Iraqi National Football Team / Olympic Games
| OS record goal scorer: | Hussain Said (3) |
| OS record players: | Hussain Said (9) |
| Rank: | 31 |
| Balance sheet | |
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| 19 OS games 5 wins 7 draws 7 losses 22:24 goals |
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First OS game Iraq 3-0 Costa Rica Kiev ( SUN ); July 21, 1980  |
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Highest OS victories Iraq 3-0 Costa Rica Kiev ( SUN ); July 21, 1980 Iraq 3-0 Guatemala Rica Daejeon ( KOR ); September 19, 1988  |
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Highest OS defeat Iraq 0: 4 DDR Kiev ( SUN ); July 27, 1980  |
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| successes | |
| Olympic Games : | |
| Participation in the finals | 5 ( first : 1980 ) |
| Best results | Fourth place ( 2004 ) |
| (As of August 21, 2016 ) | |
The Iraqi national soccer team first took part in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow when they moved up for Malaysia, which boycotted the games because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , and was able to reach the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by defending champions GDR . After that, the senior national team took part twice without being able to survive the group stage again. In 2004, the U-23 team qualified for the first time and took fourth place. The team was able to qualify again for 2016.
Results at Olympic Games
1900 to 1956
Not participated
1960
- Olympic qualification:
Lebanon did not play for the games against Turkey after the two defeats against Iraq, the games were counted as victories for Turkey, which qualified as group winners as group winners for the Olympic Games in Rome .
1964
- Olympic qualification:
- Iran - Iraq 4-0
- Iraq 0-0 Iran
Iran then qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in two games against India .
1968
- Olympic qualification:
- Thailand - Iraq 2-1
- Iraq - Thailand 4-0
- Iraq 1-1 Indonesia
- Indonesia - Iraq 2-1
Hong Kong, Malaysia and Pakistan, who were also drawn as opponents in the qualification, withdrew, Iraq was eliminated as second in the group. Thailand took part in the Olympic Games in Mexico as group winners .
1972
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- Lebanon 1-0 Iraq
- Iraq 1-0 Lebanon
- Lebanon 1-2 Iraq (playoff)
- 2nd round:
- Iraq 1-0 North Korea
- North Korea - Iraq 3-0
- 1 round:
North Korea then failed in the third round against Iran.
1976
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round in Tehran :
- Iran 1-0 Iraq
- Kuwait 1-2 Iraq
- Iraq 1-2 Saudi Arabia
- Iraq 4-0 Bahrain
- 1st round in Tehran :
Lebanon withdrew a week before the qualifying tournament; while Kuwait's late registration was accepted, that of Sri Lanka was not accepted. Iraq was eliminated in third place in the group, Iran qualified as group winners for the Olympic Games in Montreal .
1980
- Olympic qualification:
- 1st round in Iraq :
- Iraq 0-0 Kuwait
- Iraq 1-0 Syria
- Iraq 3-0 Yemen
- Iraq 4-0 Jordan
- Iraq 2-3 Kuwait (group win game)
- 1st round in Iraq :
Iraq was eliminated in second place in the group because Malaysia, the group winner of another Asian group boycotted the games because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , Iraq was nominated.
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Olympic Games in Moscow :
- Preliminary round:
- Quarter finals:
1984
- Olympic qualification
Lebanon, which had also been drawn, had withdrawn and Iraq qualified as group winners for the second round.
- 2nd round in Singapore :
- April 18, 1984, Iraq 2-1 Thailand
- April 21, 1984, Iraq - Japan 2-1
- April 23, 1984, Qatar 2-0 Iraq
- April 26, 1984, Iraq 2-0 Malaysia
- Playoff game of the runners-up:
- April 29, 1984, Iraq 1-0 South Korea
- 2nd round in Singapore :
1988
Olympic qualification:
Iraq had to play its home games on a neutral court because of the 1st Gulf War .
