2007 in Iraqi football

none Despite the nation being torn apart by civil war, Iraqi football in 2007 went as scheduled for the most part. Iraqi clubs participated in international competition, the Olympic team went through qualifications, and the national team played in different tournaments. No games by the national team or the Iraqi clubs were played in Iraq due to violence. National team 2007 Friendlies June 8, 2007 JOR 1 – 1 Iraq 2004 Awath Ragheb 10 Ahmad Mnajed 25 Amman International Stadium, Amman June 12, 2007 JOR 0 – 0 Iraq 2004 Amman International Stadium, Amman June 29, 2007 KOR 3 – 0 Iraq 2004 Yeom Ki-Hun 51 Lee Chun-Soo 79 Lee Kun-Ho 86 Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo July 2, 2007 UZB 2 – 0 Iraq 2004 Ibragimov 3 Bakayev 73 Paju, South Korea October 16, 2007 Qatar 3 – 2 Iraq 2004 Sayd Ali Bechir 34 Sebastián Quintana 70 Saad Al-Shammari 83 Ahmad Salah 20 Emad Mohammed 80 Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha 2007 Gulf Cup 18th Arabian Gulf Cup The Arabian Gulf Cup 2007, the 18th edition, took place in the United Arab Emirates, from 17 January 2007 to 30 January 2007. Iraq did not get beyond the group stage, and the tournament ended in accusations and allegations against the head coach of the national team. Group stage 18th Arabian Gulf Cup#Group B Group B IRQ January 18, 2007 QAT 0 – 1 Iraq 2004 Hawar Mohammed 39 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi January 21, 2007 BHR 1 – 1 Iraq 2004 Al-Marzouqi 8 Hawar Mohammed 11 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi January 24, 2007 KSA 1 – 0 Iraq 2004 Al-Qahtani 12 pen Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi West Asian Football Federation Championship 2007 WAFF Championship The 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in the Jordanian capital Amman. The six entrants were Iraq, Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Jordan. The finals took place between 16th and 24 June 2007. Group stage Group B IRQ June 16, 2007 IRN 0 – 0 Iraq 2004     Amman International Stadium June 18, 2007 Iraq 2004 1 – 0 PLE Hawar Mohammed 86   Amman International Stadium Semi finals June 22, 2007 SYR 0 – 3 Iraq 2004   Younis Mahmoud 10 pen.Ahmad Mnajed 42Salih Sadir 85 Amman International Stadium Final June 24, 2007 Iraq 2004 1 – 2 IRN Salih Sadir 86 pen. Hossein Badamaki 9Hashem Beikzadeh 21 Amman International Stadium Asian Cup 2007 2007 AFC Asian Cup The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals was held in July 2007 (Starting on July 7, 2007, ending on July 29, 2007). The competition was co-hosted by four nations – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Iraq won the tournament. Group stage 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A IRQ July 7, 2007 19:35 UTC+7 THA 1 – 1 Report Iraq 2004 Suksomkit 6 pen Younis Mahmoud 32 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok 30,000 Kwon (KOR) July 13, 2007 17:20 UTC+7 Iraq 2004 3 – 1 AUS Report Nashat Akram 23 Hawar Mohammed 60Karrar Jassim 86 Viduka 47 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok 6,000 Karim (BHR) 2007-07-1619:35 UTC+7 OMA 0 – 0 (Report) Iraq 2004 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 500 Maillet (SEY) Quarter-finals July 21, 2007 20:20 Iraq 2004 2 – 0 VIE Younis Mahmoud 2 66 Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok Report Nishimura (JPN) 9,720 Semi-finals 2007-07-2518:20 Iraq 2004 0 – 0(aet) (Report) KOR Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 12,500 Al Fadhli (KUW) Hawar Mohammed Qusay Munir H. Abdul-Amir