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Iraq women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Iraq national football team.

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

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 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest107 (December 2017 – March 2018)
Lowest172 (March – August 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 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

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Results and fixtures

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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

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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

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Current coaching staff

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

Manager history

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  •   Salah Radhi (20??–present)

Players

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Current squad

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The following players were called up for the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship in 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   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
1GK Zahraa Ali Hussein  
1GK Salar Abdulwahid Khalid  
2DF Bahra Mohammed (1993-02-01)1 February 1993 (aged 31)   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3MF Nadia Fadhil (1995-04-28)28 April 1995 (aged 28)   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3MF Mina Kareem Jaber (1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 25)   Naft Al-Shamal
3MF Direen Mulla Bakr (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 24)  
3MF Tiba Al-Quraishi (1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 28)   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3MF Zainab Abbas (1996-12-22)22 December 1996 (aged 27)   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
4FW Sipal Shukur Rasheed (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 27)   Naft Al-Shamal
4FW Shokhan Nooraldin (2000-04-10)10 April 2000 (aged 23)   Al Hilal
Barzeh Nidham Shawkat  
Esraa Adnan Hashim   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Soz Kazim Kamal   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Ghoofran Sadeq Mahdi  
Tabarak Muaead   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Mays Mahdi Hassan   Al-Zawraa
Samera Rauf Salih  
Yusra Ibrahim Hassan  
Elaf Hossam-aldine   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Sara Sarhang  
Huda Hadi Abdulamir  
Soulin Abdullah Saadi  

Recent call-ups

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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

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

Competitive record

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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FIFA Women's World Cup record
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

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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
  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
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

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Arabia Women's Cup

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Head-to-head record

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 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. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. 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.
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