- 1 round:
- March 27, 1987, Iraq 1-1 United Arab Emirates (in Kuwait City )
- April 17, 1987, Jordan 1-2 Iraq (in Amman )
- April 24, 1987, Iraq 2-0 Jordan (in Kuwait City )
- May 1, 1987 United Arab Emirates 0-3 Iraq (in Dubai )
- 2nd round:
- 4th December 1987, Saudi Arabia 0-0 Iraq (in Riyadh )
- December 11, 1987, Qatar - Iraq 1-3 (in Doha )
- December 18, 1987, Kuwait - Iraq 2-1 (in Kuwait City )
- January 1, 1988, Iraq - Saudi Arabia 1: 1 (in Muscat , Oman )
- January 8, 1988, Iraq - Qatar 4: 1 (in Muscat , Oman )
- January 15, 1988, Iraq - Kuwait 1-0 (in Muscat , Oman ) - Iraq qualified as group winners.
1992
Iraq did not participate in the Olympic qualification.
1996
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- September 22, 1995, Qatar 0-0 Iraq
- 29 September 1995, Jordan 0-4 Iraq
- October 13, 1995, Iraq 3-2 Qatar
- October 20, 1995, Iraq - Jordan 1-1
- 2nd round in Malaysia:
- March 16, 1996, Iraq U23- Japan U23 1-1
- 18th March 1996, Iraq U23 - United Arab Emirates U23 3-1
- March 20, 1996, Iraq 1-0 Oman
- 3rd round (semifinals):
- March 24, 1996, South Korea - Iraq 2-1
- 4th round (game for third place on the grid):
- March 27, 1996 Saudi Arabia - Iraq 1-0 aet
- 1 round:
2000
- Olympic qualification
2004
Olympic qualification:
Iraq had to play its home games in a neutral place because of the Iraq war .
- 1 round:
- 2nd round:
- 3rd round:
- March 3, 2004, Iraq - Oman 4-0 (in Amman , Jordan )
- March 17, 2004, Saudi Arabia 1-0 Iraq
- March 24, 2004, Iraq - Kuwait 2-1 (in Amman , Jordan )
- April 14, 2004, Kuwait 2-0 Iraq
- April 28, 2004, Oman - Iraq 2-0
- May 12, 2004, Iraq - Saudi Arabia 3: 1 (in Amman , Jordan ) - Iraq qualified as group winners.
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Olympic Games in Athens :
- Preliminary round:
- August 12, 2004, Iraq - Portugal (with Cristiano Ronaldo among others ) 4-2 (2-2) (in Patras )
- August 15, 2004, Costa Rica - Iraq 0: 2 (0: 0) (in Piraeus ) - Iraq qualified for the quarter-finals
- August 18, 2004, Morocco - Iraq 2: 1 (0: 0) (in Patras ) - group winners despite defeat
- Knockout round:
- August 21, 2004, quarter-finals Iraq - Australia 1-0 (0-0) (in Heraklion
- August 24, 2004, semi-finals Iraq - Paraguay 1: 3 (0: 2) (in Thessaloníki
- August 27, 2004, bronze medal match Italy - Iraq 1: 0 (1: 0) (in Thessaloníki)
- Preliminary round:
2008
- Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
- February 28, 2007, Iraq - India 30 (in Amman , Jordan )
- March 14, 2007 North Korea - Iraq 2-2 (in Pyongyang )
- March 28, 2007, Iraq - Thailand 1: 1 (in Zarqa , Jordan )
- April 18, 2007, Thailand -Irak 0-1 (in Bangkok )
- May 16, 2007, India - Iraq 1: 1 (in Chennai )
- June 6, 2007, Iraq - North Korea 1-0 (in Zarqa , Jordan )
- 2nd round:
- 22 August 2007, Iraq 0-0 Australia (in Doha , Qatar )
- September 8, 2007, Lebanon 0-5 Iraq (in Beirut )
- September 12, 2007, Iraq - North Korea 2-0 (in Doha , Qatar )
- October 17, 2007, North Korea 0-0 Iraq (in Pyongyang )
- November 17, 2007, Australia 2-0 Iraq (in Gosford )
- November 21, 2007, Iraq - Lebanon 5: 2 (in Doha , Qatar )
- 1 round:
Iraq was eliminated in second place in the group.
