the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Iraq one of the strongest teams in Asian in the 80's, But unfortunately the wars destroyed our sports, Iraq National team wasn’t in the mood in the 90's. after 2003 our Football raise slowly and we show to the world we are back, we played well in the Olympic games 2004, and we played with our Olympic team in the Asian Cup 2004 too, and we did well too, 2005 the start we played several friendly games and unfortunately our team wasn’t complete squad, each match we missed 5 to 6 players, but we did the important thing we won the only tournament in 2005, which is it the West Asian Games 2005. Now 2006, and for the 1st time since ….. forever, our team completed and now we are ready to back on top again. This is the official thread for Iraq Football 2006. ----------------------------------- Iraq FA Despite the political hardships that Iraq goes through daily, they remain one of the top West Asian footballing countries in Asia. War and civil instability continue to plague this country but it has never brought football to a complete standstill. Established in 1948, the Iraqi FA joined FIFA two years later. However, their membership in AFC only came in 1971. Despite all the hardships it goes through, achievements at both international and domestic level have been numerous for the war-ravaged country. At the regional level, Iraq won the Arab Cup four times - 1964, 1966, 1985, 1988 and the Gulf Cup, three times - 1979, 1984 and 1988. In the youth level, they claimed the AFC U-19 titles five times - 1975, 1977, 1978, 1988 and 2000. No doubt, the 1986 Mexico World Cup brings smiles to the faces of many Iraqis as they qualified for the final rounds for the first time in history. Recently, the Athens 2004 Olympic saw another miracle as Iraq become the only Asian country to reach the semi finals. In fact, Iraq tasted success in 1982 already, winning the gold medal in the Asian Games held in India. On the domestic front, Police club nearly won an Asian club title but withdrew as they had to face then AFC member, Israel club, Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1971 final. Police club was formed even before the FA was established. Other clubs to have its early existence were Air Force in 1931 and Transportation club in 1937. After that, many other clubs came into existence. The Iraqi league started in 1962 and continued until 1973. In these 11 years, only clubs from Baghdad participated before it was open to all clubs in Iraq. Currently, the league struggles to continue with numerous stoppages due to domestic violence and instability. However, Iraq’s national team consistent performance continues unabated by all these happenings. ----------------------------------- Iraq Honors Olympics Games (4th Place 2004) Asian Games (1982, 1999 2nd Place) Asian Youth Cup (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000) West Asian Championship (2002) West Asian Games (2005) Arab Cup (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988) Gulf Cup (1979, 1984, 1988) Pan Arab Games (1985, 1999 2nd Place) World Cup Appearance: 1986 thats all I can remember
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Iraq, Thailand friendly on February 16 www.the-afc.com 20-2-2006 Iraq has arranged a friendly with Thailand on February 16 in Bangkok. Announcing the friendly match-up, Iraqi Football Association President Hussain Saeed said the encounter would help the team prepare for the AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers. “The match will be part of our training camp in Bangkok.” Iraq will play Lebanon and Oman in two more friendlies on February 8 and 13. The Iraqis are in Group E with China, Singapore and Palestine.
