Iraq women's national football team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Iraq national football team.
Iraq
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Libuaat al-Rafidayn
(Lionesses of Mesopotamia)
AssociationIraq Football Association
Head coachAdil Qader
FIFA codeIRQ
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 172 New entry (15 March 2024)[1]
Highest107 (December 2017 – March 2018)
Lowest172 (March 2024)
First international
 Jordan 20–0 Iraq 
(Riffa, Bahrain, 19 October 2010)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Jordan 20–0 Iraq 
(Riffa, Bahrain, 19 October 2010)
WAFF Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage (2011, 2024)

The Iraq women's national football team is the female representative football team for Iraq.[3]

The team played its first international match in 2010. Iraq's first participation in a women's major football tournament was the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.[4]

History[edit]

Results and fixtures[edit]

Main article: Iraq women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void or postponed   Fixture

2024[edit]

8 February 2024 Friendly United Arab Emirates  1–0  Iraq Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00 UTC+4
  • Yocor
Report (UAEFA) Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium
11 February 2024 Friendly United Arab Emirates  3–0  Iraq Dubai, United Arab Emirates
--:-- UTC+4
Report (UAEFA) Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium
20 February 2024 2024 WAFF Women's Championship Palestine  3–0  Iraq Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium
Referee: Esraa Al-Mbaiden (Jordan)
22 February 2024 2024 WAFF Women's Championship Iraq  0–5  Nepal Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 UTC+3 Report Bhandari 14', 15', 36', 43', 79' Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium
Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)
24 February 2024 2024 WAFF Women's Championship Syria  3–0  Iraq Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium
Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

Coaching staff[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

As of 1 February 2024
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Iraq Salah Radhi
Assistant coach Iraq Naji Kadhem
Iraq Walid Dhahed
Goalkeeping coach Iraq Abed Karim Souhail

Manager history[edit]

  • Iraq Salah Radhi (20??–present)

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship on February 2024 .

Caps and goals correct as of 12 April 2017, after the match against  Bahrain.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Faiza Jalal Mahmoud Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1GK Zahraa Ali Hussein Sweden
1GK Salar Abdulwahid Khalid Iraq
2DF Bahra Mohammed (1993-02-01)1 February 1993 (aged 31) Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3MF Nadia Fadhil (1995-04-28)28 April 1995 (aged 28) Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3MF Mina Kareem Jaber (1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 25) Iraq Naft Al-Shamal
3MF Direen Mulla Bakr (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 24) Iraq
3MF Tiba Al-Quraishi (1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 28) Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3MF Zainab Abbas (1996-12-22)22 December 1996 (aged 27) Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
4FW Sipal Shukur Rasheed (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 27) Iraq Naft Al-Shamal
4FW Shokhan Nooraldin (2000-04-10)10 April 2000 (aged 23) Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
Barzeh Nidham Shawkat Iraq
Esraa Adnan Hashim Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Soz Kazim Kamal Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Ghoofran Sadeq Mahdi Iraq
Tabarak Muaead Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Mays Mahdi Hassan Iraq Al-Zawraa
Samera Rauf Salih Iraq
Yusra Ibrahim Hassan Iraq
Elaf Hossam-aldine Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Sara Sarhang Iraq
Huda Hadi Abdulamir Iraq
Soulin Abdullah Saadi Iraq

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have been called up to the Iraq squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Records[edit]

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 September 2021.

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 to Canada 2015 Did not enter
France 2019 Did not qualify
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Withdrew
2027 To be determined
Total 0/9 - - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup[edit]

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Finals record Qualification record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GP W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1975 to Vietnam 2014 Did not enter Did not enter
Jordan 2018 Did not qualify 5 0 0 5 0 22
India 2022 Withdrew Withdrew
Australia 2026 To be determined
Uzbekistan 2029
Total 0/20 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 22
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

WAFF Women's Championship[edit]

Arabia Women's Cup[edit]

Head-to-head record[edit]

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total 11 0 0 11 0 85

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Jordan Beat Iraq 20 – 0 Women's Football Cup Arabia 2010". Women's Soccer United. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Local News » Women making soccer history". Gulf Daily News. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Отборочный турнир Кубка Азии-2018 среди женских сборных пройдет в Душанбе" [Qualifying tournament of the Asian Cup-2018 among women's teams will be held in Dushanbe] (in Russian). Tajik Football Federation. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

External links[edit]

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