The Iraq national under-20 football team represents

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

in international football competitions in

AFC U-20 Asian Cup The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams ...

which Iraq holds 5 titles, as well as any other international football tournaments. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Iraq,

Iraq Football Association The Iraq Football Association (IFA) ( ar, الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi Premier League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded ...

(IFA). 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.The-AFC.com - Iraq u20 the 2013 Asian Team of the Year
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Recent results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. The

2020 AFC U-19 Championship The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship would have been the 41st edition of the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It was scheduled to take p ...

was cancelled after the draw for the group stage was conducted. ;Legend

2022

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were named in the final squad for the 2022 Arab Cup U-20, in order of surname.
''Caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2021, after the game against

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up recently ^PRE Part of the preliminary squad
^INJ Player injured
^U23 Player moved up to the Olympic team
^WD Player withdrew for non-injury related reasons
^UNK Unknown when the player was last with the squad

Coaching staff

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Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha ( ar, عماد محمد رضا, born 24 July 1982) is a coach and former Iraqi football striker, currently managing Iraq U20. Club career On 25 June 2007, Emad renewed his contract with Sepahan for another season in a deal ...

, , , - , 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 Mohammad Nasser Shakroun ( ar, محمد ناصر, born March 12, 1984, in Basra, Iraq) is a retired Iraqi football striker who last played for Naft Al-Janoob in Iraqi Premier League and the Iraq national football team. Club career Interna ...

, , , - , Technical Supervisor:, , Dawood Al-Azzawi, , , -

Coaches

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Thair Jassam Thair Jassam Homi (born 31 December 1959) is a coach and former Iraqi football player, also a coach. Jassam signed to manage Al-Najaf in the Iraqi premier league in November 9 of 2018, and is still leading the Najaf city team. Managerial stati ...

, align="left" , 2000 , , - , Adnan Hamad , align="left" , 2000 , , - ,

Nazar Ashraf Nazar Ashraf (born 2 November 1953) is a former Iraq national player and coach, who was the assistant coach of Iraq. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Ол ...

, align="left" , 2001 , , - , Adnan Hamad , align="left" , 2001 , , - , Nasrat Nassir , align="left" , 2001–2002 , , - ,

Ahmed Radhi Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi, ( ar, أحمد راضي هميش الصالحي, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of Iraq and Asia's best players of all-time, Radhi scored the onl ...

, align="left" , 2002 , , - , Akram Salman , align="left" , 2003 , , - , Hadi Mutanash , align="left" , 2004 , , - , Abdelilah Abdul-Hamid , align="left" , 2005–2006 , , - , Kadhim Al-Rubaie , align="left" , 2007 , , - , Hakim Shaker , align="left" , 2008 , , - , Hassan Ahmed , align="left" , 2009–2010 , , - , Hakim Shaker , align="left" , 2011–2013 , Fourth place at the

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...

, - , Muwafaq Hussein , align="left" , 2013 , , - ,

Rahim Hameed Abdul-Rahim Hameed Aufi (born 23 May 1963) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Jaish. Rahim Hamed was a prolific goalscorer who was leading goalscorer in the Iraqi league for thr ...

, align="left" , 2014 , , - , Abbas Attiya , align="left" , 2015–2016 , , - , Qahtan Chathir , align="left" , 2017–2021 , , - ,

, align="left" , 2021– , , -

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

, , Group stage, , 11th , , 3 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2 , , 6 , , 8 , , Squad , - ,

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

, , colspan=8, ''Qualified but Withdrew'' , - ,

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

, , rowspan=4 colspan=8, ''Did Not Qualify'' , - ,

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

, - ,

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

, - ,

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

, - ,

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

, , Quarterfinals , , 6th , , 4 , , 3 , , 0 , , 1 , , 5 , , 2 , , Squad , - ,

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

, , rowspan=5 colspan=8, ''Did Not Qualify'' , - ,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

, - ,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

, - ,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, - ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

, - , 2001 , , Group stage, , 19th , , 3 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2 , , 5 , , 9 , , Squad , - , 2003 , , rowspan=5 colspan=8, ''Did Not Qualify'' , - , 2005 , - , 2007 , - , 2009 , - , 2011 , - style="background:#9acdff;" ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

, , Fourth place , , 4th , , 7, , 3, , 3, , 1, , 11, , 11 , , Squad , - , 2015 , , rowspan=3 colspan=8, ''Did Not Qualify'' , - ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

, - ,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, - ,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

