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General Information for Iraq

Iraqi Football Association
Founded
1948
FIFA entry
1950
Average height in 1985
1.78m
Average age in 1985
24.9
Confederation
AFC
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Jersey in 1985
Jersey in 1985

Coaches in 1985

Vieira, Jorge (Coach)

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Vieira, Jorge (Coach)

Day of Birth
1934-07-18
Day of Death
2012-07-24
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) (Brazil)
Matches
3 (2 / 1)
Goto coach Jorge Vieira

Salman, Akram Ahmad (Coach)

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Salman, Akram Ahmad (Coach)

Day of Birth
1945-07-15
Place of Birth
Baġdād (Iraq)
Matches
8 (6 / 2)
Goto coach Akram Ahmad Salman

Jassim, Anwar (Coach)

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Jassim, Anwar (Coach)

Day of Birth
1947
Place of Birth
Baghdad (Iraq)
Matches
8 (8 / 0)
Goto coach Anwar Jassim

Naji, Wathiq (Coach)

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Naji, Wathiq (Coach)

Day of Birth
1940-07-01
Day of Death
2014-11-20
Place of Birth
Baghdad (Iraq)
Matches
2 (2 / 0)
Goto coach Wathiq Naji

Players of Iraq in 1985

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
Hammoudi Salman, Raad 1954-04-20 Goalkeeper Iraq Al-Shorta Baghdad 13 0 0 1 0 0
Nsaief, Fatah 1951-02-02 Goalkeeper Iraq Al-Jaish Baghdad 3 0 0 0 0 0
Saber, Suhail 1962-06-01 Goalkeeper Iraq Al-Talaba Baghdad 3 0 0 0 0 0
Allawi, Khalil Mohammed 1958-09-06 Defender Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 14 1 5 1 0 0
Mutashar, Kadhim 1960-01-01 Centre Back Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 11 0 0 1 0 0
Shaker Mahmoud, Samir 1958-02-28 Centre Back Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 11 0 0 1 0 0
Al-Roubai, Ghanim Oraibi 1961-08-16 Defender Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 10 0 0 1 0 0
Allawi, Karim Mohammed 1960-04-01 Right Back Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 8 2 2 0 0 0
Dirjal, Adnan 1959-01-26 Defender Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 5 1 0 1 0 1
Rasheed Abdul-Nour, Hameed 1963-01-08 Defender Iraq Al-Jaish Baghdad 4 1 1 0 0 0
Ahmed, Hassan Kamal 1964-07-01 Defender Iraq Al-Jaish Baghdad 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jaloub, Taleb 1955-07-01 Defender Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 2 0 0 0 0 0
Shaker Salim, Nadhum 1958-04-13 Defender Iraq Al-Tayaran Baghdad 2 0 0 0 0 0
Abdul-Hassan Madhi, Sabah 1962-02-15 Defender Iraq Al-Zawra'a Baghdad 1 4 0 0 0 0
Hanna, Basil Gorgis 1961-09-06 Attacking Midfielder Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 13 1 1 0 1 0
Hussein Shihab, Ali 1961-05-05 Left Midfielder Iraq Al-Talaba Baghdad 11 0 0 1 0 0
Abid Tweresh, Anad 1955-08-03 Midfielder Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 10 1 6 0 0 0
Abidoun, Natiq Hashim 1960-01-15 Midfielder Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 8 2 4 1 0 1
Ali Hamza, Jamal 1956-02-02 Midfielder Iraq Al-Talaba Baghdad 8 0 0 0 1 0
Qasim, Basim 1959-03-22 Midfielder Iraq Al-Shorta Baghdad 7 0 0 0 0 0
Jassim, Mahdi 1954-03-04 Midfielder Iraq Al-Tayaran Baghdad 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mahmoud Hamza, Shaker 1960-05-05 Midfielder Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 4 3 3 0 0 0
Mohammed Hassan, Haris 1958-03-03 Right Midfielder Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 3 1 0 1 0 0
Mohammed Sharif, Ismail 1962-04-17 Midfielder Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 0 2 0 0 0 0
Al-Salihi, Ahmed Radhi 1964-04-21 Centre Forward Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 16 0 11 1 0 1
Mohammed, Hussein Saeed 1958-01-21 Centre Forward Iraq Al-Talaba Baghdad 8 0 8 1 0 0
Hadi, Karim 1963-02-01 Striker Iraq Al-Shabab Baghdad 7 0 0 0 0 0
Jassim, Emad 1960-08-17 Striker Iraq Al-Tayaran Baghdad 7 0 0 0 0 0
Munir, Wamidh 1961-08-08 Striker Iraq Al-Talaba Baghdad 6 2 1 0 0 0
Saddam, Karim 1960-05-26 Striker Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 3 3 3 0 1 0
Hadi Mahdi, Khaled 1962-02-01 Centre Forward Iraq Al-Shorta Baghdad 2 1 0 0 0 0
Al-Abbassi, Adnan Hamad 1961-02-01 Striker Iraq Al-Zawra'a Baghdad 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hameed Aufi, Abdul-Rahim 1963-05-23 Striker Iraq Al-Jaish Baghdad 1 0 0 0 0 0

