Iraq national football team in 2013

Iraq

2013 season

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The Iraq national football team in 2013, would compete in the fourth rounds of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification in amongst international friendly matches as they progress towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Iraq national team information

Matches statistics

Matches statistics in 2013

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013 Gulf Cup of Nations	5	3	1	1	7	3
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	3	0	0	3	0	3
2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	5	2	0	3	4	5
International Friendly	6	3	1	2	8	12
2013 Total	19	8	2	9	19	23

Goalscorers

Top Goalscorers in 2013

Pos.	Player	GC	WCQ	ACQ	IF	Total
FW	Younis Mahmoud	3	0	2	2	7
FW	Hammadi Ahmad	1	0	1	1	3
FW	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	0	0	0	1	1
FW	Amjad Radhi	0	0	0	1	1
MF	Karrar Jassim	0	0	1	0	1
MF	Saad Abdul-Amir	0	0	0	1	1
DF	Salam Shaker	1	0	0	0	1
DF	Dhurgham Ismail	1	0	0	0	1
DF	Ali Rehema	0	0	0	1	1
DF	Mustafa Nadhim	0	0	0	1	1

International debut

Players made their International debut in 2013

Pos	Player Name	Age1	Debut match
MF	Ahmad Abbas	18	vs. Yemen, January 12, 2013	2013 Gulf Cup of Nations
DF	Dhurgham Ismail	18	vs. Yemen, January 12, 2013	2013 Gulf Cup of Nations
DF	Mustafa Nadhim	19	vs. Indonesia, February 6, 2013	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
MF	Ahmad Fadhel	21	vs. Syria, March 26, 2013	International friendly
MF	Osama Ali	24	vs. Liberia, May 27, 2013	International friendly
DF	Ali Faez	18	vs. Chile, August 14, 2013	International friendly
DF	Mohammed Jabbar Rubat	20	vs. Chile, August 14, 2013	International friendly
MF	Mahdi Kamel	18	vs. Chile, August 14, 2013	International friendly
FW	Ali Qasim	19	vs. Chile, August 14, 2013	International friendly
GK	Mohammed Hameed	20	vs. Lebanon, October 8, 2013	International friendly
GK	Mohannad Qassim	23	vs. Syria, November 11, 2013	International friendly
MF	Jawad Kadhim	18	vs. Syria, November 11, 2013	International friendly

¹Note: Age when debuted.

Results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

6 January 2013 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations	Saudi Arabia	0–2	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
19:15		Report	Shaker  18' Hawsawi  72' (o.g.)	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Iraq v Kuwait

9 January 2013 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations	Iraq	1–0	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
16:15	Ahmad  29'	Report		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Iraq v Yemen

12 January 2013 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations	Iraq	2–0	Yemen	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
17:45	Ismail  16' Ahmad  36'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)

Iraq v Bahrain

15 January 2013 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations	Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Bahrain	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
18:45	Mahmoud  18'	Report	Baba  61'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan
		Penalties
	Yasin Ismail Salem Mahmoud Sabri		Husain Aaish Dhiya Al Malood

United Arab Emirates v Iraq

18 January 2013 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations	United Arab Emirates	2–1	Iraq	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
19:00	Abdulrahman  28' Al Hammadi  107'	Report	Mahmoud  81'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia

Iraq v Malaysia

1 February 2013 Friendly	Iraq	3–0	Malaysia	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:15	Mustafa 16' Abdul-Raheem 38' 66'	Report

Iraq v Indonesia

6 February 2013 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Iraq	1–0	Indonesia	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
17:30 UTC+4	Younis Mahmoud  66'	Report		Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan

China PR v Iraq

22 March 2013 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	China PR	1–0	Iraq	Helong Stadium, Changsha
19:35 UTC+8	Yu Dabao  90+3'	Report		Attendance: 31,621 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Iraq v Syria

26 March 2013 Friendly	Iraq	2–1	Syria	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Mahmoud  52' Ali Rehema  90+5'

Iraq v Liberia

Oman v Iraq

4 June 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Oman	1–0	Iraq	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
17:00 UTC+4	Al Ajmi  45+4'	Report	Marcus Macauley  49'	Attendance: 18,300 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic

Iraq v Japan

11 June 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iraq	0–1	Japan	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
17:30 UTC+3		Report	Okazaki  89'	Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan

Australia v Iraq

18 June 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	Australia	1–0	Iraq	Stadium Australia, Sydney
19:30 UTC+10	Kennedy  83'	Report		Attendance: 80,523 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran

Iraq v Chile

14 August 2013 Friendly	Iraq	0–6	Chile	Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen
		Report	Mena  7' Sánchez  20', 28' Beausejour  36', 45' Henríquez  79'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Michael Johansen

Iraq v Yemen

6 October 2013 Friendly	Iraq	3–2	Yemen	Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut
	Radhi  26' Nadhim 54' Mahmoud  73'

Lebanon v Iraq

Iraq v Saudi Arabia

15 October 2013 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Iraq	0–2	Saudi Arabia	Amman International Stadium, Amman
19:30 UTC+3	Hassan Chaito  58'	Report	Hawsawi  34' Al-Shamrani  78'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman

Iraq v Syria

11 November 2013 Friendly	Iraq	2–1	Syria	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
	Ahmad  26' Alaa Abdul-Zahra  80'

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

15 November 2013 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Iraq	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
19:30 UTC+3	Al-Jassim  18' Al-Shamrani  60'	Report	Younis Mahmoud  45+1'	Attendance: 21,600 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan

Indonesia v Iraq

19 November 2013 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Indonesia	0–2	Iraq	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
19:00 UTC+7		Report	Ahmad  27' Karrar  32' (pen.)	Attendance: 300 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan

External links

• FIFA.com
• Soccerway