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The lists shown below shows the Iraq national football team all-time record against opposing nations. The statistics are composed of FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, AFC Asian Cup and Summer Olympics matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.

Players in bold are still active with Iraq.^[1]

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Younis Mahmoud	148	57	2002–2016
2	Hussein Saeed	137	78	1976–1990
3	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	126	17	2007–2021
4	Adnan Dirjal	121	8	1978–1990
	Ahmed Radhi	121	62	1982–1997
6	Ahmed Ibrahim	118	5	2010–2022
7	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	113	20	2001–2012
	Nashat Akram	113	17	2001–2013
	Ali Rehema	113	2	2005–2016
10	Mahdi Karim	110	11	2001–2018

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Hussein Saeed	78	137	0.57	1976–1990
2	Ahmed Radhi	62	121	0.51	1982–1997
3	Younis Mahmoud	57	148	0.39	2002–2016
4	Ali Kadhim	35	82	0.43	1970–1980
5	Aymen Hussein	30	79	0.38	2015–present
6	Falah Hassan	29	103	0.28	1970–1986
7	Emad Mohammed	27	103	0.26	2001–2012
8	Razzaq Farhan	25	62	0.4	1998–2007
9	Laith Hussein	21	80	0.26	1986–2002
10	Mohanad Ali	20	51	0.39	2017–present
	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	20	113	0.18	2001–2012

FIFA World Cup record											FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1950	Not a FIFA member										Not a FIFA member
1954 to 1970	Did not enter										Did not enter
1974	Did not qualify										6	3	2	1	11	6
1978	Withdrew										Withdrew
1982	Did not qualify										4	3	0	1	5	2
1986	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	1	4	Squad		10	7	1	2	25	11
1990	Did not qualify										6	3	2	1	11	5
1994											13	7	4	2	37	13
1998											4	2	0	2	14	8
2002											14	6	3	5	37	15
2006											6	3	2	1	17	7
2010											8	3	2	3	11	6
2014											16	7	3	6	20	12
2018											16	6	5	5	24	18
2022											18	6	8	4	20	16
2026	To be determined										10	8	1	1	21	5
2030											To be determined
2034
Total	Group stage	1/18	3	0	0	3	1	4	—		131	64	33	34	253	124

FIFA World Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1986	Group stage
		Iraq 0–1  Paraguay	Loss
		Iraq 1–2  Belgium	Loss
		Iraq 0–1  Mexico	Loss

AFC Asian Cup record											AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Not an AFC member										Not an AFC member
1960
1964
1968
1972	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	1	4	Squad		6	5	1	0	13	2
1976	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	3	6	Squad		6	5	1	0	14	3
1980	Withdrew										Withdrew
1984
1988
1992	Banned due to Gulf War										Banned due to Gulf War
1996	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	4	Squad		2	2	0	0	4	0
2000		8th	4	1	1	2	5	7	Squad		3	3	0	0	9	2
2004		8th	4	2	0	2	5	7	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	4
2007	Champions	1st	6	3	3	0	7	2	Squad		6	3	2	1	12	8
2011	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	3	3	Squad		Qualified as defending champions
2015	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	8	9	Squad		6	3	0	3	7	6
2019	Round of 16	14th	4	2	1	1	6	3	Squad		6	3	3	0	13	6
2023		12th	4	3	0	1	10	7	Squad		8	5	2	1	14	4
2027	Qualified										6	6	0	0	17	2
Total	1 Title	11/15	43	18	8	17	54	52	—		55	39	10	6	119	37
Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

