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 Iraq women's national football team is the female representative football team for Iraq. [3]
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]
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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Void or postponed Fixture
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) |
Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Salah Radhi | |
Assistant coach | Naji Kadhem Walid Dhahed | |
Goalkeeping coach | Abed Karim Souhail |
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 | ||||
GK | Zahraa Ali Hussein | |||||
GK | Salar Abdulwahid Khalid | |||||
DF | Bahra Mohammed | 1 February 1993 (aged 31) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | |||
MF | Nadia Fadhil | 28 April 1995 (aged 28) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | |||
MF | Mina Kareem Jaber | 24 June 1998 (aged 25) | Naft Al-Shamal | |||
MF | Direen Mulla Bakr | 13 January 2000 (aged 24) | ||||
MF | Tiba Al-Quraishi | 13 January 1996 (aged 28) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | |||
MF | Zainab Abbas | 22 December 1996 (aged 27) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | |||
FW | Sipal Shukur Rasheed | 6 June 1996 (aged 27) | Naft Al-Shamal | |||
FW | Shokhan Nooraldin | 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 |
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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*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 September 2021.
Most capped players
| Top goalscorers
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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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 0/20 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
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Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA |
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Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 85 |
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