Iraq at the AFC Asian Cup

This is a record of Iraq's results at the AFC Asian Cup. Iraq have appeared in the finals of the AFC Asian Cup on ten occasions: in 1972 and 1976, and from 1996 to 2023. Their best ever performance was becoming champions in the 2007 tournament held in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Overall record

AFC Asian Cup record

Qualification record

Year

Round

Position

*

Squad

1956 to

1968

Not an AFC member

1972

Group stage

6th

3

0

2

1

4

Squad

6

5

1

0

13

2

1976

Fourth place

4th

4

1

0

3

6

Squad

6

5

1

0

14

3

1980 to

1988

Withdrew

1992

Banned due to Gulf War

1996

Quarter-finals

6th

4

2

0

2

6

4

Squad

2

0

4

0

2000

Quarter-finals

8th

4

1

2

5

7

Squad

3

0

9

2

2004

Quarter-finals

8th

4

2

0

2

5

7

Squad

6

4

1

16

4

2007

Champions

1st

6

3

0

7

2

Squad

6

3

2

1

12

8

2011

Quarter-finals

8th

4

2

0

2

3

Squad

Qualified as defending champions

2015

Fourth place

4th

6

2

1

3

8

9

Squad

6

3

0

3

7

6

2019

Round of 16

14th

4

2

1

6

3

Squad

6

3

0

13

6

2023

Round of 16

12th

4

3

0

1

10

7

Squad

8

5

2

1

14

4

2027

Qualified

6

0

17

2

Total

1 title

11/15

43

18

8

17

54

52

—

55

39

10

6

119

37

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Record by opponent

AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals scored	Goals conceded	Last Win
South Korea	3	0	2**	1	0	2	—
Iran	7	1	2*	4	6	12	1996
Thailand	4	2	2	0	8	3	2000
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	1	0	1976
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	2	3	—
China	2	0	0	2	0	4	—
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	3	2	2007
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	2011
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	2	2	—
Japan	3	1	0	2	3	5	2023
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	1	—
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	3	2	2004
Australia	2	1	0	1	3	2	2007
Oman	1	0	1	0	0	0	—
Vietnam	3	3	0	0	8	4	2023
North Korea	1	1	0	0	1	0	2011
Jordan	2	1	0	1	3	3	2015
Palestine	1	1	0	0	2	0	2015
Yemen	1	1	0	0	3	0	2019
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	1	—
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3	1	2023

*Iraq defeated Iran in the 2015 quarter-finals via penalty shoot-out
**Iraq defeated South Korea in both the 1972 preliminary round and the 2007 semi-finals via penalty shoot-out

Record results

Iraq's Asian Cup record
First match	South Korea 0–0 (2–4 p.) Iraq (7 May 1972; Bangkok, Thailand)
Biggest win	Iraq 4–1 Thailand (11 December 1996; Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Yemen 0–3 Iraq (12 January 2019; Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
Biggest defeat	Iran 3–0 Iraq (9 May 1972; Bangkok, Thailand) Japan 4–1 Iraq (24 October 2000; Beirut, Lebanon) China 3–0 Iraq (30 July 2004; Beijing, China)
Best result	Champions in 2007
Worst result	Group stage in 1972

Thailand 1972

Group allocation match

7 May 1972

South Korea	0–0	Iraq

Penalties
Cha Bum-kun Hwang Jae-man Park Su-deok	2–4	Aziz Nouri Kadhim Fathi

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 2,000

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4
Thailand	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

9 May 1972

Iran	3–0	Iraq
Kalani 34', 70', 78'

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

11 May 1972

Thailand	1–1	Iraq
		Yousif

National Stadium, Bangkok

Iran 1976

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	10	0	+10	4
Iraq	2	1	1	1	2	−1	2
South Yemen	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

4 June 1976

Iran	2–0	Iraq
Nouraei 45' Roshan 58'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

6 June 1976

Iraq	1–0	South Yemen
Waal 84'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Semi-finals

11 June 1976

Kuwait	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ibrahim 11' Kamel 77', 100'		Abdul-Jalil 46' Hassan 85'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 60,000

