Iraq national futsal team
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| Association | Iraqi Football Association | ||
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Haitham Abbas | ||
| Captain | Utayl Khaleel Abdulqader | ||
| FIFA code | IRQ | ||
| FIFA ranking | 53 (28 December 2015)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 South Korea 3 – 1 Iraq  (Tehran, Iran; 14 July 2001) |
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| Biggest win | |||
 Iraq 19 – 0 Guam  (Taipei, Taiwan; 1 March 2007) Iraq 20 – 1  Brunei(Indonesia, Jakarta; 24 October 2002) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Iran 10 – 0 Iraq  (Tehran, Iran; 29 November 2013) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| AFC Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 2001) | ||
| Best result | Quarter Finals, 2002 | ||
The Iraq national futsal team represents Iraq in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iraqi Football Association. It is one of the rising teams in Asia. As of December 2014, Iraq is ranked 49th in the Futsal World Ranking.
Iraq has played in eight AFC Futsal Championships. Its best result was reaching the quarter finals in 2002. Iraq has also played twice at the WAFF Futsal Championship, in 2007 they finished third. In 2009 they won the tournament to gain their first title on international stage. Iraq also played at the 2005 and 2008 Arab Championships, but didn't manage to make it out of the group stage.
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Tournament records
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| Netherlands 1989 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hong Kong 1992 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Spain 1996 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Guatemala 2000 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TPE 2004 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Brazil 2008 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thailand 2012 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian Championship
| Asian Championship Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| Malaysia 1999 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thailand 2000 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Iran 2001 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| Indonesia 2002 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 18 |
| Iran 2003 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| Macao 2004 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vietnam 2005 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan 2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Japan 2007 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| Thailand 2008 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Uzbekistan 2010 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| United Arab Emirates 2012 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vietnam 2014 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
| Uzbekistan 2016 | qualified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10/14 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 110 | 115 |
Indoor Asian games
- 2013 – Group stage
WAFF Futsal Championship
Arab Futsal Championship
Current squad
| Number | Position | Name |
| 1 | GK | Utayl Khaleel Abdulqader (C) |
| 12 | GK | Ahmed Duraid Ahmed |
| 13 | GK | Imad Tahseen Ibrahim |
| 4 | DF | Abdulrazzaq Abu Al-Hail Labid |
| 5 | DF | Hussein Abd Ali Mohammed |
| 7 | DF | Admon Hanna Esho |
| 15 | DF | Hasan Ali Salman |
| 17 | DF | Abdulkareem Ghazi Radhi |
| 3 | MF | Yasir Abdulhadi Qasim |
| 2 | FW | Mustafa Bachay Hamza |
| 6 | FW | Mustafa Sadi Mahdi |
| 8 | FW | Yasir Hameed Jebur |
| 9 | FW | Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim |
| 10 | FW | Hashim Khalid Khadim |
| 11 | FW | Karrar Mohsin Mohammed |
| 16 | FW | Karrar Ali Saber |
References
| Preceded by | WAFF Futsal Championship 2009 (First title) |
Succeeded by 2012 Iran |
