The Iraq women's national football team is the female representative
football
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team for
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
.
History
The Iraq women's team has its roots in
futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...
, a game with some similarities to football, played on an indoor court. Futsal has been more accessible to women in Iraq than football, and the
Iraq Football Association
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) () is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraq national football team, Iraqi national team and the Iraqi football league system. The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has be ...
has organized futsal tournaments with the intention to develop some of the players into football players.
The team played its first international match in 2010. Iraq's first participation in a women's major football tournament was the
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification was the qualification tournament for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
A total of 21 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournamen ...
.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2025
Coaching staff
Manager history
* Salah Radhi (20??–2024)
*Abed ElWahab Abou Hil(2024–''present'')
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the
2024 WAFF Women's Championship in February 2024 .
''Caps and goals correct as of 12 April 2017, after the match against .''
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Bollstanäs SK, clubnat=IRQ
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to the Iraq squad in the past 12 months.
Records
''*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 September 2021''.
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks.''
AFC Women's Asian Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
WAFF Women's Championship
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
Arabia Women's Cup
Head-to-head record
*Source
Worldfootball
See also
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Iraq national football team
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Iraq national under-23 football team
The Iraq national under-23 football team (also known as Iraq Olympic football team) represents Iraq in international under-23 football, Football at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics and at the Football at the Asian Games, Asian Games, The te ...
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Iraq national under-20 football team
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Iraq national under-17 football team
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Iraq women's national under-20 football team
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Iraq women's national under-17 football team
References
External links
Official websiteFacebookOfficial Iraq national football team on FIFA.com
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Arabic women's national association football teams
Iraq women's national football team
Asian women's national association football teams
women
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Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ...
Women's football in Iraq
2010 establishments in Iraq