2012
- Olympic qualification:
- 2nd round:
- June 19, 2011, Iraq - Iran 3: 0 (the original 0: 1 was converted at the green table because Iran had substituted an ineligible player.) (In Erbil )
- 23 June 2011, Iran - Iraq 0: 2 (in Tehran )
- 3rd round:
- September 21, 2011: Uzbekistan 2-0 Iraq (in Tashkent )
- November 22, 2011: Iraq 0-0 Australia (in Doha , Qatar )
- November 27, 2011: United Arab Emirates - Iraq 3-0 (the original 0-2 was converted at the green table because Iraq had substituted an ineligible player) (in Al Ain )
- December 5, 2012: Iraq 0-1 United Arab Emirates (in Doha , Qatar )
- February 2, 2012: Iraq 2-1 Uzbekistan (in Doha , Qatar )
- March 14, 2012: Australia 0-0 Iraq (in Gosford )
- 2nd round:
Iraq retired as third party.
2016
- Olympic qualification:
- Qualification for the U-23 soccer Asian Cup 2016 in Muscat , Oman :
- March 25, 2015, Lebanon U-23 - Iraq U-23 1: 4
- March 27, 2015, Iraq U-23 - Maldives U-23 7: 1
- March 29, 2015, Bahrain U-23 - Iraq U-23 0-2
- March 31, 2015, Iraq U-23 - Oman U-23 2-2
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U-23 soccer Asian Cup 2016 in Doha :
- January 13, 2016, Iraq U-23 - Yemen U-23 2-0
- January 16, 2016, Uzbekistan U-23 - Iraq U-23 2: 3
- January 19, 2016, Iraq U-23 - South Korea U-23 1-1 - Iraq qualified for the knockout round as second in the group
- Knockout round:
- January 23, 2016, quarter-finals: United Arab Emirates U-23 - Iraq U-23 1: 3 a.d.
- January 26, 2016, semi-finals: Japan U-23 - Iraq U-23 2-1
- January 29th, 2016, game for the third Asian starting place: Qatar U-23 - Iraq U-23 1: 2 a.d.
- Qualification for the U-23 soccer Asian Cup 2016 in Muscat , Oman :
Squad for 2016
A U-23 team, in which up to three older players may participate, is entitled to start. This were Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf al-Khafaji , Saad Abdul-Amir and Hammadi Ahmad nominated.
Games
- Iraq 0-0 Denmark on August 4, 2016 in Brasília
- Brazil 0-0 Iraq on August 7, 2016 in Brasília
- South Africa - Iraq 1: 1 (1: 1) on August 10, 2016 in São Paulo - Iraq is undefeated and eliminated third in the group
Trainer
- 1980: Anwar Jassam Houbi
- 1984: Ammo Baba †
- 1988: Amanuel Dawood
- 2004: Adnan Hamad
- 2016: Abdulghani al-Ghazali
Best goal scorers
- 1. Hussain Said (1980 and 1984) 3 goals
- 2. Falah Hassan Jasim (1980), Emad Mohammed (2004), Hawar Mulla Mohammed (2004), Ahmed Radhi (1988), Salih Sadir (2004) 2 goals each
- 7. Hussein Ali (1984), Karim Alahi (1988), Hadi Ahmad Basheer (1980), Razzaq Farhan , Mahdi Karim , Yunis Mahmud (all 2004), Mudhafar Taufek (1988) 1 goal each
Most games
- Hussain Said - 9 games (1980, 1984 and 1988)
- Adnan Dirjal - 7 games (1980 and 1984)
- Haidar Abdul-Amir , Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail , Emad Mohammed , Qusai Munir , Nur Sabri , Salih Sadir - 6 each, all 2004
Known players
- Yunis Mahmud (2004) - record national player of Iraq (still active)
- Hussain Said (1980 and 1984) - Iraq's record scorer with 78 goals , three of them at the Olympic Games and nine in qualifications
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers according to the squad list of July 27, 2016