2007 in Iraqi football

Despite the nation being torn apart by civil war, Iraqi football in 2007 went as scheduled for the most part. Iraqi clubs participated in international competition, the Olympic team went through qualifications, and the national team played in different tournaments. No games by the national team or the Iraqi clubs were played in Iraq due to violence.

National team

2007 Friendlies

Jordan  1 – 1  Iraq
Awath Ragheb  10' Ahmad Mnajed  25'
Jordan  0 – 0  Iraq
South Korea  3 – 0  Iraq
Yeom Ki-Hun  51'
Lee Chun-Soo  79'
Lee Kun-Ho  86'
Uzbekistan  2 – 0  Iraq
Ibragimov  3'
Bakayev  73'
Qatar  3 – 2  Iraq
Sayd Ali Bechir  34'
Sebastián Quintana  70'
Saad Al-Shammari  83'		 Ahmad Salah  20'
Emad Mohammed  80'

2007 Gulf Cup

The Arabian Gulf Cup 2007, the 18th edition, took place in the United Arab Emirates, from 17 January 2007 to 30 January 2007. Iraq did not get beyond the group stage, and the tournament ended in accusations and allegations against the head coach of the national team.

Group stage

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 7321042+2
 Bahrain 43111440
 Iraq 43111220
 Qatar 1301224–2
Qatar  0 – 1  Iraq
Hawar Mohammed  39'
Bahrain  1 – 1  Iraq
Al-Marzouqi  8' Hawar Mohammed  11'
Saudi Arabia  1 – 0  Iraq
Al-Qahtani  12' (pen)

West Asian Football Federation Championship

The 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in the Jordanian capital Amman. The six entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 16th and 24 June 2007.

Group stage

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 4211020+2
 Iraq 4211010+1
 Palestine 0200203−3
Iran  0 – 0  Iraq
   
Iraq  1 – 0  Palestine
Hawar Mohammed  86'  

Semi finals

Syria  0 – 3  Iraq
  Younis Mahmoud  10' (pen.)
Ahmad Mnajed  42'
Salih Sadir  85'

Final

Asian Cup 2007


The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals was held in July 2007 (Starting on July 7, 2007, ending on July 29, 2007). The competition was co-hosted by four nations – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Iraq won the tournament.

Group stage

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 5312042+2
 Australia 4311164+2
 Thailand 4311135−2
 Oman 2302113−2
Thailand  1 – 1  Iraq
Suksomkit  6' (pen) Report Younis Mahmoud  32'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kwon (KOR)
Iraq  3 – 1  Australia
Nashat Akram  23'
Hawar Mohammed  60'
Karrar Jassim  86'		 Report Viduka  47'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Karim (BHR)
Oman  0 – 0  Iraq
(Report)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Maillet (SEY)

Quarter-finals

Iraq  2 – 0  Vietnam
Younis Mahmoud  2'  66' Report
Attendance: 9,720
Referee: Nishimura (JPN)

Semi-finals

Final

Iraq  1 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Younis Mahmoud  76' (Report)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Shield (AUS)
 2007 AFC Asian Cup Winners 

Iraq
First title

2010 World Cup Qualifiers

Pakistan  0 – 7  Iraq
FIFA Report
AFC Summary		 Nashat Akram  19'
M. Karim  24',  49',  88',  90'
Jassim Ghulam  71'
Emad Mohammed  83'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Iraq  0 – 0  Pakistan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Al Fadhli (Kuwait)

Kings's Cup

Arbil FC participated in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team.

The Group

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Thailand 9330063+3
Iraq Iraq B 6320153+2
 North Korea 1301124−2
 Uzbekistan 1301258−3
Iraq  1 – 0  North Korea
Zaki  64'
Thailand  2 – 1  Iraq
Phanrit  43'
Abd Ali  83' (og)		 Mubarak  49'
Iraq  3 – 1  Uzbekistan
Alwan  58'
Ibrahim  65'
Zaki  78'		 Solomin  68' (pen)

Final

Thailand  1 – 0  Iraq
Vachiraban  67'

