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2009 in Iraqi football

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National team edit

Friendly Matches edit

Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Iraq
South Korea  2 – 1  Iraq
Kim Chi-Woo   54'
Lee Keun-Ho   70' (pen)		 Hwang Jae-Won   49' (o.g.)
Qatar  1 – 0*  Iraq
Ibrahim Majid   33'
Poland  1 – 1  Iraq
Roger Guerreiro   71' Mahdi Karim   53'
Iraq  3 – 0  Palestine
Hawar Mulla Mohammed   20'
Younis Mahmoud   54'
Luay Salah   90+3'
Iraq  4 – 0  Palestine
Hawar Mulla Mohammed   28'
Karrar Jassim   58'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra   73'
Emad Mohammed   90+3' (pk)
  • Qatar vs. Iraq not considered as a FIFA International match since Iraq made 13 Substitutions.

Four Nations Tournament edit

Four nations tournament, hosted in the UAE. Two semi-finals, winners advance to the final.

Iraq  1 – 0  Azerbaijan
Abbas   88'
Iraq  1 – 0  United Arab Emirates
?   ?'

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup edit

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Group A edit

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Group A of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 14 to 20 June 2009 in Bloemfontein's Free State Stadium, Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium, and Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Stadium.[1] The group consisted of Iraq, New Zealand, host nation South Africa, and Spain.[2]

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   South Africa (H) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   Iraq 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
4   New Zealand 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Matches edit

South Africa vs Iraq edit

South Africa  0–0  Iraq
Report
Attendance: 48,837
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iraq
GK 16 Itumeleng Khune
RB 2 Siboniso Gaxa
CB 14 Matthew Booth
CB 4 Aaron Mokoena (c)
LB 3 Tsepo Masilela
RM 6 MacBeth Sibaya   81'
CM 5 Benson Mhlongo
CM 13 Kagisho Dikgacoi
LM 12 Teko Modise
CF 18 Thembinkosi Fanteni   2'   78'
CF 17 Bernard Parker   85'
Substitutions:
FW 21 Katlego Mashego   78'
MF 10 Steven Pienaar   85'
Manager:
  Joel Santana
 
GK 12 Mohammed Gassid
RB 14 Salam Shaker
CB 2 Mohammed Ali Karim
CB 4 Fareed Majeed
CB 15 Ali Rehema
LB 3 Bassim Abbas
RM 18 Mahdi Karim   88'
CM 5 Nashat Akram   74'
LM 13 Karrar Jassim   74'
CF 10 Younis Mahmoud (c)
CF 7 Emad Mohammed   76'
Substitutions:
MF 11 Hawar Mulla Mohammed   74'
FW 17 Alaa Abdul-Zahra   76'
MF 6 Salih Sadir   88'
Manager:
  Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match:
Teko Modise (South Africa)

Assistant referees:
Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Fifth official:
Henrik Andrén (Sweden)

New Zealand vs Spain edit

New Zealand  0–5  Spain
Report
Attendance: 21,649
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Zealand
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain
GK 12 Glen Moss
RB 17 Dave Mulligan
CB 18 Andrew Boyens
CB 6 Ivan Vicelich
LB 3 Tony Lochhead
DM 7 Simon Elliott
RM 11 Leo Bertos
LM 15 Jeremy Brockie   27'
AM 8 Tim Brown (c)
SS 10 Chris Killen   85'
CF 9 Shane Smeltz   76'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Jeremy Christie   27'
MF 16 Chris James   76'
FW 21 Kris Bright   85'
Manager:
Ricki Herbert
 
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos   54'
CB 2 Raúl Albiol
CB 5 Carles Puyol
LB 11 Joan Capdevila
DM 14 Xabi Alonso
RM 8 Xavi   54'
LM 18 Albert Riera
AM 10 Cesc Fàbregas
SS 7 David Villa
CF 9 Fernando Torres   70'
Substitutions:
DF 19 Álvaro Arbeloa   54'
MF 20 Santi Cazorla   54'
MF 21 David Silva   70'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match:
Fernando Torres (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Komi Konyoh (Togo)
Alexis Fassinou (Benin)
Fourth official:
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Fifth official:
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)

Spain vs Iraq edit

Spain  1–0  Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 30,512
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iraq
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 3 Gerard Piqué
CB 4 Carlos Marchena   53'
LB 11 Joan Capdevila
DM 14 Xabi Alonso   38'
RM 20 Santi Cazorla   67'
CM 8 Xavi   82'
LM 22 Juan Mata
SS 7 David Villa   74'
CF 9 Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
MF 21 David Silva   67'
FW 17 Dani Güiza   74'
MF 12 Sergio Busquets   82'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
 