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 FIFA World Ranking/ January 2006 Code: [IMG]http://www.fifa.com/images/flags_small/flag_s_ZIM.gif[/IMG] [B]Zimbabwe 53 [IMG]http://www.fifa.com/images/flags_small/flag_s_IRQ.gif[/IMG] Iraq 54 [IMG]http://www.fifa.com/images/flags_small/flag_s_BEL.gif[/IMG] Belgium 55[/B]
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Iraq Super League 2005-06 Preliminary Stage Played in 4 groups / total 28 clubs *Top 3 from each group qualify to the next round *Bottom 2 Relegated to Level 1 Code: [color=green][B]Group A: South[/B][/color] 1. Port Club 6 4 2 0 12- 5 14 2. Karbala 6 3 1 2 13-11 10 3. Misan 6 2 3 1 6- 4 9 ----------------------------------------- 4. The South Oil 6 3 0 3 7- 6 9 5. Al-Shatra 6 2 1 3 5-11 7 ----------------------------------------- 6. Samawa 6 1 2 3 6- 6 5 7. Kut 6 1 1 4 5-11 4 Code: [color=green][B]Group A: Central 1[/B][/color] 1. Al-Zawra 6 5 1 0 17- 4 16 2. Najaf Club 6 3 2 1 16- 6 11 3. Samara 6 2 3 1 7- 9 9 ----------------------------------------- 4. Electricity 6 1 4 1 8- 8 7 5. FC Petrol 6 1 3 2 7-12 6 ----------------------------------------- 6. Kadhmiya 6 0 3 3 3- 9 3 7. Al-Amana 6 0 2 4 1-11 2 Code: [color=green][B]Group A: Central 2[/B][/color] 1. Police Club 6 5 1 0 13- 3 16 2. Diyala 6 3 2 1 4- 2 11 3. Air Force 6 3 1 2 11- 6 10 ----------------------------------------- 4. Army FC 6 3 0 3 6- 5 9 5. Industry 6 2 2 2 4- 6 8 ----------------------------------------- 6. Al-Karkh 6 0 3 3 3- 9 3 7. Al-Slaikh 6 0 1 5 3-13 1 Code: [color=green][B]Group A: North[/B][/color] 1. Students FC 6 4 2 0 10- 0 14 2. Duhok 6 3 2 1 5- 2 11 3. Zaxo 6 2 2 2 5- 6 8 ----------------------------------------- 4. Arbil 6 1 3 2 2- 3 6 5. Sirwan 6 1 3 2 4- 6 6 ----------------------------------------- 6. Ararat 6 1 3 2 3- 6 6 7. Kirkuk 6 1 1 4 2- 8 4
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Iraq Super League Results Round 1 (28-10-2005) Group A: Al-Shatra 3-2 Kut The South Oil 2-1 Misan Karbala 1-1 Samawa Group B: FC Petrol 1-4 Al-Zawra Electricity 1-1 Najaf Club Al-Amana 0-0 Kadhmiya Group C: Police Club 2-1 Al-Karkh Industry 0-1 Air Force Al-Slaikh 0-1 Diyala Group D: Arbil 0-0 Students FC Duhok 3-0 Sirwan Ararat 1-0 Kirkuk Round 2 (4-11-2005) Group A: Misan 0-0 Al-Shatra Port Club 4-3 Karbala Kut 1-0 Samawa Group B: Najaf Club 1-1 Al-Zawra Samara 2-2 FC Petrol Kadhmiya 2-2 Electricity Group C: Air Force 1-1 Police Club Army FC 3-1 Al-Slaikh Diyala 0-0 Al-Karkh Group D: Sirwan 0-0 Arbil Students FC 3-0 Kirkuk Zaxo 1-1 Ararat Round 3 (11-11-2005) Group A: Samawa 3-0 Al-Shatra Kut 0-0 Port Club Karbala 1-0 The South Oil Group B: Al-Zawra - Electricity FC Petrol 1-1 Al-Amana Samara 3-1 Najaf Club Group C: Al-Slaikh 0-1 Industry Police Club 1-0 Diyala Al-Karkh 0-2 Army FC Group D: Kirkuk 1-0 Arbil Students FC 4-0 Zaxo Ararat 0-0 Duhok Round 4 (17-11-2005) Group A: Samawa 1-2 Port Club Misan 3-1 Karbala The South Oil 3-0 Kut Group B: Electricity 2-0 Al-Amana Najaf Club 4-1 FC Petrol Kadhmiya 0-0 Samara Group C: Diyala 0-1 Army FC Air Force 4-1 Al-Slaikh Al-Karkh 0-0 Industry Group D: Arbil 1-1 Ararat Duhok 0-0 Zaxo Kirkuk 1-1 Sirwan Round 5 (24-11-2005) Group A: Port Club 3-0 Al-Shatra The South Oil 1-0 Samawa Kut 0-1 Misan Group B: Electricity 1-1 Samara Al-Amana 0-2 Al-Zawra Najaf Club 4-0 Kadhmiya Group C: Army FC 0-1 Police Club Industry 1-1 Diyala Air Force 5-2 Al-Karkh Group D: Zaxo 0-1 Arbil Duhok 1-0 Kirkuk Sirwan 0-0 Students FC Round 6 (2-12-2005) Group A: Al-Shatra 1-3 Karbala Port Club 3-1 The South Oil Samawa 1-1 Misan Group B: FC Petrol 1-1 Electricity Samara 1-0 Al-Amana Al-Zawra 2-1 Kadhmiya Group C: Police Club 4-1 Al-Slaikh Industry 2-0 Army FC Diyala 1-0 Air Force Group D: Kirkuk 0-2 Zaxo Sirwan 3-0 Ararat Students FC 2-0 Duhok Round 7 (9-12-2005) Group A: Al-Shatra 1-0 The South Oil Karbala 4-2 Kut Misan 0-0 Port Club Group B: Al-Zawra 5-0 Samara Kadhmiya 0-1 FC Petrol Al-Amana 0-5 Najaf Club Group C: Army FC 1-0 Air Force Police Club 4-0 Industry Al-Karkh 0-0 Al-Slaikh Group D: Arbil 0-1 Duhok Ararat 0-1 Students FC Zaxo 2-0 Sirwan I will post the rest later
