2007 in Iraqi football

Despite the nation being torn apart by civil war, Iraqi football in 2007 went as scheduled for the most part. Iraqi clubs participated in international competition, the Olympic team went through qualifications, and the national team played in different tournaments. No games by the national team or the Iraqi clubs were played in Iraq due to violence.

National team

2007 Friendlies
Jordan 1 – 1 Iraq
Awath Ragheb  10' Ahmad Mnajed  25'
Jordan 0 – 0 Iraq
South Korea 3 – 0 Iraq
Yeom Ki-Hun  51'
Lee Chun-Soo  79'
Lee Kun-Ho  86'
Uzbekistan 2 – 0 Iraq
Ibragimov  3'
Bakayev  73'
Qatar 3 – 2 Iraq
Sayd Ali Bechir  34'
Sebastián Quintana  70'
Saad Al-Shammari  83'		 Ahmad Salah  20'
Emad Mohammed  80'

2007 Gulf Cup
Main article: 18th Arabian Gulf Cup

The Arabian Gulf Cup 2007, the 18th edition, took place in the United Arab Emirates, from 17 January 2007 to 30 January 2007. Iraq did not get beyond the group stage, and the tournament ended in accusations and allegations against the head coach of the national team.

Group stage
Main article: 18th Arabian Gulf Cup § Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 Bahrain 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Iraq 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:
Qatar 0 – 1 Iraq
Hawar Mohammed  39'
Bahrain 1 – 1 Iraq
Al-Marzouqi  8' Hawar Mohammed  11'
Saudi Arabia 1 – 0 Iraq
Al-Qahtani  12' (pen)

West Asian Football Federation Championship
Main article: 2007 WAFF Championship

The 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in the Jordanian capital Amman. The six entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 16th and 24 June 2007.

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
 Iraq 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
 Palestine 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source:
Iran 0 – 0 Iraq
   
Iraq 1 – 0 Palestine
Hawar Mohammed  86'  

Semi finals
Syria 0 – 3 Iraq
  Younis Mahmoud  10' (pen.)
Ahmad Mnajed  42'
Salih Sadir  85'

Final
Iraq 1 – 2 Iran
Salih Sadir  86' (pen.) Hossein Badamaki  9'
Hashem Beikzadeh  21'

Asian Cup 2007
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup

The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals was held in July 2007 (Starting on July 7, 2007, ending on July 29, 2007). The competition was co-hosted by four nations – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Iraq won the tournament.

Group stage
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Thailand (H) 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  Oman 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Thailand 1 – 1 Iraq
Suksomkit  6' (pen) Report Younis Mahmoud  32'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kwon (KOR)
Iraq 3 – 1 Australia
Nashat Akram  23'
Hawar Mohammed  60'
Karrar Jassim  86'		 Report Viduka  47'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Karim (BHR)
Oman 0 – 0 Iraq
(Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Maillet (SEY)

Quarter-finals
Iraq 2 – 0 Vietnam
Younis Mahmoud  2'  66' Report
Attendance: 9,720
Referee: Nishimura (JPN)

Semi-finals
Iraq 0 – 0
(aet)		 South Korea
(Report)
Penalties
Hawar Mohammed
Qusay Munir
H. Abdul-Amir
Ahmad Mnajed 		4 – 3 Chunsoo
Donggook
Jaejin
Kihoon
Jungwoo
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Al Fadhli (KUW)

Final
Iraq 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Younis Mahmoud  76' (Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Shield (AUS)
 2007 AFC Asian Cup Winners 

Iraq
First title

2010 World Cup Qualifiers
Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Pakistan 0 – 7 Iraq
FIFA Report
AFC Summary		 Nashat Akram  19'
M. Karim  24',  49',  88',  90'
Jassim Ghulam  71'
Emad Mohammed  83'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Iraq 0 – 0 Pakistan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Al Fadhli (Kuwait)

Kings's Cup
Main article: 2007 King's Cup

Arbil FC participated in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team.

