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Iraq IRQ

FIFA #57 · 43 matches on record
Form (last 10) latest →
L L D W W L L W W W
5W · 1D · 4L
Squad avg
27
/ 100 · 28 players
Best XI
35
/ 100 · starting 11
Best player
Merchas Doski
Defender 49
Squad radar
Strengths by zone overall · 0–100
Offense
— players
Midfield
— players
Defense
— players
GK
— players
Graham Arnold
Head coach
Graham Arnold
62 yrs · contract —
Squad 28 players
Name Age Pos Club MV Caps Form Qual Exp Lev Play
Ali Yousif 30 FWD Al Talaba 6 23 1 32 30 4 13
Meme 25 FWD Dibba Al Fujairah 71 40 1 66 32 14 22
Zaid Tahseen 25 DEF Pakhtakor €579k 44 26 22 53 34 30 30
Ali Al Hamadi 24 FWD Luton €1.4m 18 34 31 29 53 30 34
Jalal Hassan 35 GK Al Zawraa 74 37 1 89 0 11 20
Ahmed Qasem 22 FWD Nashville SC €3.3m 18 37 42 24 40 59 41
Kevin Yakob 25 MID Aarhus €808k 13 48 23 27 44 45 33
Youssef Amyn 22 MID AEK Larnaca €499k 42 24 14 44 36 6 22
Zidane Iqbal 23 MID Utrecht €936k 26 30 24 33 62 21 31
Mustafa Saadoon 25 DEF Al Shorta 17 41 1 30 30 7 16
Ahmed Maknzi 24 DEF Al-Karma 15 33 1 26 30 7 14
Fahad Talib 31 GK Al Talaba €403k 23 24 29 49 30 3 27
Ahmed Al Reeshawee 24 6 33 1 19 0 11 9
Aymen Hussein 30 FWD Al-Karma €554k 96 53 24 77 30 15 35
Merchas Doski 26 DEF Plzen €1.7m 36 59 46 48 44 52 49
Ahmed Yahya 30 DEF Bahrain SC 17 32 1 41 30 3 16
Aimar Sher 23 MID Sarpsborg 08 €1.5m 12 46 31 21 44 60 38
Hussein Ali 24 DEF Pogon Szczecin €357k 44 34 15 50 44 23 28
Ibrahim Bayesh 26 MID Al Dhafra €830k 80 31 25 68 40 35 35
Ali Jasim 22 MID Al Najma €475k 57 42 14 57 40 25 29
Marko Farji 22 FWD Venezia €1.6m 14 32 31 21 44 12 29
Frans Putros 32 DEF Persib Bandung €313k 27 27 22 54 20 48 31
Zaid Ismaeel 24 MID Al Talaba 14 39 1 25 30 15 16
Akam Hashem 27 MID Al Zawraa 13 51 1 31 30 19 19
Rebin Sulaka 34 DEF Port MTI FC €98k 51 51 13 79 24 40 33
Manaf Younis 29 DEF Al Shorta 33 33 1 52 30 8 18
Amir Al Ammari 28 MID Cracovia €936k 55 56 29 69 44 57 45
Ahmed Basil 29 GK Al Shorta 19 36 1 41 0 11 13
Upcoming fixtures 8
Jun 22 WC France vs Iraq
Jun 26 WC Senegal vs Iraq
Sep 23 AGC Iraq vs Oman
Sep 26 AGC Kuwait vs Iraq
Sep 29 AGC Saudi Arabia vs Iraq
Jan 10 AC Tajikistan vs Iraq
Jan 14 AC Iraq vs Australia
Jan 19 AC Iraq vs Singapore
Last 20 results
Jun 16 WC Iraq 1–4 Norway L
Jun 10 FI Iraq 0–2 Venezuela L
Jun 4 FI Spain 1–1 Iraq D
May 29 FI Iraq 1–0 Andorra W
Apr 1 WC Iraq 2–1 Bolivia W
Dec 12 ARC Jordan 1–0 Iraq L
Dec 9 ARC Algeria 2–0 Iraq L
Dec 6 ARC Sudan 0–2 Iraq W
Dec 3 ARC Iraq 2–1 Bahrain W
Nov 18 WC Iraq 2–1 United Arab Emirates W
Nov 13 WC United Arab Emirates 1–1 Iraq D
Oct 14 WC Saudi Arabia 0–0 Iraq D
Oct 11 WC Iraq 1–0 Indonesia W
Sep 7 KC Thailand 0–1 Iraq W
Sep 4 KC Iraq 2–1 Hong Kong W
Jun 10 WC Jordan 0–1 Iraq W
Jun 5 WC Iraq 0–2 South Korea L
Mar 25 WC Palestine 2–1 Iraq L
Mar 20 WC Iraq 2–2 Kuwait D
Dec 28 AGC Iraq 1–3 Saudi Arabia L