Iraq national under-20 football team

Iraq Under-20

Nickname(s)	Young Lions of Mesopotamia Leyouth Al-Rafidayn (ليوث الرافدين)
Association	IFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Qahtan Chathir
Captain	Mohammed Ridha Jalil
FIFA code	IRQ
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1977)
Best result	Fourth Place: (2013)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (5): (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)

Iraq Youth Teams' System
Olympic (Under-23, Under-22, and Under-21)
Leyouth (Under-20, Under-19, and Under-18)
Ashbal (Under-17, Under-16, and Under-15)
Bara'em (Under-14, Under-13, and Below)

Iraq national under-20 football team (also known as Iraq Under-20 or Iraq Youth Team) represents Iraq in international football competitions in AFC U-19 Championship which Iraq holds 5 titles, as well as any other under-20, under-19, and under-18 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iraq Football Federation

Iraq have been awarded the AFC National Team of the Year award once in 2013, being the only U-20 team to win this award.^[1]

Competitions Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	6	8
1979	Qualified but Withdrew
1981	Did Not Qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Quarterfinals	6th	4	3	0	1	5	2
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group stage	19th	3	1	0	2	5	9
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Fourth place	4th	7	3	3	1	11	11
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017
2019	To be determined
Total	Best: Fourth place	4/21	17	8	3	6	27	30

