Английская Википедия:Iraq national under-23 football team

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The Iraq national under-23 football team (also known as Iraq Olympic football team) represents Iraq in international under-23 football, Olympic Games and at the Asian Games, The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Iraq, Iraq Football Association (IFA).

Iraq reached fourth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and were champions in the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship and 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship. Other achievements include silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, and the bronze medal in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.

History

Summer Olympics

2004 Athens Olympics

After 16 years without participation, Iraq qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics after winning the 2004 Olympic Asian Qualifiers under head coach Adnan Hamad and were scheduled to play against Costa Rica, Morocco and Portugal in the group stages. At the Olympics Iraq started with a shocking 4–2 win against Portugal. That was followed by a 2–0 win against Costa Rica and a 2–1 loss to Morocco. The quarter-finals saw them beat Australia 1–0, and in the semi-final against Paraguay, Iraq lost 3–1. In the bronze medal match, Iraq lost 1–0 to Italy and finished fourth.

2016 Rio Olympics

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Iraq line-up before a match with Brazil at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Iraq qualified for the 2016 Olympics by clinching third place at the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. The first game saw Iraq play against Denmark, and the score turned out as a 0–0 draw, despite Iraq having 18 shots in the match. The second game was played against the hosts and pre-tournament favourites, Brazil, which also ended up as a 0–0 draw, which was hailed as a great result for Iraq. In the third game, Iraq tied South Africa 1–1, despite having a huge 29 shots in the match. This result, coupled with Denmark's defeat to Brazil, saw Iraq get eliminated at the group stage. Brazil eventually went on to win the tournament.

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

2013 AFC U-22 Championship

Iraq's first major honour on U-23 level was the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship. The tournament started with a 3–1 win against Saudi Arabia. That was followed by a 2–1 win against Uzbekistan and a 1–0 win against China. The quarter-finals saw them beat Japan 1–0, and the semi-final against favourites Korea Republic with another 1–0 win.

The final was against local rivals Saudi Arabia, and Mohannad Abdul-Raheem scored the only goal to win the tournament for Iraq. This victory secured Iraq's first Asian Cup U-23 title.

2016 AFC U-23 Championship

The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament is to be held in Qatar from 12–30 January 2016. Iraq qualified for the tournament by topping the group in the qualification stage in Oman in March 2015.

Iraq advanced from the group stage, beating Yemen 2–0, Uzbekistan 3–2, and a 1–1 tie with South Korea. In the quarterfinals, Iraq beat UAE 3–1 in extra time to progress to the semifinals. Iraq lost 2–1 to Japan.

In the third place match, Iraq came back from behind to beat Qatar 2–1 to qualify for 2016 Olympics.

2018 AFC U-23 Championship

Iraq qualified for the 3rd tournament by topping the group in the qualification stage in Saudi Arabia in July 2017.

In the final tournament, with the defending champion Japan not bringing their strongest squad and South Korea fielded a relatively inexperienced squad, Iraq had many chances to repeat 2013 success. In the group stage, they finished at the top of the group after beating Malaysia 4–1 and Jordan 1–0, with a 0–0 draw against Saudi Arabia. Iraq advanced into the quarter-final as the first seed of group C and was scheduled to face off against Vietnam, which was widely regarded to be Iraq's easiest ever opponent in this stage, boosting the enthusiasm among Iraqis. However, thing didn't go as planned, which an unexpected 3–3 draw after extra time meant that the result would be settled via a penalty shoot-out, in which Vietnam emerged victorious with the score of 5–3, thus eliminating Iraq from the tournament in the shock of its supporters.

2020 AFC U-23 Championship

Iraq qualified for the tournament by topping the group in the qualification stage in Iran in March 2019.

In the final tournament held in Thailand, Iraq was grouped in group A together with host Thailand, a resurgence Australia and the unknown Bahrain. For the first time, Iraq did not make it out of the group stage, drawing all three games.

2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Iraq were drawn with Jordan, Australia and Kuwait.

Iraq pulled back the equaliser through Wakaa Ramadan to draw with Jordan 1-1 in the opening matchday, before drawing again to a 10-man Australia side through a Hasan Abdulkareem volley cancelling out a scorpion kick goal scored by Alou Kuol. Needing a win to qualify for the quarter-finals, Iraq came back from a goal down to beat Kuwait 3-1 thanks to goals scored by Muntadher Mohammed, Moammel Abdulridha and Mohammed Al-Baqer.

Iraq qualified out of Group B as runner-up, only behind Australia, so they were drawn against the winner of Group A, hosts Uzbekistan. The game went to extra time and later, penalties. Merchas Doski and Ahmed Naeem converted their penalties while Uzbekistan's second penalty was saved by Hassan Ahmed. However, Wakaa Ramadan hit the post, Moammel Abdulridha had his tame penalty saved and Hasan Abdulkareem blazed his penalty over the bar, while Uzbekistan converted their last three penalties to win 3-2 on penalties and advance to the semi-finals.

