The Iraq women's national football team is the female representative football team for Iraq.[3]
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| Nickname(s) | Libuaat al-Rafidayn (Lionesses of Mesopotamia) | ||
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| Association | Iraq Football Association | ||
| Head coach | Adil Qader | ||
| FIFA code | IRQ | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 172  (15 March 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 107 (December 2017 – March 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 172 (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 | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2011) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2011, 2024) | ||
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
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Results and fixtures edit
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
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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 | 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. |
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| Head coach | Salah Radhi |
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| Assistant coach | Naji Kadhem Walid Dhahed |
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| Goalkeeping coach | Abed Karim Souhail |
Manager history edit
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 | ||
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| GK | Faiza Jalal Mahmoud | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| GK | Zahraa Ali Hussein | 
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| GK | Salar Abdulwahid Khalid |
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| DF | Bahra Mohammed | 1 February 1993 (aged 31) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| MF | Nadia Fadhil | 28 April 1995 (aged 28) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| MF | Mina Kareem Jaber | 24 June 1998 (aged 25) | Naft Al-Shamal
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| MF | Direen Mulla Bakr | 13 January 2000 (aged 24) |
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| MF | Tiba Al-Quraishi | 13 January 1996 (aged 28) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| MF | Zainab Abbas | 22 December 1996 (aged 27) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| FW | Sipal Shukur Rasheed | 6 June 1996 (aged 27) | Naft Al-Shamal
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| FW | Shokhan Nooraldin | 10 April 2000 (aged 23) |  Al Hilal
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| Barzeh Nidham Shawkat |
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| Esraa Adnan Hashim | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| Soz Kazim Kamal | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| Ghoofran Sadeq Mahdi |
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| Tabarak Muaead | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| Mays Mahdi Hassan | Al-Zawraa
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| Samera Rauf Salih |
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| Yusra Ibrahim Hassan |
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| Elaf Hossam-aldine | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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| Sara Sarhang |
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| Huda Hadi Abdulamir |
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| Soulin Abdullah Saadi |
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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 |
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Records edit
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 September 2021.
Most capped players edit
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Top goalscorers edit
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Competitive record edit
FIFA Women's World Cup edit
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
 1991 to  2015 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
 2019 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
  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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Finals record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1975 to  2014 |
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 2018 |
Did not qualify | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||
 2022 |
Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||
| 2026 |
To be determined | ||||||||||||||
 2029
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| 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
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Arabia Women's Cup edit
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Head-to-head record edit
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA |
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| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 85 |
- Source: Worldfootball
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Jordan Beat Iraq 20 – 0 Women's Football Cup Arabia 2010". Women's Soccer United. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Local News » Women making soccer history". Gulf Daily News. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ "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.