AFC Asian Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1972	Group allocation matches
		Iraq 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)  South Korea	Draw
	Group stage
		Iraq 0–3  Iran	Loss
		Iraq 1–1  Thailand	Draw
1976	Group stage
		Iraq 0–2  Iran	Loss
		Iraq 1–0  South Yemen	Win
	Semi-finals
		Iraq 2–3 (a.e.t.)  Kuwait	Loss
	Third place
		Iraq 0–1  China	Loss
1996	Group stage
		Iraq 2–1  Iran	Win
		Iraq 0–1  Saudi Arabia	Loss
		Iraq 4–1  Thailand	Win
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 0–1 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates	Loss
2000	Group stage
		Iraq 2–0  Thailand	Win
		Iraq 2–2  Lebanon	Draw
		Iraq 0–1  Iran	Loss
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 1–4  Japan	Loss
2004	Group stage
		Iraq 0–1  Uzbekistan	Loss
		Iraq 3–2  Turkmenistan	Win
		Iraq 2–1  Saudi Arabia	Win
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 0–3  China	Loss
2007	Group stage
		Iraq 1–1  Thailand	Draw
		Iraq 3–1  Australia	Win
		Iraq 0–0  Oman	Draw
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 2–0  Vietnam	Win
	Semi-finals
		Iraq 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)  South Korea	Draw
	Final
		Iraq 1–0  Saudi Arabia	Win
2011	Group stage
		Iraq 1–2  Iran	Loss
		Iraq 1–0  United Arab Emirates	Win
		Iraq 1–0  North Korea	Win
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 0–1 (a.e.t.)  Australia	Loss
2015	Group stage
		Iraq 1–0  Jordan	Win
		Iraq 0–1  Japan	Loss
		Iraq 2–0  Palestine	Win
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)  Iran	Draw
	Semi-finals
		Iraq 0–2  South Korea	Loss
	Third place
		Iraq 2–3  United Arab Emirates	Loss
2019	Group stage
		Iraq 3–2  Vietnam	Win
		Iraq 3–0  Yemen	Win
		Iraq 0–0  Iran	Draw
	Round of 16
		Iraq 0–1  Qatar	Loss
2023	Group stage
		Iraq 3–1  Indonesia	Win
		Iraq 2–1  Japan	Win
		Iraq 3–2  Vietnam	Win
	Round of 16
		Iraq 2–3  Jordan	Loss

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992 to 1995	Did not enter
1997 to 2005	Did not qualify
2009	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	0	1	Squad
2013 to 2017	Did not qualify
Total	Best: Group stage	1/10	3	0	2	1	0	1	—

FIFA Confederations Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
2009	Group stage
		Iraq 0–0  South Africa	Draw
		Iraq 0–1  Spain	Loss
		Iraq 0–0  New Zealand	Draw

Summer Olympics record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1936	Not an IOC member										Not an IOC member
1948 to 1956	Did not enter										Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify										4	2	0	2	14	10
1964											2	0	1	1	0	4
1968											4	1	1	2	7	5
1972											5	3	0	2	4	5
1976											4	2	0	2	6	4
1980	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	4	5	Squad		5	3	1	1	10	3
1984	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	3	6	Squad		8	4	3	1	10	7
1988	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	5	4	Squad		8	6	1	1	14	6
1992–present	See Iraq national under-23 football team										See Iraq national under-23 football team
Total	Quarter-finals	3/11	10	2	4	4	12	15	—		40	21	7	12	65	44

Summer Olympics history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1980	Group stage
		Iraq 3–0  Costa Rica	Win
		Iraq 0–0  Finland	Draw
		Iraq 1–1  Yugoslavia	Draw
	Quarterfinals
		Iraq 0–4  East Germany	Loss
1984	Group stage
		Iraq 1–1  Canada	Draw
		Iraq 0–1  Cameroon	Loss
		Iraq 2–4  Yugoslavia	Loss
1988	Group stage
		Iraq 2–2  Zambia	Draw
		Iraq 3–0  Guatemala	Win
		Iraq 0–2  Italy	Loss
1992–present
	See Iraq national under-23 football team

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1951 to 1970	Did not enter
1974	Second round	5th	6	3	2	1	6	2	Squad
1978	Fourth place	4th	7	4	1	2	11	4	Squad
1982	Gold medalists	1st	6	5	0	1	11	2	Squad
1986	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	13	5	Squad
1990 to 1998	Banned due to Gulf War
2002–present	See Iraq national under-23 football team
Total	1 Title	4/13	24	15	4	5	41	13	—

Asian Games history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1974	First round
		Iraq 3–0  India	Win
		Iraq 1–0  North Korea	Win
		Iraq 1–0  China	Win
	Second round
		Iraq 1–1  South Korea	Draw
		Iraq 0–0  Malaysia	Draw
		Iraq 0–1  Iran	Loss
1978	First round
		Iraq 2–1  Qatar	Win
		Iraq 2–0  China	Win
		Iraq 1–1  Saudi Arabia	Draw
	Second round
		Iraq 0–1  North Korea	Loss
		Iraq 3–0  Kuwait	Win
		Iraq 3–0  India	Win
	Bronze play-off
		Iraq 0–1  China	Loss
1982	First round
		Iraq 4–0  Burma	Win
		Iraq 3–0    Nepal	Win
		Iraq 1–2  Kuwait	Loss
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 1–0 (a.e.t.)  Japan	Win
	Semi-finals
		Iraq 1–0  Saudi Arabia	Win
	Final
		Iraq 1–0  Kuwait	Win
1986	First round
		Iraq 4–0  Oman	Win
		Iraq 5–1  Pakistan	Win
		Iraq 1–2  United Arab Emirates	Loss
		Iraq 2–1  Thailand	Win
	Quarter-finals
		Iraq 1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)  Saudi Arabia	Draw
2002–present
	See Iraq national under-23 football team