Round robin stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Thailand 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9
2  Iraq B 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  North Korea 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Source:
Iraq 1 – 0 North Korea
Zaki  64'
Thailand 2 – 1 Iraq
Phanrit  43'
Abd Ali  83' (og)		 Mubarak  49'
Iraq 3 – 1 Uzbekistan
Alwan  58'
Ibrahim  65'
Zaki  78'		 Solomin  68' (pen)

Final
Thailand 1 – 0 Iraq
Vachiraban  67'

Olympic Team

2007 Olympic Friendlies
Jordan 2 – 1 Iraq
Moussa Hamad 16'
Mohammed Kheyr 23'		 Mostafa Karim 15'
Jordan 0 – 0 Iraq
United Arab Emirates 0 – 4 Iraq
Ali Salah 50'
Halkurd Mulla Mohammed 53', 68'
M.A. Karim 90' (pen)
Syria 2 – 2 Iraq
Majed Al-Haj 21', 59' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 7'
Samer Saeed 42'
Syria 1 – 1 Iraq
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 30'
Bahrain 1 – 0 Iraq
Ahmed Bushet 33'
Qatar 1 – 2 Iraq
Mohamed Sayyed 79' Mostafa Karim 85'
Khaldoun Ibrahim 90'

Olympic Games Qualification
Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification

The Iraqi Olympic team participated in the qualifications for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Iraq was seeded for the second round. The second round qualifications were held from February 28 to June 6, 2007. Iraq advanced to the final round qualifications, however the team failed to qualify for the Olympics after finishing second behind Australia.

Second round
Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2 § Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12
 North Korea 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11
 Thailand 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5
 India 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Source:
Iraq 3 – 0 India
Mostafa Karim  50'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  67'
Haidar Aboodi  69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Al-Enzi (Kuwait)
North Korea 2 – 2 Iraq
An Chol-Hyok  44'
Kim Kwang-Hyok  65'		 (Report) Alaa Abdul-Zahra  32'
Ali Rehema  90+3' (pen)
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Iraq 1 – 1 Thailand
Samer Saeed  22' (Report) Teerathep Winothai  47'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Al-Yarimi (Yemen)
Thailand 0 – 1 Iraq
(Report) Karrar Jassim  90+1'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Takayama (Japan)
India 1 – 1 Iraq
Tarif Ahmed  71' (Report) Karrar Jassim  54'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Basma (Syria)
Iraq 1 – 0 North Korea
Karrar Jassim  64' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Third (Final) Round
Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3 § Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12
 Iraq 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11
 North Korea 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5
 Lebanon 6 1 1 4 4 15 −11 4
Source:
Iraq 0 – 0 Australia
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sun (China)
Lebanon 0 – 5 Iraq
(Report) Samer Saeed  22'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  59',  89'
Ali Abbas  72'
Karrar Jassim  76' (pen)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Al-Saeedi (UAE)
Iraq 2 – 0 North Korea
Khaldoun Ibrahim  21'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Abdou (Qatar)
North Korea 0 – 0 Iraq
(Report)
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Australia 2 – 0 Iraq
Adrian Leijer  18'
Mark Milligan  58'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,088
Referee: Abdul (Singapore)
Iraq 5 – 2 Lebanon
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  8',  23',  81'
Mustafa Karim  30'
Samer Saeed  37'		 (Report) Hassan Maatouk  59' (pen)
Ali Al-Saadi  72' (pen)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Youth Team

2007 Youth Team Friendlies
Qatar 1 – 2 Iraq
Adel Ahmad Ali Saad
Ali Saad
Qatar 0 – 3 Iraq
Ali Saad  29'
Amjad Radhi  49'
Bashar Saad  88' (pen)

AFC Youth Championship Qualification
Main article: 2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 9
 Iraq 4 2 0 2 3 4 −1 6
 Kuwait 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 3
Source:
Iraq 1 – 0 Kuwait
Mohammed Abdul-Zahra  16' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Karim (Bahrain)
United Arab Emirates 2 – 1 Iraq
Hamdan Al-Kamli  75' (pen)
Ahmed Al-Abri  86'		 (Report) Qais Ali  85'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Al-Yarimi (Yemen)
Kuwait 2 – 0 Iraq
Mohammad Dahash  2',  9' (Report)
Attendance: 400
Referee: Basma (Syria)
Iraq 1 – 0 United Arab Emirates
Nadeem Karim  17' (Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Moradi (Iran)

U-17 Team

West Asian Football Federation U-17 Championship 2007
Iran 2 – 2 Iraq
Jordan 1 – 0 Iraq
Lebanon 0 – 5 Iraq
Syria 3 – 0 Iraq