Olympic Team

2007 Olympic Friendlies

Jordan  2 – 1  Iraq
Moussa Hamad 16'
Mohammed Kheyr 23'		 Mostafa Karim 15'
Jordan  0 – 0  Iraq
United Arab Emirates  0 – 4  Iraq
Ali Salah 50'
Halkurd Mulla Mohammed 53', 68'
M.A. Karim 90' (pen)
Syria  2 – 2  Iraq
Majed Al-Haj 21', 59' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 7'
Samer Saeed 42'
Syria  1 – 1  Iraq
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 30'
Bahrain  1 – 0  Iraq
Ahmed Bushet 33'
Qatar  1 – 2  Iraq
Mohamed Sayyed 79' Mostafa Karim 85'
Khaldoun Ibrahim 90'

Olympic Games Qualification

The Iraqi Olympic team participated in the qualifications for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Iraq was seeded for the second round. The second round qualifications were held from February 28 to June 6, 2007. Iraq advanced to the final round qualifications, however the team failed to qualify for the Olympics after finishing second behind Australia.

Second round

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 12633094+5
 North Korea 11632174+3
 Thailand 5612336−3
 India 46114510−5
Iraq  3 – 0  India
Mostafa Karim  50'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  67'
Haidar Aboodi  69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Al-Enzi (Kuwait)
North Korea  2 – 2  Iraq
An Chol-Hyok  44'
Kim Kwang-Hyok  65'		 (Report) Alaa Abdul-Zahra  32'
Ali Rehema  90+3' (pen)
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Iraq  1 – 1  Thailand
Samer Saeed  22' (Report) Teerathep Winothai  47'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Al-Yarimi (Yemen)
Thailand  0 – 1  Iraq
(Report) Karrar Jassim  90+1'
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Takayama (Japan)
India  1 – 1  Iraq
Tarif Ahmed  71' (Report) Karrar Jassim  54'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Basma (Syria)
Iraq  1 – 0  North Korea
Karrar Jassim  64' (Report)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Third (Final) Round

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 12633071+6
 Iraq 116321124+8
 North Korea 5612336−3
 Lebanon 46114415−11
Iraq  0 – 0  Australia
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sun (China)
Lebanon  0 – 5  Iraq
(Report) Samer Saeed  22'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  59',  89'
Ali Abbas  72'
Karrar Jassim  76' (pen)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Al-Saeedi (UAE)
Iraq  2 – 0  North Korea
Khaldoun Ibrahim  21'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Abdou (Qatar)
North Korea  0 – 0  Iraq
(Report)
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Australia  2 – 0  Iraq
Adrian Leijer  18'
Mark Milligan  58'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,088
Referee: Abdul (Singapore)
Iraq  5 – 2  Lebanon
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  8',  23',  81'
Mustafa Karim  30'
Samer Saeed  37'		 (Report) Hassan Maatouk  59' (pen)
Ali Al-Saadi  72' (pen)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Youth Team

2007 Youth Team Friendlies

Qatar  1 – 2  Iraq
Adel Ahmad Ali Saad
Ali Saad
Qatar  0 – 3  Iraq
Ali Saad  29'
Amjad Radhi  49'
Bashar Saad  88' (pen)

AFC Youth Championship Qualification

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United Arab Emirates 9430193+6
 Iraq 6420234−1
 Kuwait 3410338−5
Iraq  1 – 0  Kuwait
Mohammed Abdul-Zahra  16' (Report)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Karim (Bahrain)
United Arab Emirates  2 – 1  Iraq
Hamdan Al-Kamli  75' (pen)
Ahmed Al-Abri  86'		 (Report) Qais Ali  85'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Al-Yarimi (Yemen)
Kuwait  2 – 0  Iraq
Mohammad Dahash  2',  9' (Report)
Attendance: 400
Referee: Basma (Syria)
Iraq  1 – 0  United Arab Emirates
Nadeem Karim  17' (Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Moradi (Iran)