GK 12 Mohammed Gassid
RB 14 Salam Shaker
CB 2 Mohammed Ali Karim
CB 4 Fareed Majeed
CB 15 Ali Rehema
LB 3 Bassim Abbas   29'
DM 22 Muayad Khalid   74'
RM 20 Samer Saeed   76'
CM 5 Nashat Akram (c)   88'
LM 11 Hawar Mulla Mohammed
CF 17 Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Substitutions:
MF 18 Mahdi Karim   74'
MF 13 Karrar Jassim   76'
MF 10 Younis Mahmoud   88'
Manager:
  Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match:
Xabi Alonso (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
Fourth official:
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Fifth official:
Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)

South Africa vs New Zealand edit

South Africa  2–0  New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 36,598
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Zealand
GK 16 Itumeleng Khune
RB 2 Siboniso Gaxa
CB 14 Matthew Booth
CB 4 Aaron Mokoena (c)
LB 3 Tsepo Masilela
CM 13 Kagisho Dikgacoi
CM 6 MacBeth Sibaya
RW 10 Steven Pienaar   80'
AM 17 Bernard Parker   81'
LW 12 Teko Modise
CF 18 Thembinkosi Fanteni   62'
Substitutions:
FW 21 Katlego Mashego   62'
FW 8 Siphiwe Tshabalala   81'
Manager:
  Joel Santana
 
GK 12 Glen Moss
RB 17 Dave Mulligan
CB 18 Andrew Boyens   72'
CB 6 Ivan Vicelich   90+3'
LB 3 Tony Lochhead
DM 7 Simon Elliott
RM 11 Leo Bertos   66'
LM 14 Jeremy Christie   53'
AM 8 Tim Brown (c)   55'
CF 9 Shane Smeltz   85'
CF 10 Chris Killen   75'
Substitutions:
MF 4 Duncan Oughton   55'
MF 16 Chris James   66'
FW 20 Chris Wood   75'
Manager:
Ricki Herbert

Man of the Match:
Bernard Parker (South Africa)

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Fourth official:
Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Fifth official:
Patricio Basualto (Chile)

Iraq vs New Zealand edit

Iraq  0–0  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 23,295
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iraq
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Zealand
GK 12 Mohammed Gassid
RB 2 Mohammed Ali Karim
CB 15 Ali Rehema
CB 14 Salam Shaker
LB 3 Bassim Abbas
RM 18 Mahdi Karim   67'
CM 5 Nashat Akram
CM 11 Hawar Mulla Mohammed   46'
LM 13 Karrar Jassim
CF 7 Emad Mohammed   56'
CF 10 Younis Mahmoud (c)
Substitutions:
MF 4 Fareed Majeed   46'
MF 17 Alaa Abdul-Zahra   56'
MF 6 Salih Sadir   67'
Manager:
  Bora Milutinović
 
GK 12 Glen Moss
RB 2 Aaron Scott   85'
CB 5 Ben Sigmund   71'
CB 6 Ivan Vicelich
LB 3 Tony Lochhead
DM 7 Simon Elliott
RM 15 Jeremy Brockie   61'   68'
CM 8 Tim Brown (c)   35'
LM 11 Leo Bertos
SS 9 Shane Smeltz
CF 10 Chris Killen
Substitutions:
MF 14 Jeremy Christie   68'
MF 18 Andrew Boyens   71'
FW 17 Dave Mulligan   85'
Manager:
Ricki Herbert

Man of the Match:
Shane Smeltz (New Zealand)

Assistant referees:
Peter Kirkup (England)
Michael Mullarkey (England)
Fourth official:
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Fifth official:
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)

Spain vs South Africa edit

Spain  2–0  South Africa
 Report
Attendance: 38,212
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Africa
GK 23 Pepe Reina
RB 5 Carles Puyol (c)
CB 3 Gerard Piqué   56'
CB 2 Raúl Albiol   24'
LB 19 Álvaro Arbeloa
DM 12 Sergio Busquets
RM 10 Cesc Fàbregas
LM 18 Albert Riera   81'
AM 8 Xavi
SS 7 David Villa   60'
CF 9 Fernando Torres   60'
Substitutions:
MF 6 Pablo Hernández   60'
FW 16 Fernando Llorente   60'
MF 20 Santi Cazorla   81'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
 