Ahmad Mnajed 4 – 3 Chunsoo Donggook Jaejin Kihoon Jungwoo Final 2007-07-2919:35 Iraq 2004 1 – 0 (Report) KSA Younis Mahmoud 76 Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta 60,000 Shield (AUS) fb 2007 AFC Asian Cup winners Iraq First 2004 2010 World Cup Qualifiers 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 22 October 2007 19:30 UTC+5 Pakistan 0 – 7 FIFA Report AFC Summary Iraq 2004 Nashat Akram 19M. Karim 24, 49, 88, 90Jassim Ghulam 71Emad Mohammed 83 Punjab Stadium, Lahore 2,500 Chynybekov (Kyrgyzstan) 28 October 2007 14:00 UTC+2 Iraq 2004 0 – 0 Pakistan Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (Syria) 8,000 Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Kings's Cup 2007 King's Cup Arbil FC participated in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team. Round robin stage IRQ December 22, 2007 19:15 UTC+7 Iraq 2004 1 – 0 PRK Zaki 64 Rajamangala Stadium December 24, 2007 18:45 UTC+7 THA 2 – 1 Iraq 2004 Phanrit 43 Abd Ali 83 og Mubarak 49 Rajamangala Stadium December 26, 2007 16:30 UTC+7 Iraq 2004 3 – 1 UZB Alwan 58 Ibrahim 65 Zaki 78 Solomin 68 pen Rajamangala Stadium Final December 29, 2007 18:00 UTC+7 Thailand 1 – 0 Iraq 2004 Vachiraban 67 Rajamangala Stadium Olympic Team 2007 Olympic Friendlies February 18, 2007 JOR 2 – 1 Iraq 2004 Moussa Hamad 16' Mohammed Kheyr 23' Mostafa Karim 15' Prince Mohammad Stadium, Zarqa February 23, 2007 JOR 0 – 0 Iraq 2004 Prince Mohammad Stadium, Zarqa April 13, 2007 UAE 0 – 4 Iraq 2004 Ali Salah 50'Halkurd Mulla Mohammed 53', 68' M.A. Karim 90' (pen) Sharja Stadium, Sharja August 7, 2007 SYR 2 – 2 Iraq 2004 Majed Al-Haj 21', 59' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 7' Samer Saeed 42' Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo August 9, 2007 SYR 1 – 1 Iraq 2004 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 30' Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo August 12, 2007 BHR 1 – 0 Iraq 2004 Ahmed Bushet 33' Qatar SC Stadium, Doha August 17, 2007 QAT 1 – 2 Iraq 2004 Mohamed Sayyed 79' Mostafa Karim 85' Khaldoun Ibrahim 90' Al Sadd Stadium, Doha Olympic Games Qualification Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's qualification The Iraqi Olympic team participated in the qualifications for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Iraq was seeded for the second round. The second round qualifications were held from February 28 to June 6, 2007. Iraq advanced to the final round qualifications, however the team failed to qualify for the Olympics after finishing second behind Australia. Second round Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2#Group E Group E n IRQ February 28, 2007 Iraq 2004 3 – 0 IND Mostafa Karim 50Alaa Abdul-Zahra 67Haidar Aboodi 69 (Report) King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 1,500 Al-Enzi (Kuwait) March 14, 2007 PRK 2 – 2 Iraq 2004 An Chol-Hyok 44Kim Kwang-Hyok 65 (Report) Alaa Abdul-Zahra 32Ali Rehema 90+3 pen Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang 58,000 Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) March 28, 2007 Iraq 2004 1 – 1 THA Samer Saeed 22 (Report) Teerathep Winothai 47 Prince Mohammad Stadium, Zarqa 3,000 Al-Yarimi (Yemen) April 18, 2007 THA 0 – 1 Iraq 2004 (Report) Karrar Jassim 90+1 Royal Thai Army Stadium, Bangkok 3,200 Takayama (Japan) May 16, 2007 IND 1 – 1 Iraq 2004 Tarif Ahmed 71 (Report) Karrar Jassim 54 Nehru Stadium, Chennai 5,000 Basma (Syria) June 6, 2007 Iraq 2004 1 – 0 PRK Karrar Jassim 64 (Report) King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 5,000 Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Third (Final) Round Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 3#Group A Group A n IRQ August 22, 2007 Iraq 2004 0 – 0 AUS (Report) Rayyan SC Stadium, Doha 1,500 Sun (China) September 8, 2007 LIB 0 – 5 Iraq 2004 (Report) Samer Saeed 22 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 59, 89Ali Abbas 72Karrar Jassim 76 (pen) Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut 0 Al-Saeedi (UAE) September 12, 2007 Iraq 2004 2 – 0 PRK Khaldoun Ibrahim 21 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 69 (Report) Rayyan SC Stadium, Doha 1,500 Abdou (Qatar) October 17, 2007 PRK 0 – 0 Iraq 2004 (Report) Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang 17,000 Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) November 17, 2007 AUS 2 – 0 Iraq 2004 Adrian Leijer 18 Mark Milligan 58 (Report) Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 13,088 Abdul (Singapore) November 21, 2007 Iraq 2004 5 – 2 LIB Alaa Abdul-Zahra 8, 23, 81 Mustafa Karim 30 Samer Saeed 37 (Report) Hassan Maatouk 59 pen Ali Al Saadi 72 pen Rayyan SC Stadium, Doha 100 Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Youth Team 2007 Youth Team Friendlies September 25, 2007 Qatar 1 – 2 Iraq 2004 Adel Ahmad Ali Saad Ali Saad Saheem Bin Fahad Stadium, Doha, Qatar September 30, 2007 Qatar 0 – 3 Iraq 2004 Ali Saad 29 Amjad Radhi 49 Bashar Saad 88 pen Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar AFC Youth Championship Qualification 2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification Group A 3 IRQ October 10, 2007 Iraq 2004 1 – 0 KUW Mohammed Abdul-Zahra 16 (Report) Al-Fayhaa Stadium, Damascus 1,000 Karim (Bahrain) October 31, 2007 UAE 2 – 1 Iraq 2004 Hamdan Al-Kamli 75 (pen)Ahmed Al-Abri 86 (Report) Qais Ali 85 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 1,000 Al-Yarimi (Yemen) November 14, 2007 KUW 2 – 0 Iraq 2004 Mohammad Dahash 2, 9 (Report) Thamir Stadium, Kuwait City 400 Basma (Syria) October 28, 2007 Iraq 2004 1 – 0 UAE Nadeem Karim 17 (Report) Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus 3,500 Moradi (Iran) U-17 Team West Asian Football Federation U-17 Championship 2007 2007 West Asian Football Federation U-17 Championship September 1, 2007 Iran 2 – 2 Iraq 2004 Syria September 2, 2007 Jordan 1 – 0 Iraq 2004 Syria September 3, 2007 Lebanon 0 – 5 Iraq 2004 Syria September 5, 2007 Syria 3 – 0 Iraq 2004 Syria AFC U-17 Championship Qualification 2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification Group C IRQ October 27, 2007 17:40 Iraq 2004 5 – 0 LIB Mustafa Al-Shammari 37, 67 Amjed Hussein 74 Mohammed Jabbar 84 Ali Aziz 85 (Report) Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar 100 Recho (Syria) October 30, 2007 Iraq 2004 2 – 2 IND Waleed Al-Lami 29Ahmad Marid Kueam 50 (Report) Bikramjit Singh 80Tonmoy Ghosh 87 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 300 Mahfoodh (Bahrain) November 1, 2007 Iraq 2004 11 – 0 BHU Mustafa Al-Shammari 7 Ali Al-Karrawi 22, 38 Ali Al-Rubayawi 46, 56, 87 Ali Aziz 51 Mohammed Jabbar 60, 72 Mohammed Al-Wuhaili 77Amoori Al-Bujasim 85 (Report) Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar 50 Al-Badawi (UAE) November 4, 2007 Iraq 2004 7 – 0 SRI Ali Al-Rubayawi 1 Ahmad Marid Kueam 10Mustafa Al-Shammari 20, 32Mohammed Jabbar 45+3Omar Nasih 79 (pen)Murtadha Jawad 81 (Report) Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 70 Mahfoodh (Bahrain) November 7, 2007 KSA 0 – 3 Iraq 2004 (Report) Mustafa Al-Shammari 6, 59 Ali Al-Karrawi 38 