The Iraq national football team represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), the governing body for football in Iraq. Iraq's usual home venue is the Basra International Stadium.
The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made one World Cup finals appearance, in 1982, managing one point in the group stages. In the Asian Cup, Kuwait reached the final in 1976 and won the tournament in 1980.
Salman Isa Ghuloom, known to many as just Salman Isa, is a retired Bahraini footballer who played as a winger or a wingback.
Talal Yousef Mohammed, known mainly as Talal Yousef, is a former Bahraini footballer.
Younis Mahmoud Khalaf is an Iraqi former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Iraq national football team and is currently the second vice-president of the Iraq Football Association. One of the country's greatest ever players, Mahmoud captained the team for ten straight years and became an icon of Iraqi football. He also played for a number of clubs including teams in Iraq, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, winning three Golden Boots in Qatar and breaking numerous records.
Hussein Saeed Mohammed is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in ninth place in the list of top international goal scorers, with 78 goals. Along with Ahmed Radhi, he is considered to be the best Iraqi player of the 20th century and features in 25th place in Asia's Best Players of the Century list. Hussein is currently the Iraqi national team's highest scoring player with 78 goals.
Elias Thamir Yousif was an Assyrian football player. A long time Al Zawra member, Thamir led the Iraq Super League in goals on three occasions and was 2nd in the league on two occasions. His domestic club career lasted from 1970 to 1987. He led his team, Al Zawraa, to three national titles. He was part of the dangerous offensive trio of Al Zawra during the 1970s that included Ali Kadhim and the Falah Hassan.
Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi is an Iraqi football manager and former player.
The 9th Arabian Gulf Cup was the 9th edition of this tournament. It was held between March 2 and March 18, 1988, in Saudi Arabia. It was the second time after 1972, that Saudi Arabia hosted this regional football tournament. The tournament was won by Iraq. It was the third title for Iraq after having won the tournament 1979 in Baghdad and 1984 in Muscat.
Yousif Jaber Naser Al-Hammadi is an association football player from the United Arab Emirates who plays for Shabab Al-Ahli. He is a left foot player and handle main position on the field as left back and other position at left midfield.
Yousif Abd-El-Rahman Ali Abd-El-Rahman Al-Bairaq is an Emirati goalkeeper He currently plays for Fujairah SC club And UAE National U20.
Haitham Yousif is an Iraqi singer, composer and songwriter. He is referred as the Prince of Love in the Middle East.
Yousif Behnam Habash is an Iraqi-born bishop of the Syriac Catholic Church. Since 2010, he has been the Eparch of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark.
Amjad Radhi Yousif Al-Janabi is an Iraqi professional footballer who currently plays for Erbil in the Iraqi Premier League. He won the 2009–10 Iraqi Premier League and 2012–13 Iraqi Premier League top scorer awards, as well as the 2012 AFC Cup top scorer award.
Bashar Resan Bonyan Albu-Mohammed is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar SC and the Iraq national team.
IQ PRO موقع المحترفين is a self-financed organisation which was established in 2010. This organisation focuses on scouting of expatriate Iraqi sportspersons and sportspersons of Iraqi origin and presenting them to the Iraqi sports fans and to the Iraqi media and promotes the best out of them to represent the Iraqi National Teams.
The 1965–66 Iraq Central FA Premier League was the 18th season of the Iraq Central FA League, and the first under the name of Premier League. It kicked off on 15 October 1965 with its last match being held on 2 June 1966.
Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya Sport Club, is an Iraqi football team based in Baghdad, that plays in the second tier Iraq Division One.
Emmanuel Yousif better known as Ammo Yousif is a former Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup. He played for the national team between 1968 and 1975.
Ali Yousif Hashim Najatee, known as Ali Yousif, is an Iraqi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Zawraa and the Iraqi national team.
