MF Safaa Hadi Abdullah (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 5 0 Iraq Al-Minaa
21 3MF Murtagi Ahmed Atiyah 1 0 Iraq

9 4FW Sajjad Hussein Abed (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 2 1 Iraq Amanat Baghdad
10 4FW Alaa Abbas Abdulnabi (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 6 5 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
11 4FW Mustafa Ali Neamah (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 4 0 Iraq
14 4FW Mazen Fayad (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 5 2 Iraq Al-Naft

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 Latest call-up
GK Karrar Mahmood Radha 0 0 Iraq v.  Maldives, 4 October 2015

DF Hayder Sari Jawad 0 0 Iraq Al-Minaa v.  Maldives, 4 October 2015
DF Hasan Ashour Kadhim 0 0 Iraq v.  Maldives, 4 October 2015
DF Mustafa Mohammed Jebour 0 0 Iraq v.  Maldives, 4 October 2015

MF Sajjad Jassim Mousa 2 0 Iraq v.  Maldives, 4 October 2015
MF Mohammed Hasan 2 2 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v.  Maldives, 4 October 2015
MF Ammar Abduljaleel 2 0 Iraq v.  Maldives, 4 October 2015

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup squads
AFC U-19 Championship

Coaches

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win % Achievements
Iraq Hassan Ahmed 2009–2010 8 4 1 3 50.00
Iraq Hakim Shaker 2011–2013 17 11 5 1 64.71 Fourth place at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Iraq Muwafaq Hussein 2013 2 1 1 0 50.00
Iraq Rahim Hameed 2014 3 1 1 1 33.33
Iraq Abbas Attiya 2015– 7 5 2 0 71.43

See also

References

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