Iraq at the AFC Asian Cup

Last updated July 22, 2025

This is a record of Iraq's results at the AFC Asian Cup. Iraq have appeared in the finals of the AFC Asian Cup on ten occasions: in 1972 and 1976, and from 1996 to 2023. Their best ever performance was becoming champions in the 2007 tournament held in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Overall record

AFC Asian Cup record

Qualification record

Year

Round

Position

*

Squad

1956 to

1968

Not an AFC member

1972

Group stage

6th

3

0

2

1

4

Squad

6

5

1

0

13

2

1976

Fourth place

4th

4

1

0

3

6

Squad

6

5

1

0

14

3

1980 to

1988

Withdrew

1992

Banned due to Gulf War

1996

Quarter-finals

6th

4

2

0

2

6

4

Squad

2

0

4

0

2000

Quarter-finals

8th

4

1

2

5

7

Squad

3

0

9

2

2004

Quarter-finals

8th

4

2

0

2

5

7

Squad

6

4

1

16

4

2007

Champions

1st

6

3

0

7

2

Squad

6

3

2

1

12

8

2011

Quarter-finals

8th

4

2

0

2

3

Squad

Qualified as defending champions

2015

Fourth place

4th

6

2

1

3

8

9

Squad

6

3

0

3

7

6

2019

Round of 16

14th

4

2

1

6

3

Squad

6

3

0

13

6

2023

Round of 16

12th

4

3

0

1

10

7

Squad

8

5

2

1

14

4

2027

Qualified

6

0

17

2

Total

1 title

11/15

43

18

8

17

54

52

—

55

39

10

6

119

37

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Record by opponent

AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals scored	Goals conceded	Last Win
South Korea	3	0	2**	1	0	2	—
Iran	7	1	2*	4	6	12	1996
Thailand	4	2	2	0	8	3	2000
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	1	0	1976
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	2	3	—
China	2	0	0	2	0	4	—
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	3	2	2007
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	2011
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	2	2	—
Japan	3	1	0	2	3	5	2023
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	1	—
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	3	2	2004
Australia	2	1	0	1	3	2	2007
Oman	1	0	1	0	0	0	—
Vietnam	3	3	0	0	8	4	2023
North Korea	1	1	0	0	1	0	2011
Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	3	2015
Palestine	1	1	0	0	2	0	2015
Yemen	1	1	0	0	3	0	2019
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	1	—
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3	1	2023

*Iraq defeated Iran in the 2015 quarter-finals via penalty shoot-out
**Iraq defeated South Korea in both the 1972 preliminary round and the 2007 semi-finals via penalty shoot-out

Record results

Iraq's Asian Cup record
First match	South Korea 0–0 (2–4 p.) Iraq (7 May 1972; Bangkok, Thailand)
Biggest win	Iraq 4–1 Thailand (11 December 1996; Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Yemen 0–3 Iraq (12 January 2019; Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Biggest defeat	Iran 3–0 Iraq (9 May 1972; Bangkok, Thailand) Japan 4–1 Iraq (24 October 2000; Beirut, Lebanon) China 3–0 Iraq (30 July 2004; Beijing, China)
Best result	Champions in 2007
Worst result	Group stage in 1972

Thailand 1972

Group allocation match

7 May 1972

South Korea	0–0	Iraq

Penalties
Cha Bum-kun Hwang Jae-man Park Su-deok	2–4	Aziz Nouri Kadhim Fathi

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 2,000

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4
Thailand	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

9 May 1972

Iran	3–0	Iraq
Kalani 34', 70', 78'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

11 May 1972

Thailand	1–1	Iraq
		Yousif

National Stadium, Bangkok

Iran 1976

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	10	0	+10	4
Iraq	2	1	1	1	2	−1	2
South Yemen	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

4 June 1976

Iran	2–0	Iraq
Nouraei 45' Roshan 58'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

6 June 1976

Iraq	1–0	South Yemen
Waal 84'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Semi-finals

