Iraq national under-17 football team

Iraq under-17

Nickname(s)

Lion Cubs of Mesopotamia
Ashbal Al-Rafidayn (أشبال الرافدين)

Association

Iraq Football Association

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Qahtan Chatir

Captain

Saif Khalid Shayyal

FIFA code

IRQ

First colours

Second colours

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Appearances

2 (first in 2013)

Best result

Group Stage (2013)

AFC U-16 Championship

Appearances

9 (first in 1985)

Best result

Champions (2016)

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-17 football team (also known as Iraq U17) is the youth association football team representing Iraq in under-17, under-16 and under-15 competitions and it is controlled by Iraq Football Association.

Competitions Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	12
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017	Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2/17	3	0	0	3	2	12

AFC U-16 Championship Record

AFC U-16 Championship
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Third Place	5	3	0	3	3	2
1986	Did not enter
1988	Fourth place	6	2	2	2	8	6
1990	Did not enter
1992	Did not enter
1994	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	7
1996	Did not enter
1998	Group stage	4	2	0	2	9	4
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	7	6
2006	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	2
2008	Did not enter
2010	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	7	5
2012	Semifinals	5	3	1	1	8	7
2014	Did not qualify
2016	Champions	6	3	3	0	10	5
Total	Best: Champions	41	18	9	15	57	44

WAFF Youth Championship Record (U-16 & U-15)

WAFF Championship Finals Record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2005	Third place	4	2	1	1	14	2
2007	Fourth place	4	1	1	2	7	6
2009	Third place	4	3	0	1	15	6
2013	Champions	3	2	1	0	10	2
2015	Champions	4	4	0	0	12	1
Total	Best: Champions	19	12	3	4	58	17

Arab U-17 Championship Record

Arab U-17 Championship
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2012	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	14	5
2014	Champions	5	4	1	0	10	1
Total	Best: Champions	9	7	1	1	24	6

Matches

Recent results and fixtures

Win Draw Lose

16 September 2016 2016 AFC U-16 Championship	South Korea	1–2	Iraq	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
16:00	Jeong Chan-young 43'	Report	Muntadher Mohammed 45+2' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao Attendance: 462 Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)

19 September 2016 2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Iraq	1–1	Malaysia	Fatorda Stadium, Margao
16:00	Ridha Jalil 43'	Report	Aliff Haiqal 86'	Stadium: Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao Attendance: 46 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

22 September 2016 2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Oman	1–1	Iraq	Bambolim Stadium, Bambolim
20:00	Al Alawi 90'	Report	Mohammed Dawood 37'	Stadium: GMC Stadium, Bambolim Attendance: 1,106 Referee: Wang Di (China)

26 September 2016 2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Uzbekistan	0–2	Iraq	Bambolim Stadium, Bambolim
		Report	Mohammed Dawood 7', 79'	Attendance: 1,673 Referee: Wang Di (China)

29 September 2016 2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Japan	2–4	Iraq	GMC Stadium, Bambolim
16:00	Yamada 29', 42'	Report	Dawood 18', 81' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) Abdulsada 67'	Attendance: 1,542

2 October 2016 2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Iran	0–0 (3–4 p)	Iraq	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao
		Report

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship:
Caps and goals are correct as of October 2, 2016, after the match against Iran.
Caps and goals are correct excluding friendly matches and unrecognized tournaments such as Arab U-17 Championship.

Recent squad

0#0	Pos.	Player	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ali Ibadi Jabbar	8	0
12	1GK	Mundher Najm Abed	2	0
22	1GK	Abdulazeez Ammar	0	0

3	2DF	Ammar Mohammed Al-Lami	9	0
4	2DF	Ali Ahmed Radha	9	0
5	2DF	Muntadher Abdulsada	8	2
14	2DF	Yousif Suad Mones	0	0
15	2DF	Moamel Kareem Khachi	9	0

2	3MF	Habeeb Mohammed Khalaf	9	0
6	3MF	Muntadher Mohammed	9	2
7	3MF	Mohammed Dawood	6	6
8	3MF	Saif Khalid Shayyal	8	0
13	3MF	Jawhar Haitham Abed	4	0
19	3MF	Mohammed Abdulraheem	1	0
20	3MF	Ahmed Sartip Omar	6	1	Erbil

9	4FW	Ali Kareem Hani	4	0
10	4FW	Mohammed Ridha Jalil	9	2
11	4FW	Alaa Adnan Jabbar	8	5
16	4FW	Dhurgham Mohammed	1	0
17	4FW	Mohammed Ali Abbood	5	0
18	4FW	Saleh Mahdi Saleh	4	1
21	4FW	Asadullah Hamzah	0	0
23	4FW	Sajjad Majid Hameed	3	0

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to Iraqi squad for the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Caps	Goals	Latest call-up
GK	Ali Hassan Ali Omairi	0	0	v. Turkmenistan, 20 September 2015

DF	Muntadher Abbas	0	0	v. Turkmenistan, 20 September 2015
DF	Rafid Talib Munshid	0	0	v. Turkmenistan, 20 September 2015

MF	Ali Maytham	1	0	v. Turkmenistan, 20 September 2015
MF	Abdulqader Ahmed	1	0	v. Turkmenistan, 20 September 2015

FW	Baqer Abdulhasan	0	0	v. Turkmenistan, 20 September 2015
FW	Ibrahim Bayesh	2	0	v. Turkmenistan, 20 September 2015

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup squad
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup squad

AFC U-16 Championship

Coaches

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %	Achievements
Muwafaq Husain	2011–2013	7000900000000000000♠9	7000600000000000000♠6	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7001666700000000000♠66.67	Qualified for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Qahtan Chathir	2014–	7000900000000000000♠9	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7001666700000000000♠66.67	Qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup Winner of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship

References

External links

Iraqi Football Website

Football in Iraq

IFA
IKFA (regional)

National teams

Men	National team U23 U20 U17 U14

Women	National team

Others	Beach (men) Futsal (men)

League system

Men	Iraqi Premier League (2016–17) Iraq Division One

Domestic cups

Men	Iraq FA Cup (2016–17)

Super cups

Men	Al-Muthabara Cup (2016)

Lists

Seasons

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Records
Iraq at the AFC Asian Cup

National under-17 football teams of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Timor-Leste United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Former nations: * North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen

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