Iraq women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Iraq national football team.

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

Iraq

Nickname(s)	Libuaat al-Rafidayn (Lionesses of Mesopotamia)
Association	Iraq Football Association
Head coach	Adil Qader
FIFA code	IRQ
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	173 1 (13 December 2024)[1]
Highest	107 (December 2017 – March 2018)
Lowest	173 (December 2024)
First international
Jordan 20–0 Iraq  (Riffa, Bahrain, 19 October 2010)[2]
Biggest defeat
Jordan 20–0 Iraq  (Riffa, Bahrain, 19 October 2010)
WAFF Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	Group stage (2011, 2024)

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.^[4]

History

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

2024

United Arab Emirates  v  Iraq

8 February 2024 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	1–0	Iraq	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00 UTC+4	Yocor	Report (UAEFA)		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

United Arab Emirates  v  Iraq

11 February 2024 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	3–0	Iraq	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
--:-- UTC+4	Ayoka Mané Kai Yu	Report (UAEFA)		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium

Palestine  v  Iraq

20 February 2024 2024 WAFF Women's Championship	Palestine	3–0	Iraq	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3	Youssef 63' (pen.), 64' Abed 69'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium Referee: Esraa Al-Mbaiden (Jordan)

Iraq  v  Nepal

22 February 2024 2024 WAFF Women's Championship	Iraq	0–5	Nepal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Bhandari 14', 15', 36', 43', 79'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium Referee: Haneen Murad (Jordan)

Syria  v  Iraq

24 February 2024 2024 WAFF Women's Championship	Syria	3–0	Iraq	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:00 UTC+3	Elias 38' Mustafa 49' Khwandi 80'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

Coaching staff

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

Manager history

• Salah Radhi (20??–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  Bahrain.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Faiza Jalal Mahmoud		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	1GK	Zahraa Ali Hussein
	1GK	Salar Abdulwahid Khalid
	2DF	Bahra Mohammed	(1993-02-01)1 February 1993 (aged 31)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	3MF	Nadia Fadhil	(1995-04-28)28 April 1995 (aged 28)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	3MF	Mina Kareem Jaber	(1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 25)	Naft Al-Shamal
	3MF	Direen Mulla Bakr	(2000-01-13)13 January 2000 (aged 24)
	3MF	Tiba Al-Quraishi	(1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 28)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	3MF	Zainab Abbas	(1996-12-22)22 December 1996 (aged 27)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	4FW	Sipal Shukur Rasheed	(1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 27)	Naft Al-Shamal
	4FW	Shokhan Nooraldin	(2000-04-10)10 April 2000 (aged 23)	Al Hilal
		Barzeh Nidham Shawkat
		Esraa Adnan Hashim		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		Soz Kazim Kamal		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		Ghoofran Sadeq Mahdi
		Tabarak Muaead		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		Mays Mahdi Hassan		Al-Zawraa
		Samera Rauf Salih
		Yusra Ibrahim Hassan
		Elaf Hossam-aldine		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
		Sara Sarhang
		Huda Hadi Abdulamir
		Soulin Abdullah Saadi

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.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991 to 2015	Did not enter
2019	Did not qualify
2023	Withdrew
2027	To be determined
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*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
1975 to 2014	Did not enter									Did not enter
2018	Did not qualify									5	0	0	5	0	22
2022	Withdrew									Withdrew
2026	To be determined
2029
Total	0/20	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	0	22

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

WAFF Women's Championship

WAFF Women's Championship record Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD 2005 Did not enter 2007 2010 2011 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 2014 Did not enter 2019 2022 2024 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 Total 2/8 6 0 0 6 0 30 −30 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arabia Women's Cup

Arabia Women's Cup record Hosts / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GD 2010 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 44 −44

Head-to-head record

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Total	11	0	0	11	0	85

• Source: Worldfootball

See also

• Iraq national football team
• Iraq national under-23 football team
• Iraq national under-20 football team
• Iraq national under-17 football team
• Iraq women's national under-20 football team
• Iraq women's national under-17 football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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. "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.

External links

• Official website Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Iraq national football team on FIFA.com