Iraq national futsal team

The Iraq national futsal team represents Iraq in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iraq Football Association. It is one of the rising teams in Asia. As of November 2017, Iraq is ranked 50th in the Futsal World Rankings.[1] Iraq has played in eleven AFC Futsal Championships. Its best result was fourth place in 2018. Iraq has also played at three WAFF Futsal Championships where in 2007, they finished third. In 2009, they won the tournament to gain their first ever title on any international stage. In 2012, much like in 2007, they once again finished in third place. Iraq also played at the 2005 and 2008 Arab Futsal Championships, but didn't manage to make it out of the group stage both times.

Iraq

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Lions of Mesopotamia Usood Al-Rafidain (اسود الرافدين)
Association	Iraq Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Haitham Abbas
Captain	Utayl Khaleel Abdulqader
FIFA code	IRQ
FIFA ranking	55 (12 May 2020)[1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
South Korea 3 – 1 Iraq (Tehran, Iran; 14 July 2001)
Biggest win
Iraq 19 – 0 Guam  (Taipei, Taiwan; 1 March 2007) Iraq 20 – 1 Brunei  (Jakarta, Indonesia; 24 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
Iran 13 – 2 Iraq (Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 14 February 2016)
World Cup
Appearances	0
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 2001)
Best result	Fourth place, (2018)
WAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2007)
Best result	Champions, (2009)

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did Not Enter
1992
1996
2000
2004	Did Not Qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	0/9	Best:	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC Futsal Championship

AFC Futsal Championship record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1999	Did Not Enter
2000
2001	Group stage	16th	3	0	1	2	8	16
2002	Quarterfinals	8th	5	2	0	3	37	18
2003	Group stage	16th	3	1	0	2	12	10
2004	Did Not Enter
2005	Group stage	16th	8	6	0	2	33	19
2006	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	4	12
2007	Group stage	16th	3	1	0	2	9	13
2008	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	4	14
2010	Group stage	16th	3	1	0	2	12	20
2012	Did Not Qualify
2014	Group stage	16th	3	2	0	1	11	7
2016	Quarterfinals	8th	5	2	0	3	15	25
2018	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	16	18
2020	Did Not Qualify
Total	11/16	0 Titles	44	17	2	25	157	168

Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Did not enter
2007
2009
2013	Group stage	2	0	0	2	5	15
2017	Did not enter
Total	1/5	2	2	0	0	5	15

WAFF Futsal Championship

West Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2007	Third Place	3	0	1	2	7	12
2009	Champions	4	3	1	0	10	7
2012	Third Place	4	2	0	2	19	23
Total	3/3	11	5	2	4	36	42

Arab Futsal Championship

Arab Futsal Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1998	Did not enter
2005	Group stage	3	1	0	2	9	19
2007	Did not enter
2008	Group stage	4	2	0	2	17	17
Total	2/4	7	3	0	4	26	36

Matches

Recent results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2 February 2018 2018 AFC Futsal Championship	Iraq	4–2	China	University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
16:30	Jabar  23', 28' Dakheel  39' (pen.) Hameed  40'	Report	Gu Haitao  6'	Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)

4 February 2018 2018 AFC Futsal Championship	Myanmar	2–3	Iraq	University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
16:30	Zaw Lin  18' Phyo Maung  36'	Report	Khalid  15' (pen.), 36' Jabar  22'	Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

6 February 2018 2018 AFC Futsal Championship	Iran	5–3	Iraq	University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
16:30	Tayyebi  8', 38' Hassanzadeh  12' Oladghobad  26' Tavakoli  31'	Report	Khalid  8' Mohammed  29', 34'	Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)

8 February 2018 2018 AFC Futsal Championship	Lebanon	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Iraq	University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
16:00	Koussan  11' Tneich  22'	Report	Faisal  7', 26'	Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
	Penalties
	El-Dine K. Zeid Tneich Zeitoun El-Homsi Kobeissy Hamadani Hammoud M. Zeid Rhyem		Khalid Abdeen Dakheel Bachay Ali Zaher Mahdi Riyadh Al-Zubiaidi Mohammed Zeyad

9 February 2018 2018 AFC Futsal Championship	Iraq	0–3	Japan	Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
16:00		Report	Morioka  1' Nishitani  6' Murota  19'	Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

11 February 2018 2018 AFC Futsal Championship	Iraq	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan	Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
16:00

Players

Current squad

Players called for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Yahya Abdulnoor
13	GK	Zaher Mahdi
2	FP	Mustafa Bachay	14 January 1992	Naft Al-Wasat
3	FP	Firas Mohammed	1 November 1982	Naft Al-Wasat
4	FP	Tareq Zeyad
5	FP	Hussein Al-Zubiaidi	4 August 1979
6	FP	Zaid Ali
7	FP	Salim Faisal	16 January 1995	Naft Al-Wasat
8	FP	Ghaith Riyadh
9	FP	Hassan Ali Jabar	13 January 1989
10	FP	Hasan Dakheel	1 June 1992	Naft Al-Wasat
11	FP	Rafid Hameed	9 January 1993	Naft Al-Wasat
12	FP	Zainal Abdeen	13 December 1995
14	FP	Waleed Khalid	29 June 1992	Naft Al-Wasat

Previous squads

AFC Futsal Championship 2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads

References

1. "Current ranking". Futsal World Ranking. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.