11 June 1976

Kuwait	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ibrahim 11' Kamel 77', 100'		Abdul-Jalil 46' Hassan 85'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 60,000

Third place match

13 June 1976

Iraq	0–1	China
		He Jia 61'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

United Arab Emirates 1996

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
Iraq	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Thailand	3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

5 December 1996

19:00

Iran	1–2	Iraq
Daei 90' (pen.)	Report	Hussam Fawzi 37' Khalid Sabbar 69'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

8 December 1996

16:45

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iraq
Al-Mehallel 26'	Report

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

11 December 1996

19:00

Iraq	4–1	Thailand
Haidar Mahmoud 17', 50' Laith Hussein 23', 63'	Report	Chalermsan 26'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

Quarter-finals

15 December 1996

16:45

United Arab Emirates	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ab. Ibrahim 103'	Report

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Lebanon 2000

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Iraq	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Thailand	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
Lebanon	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2

12 October 2000

15:05

Iraq	2–0	Thailand
Qahtan Chathir 27' Haidar Mahmoud 60'	Report

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

15 October 2000

19:45

Lebanon	2–2	Iraq
Chahrour 28' Hojeij 76'	Report	Sabah Jeayer 5', 22'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

18 October 2000

19:35

Iran	1–0	Iraq
Daei 77'	Report

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 8,582

Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

Quarter-finals

24 October 2000

16:45

Japan	4–1	Iraq
Nanami 8', 29' Takahara 11' Myojin 62'	Report	Abbas Obeid 4'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)

China 2004

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	9
Iraq	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Turkmenistan	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

18 July 2004

21:15

Iraq	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Qosimov 21'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 12,400

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

22 July 2004

18:30

Turkmenistan	2–3	Iraq
V. Bayramov 14' Kuliyyew 85'	Report	Hawar Mohammed 12' Razzaq Farhan 80' Qusay Munir 88'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

26 July 2004

19:00

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Iraq
Al-Montashari 57'	Report	Nashat Akram 51' Younis Mahmoud 86'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

Quarter-finals

30 July 2004

21:00

China	3–0	Iraq
Hao Haidong 8' Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Thailand	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Oman	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

7 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Thailand	1–1	Iraq
Suksomkit 6' (pen.)	Report	Younis Mahmoud 32'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

13 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Iraq	3–1	Australia
Nashat Akram 22' Hawar Mohammed 60' Karrar Jassim 86'	Report	Viduka 47'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

16 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Oman	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 500

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Quarter-finals

21 July 2007

20:20 UTC+7

Iraq	2–0	Vietnam
Younis Mahmoud 2', 65'	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 9,720

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Semi-finals

25 July 2007

18:20 UTC+8

Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Hawar Mohammed Qusay Munir Haidar Abdul-Amir Ahmad Mnajed	4–3	Lee Chun-soo Lee Dong-gook Cho Jae-jin Yeom Ki-hun Kim Jung-woo

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Final

29 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Younis Mahmoud 72'	Report

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Qatar 2011

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Iraq	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

11 January 2011

19:15

Iraq	1–2	Iran
Mahmoud 13'	Report	Rezaei 42' Mobali 84'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 10,478

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

15 January 2011

19:15

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Iraq
		W. Abbas 90+3' (o.g.)

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 7,233

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

19 January 2011

19:15

Iraq	1–0	North Korea
Jassim 22'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 4,111

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Quarter-finals

22 January 2011

16:25

Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Kewell 118'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,889

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Australia 2015

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Jordan	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Palestine	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2015. Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

12 January 2015

19:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Jordan	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Kasim 77'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 6,840

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

16 January 2015

19:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Iraq	0–1	Japan
	Report	Honda 23' (pen.)