U-17 Team

West Asian Football Federation U-17 Championship 2007

Iran  2 – 2  Iraq
Jordan  1 – 0  Iraq
Lebanon  0 – 5  Iraq
Syria  3 – 0  Iraq

AFC U-17 Championship Qualification

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 135410282+26
 India 135410182+16
 Saudi Arabia 95302137+6
 Lebanon 65203915−6
 Sri Lanka 35104322−19
 Bhutan 05005124−23
Iraq  5 – 0  Lebanon
Mustafa Al-Shammari  37',  67'
Amjed Hussein  74'
Mohammed Jabbar  84'
Ali Aziz  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Recho (Syria)
Iraq  2 – 2  India
Waleed Al-Lami  29'
Ahmad Marid Kueam  50'		 (Report) Bikramjit Singh  80'
Tonmoy Ghosh  87'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Iraq  11 – 0  Bhutan
Mustafa Al-Shammari  7'
Ali Al-Karrawi  22',  38'
Ali Al-Rubayawi  46',  56',  87'
Ali Aziz  51'
Mohammed Jabbar  60',  72'
Mohammed Al-Wuhaili  77'
Amoori Al-Bujasim  85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Al-Badawi (UAE)
Iraq  7 – 0  Sri Lanka
Ali Al-Rubayawi  1'
Ahmad Marid Kueam  10'
Mustafa Al-Shammari  20',  32'
Mohammed Jabbar  45+3'
Omar Nasih  79' (pen)
Murtadha Jawad  81'		 (Report)
Attendance: 70
Referee: Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Saudi Arabia  0 – 3  Iraq
(Report) Mustafa Al-Shammari  6',  59'
Ali Al-Karrawi  38'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Recho (Syria)

Domestic Clubs International Participitations

AFC Champions League 2007

The AFC Champions League 2007 was the 26th AFC Champions League, played between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The top 15 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition; Iraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the Champion and the runner-up of the Iraqi Premier League, in the 2005-2006 year. Both clubs failed to qualify for the Quarter Finals.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 136411136+7
Iraq Al-Zawraa 11632196+3
Kuwait Al-Arabi 762131012−2
Qatar Al-Rayyan 26024311−8
Al-Arabi 0–1 Al Zawraa
(Report) Muslim Mubarak 66'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Al Zawraa 0–0 Al-Rayyan
(Report)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lee Gi-young (Korea)
Al-Zawraa 1–2 Al-Wahda
Ahmad Abd Ali 46' (Report) Abdulrahim Jumaa 13'
Bashir Saeed 74'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Taalat Najm (Lebanon)
Al-Wahda 1–1 Al-Zawraa
Abdulrahim Jumaa 57' (Report) Haidar Sabah 75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)
Al-Zawraa 3–2 Al-Arabi
Wissam Kadhim 21'
Ahmad Ibrahim 70'
Nawaf Falah 78'		 (Report) Firas Al Khatib 50', 84'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Al-Rayyan 1–3 Al-Zawraa
Saoud Khames 75' (Report) Selman Mesbeh og 13'
Abdul-Salam Abood 26'
Haidar Sabah 34'
Attendance: 200

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Syria Al-Karamah 116321117+4
Uzbekistan Neftchi Farg'ona 10631267−1
Iraq Najaf FC 8622298+1
Qatar Al Sadd 46114610−4
Najaf FC 0–1 Neftchi
(Report) Akmal Holmatov 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)
Al Sadd 1–4 Najaf FC
Talal Al-Bloushi 45' (Report) Aqeel Mohammed 47'
Saeed Mohsen 55', 86'(pen)
Karrar Jassim 70'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)
Al Karamah 1–1 Najaf FC
Fahd Aodi 90'(pen) (Report) Falah Hasan Kadhim 71'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jassim Karim (Bahrain)
Najaf FC 2–4 Al-Karamah
Saeed Mohsen 7'(pen)
Qassim Faraj 86' (pen)		 (Report) Jehad Al Hussein 46', 52'
Fahd Aodi 50'
Senghor Koupouleni 65'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait)
Neftchi 1–1 Najaf FC
Akmal Holmatov 43' (Report) Ali Mohammed 60'
Attendance: 16,000

Arab Champions League 2007-2008

Iraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the 3rd Place and 4th Place of the Iraqi Premier League.

Round 32

Chirazienne Comoros 0–8 Iraq Najaf FC
Suhail Naeim 3', 43'
Ali Mohammed 13'
Hatem Saheb 30'
Hussein Karim 53', 56'
Aqeel Mohammed 81'
Ayad Sadir 86'
Najaf FC Iraq 1–0 Comoros Chirazienne
Suhail Naeim 41'
Al-Talaba Iraq 0–2 Algeria USM Alger
Billel Dziri 64'
Amar Ammour 81'
USM Alger Algeria 2–0 Iraq Al-Talaba
Mohamed Hamdoud 39'
Samir Bentayeb 86'		 Report

Round 16

Najaf FC Iraq 0 – 3 Syria Al-Taliya
Yaamen Ahbod  4',  44'
Ahmad Al-Aomer  29'
Al-Taliya Syria 0 – 0 Iraq Najaf FC

References

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