Football Photos - Iraq national football team

The Iraqi national football team (Arabic: منتخب العراق لكرة القدم‎) represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association. They won the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Iraqi football reached a peak in the 1970s and 1980s – Iraq qualified for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, and 3 times for the Olympic Games in Moscow, Los Angeles and Seoul. Iraq also won the 1982 Asian Games, the Arab Nations Cup 4 times, the Gulf Cup of Nations 3 times, and the 1985 Pan Arab Games fielding a B team. Iraq finished in 4th place in the 1976 AFC Asian Cup – the last Asian Cup Iraq would participate in until 1996.