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 22,941

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

20 January 2015

20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iraq	2–0	Palestine
Mahmoud 48' Yasin 88'	Report

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 10,235

Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Quarter-finals

23 January 2015

17:30 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iran	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Azmoun 24' Pouraliganji 103' Ghoochannejhad 118'	Report	Yasin 56' Mahmoud 93' Ismail 116' (pen.)
Penalties
Hajsafi Pouraliganji Nekounam Hosseini Ghafouri Jahanbakhsh Teymourian Amiri	6–7	Abdul-Amir Salem Ismail Adnan Mahmoud Kasim Hussein Shaker

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 18,921

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Semi-finals

26 January 2015

20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

South Korea	2–0	Iraq
Lee Jung-hyup 20' Kim Young-gwon 50'	Report

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 36,053

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Third place match

30 January 2015

20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iraq	2–3	United Arab Emirates
Salem 28' Kalaf 42'	Report	Khalil 16', 51' Mabkhout 57' (pen.)

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Attendance: 12,829

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

United Arab Emirates 2019

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Yemen	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

8 January 2019

17:30

Iraq	3–2	Vietnam
M. Ali 35' Tariq 60' Adnan 90'	Report	Faez 24' (o.g.) Nguyễn Công Phượng 42'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

12 January 2019

17:30

Yemen	0–3	Iraq
	Report	M. Ali 11' Resan 19' Abbas 90+1'

Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

16 January 2019

20:00

Iran	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 15,038

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Round of 16

22 January 2019

20:00

Qatar	1–0	Iraq
Al-Rawi 62'	Report

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Qatar 2023

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	3	3	0	8	4	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	2	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Indonesia	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: AFC

15 January 2024

17:30

Indonesia	1–3	Iraq
Marselino 37'	Report	M. Ali 17' Rashid 45+7' Hussein 75'

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 16,532

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

19 January 2024

14:30

Iraq	2–1	Japan
Hussein 5', 45+4'	Report	Endō 90+3'

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 38,663

Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

24 January 2024

14:30

Iraq	3–2	Vietnam
Sulaka 47' Hussein 73', 90+12' (pen.)	Report	Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh 42' Nguyễn Quang Hải 90+1'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 8,932

Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

29 January 2024

14:30

Iraq	2–3	Jordan
Natiq 68' Hussein 76'	Report	Al-Naimat 45+1' Al-Arab 90+5' Al-Rashdan 90+7'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 35,814

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Australia)

External links

Iraqi Football Website ^{[ usurped ]}
Iraq at the 2007 Asian Cup ^{[ usurped ]}
10 Best Moments in Iraqi Football ^{[ usurped ]}
History of Iraq National Team ^{[ usurped ]}

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v t e Iraq national football team
General	Iraq Football Association History of the Iraq national football team Managers Captains
Statistics	All-time record World Cup record Confederations Cup record Asian Cup record
Venues	Basra Sports City Al-Shaab Stadium Al-Madina Stadium Karbala Sports City Al-Najaf International Stadium Franso Hariri Stadium
Results	1957–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–present Unofficial matches
Players	International footballers Expatriate footballers Records
Goals	Hussein Saeed Hat-tricks
World Cup Finals	1986
Asian Cup Finals	1972 1976 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Other tournaments	FIFA Confederations Cup Olympics FIFA Arab Cup WAFF Championship Arabian Gulf Cup Minor tournaments
Noted rivalries	Iran Kuwait Saudi Arabia
Notable matches	1966 Arab Cup final 1985 Arab Cup final 1988 Arab Cup final 1993 Japan v Iraq football match 2007 AFC Asian Cup final
Other FA teams	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's WU-20 WU-17 Futsal FU-20 Beach soccer

v t e Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam ¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel ² South Yemen ³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.

Iraq at the AFC Asian Cup

Contents

Overall record

Record by opponent

Record results

Thailand 1972

Group allocation match

Group A

Iran 1976

Group B

Semi-finals

Third place match

United Arab Emirates 1996

Group B

Quarter-finals

Lebanon 2000

Group A

Quarter-finals

China 2004

Group C

Quarter-finals

Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007

Group A

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Qatar 2011

Group D

Quarter-finals

Australia 2015

Group D

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

United Arab Emirates 2019

Group D

Round of 16

Qatar 2023

Group D

Knockout stage

Round of 16

See also

External links