, , colspan=8, ''Cancelled'' , - ,

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

, , colspan=8, ''To be determined'' , - , Total , , Best: Fourth place , , 4/22 , , 17 , , 8 , , 3 , , 6 , , 27 , , 30 , , —

AFC U-20 Asian Cup Record

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, , Champions , , 6, , 5, , 1, , 0, , 18, , 1 , - ,

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

, , Quarter Finals , , 4, , 3, , 1, , 0, , 13, , 1 , -bgcolor=gold ,

, , Champions , , 5, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 19, , 4 , -bgcolor=gold , 1978 , , Champions , , 6, , 4, , 2, , 0, , 20, , 2 , - , 1980 , , rowspan=1 colspan=8, ''Did not enter'' , -bgcolor="#cc9966" , 1982 , , Third Place, , 3, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 4, , 5 , - ,

, , rowspan=2 colspan=8, ''Did not qualify'' , - ,

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

, -bgcolor=gold ,

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

, , Champions , , 5, , 2, , 3, , 0, , 5, , 3 , - ,

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

, , rowspan=2 colspan=8, ''Did not enter'' , - , 1992 , - style="background:#9acdff;" ,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

, , Fourth Place, , 6, , 2, , 2, , 2, , 8, , 8 , - , 1996 , , rowspan=1 colspan=8, ''Did not enter'' , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, , Group stage , , 4, , 1, , 0, , 3, , 6, , 13 , -bgcolor=gold ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, , Champions , , 6, , 3, , 3, , 0, , 11, , 3 , - , 2002 , , rowspan=1 colspan=8, ''Did not qualify'' , - , 2004 , , Quarterfinals , , 4, , 3, , 0, , 1, , 7, , 1 , , Squad , - , 2006 , , Quarterfinals , , 4, , 2, , 1, , 1, , 8, , 5 , , Squad , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, , Group stage , , 3, , 1, , 0, , 2, , 3, , 5 , , Squad , - , 2010 , , Group stage , , 3, , 0, , 0, , 3, , 1, , 7 , , Squad , -bgcolor=silver ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

, , Runners-up , , 6, , 4, , 2, , 0, , 10, , 3 , , Squad , - ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , Group stage, , 3, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 8, , 3 , , Squad , - ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

, , Quarterfinals, , 4, , 2, , 2, , 0, , 7, , 2 , , Squad , - ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

, , Group stage, , 3, , 0, , 1, , 2, , 3, , 9 , , Squad , - , 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
, , rowspan=1 colspan=8, ''Qualified but cancelled'' , - ,

, , rowspan=1 colspan=8, ''Qualified'' , - , , Total , , , , 75 , , 39 , , 19 , , 17 , , 151 , , 75

Arab Cup U-20 Record

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Arab Cup U-20 The Arab Cup U-20 () is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world. The teams come from CAF and AFC. Some non-Arab nations, such as Senegal ...

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, , Group stage , , 3, , 0, , 1, , 2, , 6, , 9 , - ,

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, , Quarter-finals , , 4, , 1, , 1, , 2, , 3, , 3 , - ,

, , Group stage , , 3, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 7, , 5 , - ,

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

, , Group stage , , 2, , 0, , 0, , 2, , 1, , 5 , - , , Total , , , , 16 , , 4 , , 3 , , 9 , , 23 , , 26

WAFF U-18 Championship Record

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Minor tournaments

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:100%" , - !Year !Tournament !Result !GP !W !D* !L !GS !GA , - style="background:gold;" , 1985, , Al-Wehdat Championship, , Champions, , 3, , 2, , 1, , 0, , 4, , 2 , - style="background:gold;" , 1990, , Al-Wehdat Championship, , Champions, , 5, , 3, , 2, , 0, , 6, , 1 , - style="background:gold;" , 2013, , Jordan Friendly Quartet Championship, , Champions, , 3, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 5, , 1

Iraqi Premier League

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Honours

Titles

:Fourth place:

:Winners:

, 1978,

:Runners-up:

:Third place: 1982

Awards

* AFC National Team of the Year: 2013

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial Iraq national football team on FIFA.com
{{AFC under-20 teams Under-20 Asian national under-20 association football teams

Recent results and fixtures

2022

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Coaching staff

Coaches

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

AFC U-20 Asian Cup Record

Arab Cup U-20 Record

WAFF U-18 Championship Record

Minor tournaments

Iraqi Premier League

Honours

Titles

Awards

See also

References

External links