Matches of Iraq in 1985

Missing match data:
  • Qatar (05.04.) p
  • Mauritania (08.07.) p
  • Libya (03.08.) p
  • Bahrain (04.07.) m
  • Syria (12.08.) p
  • United Arab Emirates (20.09.) p
  • United Arab Emirates (27.09.) p
  • Syria (15.11.) p
Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
1985-03-15
Iraq
Iraq
Lebanon
Lebanon
6:0 c
Iraq vs. Lebanon
World Cup 1986 - Group 1B
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
1985-03-18
Lebanon
Lebanon
Iraq
Iraq
0:6 c
Lebanon vs. Iraq
World Cup 1986 - Group 1B
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
1985-03-29
Jordan
Jordan
Iraq
Iraq
2:3 c
Jordan vs. Iraq
World Cup 1986 - Group 1B
Amman International Stadium
1985-04-05
Qatar
Qatar
Iraq
Iraq
3:0 p
Qatar vs. Iraq
World Cup 1986 - Group 1B
Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
1985-04-19
Iraq
Iraq
Jordan
Jordan
2:0 c
Iraq vs. Jordan
World Cup 1986 - Group 1B
Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
1985-05-05
Iraq
Iraq
Qatar
Qatar
2:1 c
Iraq vs. Qatar
World Cup 1986 - Group 1B
Salt Lake Stadium
1985-06-09
Iraq
Iraq
Canada
Canada
6:1 c
Iraq vs. Canada
Friendly
Gwangju Mudeung Stadium
1985-06-15
South Korea
South Korea
Iraq
Iraq
2:0 c
South Korea vs. Iraq
Friendly
Dongdaemun Stadium
1985-07-04
Iraq
Iraq
Bahrain
Bahrain
1:1 m
Iraq vs. Bahrain
Arab 1985 - Group B
King Fahd Stadium
1985-07-08
Iraq
Iraq
Mauritania
Mauritania
2:0 p
Iraq vs. Mauritania
Arab 1985 - Group B
King Fahd Stadium
1985-07-10
Iraq
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
3:2 c
Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia
Arab 1985 - Semi Finals
King Fahd Stadium
1985-07-12
Iraq
Iraq
Bahrain
Bahrain
1:0 c
Iraq vs. Bahrain
Arab 1985 - Final
King Fahd Stadium
1985-08-03
Iraq
Iraq
Libya
Libya
2:0 p
Iraq vs. Libya
PanArab 1985 - Group C
Stade d'Honneur de Settat
1985-08-12
Iraq
Iraq
Syria
Syria
2:0 p
Iraq vs. Syria
PanArab 1985 - Group C Casablanca
1985-08-14
Iraq
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
2:1 c
Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia
PanArab 1985 - Semi Finals
Stade Mohamed V
1985-08-16
Morocco
Morocco
Iraq
Iraq
0:1 c
Morocco vs. Iraq
PanArab 1985 - Final
Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah
1985-09-20
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Iraq
Iraq
2:3 p
United Arab Emirates vs. Iraq
World Cup 1986 - Second Round
Al-Rashid Stadium
1985-09-27
Iraq
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
1:2 p
Iraq vs. United Arab Emirates
World Cup 1986 - Second Round
King Fahd Stadium
1985-11-01
Iraq
Iraq
Bahrain
Bahrain
3:1 c
Iraq vs. Bahrain
Friendly
Al-Shaab Stadium
1985-11-15
Syria
Syria
Iraq
Iraq
0:0 p
Syria vs. Iraq
World Cup 1986 - Final Round
Stade des Abbassides
1985-11-29
Iraq
Iraq
Syria
Syria
3:1 c
Iraq vs. Syria
World Cup 1986 - Final Round
King Fahd Stadium
21 Matches