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Real Names: Al-Mina'a = Port Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya = Air Force Al-Shorta = Police Amana = The Fidelity Jaish = Army Kahraba'a = Electricity Kut = Old Palace Nafit = Oil Nafit Al-Janoub = The South Oil Sina'a = Industry Talaba = Students Iraq Super League Number of Titles (since 1974/75): 10 Al-Zawra 05 Air Force 05 Students FC 03 Al-Karkh 02 Police Club 01 Army FC 01 Salah Al-Deen
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Iraq Squad for the Asian Cup 2007 Qualification Goalkeepers Noor Sabri (Students) Wissam Kasid (Air Force) Uday Talib (Al Zawra) Defenders Bassim Abbas (Students) Samal Saeed (Police Club) Yassir Raad (Al Zawra) Haider Abdul-Razzaq (Ittihad, Syria) Ahmed Kadhim (Pas, Iran) Haider Abdul-Amir (Al Zawra/Rumors Pirouzi, Iran) Ali Hussain Rahima (Air Force/Rumors Pirouzi, Iran) Middle Fielders Khalid Musher (Duhok) Hawar Mullah Mohammed (Al-Ansar, Lebanon) Salih Sadir (Al-Ansar, Lebanon) Nashat Akram (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia) Qusay Munir (Al-Hazim, Saudi Arabia) Haitham Kadhim (Al Zawra/Rumors Al-Khor, Qatar) Mahdi Karim (Apollon, Cyprus) Jassim Swadi (Apollon, Cyprus) Forwards Younis Mahmoud (Al-Khor, Qatar) Emad Mohammed (Foolad, Iran) Louai Salah (Al-Khor, Qatar) Razzaq Farhan (West Riffa, Bahrain)
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Awesome thread Mussav, thanks! Btw, I heard Razzaq Farhan was going to join Dubai SC, apparently he didn't and instead moved to Al-Riffa? I'm really pleased with Akram Salman's picks, except for Yassir Ra3ad...I don't think he's good enough for the national team.
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding bro. Continuing the thread...here's a current squad pic of the Iraqi NT: Btw Mussav, were you at the Kuwait Vs. Iraq friendly match? I heard it was a boring match:
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 thanks mate thanks mm, actually I heard that he went to Iranian Club, but I'm not sure, officially his now playing for West Riffa. about Yeassir Raad, he's not the only player that good for the National team also Haitham Kadim and Udai Talib yeah I'm sure hat playing in the one of the best clubs in Bahrain better than playing in a club in the 2nd Division
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 I didn't went to Iraq vs. Kuwait for the 1st teams but I went to Iraq vs. Kuwait for youth teams
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Akram Salman Decided to Choose Mohammed Nassier (Apollon, Cypros) to be the 23rd's player. shit, I Wished he choose Salih Jabir (Universitatea Craiova), Ahmed Abdul-Jabbar (Al Zawra). or Iraq Super League 2004/2005 top scorer, Mostafa Karim (Police Club). Iraq Squad (FULL SQUAD) for the Asian Cup 2007 Qualification Goalkeepers Noor Sabri (Students) Wissam Kasid (Air Force) Uday Talib (Al Zawra) Defenders Bassim Abbas (Students) Samal Saeed (Police Club) Yassir Raad (Al Zawra) Haider Abdul-Razzaq (Ittihad, Syria) Ahmed Kadhim (Pas, Iran) Haider Abdul-Amir (Al Zawra/Rumors Pirouzi, Iran) Ali Hussain Rahima (Air Force/Rumors Pirouzi, Iran) Middle Fielders Khalid Musher (Duhok) Hawar Mullah Mohammed (Al-Ansar, Lebanon) Salih Sadir (Al-Ansar, Lebanon) Nashat Akram (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia) Qusay Munir (Al-Hazim, Saudi Arabia) Haitham Kadhim (Al Zawra/Rumors Al-Khor, Qatar) Mahdi Karim (Apollon, Cyprus) Jassim Swadi (Apollon, Cyprus) Forwards Younis Mahmoud (Al-Khor, Qatar) Emad Mohammed (Foolad, Iran) Louai Salah (Al-Khor, Qatar) Razzaq Farhan (West Riffa, Bahrain) Mohammed Nassir (Apollon, Cyprus)
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Thats a good looking squad. Most likely gonna make it through.