WAFF Championship record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
2000	Third place	5	3	2	0	10	2	Squad
2002	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2	Squad
2004	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	4	8	Squad
2007	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	5	2	Squad
2008	Withdrew
2010	Semi-finals	3	2	0	1	6	3	Squad
2012	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	4	2	Squad
2013	Group stage	2	0	2	0	0	0	Squad
2019	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	5	3	Squad
Total	1 Title	31	16	8	7	40	22	—

FIFA Arab Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Champions	4	3	1	0	6	2	Squad	—
1966	Champions	6	5	1	0	20	5	Squad
1985	Champions	4	3	1	0	7	3	Squad	1	0	0	1	2	3
1988	Champions	6	2	4	0	7	2	Squad	Qualified as defending champions
1992 to 2002	Banned due to Gulf War									Banned due to Gulf War
2012	Third place	5	3	1	1	6	4	Squad	—
2021	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	4	Squad	Qualified automatically
Total	4 Titles	28	16	10	2	47	20	—	1	0	0	1	2	3

Arabian Gulf Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1970 to 1974	Did not enter
1976	Runners-up	7	4	2	1	23	8	Squad
1979	Champions	6	6	0	0	23	1	Squad
1982	Withdrew	4	3	1	0	8	2	Squad
1984	Champions	7	4	2	1	12	5	Squad
1986	Sixth place	6	1	3	2	8	9	Squad
1988	Champions	6	4	2	0	8	1	Squad
1990	Withdrew	3	1	2	0	4	3	Squad
1992 to 2003–04	Banned due to Gulf War
2004	Group stage	3	0	2	1	5	7	Squad
2007	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad
2009	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	8	Squad
2010	Semi-finals	4	1	3	0	5	4	Squad
2013	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	7	3	Squad
2014	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad
2017–18	Semi-finals	4	2	2	0	6	2	Squad
2019	Semi-finals	4	2	2	0	6	3	Squad
2023	Champions	5	4	1	0	12	3	Squad
2024	To be determined
Total	4 Titles	73	37	25	11	132	64	—

West Asian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1997 to 2002	Did not enter
2005	Gold medalists	4	3	1	0	13	3
Total	1 Title	4	3	1	0	13	3

Arab Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1953	Did not enter
1957	Group stage	3	1	1	1	8	8	Squad
1961	Did not enter
1965	Group stage	4	1	2	1	7	2	Squad
1976	Did not enter
1985	Gold medalists	4	4	0	0	7	1	Squad
1997	Did not enter
1999	Silver medalists	7	4	1	2	17	9	Squad
2007	Did not enter
2011	Group stage	2	0	1	1	0	3	Squad
2023–present	See Iraq national under-23 football team
Total	1 Title	20	10	5	5	39	23	—

Minor tournaments
Tournament	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1966 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	5	3
1967 Tripoli Fair Tournament	Champions	3	2	1	0	7	3
1969 Friendship Cup	Fifth place	4	0	0	4	2	7
1972 Palestine Cup	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	10	5
1973 Palestine Cup	Fourth place	6	2	3	1	5	3
1975 Palestine Cup	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	10	2
1977 Merdeka Tournament	Runners-up	7	3	3	1	11	2
1978 Merdeka Tournament	Runners-up	8	5	1	2	12	6
1981 Merdeka Tournament	Champions	6	4	1	1	16	4
1984 Merlion Cup	Champions	5	4	1	0	10	3
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Champions	6	3	2	1	10	5
1992 Jordan Tournament	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	20	2
1995 Nehru Cup	Champions	5	3	2	0	8	3
1995 Merdeka Tournament	Champions	4	3	1	0	7	3
1997 Nehru Cup	Champions	6	5	1	0	14	3
1999 Friendship Tournament	Champions	3	1	2	0	6	3
2000 Four Nations Tournament	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	4
2003 LG Cup	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	5
2003 Prime Minister's Cup	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	4	4
2009 UAE Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	2	0
2011 Fuchs Tournament	Fourth place	2	0	1	1	1	3
2018 IFC	Third place	2	0	1	1	3	4
2018 Superclásico Championship	Fourth place	2	0	1	1	1	5
2019 IFC	Champions	2	2	0	0	4	2
2022 Jordan Tournament	Third place	2	1	1	0	2	1
2023 King's Cup	Champions	2	0	2	0	4	4
2023 Jordan Tournament	Third place	2	0	2	0	2	2

