Iraq Football Association

Iraq Football Association الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم IFA
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Sport	Football Futsal Beach football
Jurisdiction	Iraq
Founded	1948 (1948)
Affiliation	FIFA (1950) AFC (1970) UAFA (1974) WAFF (2000) GFU
Headquarters	Zayouna
Location	Baghdad
President	Abdul Khaliq Masood
Official website
ifa.iq

The Iraq Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم‎‎) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraq Super League. The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2000. Iraq also is part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. The Iraqi team is commonly known as (Usood Al-Rafidain, Arabic: اسود الرافدين‎‎) which literally meaning Lions of Mesopotamia.

Controversies

See also: Age fraud in association football

The Iraqi youth national teams have been ejected from tournaments for fielding over-age players. In 1989, Iraq was banned for using over-age players in the under-20 world championships in Saudi Arabia. That ban was extended when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.

Association information

Position	Name
President	Abdul Khaliq Masood

List of Presidents of IFA

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Previous logo.

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The following is a list of presidents of Iraq Football Association (IFA).

Presidency	President	Took office	Left office
1	Uday Hussein	1984	2003
2	Hussein Saeed	2003	2011
3	Najih Humoud	2011	2014
4	Abdul Khaliq Masood	2014	present

External links

• Official site (Arabic)
• FIFA website
• Iraq at AFC site