Third place match

13 June 1976

Iraq	0–1	China
		He Jia 61'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

United Arab Emirates 1996

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
Iraq	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
Thailand	3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

5 December 1996

19:00

Iran	1–2	Iraq
Daei 90' (pen.)	Report	Hussam Fawzi 37' Khalid Sabbar 69'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

8 December 1996

16:45

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iraq
Al-Mehallel 26'	Report

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

11 December 1996

19:00

Iraq	4–1	Thailand
Haidar Mahmoud 17', 50' Laith Hussein 23', 63'	Report	Chalermsan 26'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

Quarter-finals

15 December 1996

16:45

United Arab Emirates	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ab. Ibrahim 103'	Report

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Lebanon 2000

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Iraq	3	1	1	1	4	3	4\|
Thailand	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
Lebanon	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2

12 October 2000

15:05

Iraq	2–0	Thailand
Qahtan Chathir 27' Haidar Mahmoud 60'	Report

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

15 October 2000

19:45

Lebanon	2–2	Iraq
Chahrour 28' Hojeij 76'	Report	Sabah Jeayer 5', 22'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

18 October 2000

19:35

Iran	1–0	Iraq
Daei 77'	Report

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 8,582

Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

Quarter-finals

24 October 2000

16:45

Japan	4–1	Iraq
Nanami 8', 29' Takahara 11' Myojin 62'	Report	Abbas Obeid 4'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)

China 2004

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	9
Iraq	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Turkmenistan	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

18 July 2004

21:15

Iraq	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Qosimov 21'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 12,400

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

22 July 2004

18:30

Turkmenistan	2–3	Iraq
V. Bayramov 14' Kuliyyew 85'	Report	Hawar Mohammed 12' Razzaq Farhan 80' Qusay Munir 88'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

26 July 2004

19:00

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Iraq
Al-Montashari 57'	Report	Nashat Akram 51' Younis Mahmoud 86'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

Quarter-finals

30 July 2004

21:00

China	3–0	Iraq
Hao Haidong 8' Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Thailand	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Oman	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

7 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Thailand	1–1	Iraq
Suksomkit 6' (pen.)	Report	Younis Mahmoud 32'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

13 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Iraq	3–1	Australia
Nashat Akram 22' Hawar Mohammed 60' Karrar Jassim 86'	Report	Viduka 47'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

16 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Oman	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 500

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Quarter-finals

21 July 2007

20:20 UTC+7

Iraq	2–0	Vietnam
Younis Mahmoud 2', 65'	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 9,720

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Semi-finals

25 July 2007

18:20 UTC+8

Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Hawar Mohammed Qusay Munir Haidar Abdul-Amir Ahmad Mnajed	4–3	Lee Chun-soo Lee Dong-gook Cho Jae-jin Yeom Ki-hun Kim Jung-woo

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Final

29 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Younis Mahmoud 72'	Report

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Qatar 2011

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Iraq	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

11 January 2011

19:15

Iraq	1–2	Iran
Mahmoud 13'	Report	Rezaei 42' Mobali 84'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 10,478

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

15 January 2011

19:15

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Iraq
		W. Abbas 90+3' (o.g.)

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 7,233

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

19 January 2011

19:15

Iraq	1–0	North Korea
Jassim 22'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 4,111

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Quarter-finals

22 January 2011

16:25

Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Kewell 118'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,889

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Australia 2015

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Jordan	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Palestine	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2015. Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

12 January 2015

19:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Jordan	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Kasim 77'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 6,840

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

16 January 2015

19:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Iraq	0–1	Japan
	Report	Honda 23' (pen.)

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 22,941

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

20 January 2015

20:00 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iraq	2–0	Palestine
Mahmoud 48' Yasin 88'	Report

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 10,235

Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Quarter-finals

23 January 2015

17:30 AEDT (UTC+11)

Iran	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Azmoun 24' Pouraliganji 103' Ghoochannejhad 118'	Report	Yasin 56' Mahmoud 93' Ismail 116' (pen.)
Penalties
Hajsafi Pouraliganji Nekounam Hosseini Ghafouri Jahanbakhsh Teymourian Amiri	6–7	Abdul-Amir Salem Ismail Adnan Mahmoud Kasim Hussein Shaker