The list shown below shows the Iraq national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.^[2][3]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

As of 15 Oct 2024 after match against  South Korea

All friendly and international matches have been approved, except for Olympic matches. A-level matches

Iraq national football team head-to-head records
Team	Confederation	First	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	AFC	1975	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Algeria	CAF	1973	7	3	2	1	9	3	+6
Argentina	CONMEBOL	2018	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Australia	AFC	1973	11	2	2	7	8	14	−6
Azerbaijan	UEFA	2009	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Bahrain	AFC	1966	32	13	14	5	46	26	+20
Belgium	UEFA	1986	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Botswana	CAF	2012	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2012	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Cambodia	AFC	2019	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Chile	CONMEBOL	2013	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
China	AFC	1974	17	9	2	6	20	18	+2
Chinese Taipei	AFC	1974	5	5	0	0	18	3	+15
Colombia	CONMEBOL	2023	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Cyprus	UEFA	2005	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
DR Congo	CAF	2015	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Ecuador	CONMEBOL	2022	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Egypt	CAF	1972	7	0	3	4	1	7	−6
Estonia	UEFA	1999	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Ethiopia	CAF	1992	1	1	0	0	13	0	+13
Finland	UEFA	1979	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Guinea	CAF	1989	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Hong Kong	AFC	2019	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
India	AFC	1974	7	4	3	0	13	4	+9
Indonesia	AFC	1973	10	9	1	0	27	5	+22
Iran	AFC	1962	28	6	6	16	21	37	−16
Japan	AFC	1978	14	4	3	7	12	20	−8
Jordan	AFC	1964	51	27	13	11	82	52	+30
Kazakhstan	UEFA	1997	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3
Kenya	CAF	2003	2	2	0	0	4	1	+2
Kyrgyzstan	AFC	1999	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Kuwait	AFC	1964	37	16	11	10	48	38	+10
Liberia	CAF	2013	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Lebanon	AFC	1959	18	9	8	1	24	9	+15
Libya	CAF	1964	11	7	3	1	17	6	+11
Macau	AFC	2001	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13
Malaysia	AFC	1974	7	4	3	0	12	3	+9
Mauritania	CAF	1985	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Mexico	CONCACAF	1986	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Moldova	UEFA	1992	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Morocco	CAF	1966	7	2	4	1	6	3	+3
Myanmar	AFC	2003	4	4	0	0	13	0	+7
North Korea	AFC	1974	9	6	1	2	11	5	+6
Nepal	AFC	1982	4	4	0	0	22	5	+17
New Zealand	OFC	1973	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6
Oman	AFC	1976	29	14	9	6	47	25	+22
Pakistan	AFC	1969	9	7	1	1	40	6	+34
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	1986	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Palestine	AFC	2002	17	14	3	0	38	6	+32
Peru	CONMEBOL	2014	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Philippines	AFC	2024	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Poland	UEFA	1970	5	1	2	2	3	7	−4
Qatar	AFC	1976	33	15	10	8	41	31	+10
Romania	UEFA	1970	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Russia	UEFA	2023	1	0	0	1	0	2	–2
Saudi Arabia	AFC	1976	36	17	9	10	55	31	+24
Sierra Leone	CAF	2012	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Singapore	AFC	1978	6	5	0	1	20	5	+15
South Africa	CAF	2009	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
South Korea	AFC	1972	21	1	12	8	15	27	−12
Spain	UEFA	2009	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Sudan	CAF	2012	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Syria	AFC	1966	33	17	11	5	46	25	+20
Tajikistan	AFC	1999	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Thailand	AFC	1972	18	10	6	2	47	20	+27
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF	1972	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Tunisia	CAF	1957	7	0	3	4	4	10	−6
Turkey	UEFA	1969	3	0	1	2	1	8	–7
Turkmenistan	AFC	1999	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Uganda	CAF	1977	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
United Arab Emirates	AFC	1973	30	11	12	7	43	29	+14
Uzbekistan	AFC	1997	11	3	3	5	8	10	-2
Vietnam	AFC	2007	7	6	1	0	14	6	+8
Yemen	AFC	1993	14	11	3	0	35	7	+28
Zambia	CAF	2022	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Total			732	347	206	179	1176	678	+498
Last match updated was against   Kuwait on 10 September 2024.

• Iraq at the FIFA World Cup
• Iraq at the AFC Asian Cup

• Iraqi Football Website^[usurped]
• History of Iraq National Team^[usurped]
• FIFA.com
• Iraq - List of International Matches, RSSSF, 21 Jan 2006
• World Football Elo Ratings: Iraq