AFC U-17 Championship Qualification
Main article: 2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 5 4 1 0 28 2 +26 13 Disqualified
2  India 5 4 1 0 18 2 +16 13 Final tournament
3  Saudi Arabia (H) 5 3 0 2 13 7 +6 9
4  Lebanon 5 2 0 3 9 15 −6 6
5  Sri Lanka 5 1 0 4 3 22 −19 3
6  Bhutan 5 0 0 5 1 24 −23 0 Disqualified
Source: AFC
(H) Host.
Iraq 5 – 0 Lebanon
Mustafa Al-Shammari  37',  67'
Amjed Hussein  74'
Mohammed Jabbar  84'
Ali Aziz  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Recho (Syria)
Iraq 2 – 2 India
Waleed Al-Lami  29'
Ahmad Marid Kueam  50'		 (Report) Bikramjit Singh  80'
Tonmoy Ghosh  87'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Iraq 11 – 0 Bhutan
Mustafa Al-Shammari  7'
Ali Al-Karrawi  22',  38'
Ali Al-Rubayawi  46',  56',  87'
Ali Aziz  51'
Mohammed Jabbar  60',  72'
Mohammed Al-Wuhaili  77'
Amoori Al-Bujasim  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Al-Badawi (UAE)
Iraq 7 – 0 Sri Lanka
Ali Al-Rubayawi  1'
Ahmad Marid Kueam  10'
Mustafa Al-Shammari  20',  32'
Mohammed Jabbar  45+3'
Omar Nasih  79' (pen)
Murtadha Jawad  81'		 (Report)
Attendance: 70
Referee: Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Saudi Arabia 0 – 3 Iraq
(Report) Mustafa Al-Shammari  6',  59'
Ali Al-Karrawi  38'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Recho (Syria)

Domestic clubs in international tournaments

2007 AFC Champions League
Main article: 2007 AFC Champions League

The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th AFC Champions League, played between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The top 15 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition; Iraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the Champion and the runner-up of the Iraqi Premier League, in the 2005-2006 year. Both clubs failed to qualify for the Quarter Finals.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Wahda 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 13
Al-Zawraa 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
Al-Arabi 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 7
Al-Rayyan 6 0 2 4 3 11 −8 2
Source:
Al-Arabi0–1Al Zawraa
(Report) Muslim Mubarak 66'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Al Zawraa0–0Al-Rayyan
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lee Gi-young (Korea)
Al-Zawraa1–2Al-Wahda
Ahmad Abd Ali 46' (Report) Abdulrahim Jumaa 13'
Bashir Saeed 74'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Taalat Najm (Lebanon)
Al-Wahda1–1Al-Zawraa
Abdulrahim Jumaa 57' (Report) Haidar Sabah 75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)
Al-Zawraa3–2Al-Arabi
Wissam Kadhim 21'
Ahmad Ibrahim 70'
Nawaf Falah 78'		 (Report) Firas Al Khatib 50', 84'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Al-Rayyan1–3Al-Zawraa
Saoud Khames 75' (Report) Selman Mesbeh og 13'
Abdul-Salam Abood 26'
Haidar Sabah 34'
Attendance: 200

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Karamah 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 11
Neftchi 6 3 1 2 6 7 −1 10
Najaf FC 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8
Al Sadd 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4
Source:
Najaf FC0–1Neftchi
(Report) Akmal Holmatov 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)
Al Sadd1–4Najaf FC
Talal Al-Bloushi 45' (Report) Aqeel Mohammed 47'
Saeed Mohsen 55', 86'(pen)
Karrar Jassim 70'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)
Al Karamah1–1Najaf FC
Fahd Aodi 90'(pen) (Report) Falah Hasan Kadhim 71'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jassim Karim (Bahrain)
Najaf FC2–4Al-Karamah
Saeed Mohsen 7'(pen)
Qassim Faraj 86' (pen)		 (Report) Jehad Al Hussein 46', 52'
Fahd Aodi 50'
Senghor Koupouleni 65'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
Neftchi1–1Najaf FC
Akmal Holmatov 43' (Report) Ali Mohammed 60'
Attendance: 16,000
Najaf FC1–0Al Sadd
Saeed Mohsen 78' (Report)

2007–08 Arab Champions League
Main article: 2007–08 Arab Champions League

Iraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the 3rd Place and 4th Place of the Iraqi Premier League.

Round 32
Chirazienne 0–8 Najaf FC
Suhail Naeim 3', 43'
Ali Mohammed 13'
Hatem Saheb 30'
Hussein Karim 53', 56'
Aqeel Mohammed 81'
Ayad Sadir 86'
Najaf FC 1–0 Chirazienne
Suhail Naeim 41'
Al-Talaba 0–2 USM Alger
Billel Dziri 64'
Amar Ammour 81'
USM Alger 2–0 Al-Talaba
Mohamed Hamdoud 39'
Samir Bentayeb 86'		 Report

Round 16
Najaf FC 0 – 3 Al-Taliya
Yaamen Ahbod  4',  44'
Ahmad Al-Aomer  29'
Al-Taliya 0 – 0 Najaf FC

References
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