Iraq national futsal team

Iraq
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Usood al-Rafidayn
(Lions of Mesopotamia)
AssociationIraq Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coach[[Mohammad Nazemasharieh]
CaptainUtayl Khaleel Abdulqader
FIFA codeIRQ
FIFA ranking43[1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 South Korea 3 – 1 Iraq Iraq
(Tehran, Iran; 14 July 2001)
Biggest win
Iraq Iraq 19 – 0 Guam 
(Taipei, Taiwan; 1 March 2007)
Iraq Iraq 20 – 1 Brunei 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 24 October 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Iran 13 – 2 Iraq Iraq
(Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 14 February 2016)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances12 (First in 2001)
Best resultFourth place (2018)
WAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances3 (First in 2007)
Best resultGold Champions (2009)

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 October 2023[update], Iraq is ranked 43rd 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 2009, they won the tournament to gain their first ever title on any international stage. Iraq also played three times at the Arab Futsal Cup, finishing as runners-up in the 2022 edition.

History

On 28 June 2022, Iraq lost the 2022 Arab Futsal Cup against Morocco.[2][3]

Team image

Home stadium

Iraq plays the home games at the Baghdad Gymnasium with a capacity of 3,000 spectators. The complex was designed by the Swiss-French architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, commonly known as Le Corbusier.[4][5]

A view of Baghdad Gymnasium


Recent results and fixtures

Previous matches

  Win   Draw   Lose

Iraq  v  Malaysia
7 October 2023 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qual. Iraq  2–1  Malaysia Samo Sports Complex, Fargana
15:00

Coaching staff

As of 21 June 2022[6]

Head coach Iran Mohammad Nazemasharieh
Assistant coaches Iran Hamid Shandizi
Iraq Hussein Abd Ali
Goalkeeping coach Iran Mishanil Yohnka
Translator Iraq Mustafa Abdulkareem
Team doctors Iraq Habib Jabbar
Iraq Mohammed Wali
Equipment manager Iraq Talib Hussein
Team managers Iraq Ali Issa
Iraq Saif Hussein

Players

Current squad

Players called for the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mohamed Sami
2 1GK Ahmed Duraid
3 FP Ali Shihab
4 FP Fahad Methaq
5 FP Mustafa Ihsan
6 FP Mohanad Abdulhadi
7 FP Salim Faisal (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 27)
8 FP Ghaith Riyadh
9 FP Muheb Aldeen
10 FP Rafid Hameed
11 FP Haedr Majed
12 1GK Zaher Mahdi
13 FP Tareq Zeyad
14 FP Waleed Khalid (1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 30)

Previous squads

AFC Futsal Championship

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Taiwan 2004 Did not qualify
Brazil 2008
Thailand 2012
Colombia 2016
Lithuania 2020
Uzbekistan 2024 To be determined
Total 0/10 Best: 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Malaysia 1999 Did not enter
Thailand 2000
Iran 2001 Group stage 16th 3 0 1 2 8 16
Indonesia 2002 Quarterfinals 8th 5 2 0 3 37 18
Iran 2003 Group stage 16th 3 1 0 2 12 10
Macau 2004 Did not enter
Vietnam 2005 Group stage 16th 8 6 0 2 33 19
Uzbekistan 2006 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 4 12
Japan 2007 Group stage 16th 3 1 0 2 9 13
Thailand 2008 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 4 14
Uzbekistan 2010 Group stage 16th 3 1 0 2 12 20
United Arab Emirates 2012 Did not qualify
Vietnam 2014 Group stage 16th 3 2 0 1 11 7
Uzbekistan 2016 Quarterfinals 8th 5 2 0 3 15 25
Taiwan 2018 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 16 18
Turkmenistan 2020 Cancelled
Kuwait 2022 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 9 5
Thailand 2024 Qualified
Total 12/17 0 Titles 47 18 4 26 166 173

Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Thailand 2005 did not enter
Macau 2007
Vietnam 2009
South Korea 2013 Group stage 2 0 0 2 5 15
Turkmenistan 2017 did not enter
Thailand 2021 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
Iran 2007 Third Place 3 0 1 2 7 12
Jordan 2009 Champions 4 3 1 0 10 7
Iran 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
Egypt 1998 did not enter
Egypt 2005 Group stage 3 1 0 2 9 19
Libya 2007 did not enter
Egypt 2008 Group stage 4 2 0 2 17 17
Egypt 2021 did not enter
Saudi Arabia 2022 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 11 11
Total 3/6 12 6 1 5 37 47

See also

External links

  • Official website

References

  1. ^ a b "Current ranking". Futsal World Ranking. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Arab Futsal Cup: Morocco's Atlas Lions retain their regional title – The North Africa Post". Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Morocco crowned champion of Arab Futsal". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. ^ "The Le Corbusier Gymnasium in Baghdad: discovery of construction archives (1974 -1980)". ifpo.hypotheses.org. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Le Corbusier in Baghdad". medium.com. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "الشريعة يختار (25) لاعباً في قائمة وطني الصالات الاولية لمعسكر بغداد تحضيراً لغرب آسيا" (in Arabic). ifa.iq. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
Preceded by WAFF Futsal Championship
2009 (First title) 		Succeeded by
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