Soccer World Cup 1986 / Iraq

This article covers the Iraqi national team at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico .

qualification

Iraq qualified for a soccer World Cup for the first time .

Group stage

The Iraqi team met Qatar , Jordan and Lebanon in the first qualifying round , after the withdrawal of the Lebanese the four became a group of three, the games of the Iraqis against Lebanon (both ended with a 6-0 win by Iraq) were not counted more. Due to the First Gulf War , the Iraqi team played their home games in Kuwait City and Calcutta ( India ).

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Iraq	7: 6	6: 2
2	Qatar	6: 4	4: 4
3	Jordan	3: 7	2: 6

Jordan	-	Iraq	2: 3 (0: 1)
Qatar	-	Iraq	3: 0 (1: 0)
Iraq	-	Jordan	2: 0 (0: 0)
Iraq	-	Qatar	2: 1 (1: 1)

In the semifinals, Iraq met the national soccer team of the United Arab Emirates and qualified for the final due to the away goals rule . After a goalless draw in Damascus , Iraq won the second leg in the Saudi Arabian Taif and qualified for the World Cup in Mexico as winners of the West Asian group.

Semifinals
UAE	-	Iraq	2: 3 (1: 1)
Iraq	-	UAE	1: 2 (0: 1)
final
Syria	-	Iraq	0-0
Iraq	-	Syria	3: 1 (1: 0)

Iraqi contingent

number	Surname	Current club	birthday	Sp.	goal	red	yellow
goalkeeper
1	Raad Hamudi	Al-Shorta	04/20/1958	2	0	0	1
20th	Abdul-Fattah Nussayef Jassim	Al-Jaish	02/02/1951	1	0	0	0
21st	Ahmad Jassim Mohammed	Al-Rasheed	05/04/1960	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Maad Ibrahim Majid	Al-Rasheed	06/30/1960	1	0	0	0
3	Khalil Mohammad Allawi	Al-Rasheed	09/06/1958	3	0	0	1
4th	Shaker Nadhum Salim	Al-Tayaran	04/13/1958	3	0	0	1
5	Samir Shaker Mahmoud	Al-Rasheed	02/29/1958	2	0	0	2
12	Jamal Ali Hamza	Al-Talaba	02/02/1956	0	0	0	0
22nd	Ghanin Al-Oraibi Jassim	Al-Shabab	08/16/1961	3	0	0	0
midfield
6th	Ali Hussein Shihab	Al-Talaba	05/05/1961	3	0	0	0
7th	Haris Mohammed Hassan	Al-Rasheed	03.03.1958	2	0	0	1
13	Karim Mohammad Allawi	Al-Rasheed	04/01/1960	0	0	0	0
14th	Basil Georges Hanna	Al-Shabab	09/06/1961	2	0	1	0
15th	Natiq Hashim Abidoun	Al-Tayaran	January 15, 1960	3	0	0	1
16	Shaker Mahmoud Hamza	Al-Shabab	05/05/1960	1	0	0	0
17th	Anad Abid Tweresh	Al-Rasheed	08/03/1954	1	0	0	0
18th	Ismael Mohammed Sharif	Al-Shabab	04/17/1962	0	0	0	0
19th	Basim Qasim Hamdan	Al-Shorta	March 22, 1959	2	0	0	0
attack
8th	Ahmed Radhi	Al-Rasheed	03/21/1964	3	1	0	0
9	Karim Saddam Minshid	Al-Jaish	05/26/1960	2	0	0	1
10	Hussain Said	Al-Talaba	01/21/1958	1	0	0	0
11	Abdulrahim Hamad Aufi	Al-Jaish	05/23/1963	3	0	0	0
Trainer
	Evaristo de Macedo ( coach )		06/22/1933

Finals

Iraq met hosts Mexico , Paraguay and Belgium in the preliminary round . Although the Iraqis lost all group games, they were able to keep all games open and each lost by only one goal difference.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mexico	4: 2	5: 1
2	Paraguay	4: 3	4: 2
3	Belgium	5: 5	3: 3
4th	Iraq	1: 4	0: 6

Paraguay	-	Iraq	1: 0 (1: 0)
Iraq	-	Belgium	1: 2 (0: 2)
Iraq	-	Mexico	0: 1 (0: 0)