Iraq women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Iraq national football team.
Iraq
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Libuaat al-Rafidayn
(Lionesses of Mesopotamia)
AssociationIraq Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachAbdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
FIFA codeIRQ
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 166 Increase 7 (7 August 2025)[1]
Highest107 (December 2017 – March 2018)
Lowest173 (December 2024 – June 2025)
First international
 Jordan 20–0  
(Riffa, Bahrain; 19 October 2010)[2]
Biggest win
  5–2 Mongolia 
(Chiang Mai, Thailand; 26 June 2025)
Biggest defeat
 Jordan 20–0  
(Riffa, Bahrain; 19 October 2010)
WAFF Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage (2011, 2024)

The Iraq women's national football team is the female representative football team for Iraq.[3]

History

The Iraq women's team has its roots in futsal, 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 has organized futsal tournaments with the intention to develop some of the players into football players.[4]

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.[5]

Results and fixtures

Main article: Iraq women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void or postponed   Fixture

2025

10 June Friendly Iran  8–0   Tehran, Iran
  • Zandi 20', 23'
  • Ghanbari 34', 45', ?'
  • Chatrenoor 41', ?', ?'
 Stadium: National Football Center Field 2
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)
12 June Friendly Iran  7–0   Tehran, Iran
 Stadium: National Football Center Field 2
Referee: Fatemeh Nassiri (Iran)
23 June 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification   0–0  Timor-Leste Chiang Mai, Thailand
19:30 UTC+7 Shareef Red card 71' Report Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium
Referee: Munirah Ha Ali (Malaysia)
26 June 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification   5–2  Mongolia Chiang Mai, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7
Report
  • Bayanmunkh 8'
  • Badamkhatan 25'
 Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium
Referee: Pak Un-jong (North Korea)
29 June 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification Thailand  7–0   Chiang Mai, Thailand
19:30 UTC+7
  • Wiranya 13', 77', 82'
  • Pichayatida 36'
  • Panittha 45+3'
  • Karnjanathat 58', 65' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
2 July 2026 AFC Asian Cup qualification India  5–0   Chiang Mai, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7
Report Stadium: 700th Anniversary Stadium
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Iraq Salah Radhi
Assistant coaches Iraq Naji Kadhem
Iraq Walid Dhahed
Goalkeeping coach Iraq Abed Karim Souhail
Fitness coach Iraq
Match analyst Iraq
Physiotherapist Iraq
Chief medical officer Iraq Abdul Karim Al-Saffar
Team doctor Iraq
Team manager Iraq
Media coordinator Iraq Mohammed Imad Zubair
Security coordinator Iraq Omar Kadhim
Kitman Iraq Haqi Ibrahim

Manager history

  • Iraq Salah Radhi (20??–2024)
  • IraqAbed ElWahab Abou Hil(2024–present)

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Khalat Al-Zebari (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 Iraq Unknown
12 1GK Faeza Mahmood Iraq Unknown
22 1GK Salar Khalid Iraq Unknown
2 2DF Rozhin Abuzer Iraq Unknown
3 2DF Asmaa Mohialdeen Iraq Unknown
4 2DF Nadia Al-Balahi (Captain) (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 Iraq Unknown
5 2DF Awaz Mohammed Iraq Unknown
6 2DF Solin Saadi Iraq Unknown
7 2DF Suzan Shivan Ahmed Iraq Unknown
8 2DF Tbarek Al-Ghazawi Iraq Unknown
21 2DF Sahar Faisal Haji Iraq Unknown
23 2DF Samah Ibrahim Hameed Iraq Unknown
11 3MF Przha Nidham Shawkat Iraq Unknown
13 3MF Razaw Mohammed Haydar Iraq Unknown
14 3MF Israa Hashim Iraq Unknown
15 3MF Dyana Dawood (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 United States Desert Dreams FC
16 3MF Tiba Al-Quraishi (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 Iraq Unknown
17 3MF Rawan Khalid Iraq Unknown
18 3MF Silvan Karwan Mohammed Iraq Unknown
20 3MF Elaf Shareef Iraq Unknown
9 4FW Hoda Khalaf (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 Sweden Sollentuna
10 4FW Nur Al-Jawahiri (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam
19 4FW Nishtiman Bashar (2006-11-13) 13 November 2006 Germany VfB Obertürkheim

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Iraq squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 September 2021.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 to Canada 2015 Did not enter
France 2019 Did not qualify
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 Withdrew
Brazil 2027 Did not qualify
MexicoUnited States 2031 To be determined
United Kingdom 2035 To be determined
Total 0/12 - - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Finals record Qualification record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GP W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1975 to Vietnam 2014 Did not enter Did not enter
Jordan 2018 Did not qualify 5 0 0 5 0 22
India 2022 Withdrew Withdrew
Australia 2026 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 5 9
Uzbekistan 2029
Total 0/20 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 6 5 31
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

WAFF Women's Championship

Arabia Women's Cup

Head-to-head record

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total 22 1 1 20 6 87

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Jordan Beat Iraq 20 – 0 Women's Football Cup Arabia 2010". Women's Soccer United. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Local News » Women making soccer history". Gulf Daily News. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. ^ Toufaily, Assile (2024-06-17). "Iraqi Women's Soccer Is On The Rise With Entry Into The FIFA Rankings". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  5. ^ "Отборочный турнир Кубка Азии-2018 среди женских сборных пройдет в Душанбе" [Qualifying tournament of the Asian Cup-2018 among women's teams will be held in Dushanbe] (in Russian). Tajik Football Federation. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
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