Match Progress for Iraq in 1985

Favorite Opponents of Iraq

Opponent M W D L G
Jordan
Jordan
55 31 10 14 100
Qatar
Qatar
40 17 8 15 57
Bahrain
Bahrain
40 19 14 7 70
Kuwait
Kuwait
38 15 11 12 53
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
38 14 15 9 57
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
38 17 9 12 64
Syria
Syria
33 19 8 6 56
Oman
Oman
31 15 9 7 54
Iran
Iran
27 8 4 15 34
South Korea
South Korea
21 4 8 9 23
Lebanon
Lebanon
20 12 7 1 37
Palestine
Palestine
18 14 3 1 39
Thailand
Thailand
18 11 5 2 49
China
China
17 8 3 6 22
Yemen
Yemen
15 12 3 0 36
Japan
Japan
13 4 2 7 12
Australia
Australia
11 2 2 7 8
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
11 3 3 5 8
Egypt
Egypt
9 1 4 4 3
Pakistan
Pakistan
9 7 1 1 40
Indonesia
Indonesia
9 8 1 0 22
Algeria
Algeria
8 3 3 2 8
Vietnam
Vietnam
7 6 1 0 14
Libya
Libya
7 4 2 1 12
East Germany
East Germany
6 1 4 1 5
North Korea
North Korea
6 3 1 2 8
Tunisia
Tunisia
6 1 2 3 5
Malaysia
Malaysia
5 4 1 0 12
India
India
5 4 1 0 16
Singapore
Singapore
5 4 0 1 17
Poland
Poland
5 1 2 2 3
Nepal
Nepal
4 4 0 0 22
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
4 0 2 2 4
Taiwan
Taiwan
4 4 0 0 17
New Zealand
New Zealand
3 2 1 0 6
Finland
Finland
3 2 1 0 3
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
3 3 0 0 5
Guinea
Guinea
3 1 1 1 6
Morocco
Morocco
3 1 1 1 3
Myanmar
Myanmar
3 3 0 0 10
South Yemen
South Yemen
3 3 0 0 10
Zambia
Zambia
2 1 1 0 5
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
2 2 0 0 6
Cambodia
Cambodia
2 2 0 0 8
Mexico
Mexico
2 0 0 2 0
Philippines
Philippines
2 2 0 0 6
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
2 1 1 0 2
Uganda
Uganda
2 2 0 0 6
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
2 2 0 0 9
DR Congo
DR Congo
2 2 0 0 3
Macau
Macau
2 2 0 0 13
Denmark
Denmark
2 1 0 1 2
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Olympic)
2 0 1 1 3
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
2 2 0 0 7
Canada
Canada
2 1 1 0 7
Romania
Romania
2 0 2 0 1
Kenya
Kenya
2 2 0 0 4
Sudan
Sudan
2 1 1 0 3
Egypt
Egypt (Olympic)
1 1 0 0 2
Chile
Chile
1 0 0 1 0
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
1 1 0 0 5
Ecuador
Ecuador
1 0 1 0 0
Argentina
Argentina
1 0 0 1 0
Brazil
Brazil
1 0 0 1 0
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1 1 0 0 3
Italy
Italy (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
1 0 0 1 0
Colombia
Colombia
1 0 0 1 0
Botswana
Botswana
1 0 1 0 1
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
1 1 0 0 13
South Africa
South Africa
1 0 1 0 0
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia (Olympic)
1 1 0 0 2
Mauritania
Mauritania
1 1 0 0 2
Belgium
Belgium
1 0 0 1 1
Spain
Spain
1 0 0 1 0
Uruguay
Uruguay
1 0 0 1 2
Liberia
Liberia
1 0 0 1 0
Estonia
Estonia
1 0 1 0 1
Turkey
Turkey
1 0 1 0 0
Guatemala
Guatemala
1 1 0 0 3
Cyprus
Cyprus
1 0 0 1 1
Russia
Russia
1 0 0 1 0
Moldova
Moldova
1 1 0 0 1
Peru
Peru
1 0 0 1 0
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
1 1 0 0 1
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
1 1 0 0 1
Bolivia
Bolivia
1 0 1 0 0
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
1 1 0 0 1
Bahrain
Bahrain (Olympic)
1 1 0 0 2
Paraguay
Paraguay
1 0 0 1 0
East Germany
East Germany (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Cameroon
Cameroon
1 0 0 1 0
North Yemen
North Yemen
1 1 0 0 2
Congo
Congo
1 1 0 0 3
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