Soccer World Cup 1986 / Iraq

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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 1963Iraq Iraq 7: 6 6: 2
2 QatarQatar Qatar 6: 4 4: 4
3 JordanJordan 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 MexicoMexico Mexico 4: 2 5: 1
2 Paraguay 1954Paraguay Paraguay 4: 3 4: 2
3 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 5: 5 3: 3
4th Iraq 1963Iraq Iraq 1: 4 0: 6
Paraguay - Iraq 1: 0 (1: 0)
Iraq - Belgium 1: 2 (0: 2)
Iraq - Mexico 0: 1 (0: 0)