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 500 Recho (Syria) Domestic clubs in international tournaments 2007 AFC Champions League 2007 AFC Champions League The 2007 AFC Champions League was the 26th AFC Champions League, played between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The top 15 nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition; Iraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the Champion and the runner-up of the Iraqi Premier League, in the 2005-2006 year. Both clubs failed to qualify for the Quarter Finals. Group A Group A ZWR March 7, 2007 Al-Arabi 0–1 (Report) Al Zawraa Muslim Mubarak 66' Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1,500 Muhsen Basma (Syria) March 21, 2007 Al Zawraa 0–0 (Report) Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Sports Club, Doha, Qatar 1,500 Lee Gi-young (Korea) April 11, 2007 Al-Zawraa 1–2 (Report) Al-Wahda Ahmad Abd Ali 46' Abdulrahim Jumaa 13' Bashir Saeed 74' Al Rayyan Sports Club, Doha, Qatar 500 Taalat Najm (Lebanon) April 25, 2007 Al-Wahda 1–1 (Report) Al-Zawraa Abdulrahim Jumaa 57' Haidar Sabah 75' Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 3,000 Jasim Karim (Bahrain) May 9, 2007 Al-Zawraa 3–2 (Report) Al-Arabi Wissam Kadhim 21' Ahmad Ibrahim 70'Nawaf Falah 78' Firas Al Khatib 50', 84' Al Rayyan Sports Club, Doha, Qatar 500 Mohsen Torky (Iran) May 23, 2007 Al-Rayyan 1–3 (Report) Al-Zawraa Saoud Khames 75' Selman Mesbeh og 13'Abdul-Salam Abood 26'Haidar Sabah 34' Al-Gharrafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar 200 Group C Group C NJF March 7, 2007 Najaf FC 0–1 (Report) Neftchi Akmal Holmatov 71' Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1,500 Hedayat Mombini (Iran) March 21, 2007 Al Sadd 1–4 (Report) Najaf FC Talal Al-Bloushi 45' Aqeel Mohammed 47' Saeed Mohsen 55', 86'(pen)Karrar Jassim 70' Al Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 1,500 Benjamin Williams (Australia) April 11, 2007 Al Karamah 1–1 (Report) Najaf FC Fahd Aodi 90'(pen) Falah Hasan Kadhim 71' Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs, Syria 35,000 Jassim Karim (Bahrain) April 25, 2007 Najaf FC 2–4 (Report) Al-Karamah Saeed Mohsen 7'(pen) Qassim Faraj 86' (pen) Jehad Al Hussein 46', 52' Fahd Aodi 50' Senghor Koupouleni 65' Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 40,000 Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) May 9, 2007 Neftchi 1–1 (Report) Najaf FC Akmal Holmatov 43' Ali Mohammed 60' Fargona Stadium, Fergana, Uzbekistan 16,000 May 23, 2007 Najaf FC 1–0 (Report) Al Sadd Saeed Mohsen 78' Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2007–08 Arab Champions League 2007–08 Arab Champions League Iraq has 2 spots. The two spots were given to the 3rd Place and 4th Place of the Iraqi Premier League. Round 32 September 17, 2007 Chirazienne Comoros 0–8 Iraq 2004 Najaf FC Suhail Naeim 3', 43' Ali Mohammed 13' Hatem Saheb 30' Hussein Karim 53', 56' Aqeel Mohammed 81' Ayad Sadir 86' Aleppo, Syria September 20, 2007 Najaf FC Iraq 2004 1–0 Comoros Chirazienne Suhail Naeim 41' Damascus, Syria September 20, 2007 Al-Talaba Iraq 2004 0–2 Algeria USM Alger Billel Dziri 64' Amar Ammour 81' Jordan October 1, 2007 USM Alger Algeria 2–0 Report Iraq 2004 Al-Talaba Mohamed Hamdoud 39' Samir Bentayeb 86' Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Round 16 October 30, 2007 Najaf FC Iraq 2004 0 – 3 Syria Al-Taliya Yaamen Ahbod 4, 44 Ahmad Al-Aomer 29 Amman, Jordan November 12, 2007 Al-Taliya Syria 0 – 0 Iraq 2004 Najaf FC Damascus, Syria References External links iraq-football.net/ Football in