AFC U-19 Championship Record

AFC U-19 Championship Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 1975 Champions 6 5 1 0 18 1 1976 Quarter Finals 4 3 1 0 13 1 1977 Champions 5 5 0 0 19 4 1978 Champions 6 4 2 0 20 2 1980 Did not enter 1982 Third Place 3 1 0 2 4 5 1985 Did not qualify 1986 1988 Champions 5 2 3 0 5 3 1990 Did not enter 1992 1994 Fourth Place 6 2 2 2 8 8 1996 Did not enter 1998 Group Stage 4 1 0 3 6 13 2000 Champions 6 3 3 0 11 3 2002 Did not qualify 2004 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 7 1 2006 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 8 5 2008 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 3 5 2010 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 7 2012 Runner-up 6 4 2 0 10 3 2014 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 8 3 2016 Quarterfinals 4 2 2 0 7 2 2018 Qualified 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Best: Champions 67 36 17 14 134 63 Arab U-20 Championship Record Arab U-20 Championship Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 2011 Round 1 4 2 0 2 6 4 2012 Round 1 3 0 1 2 6 9 Total Best: Round 1 7 2 1 4 12 13 Friendly honours Year Tournament Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Al-Wehdat Championship Champions 3 2 1 0 4 2 1990 Al-Wehdat Championship Champions 5 3 2 0 6 1 2013 Jordan Friendly Quartet Championship Champions 3 3 0 0 5 1 Matches Recent results and fixtures   Win   Draw   Lose Lebanon  v  Iraq 4 November 2017 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification Lebanon  0–2  Iraq Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 19:00 Iraq  v  Qatar 8 November 2017 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification Iraq  1–1  Qatar Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 19:00 Yaseen  61' (pen.) Al-Murisi  45+2' Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan) Current squad The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification: Caps and goals are correct as of October 23, 2016, after the match against  Saudi Arabia. Caps and goals are correct excluding friendly matches and unrecognized tournaments such as Arab U-20 Championship. Recent squad No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Ali Ibadi (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 1 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12 1GK Mustafa Zuhair (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 0 0 Naft Al-Wasat 21 1GK Abdulazeez Ammar (2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 0 0 Al-Shorta 4 2DF Maytham Jabbar (2000-11-10) 10 November 2000 0 0 Al-Shola 5 2DF Muntadher Abdulsada (2000-12-03) 3 December 2000 0 0 Al-Hedood 6 2DF Muntadher Mohammed (2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 1 0 Al-Kahraba 19 2DF Ali Raad (2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 1 0 Al-Hedood 8 3MF Saif Khalid (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000 1 0 Al-Talaba 9 3MF Ibrahim Bayesh (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 1 1 Al-Zawraa 10 3MF Mohammed Ridha (2000-02-17) 17 February 2000 1 0 Al-Talaba 17 3MF Mohammed Ali (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 1 0 Al-Nagda 18 3MF Moamel Kareem (2000-11-17) 17 November 2000 0 0 Al-Shorta 2 4FW Sarmad Salah Hasan 1 0 3 4FW Ali Ahmed Radha 1 0 7 4FW Mohammed Dawood (2000-11-22) 22 November 2000 1 0 Al-Naft 11 4FW Alaa Adnan (2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 1 0 Al-Nagda 13 4FW Mohammed Abdulraheem 0 0 14 4FW Hayder Hussein Sadeq 1 0 15 4FW Aiman Erzaij Aswad 1 0 16 4FW Mohaimen Adnan Jebur 0 0 20 4FW Ahmed Farhan Alghalami 1 0 22 4FW Ali Kareem (2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 0 0 Baghdad Recent callups The following players have also been called up to Iraqi squad for the last 12 months. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Mohammed Abbas Ali (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 2 0 Al-Shorta 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 GK Hasanain Mohammed (1997-09-08) 8 September 1997 4 0 Al-Najaf 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 GK Ali Kadhim Hadi (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997 1 0 Naft Al-Wasat 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Kareem Deli Najim (1998-04-16) 16 April 1998 2 0 Naft Al-Wasat 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Mustafa Mohammed Al-Ezairej (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 3 0 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Yassir Ammar Sami (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 3 0 Al-Minaa 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Ahmed Abdul-Ridha (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 5 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Karrar Falih (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998 3 0 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Ayad Kareem Chyad (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 3 0 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Ali Hussein Habeeb (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 3 0 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Saif Hatem (1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 5 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Waleed Kareem Ali (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 4 3 Al-Naft 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 DF Mohammed Kareem (1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 3 0 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 MF Ameer Sabah Khudhair (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 5 1 Naft Al-Wasat 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 MF Ahmed Jalal (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 3 0 Naft Al-Janoob 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 MF Amjad Attwan (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 0 0 Naft Al-Wasat 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 MF Safaa Hadi Abdullah (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 5 0 Al-Zawraa 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 MF Murtagi Ahmed Atiyah 1 0 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 FW Sajad Hussein (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 2 1 Amanat Baghdad 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 FW Alaa Abbas Abdulnabi (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 6 5 Naft Al-Wasat 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 FW Mustafa Ali Neamah (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 4 0 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 FW Mazin Fayyadh (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 5 2 Al-Naft 2016 AFC U-19 Championship, October 2016 Previous squads FIFA U-20 World Cup squads 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squad 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship squad 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squad 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad AFC U-19 Championship 2004 AFC Youth Championship Squad 2006 AFC Youth Championship Squad 2008 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2010 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2012 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2014 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2016 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2018 AFC-U19 Championship Squad Coaches Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win % Achievements Hassan Ahmed 2009–2010 7000800000000000000♠8 7000400000000000000♠4 7000100000000000000♠1 7000300000000000000♠3 07001500000000000000♠50.00 Hakim Shaker 2011–2013 7001170000000000000♠17 7001110000000000000♠11 7000500000000000000♠5 7000100000000000000♠1 07001647099999999999♠64.71 Fourth place at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup Muwafaq Hussein 2013 7000200000000000000♠2 7000100000000000000♠1 7000100000000000000♠1 5000000000000000000♠0 07001500000000000000♠50.00 Rahim Hameed 2014 7000300000000000000♠3 7000100000000000000♠1 7000100000000000000♠1 7000100000000000000♠1 07001333300000000000♠33.33 Abbas Attiya 2015–2016 7000700000000000000♠7 7000500000000000000♠5 7000200000000000000♠2 5000000000000000000♠0 07001714300000000000♠71.43 Qahtan Chathir 2017– 7000200000000000000♠2 7000100000000000000♠1 7000100000000000000♠1 5000000000000000000♠0 07001500000000000000♠50.00 See also Iraq national football team Iraq national under-23 football team Iraq national under-17 football team Iraqi League References ↑ The-AFC.com - Iraq u20 the 2013 Asian Team of the Year External links Iraqi Football Website Team info at Goalzz.com Matches