Recent results and fixtures

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

Legend

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Radhi Shenaishil
Assistant coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Nazar Ashraf
Goalkeeping coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Saleh Hameed
Fitness coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Ismail Salim
Team analyst	Шаблон:Flagicon Abdul-Amir Naji
Team manager	Шаблон:Flagicon Abdul-Jabbar Hashim
Media coordinator	Шаблон:Flagicon Maher Hassan

Players

Current squad

The following 26 players were named in the squad for the friendlies against United States and Ivory Coast.
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Overage players

Football at the Summer Olympics, the Asian Games and the Islamic Solidarity Games have required that under-23 players enter the competitions, but they have allowed three overage players to be included in one squad. These three players are called the "wild cards".

Summer Olympics

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Шаблон:Center	Haidar Abdul-Jabar (DF)	Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (MF)	Razzaq Farhan (FW)
Шаблон:Center	Ahmed Ibrahim (DF)	Saad Abdul-Amir (MF)	Hammadi Ahmed (FW)

Asian Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Шаблон:Center	Salam Shaker (DF)	Mahdi Karim (MF)	Younis Mahmoud (FW)

Islamic Solidarity Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Шаблон:Center	Hussein Abdul-Wahid (MF)	Luay Salah (FW)	—

Competitive record

Overview
Event	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place
Summer Olympics	0	0	0	1
Шаблон:Nowrap	1	0	1	0
Total	1	0	1	1

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Squad		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900–1988	See Iraq national football team
Шаблон:Flagicon 1992	did not enter										did not enter
Шаблон:Flagicon 1996	did not qualify										9	4	3	2	14	8
Шаблон:Flagicon 2000											4	1	2	1	7	10
Шаблон:Flagicon 2004	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	9	8	Squad		10	5	1	4	17	12
Шаблон:Flagicon 2008	did not qualify										12	6	5	1	21	8
Шаблон:Flagicon 2012											8	3	2	3	7	7
Шаблон:Flagicon 2016	Group stage	12th	3	0	3	0	1	1	Squad		10	7	2	1	27	11
Шаблон:Flagicon 2020	did not qualify										6	2	4	0	11	4
Шаблон:Flagicon 2024	to be determined										3	2	1	0	21	2
Total	Fourth place	2/8	9	3	3	3	10	9	—		62	30	20	12	125	62

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip*	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Squad		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Шаблон:Flagicon 2013	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	9	2	Squad		5	3	2	0	12	3
Шаблон:Flagicon 2016	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	12	7	Squad		4	3	1	0	15	4
Шаблон:Flagicon 2018	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	2	0	8	4	Squad		3	3	0	0	12	1
Шаблон:Flagicon 2020	Group stage	10th	3	0	3	0	4	4	Squad		3	2	1	0	7	0
Шаблон:Flagicon 2022	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	3	0	7	5	Squad		2	2	0	0	7	0
Шаблон:Flagicon 2024	Qualified										3	3	0	0	21	2
Total	Champions	5/5	23	13	9	1	40	22	—		20	16	4	0	74	10

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip*	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Squad
1951–1998	See Iraq national football team
Шаблон:Flagicon 2002	Banned due to Gulf War
Шаблон:Flagicon 2006	Runners-up	2nd	9	6	1	2	17	3	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2010	Did not enter
Шаблон:Flagicon 2014	Third place	3rd	7	6	0	1	18	4	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2018	Withdrew
Шаблон:Flagicon 2022	Did not enter
Total	Runners-up	2/5	16	12	1	3	35	7	—

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

WAFF U-23 Championship

WAFF U-23 Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2015	did not enter
Шаблон:Flagicon 2021	Semifinals	3rd	4	2	1	2	5	3	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2022	did not enter
Шаблон:Flagicon 2023	Champions	1st	4	2	2	0	7	3	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2024	To be determined
Total	Best: Champions	2/4	8	4	3	2	12	6	—

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games record
Year	Result	Position	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2005	did not enter
Шаблон:Flagicon 2013	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	4	5	Squad
Шаблон:Flagicon 2017 to Шаблон:Flagicon 2021	did not enter
Total	Group stage	1/4	3	0	1	2	4	5	—

Other tournaments

Other tournaments
Tournament	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Шаблон:Flagicon 1990 Stafford Cup	Champions	5	4	1	0	18	1
Шаблон:Flagicon 2003 Abha Championship	Champions	6	4	2	0	14	7
Шаблон:Flagicon 2022 Dubai Cup		3	1	1	1	3	3
Шаблон:Flagicon 2023 Doha Cup		1	1	0	0	3	0

Honours

• Summer Olympics

Fourth place: 2004

• AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Winners: 2013

Third place: 2016

• Asian Games

Runners-up: 2006

Third place: 2014

• WAFF U-23 Championship

Winners: 2023

See also

• Iraq national football team
• Iraq national under-20 football team
• Iraq national under-17 football team

External links

• Official website
• Official Iraq national football team on FIFA.com