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 thanks SF23, I Hope so, ------------------------------------------ LATEST NEWS Iraq will play Friendly matches against Oman, Lebanon and Thailand without Big Guns. Nashat Akram, Younis Mahmoud and few players will not play the Friendly matches.
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Actually Younis will participate: Younis will participate in all friendlies
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 that's great news, but that was so fast, Akram Salman said he will miss his Big Guns, any way Lebanon match won't be so easy, they won over Saudi Arabia in Riyadh 2-1. ---------------------------------- Younis will participate in all friendlies Iraqi striker Younis Mahmoud was given the green light today by his current club administration to take part in Iraq’s friendly match against Lebanon. Younis will therefore take part in Iraq’s two friendly matches on the 8th and the 13th against Lebanon and Oman, before the team heads for Thailand on the 14th of February to undergo a one-week closed training camp. In regards to the Asian Cup Iraqi home game matches, It has been confirmed by the Iraqi FA that the national team will play their home matches in the United Arab Emirates. The games will be plays in either Abu Dhabi or the city of Al-Ain depending on the availability of the grounds. YM website
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Asian Nations Cup 2007 Qualifying Tournament/ Group E 1.China 2.Iraq 3.Singapore 4.Palestine Fixture Code: [B]22- 2-06[/B] Singapore - [u]Iraq[/u] [B] 1- 3-06[/B] [u]Iraq[/u] - China [B]16- 8-06[/B] Palestine - [u]Iraq[/u] [B] 6- 9-06[/B] [u]Iraq[/u] - Palestine [B]11-10-06[/B] [u]Iraq[/u] - Singapore [B]15-11-06[/B] China - [u]Iraq[/u]
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Hopefully Palestine and Iraq make it through... our peoples could use an extra thing to smile about. PS- Iraq used to have black jerseys with the iraqi flag on them diagonally... those were sweet... what happened?
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 thanks, I hope so, but we both od us, we must work hard to Qualify. are you serious? because that Jersey was awful, Iraq team in the 80's known with the green jersey. now we use the green jersey at Home and the White jersey Away.
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Iraq Clubs 2005/2006 Iraq never was good at the Clubs, maybe because the lack of money? -------------------------------------- Arab Champions League 2005/2006 Round 32 Al-Zawra (Iraq) 1-0 Al-Qadisiya (Saudi Arabia) Al-Qadisiya (Saudi Arabia) 2-3 Al-Zawra (Iraq) Al-Zawra (Iraq) Qualified Al-Shabab (Bahrain) 1-3 Students FC (Iraq) Students FC (Iraq) 4-1 Al-Shabab (Bahrain) Students FC (Iraq) Qualified Round 16 Mouloudia d'Alger (Algeria) 3-0 Al-Zawra (Iraq) Al-Zawra (Iraq) 1-3 Mouloudia d'Alger (Algeria) Mouloudia d'Alger (Algeria) Qualified Al-Qadisiya (Kuwait) 1-0 Students FC (Iraq) Students FC (Iraq) 1-2 Al-Qadisiya (Kuwait) Al-Qadisiya (Kuwait) Qualified -------------------------------------- Asian Champions League 2006 Group B Al-Ain (UAE) Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) Port Club (Iraq) Mashal (Uzbakistan) Group D Al-Shabab (Saudi Arabia) Al-Sadd (Qatar) Air Force (Iraq) Al-Arabi (Kuwait)
Re: the Official Iraq Football Thread 2006 Yeah, the only time Iraq did well in a club competition was many years back when Al-Shorta reached the final and then pulled out of the competition when it had to meet Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel.