Iraq women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | Libuaat al-Rafidayn (Lionesses of Mesopotamia) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Iraq Football Association | ||
| Head coach | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail | ||
| FIFA code | IRQ | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 173 (12 June 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest | 107 (December 2017 – March 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 173 (December 2024 – June 2025) | ||
| First international | |||
| Jordan 20–0 (Riffa, Bahrain; 19 October 2010)[2] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 5–2 Mongolia (Chiang Mai, Thailand; 26 June 2025) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Jordan 20–0 (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]
History
The Iraq women's team has its roots in futsal, a game with some similarities to football, played on an indoor court. Futsal has been more accessible to women in Iraq than football, and the Iraq Football Association has organized futsal tournaments with the intention to develop some of the players into football players.[4]
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.[5]
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Void or postponed Fixture
2025
| 10 June Friendly | Iran | 8–0 | Tehran, Iran | |
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Stadium: National Football Center Field 2 Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran) |
| 12 June Friendly | Iran | 7–0 | Tehran, Iran | |
| Stadium: National Football Center Field 2 Referee: Fatemeh Nassiri (Iran) |
| 23 June 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 0–0 | Timor-Leste | Chiang Mai, Thailand | |
| 19:30 UTC+7 | Shareef 71' | Report | Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Munirah Ha Ali (Malaysia) |
| 26 June 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification | 5–2 | Mongolia | Chiang Mai, Thailand | |
| 16:00 UTC+7 |
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Report |
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Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Pak Un-jong (North Korea) |
| 29 June 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Thailand | 7–0 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | |
| 19:30 UTC+7 |
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Report | Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea) |
| 2 July 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification | India | 5–0 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | |
| 16:00 UTC+7 |
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Report | Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan) |
Coaching staff
Manager history
Players
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification matches.
- Match dates: June 23 – July 5 2025
- Opposition: India, Mongolia, Thailand, and Timor-Leste
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Khalat Al-Zebari | 12 August 1996 | Unknown | ||
| 12 | GK | Faeza Mahmood | Unknown | |||
| 22 | GK | Salar Khalid | Unknown | |||
| 2 | DF | Rozhin Abuzer | Unknown | |||
| 3 | DF | Asmaa Mohialdeen | Unknown | |||
| 4 | DF | Nadia Al-Balahi (Captain) | 28 April 1995 | Unknown | ||
| 5 | DF | Awaz Mohammed | Unknown | |||
| 6 | DF | Solin Saadi | Unknown | |||
| 7 | DF | Suzan Shivan Ahmed | Unknown | |||
| 8 | DF | Tbarek Al-Ghazawi | Unknown | |||
| 21 | DF | Sahar Faisal Haji | Unknown | |||
| 23 | DF | Samah Ibrahim Hameed | Unknown | |||
| 11 | MF | Przha Nidham Shawkat | Unknown | |||
| 13 | MF | Razaw Mohammed Haydar | Unknown | |||
| 14 | MF | Israa Hashim | Unknown | |||
| 15 | MF | Dyana Dawood | 4 May 1999 | Desert Dreams FC | ||
| 16 | MF | Tiba Al-Quraishi | 13 January 1996 | Unknown | ||
| 17 | MF | Rawan Khalid | Unknown | |||
| 18 | MF | Silvan Karwan Mohammed | Unknown | |||
| 20 | MF | Elaf Shareef | Unknown | |||
| 9 | FW | Hoda Khalaf | 19 December 1997 | Sollentuna | ||
| 10 | FW | Nur Al-Jawahiri | 23 July 2003 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 19 | FW | Nishtiman Bashar | 13 November 2006 | VfB Obertürkheim | ||
Recent call-ups
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Records
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 September 2021.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
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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 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2031 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2035 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC Women's Asian Cup
| AFC Women's Asian Cup record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
| 2029 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/20 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 31 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
WAFF Women's Championship
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Arabia Women's Cup
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Head-to-head record
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA |
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| Total | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 87 |
- Source: Worldfootball
See also
- Iraq national football team
- Iraq national under-23 football team
- Iraq national under-20 football team
- Iraq national under-17 football team
- Iraq women's national under-20 football team
- Iraq women's national under-17 football team
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Jordan Beat Iraq 20 – 0 Women's Football Cup Arabia 2010". Women's Soccer United. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Local News » Women making soccer history". Gulf Daily News. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ Toufaily, Assile (2024-06-17). "Iraqi Women's Soccer Is On The Rise With Entry Into The FIFA Rankings". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ^ "Отборочный турнир Кубка Азии-2018 среди женских сборных пройдет в Душанбе" [Qualifying tournament of the Asian Cup-2018 among women's teams will be held in Dushanbe] (in Russian). Tajik Football Federation. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.