Team Overview

The Iraq national football team (Arabic: منتخب الْعِرَاق لِكُرَةُ الْقَدَم), nicknamed the Lions of Mesopotamia (Arabic: أسود الرافدين), represents Iraq in men's international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), the governing body for football in Iraq. Iraq's usual home venue is the Basra International Stadium. Iraq made its first FIFA World Cup appearance in 1986, scoring a solitary goal against Belgium, and qualified for the second time in 2026. Iraq is one of eight current AFC nations to have won the AFC Asian Cup, claiming the title in 2007 in spite of difficult conditions and limited preparation. Iraq defeated some of the favourites in the competition including Australia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. This qualified the team for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup where they earned two points in the group stage; they later finished fourth at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Current Squad

No	Pos	Name	Club
1	1GK	Fahad Talib	0
12	1GK	Jalal Hassan	0
22	1GK	Ahmed Basil	0
2	2DF	Rebin Sulaka	1
3	2DF	Hussein Ali	1
4	2DF	Zaid Tahseen	1
5	2DF	Akam Hashim	1
6	2DF	Manaf Younis	1
15	2DF	Ahmed Yahya	0
23	2DF	Merchas Doski	0
25	2DF	Mustafa Saadoon	0
26	2DF	Frans Putros	0
7	3MF	Youssef Amyn	2
8	3MF	Ibrahim Bayesh	8
11	3MF	Ahmed Qasem	0
14	3MF	Zidane Iqbal	2
16	3MF	Amir Al-Ammari	3
17	3MF	Ali Jasim	2
19	3MF	Kevin Yakob	0
20	3MF	Aimar Sher	0
21	3MF	Marko Farji	0
24	3MF	Zaid Ismail	0
9	4FW	Ali Al-Hamadi	5
10	4FW	Mohanad Ali	27
13	4FW	Ali Yousif	1
18	4FW	Aymen Hussein	33