GK 16 Itumeleng Khune
RB 2 Siboniso Gaxa
CB 4 Aaron Mokoena (c)
CB 14 Matthew Booth
LB 3 Tsepo Masilela
CM 5 Benson Mhlongo
CM 6 MacBeth Sibaya   5'   83'
RW 10 Steven Pienaar
AM 13 Kagisho Dikgacoi   54'
LW 12 Teko Modise   53'
CF 17 Bernard Parker   90+3'
Substitutions:
FW 21 Katlego Mashego   83'
FW 8 Siphiwe Tshabalala   90+3'
Manager:
  Joel Santana

Man of the Match:
Xavi (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Patricio Basualto (Chile)
Francisco Mondria (Chile)
Fourth official:
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Fifth official:
Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)

References edit

  1. ^ "Match Schedule – FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-26.
  2. ^ "Let the games begin". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10.

External links edit

South Africa  0 – 0  Iraq
Report
Attendance: 52,522
Spain  1 – 0  Iraq
Villa   55' Report
Attendance: 30,512
New Zealand  0 – 0  Iraq
Report
Attendance: 23,295
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2009 Gulf Cup of Nations edit

Main article: 19th Arabian Gulf Cup

Group A edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Oman 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
  Kuwait 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
  Iraq 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Bahrain  3 – 1  Iraq
Abdullah Omar   28'
Sayed Adnan   69' (PK)
Al-Dakheel   90+2'		 Younis Mahmoud   81' (PK)
Iraq  0 – 4  Oman
Hassan Rabi'y   23',   65',   79'
Emad Al Hosseni   50'
Iraq  1 – 1  Kuwait
Alaa Abdul-Zahra   66' Khaled Khalaf   37'

Domestic clubs in international tournaments edit

2009 AFC Cup edit

Main article: 2009 AFC Cup

Iraq was excluded from the AFC Champions League due to not fulfilling the AFC demand of having a fully professional league. Hence, the Iraqi clubs relegated to the AFC Cup with having 2 seats to participate in. The 2007–08 Iraqi Premier League's Champion (Arbil FC) and runners-up (Al-Zawraa) will participate this season.

Group B edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Zawraa 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13
  Safa 6 4 0 2 5 3 +2 12
  Al-Hilal Al-Sahili 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7
  Al-Suwaiq 6 1 0 5 3 8 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Zawraa  2 – 0  Al-Hilal Al-Sahili
Salar Abdul-Jabar   6'
Omar Kadhim   88'		 Summary
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee:   Mohamed Al Zarouni
Safa  1 – 0  Al-Zawraa
Guy Charles Jimgou   35' Report
Attendance: 700
Referee:   Vladislav Tseytlin
Al-Zawraa  2 – 0  Al-Suwaiq
Haidar Sabah   29'
Sajjad Hussein   90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee:   Saeid Mozaffarizadehyazdi
Al-Suwaiq  0 – 1  Al-Zawraa
Report Ahmad Ibrahim   56'
Attendance: 500
Referee:   Mohammad Mousa Khalaf
Al-Hilal Al-Sahili  1 – 1  Al-Zawraa
Yaser Ba Suhai   76' Report Adnan Attiya   85'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Racho Abdulrrhman
Al-Zawraa  2 – 1  Safa
Ous Ibrahim   45+2'
Mustafa Ahmad   90+5'		 Report Khodor Salame   31'
Attendance: 300
Referee:   Kakabay Seydov

Group C edit

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Arabi 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
  Arbil 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8
  Al-Orouba 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
  Al-Mabarrah 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Mabarrah  1 – 0  Arbil
Ali El Atat   20' (Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Mukhtar Al Yarimi
Arbil  1 – 1  Al-Arabi
Muslim Mubarak   37' (Report) Firas Al Khatib   74'
Attendance: 200
Referee:   Nawaf Abdulla Ghayyath
Al-Oruba  1 – 1  Arbil
Younis Mubarak   43' Report Luay Salah   49'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee:   Dmitry Mashentsev
Arbil  3 – 0  Al-Oruba
Luay Salah   43'
Ahmad Salah   49'
Muslim Mubarak   77'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee:   Chaiya Mahapab
Arbil  3 – 2  Al-Mabarrah
Muslim Mubarak   4'
Ahmad Salah   30' (Pen)
Ali Mansour   72'		 Report Joao Alfredo   3'
Tarek Al Ali   76'
Attendance: 200
Referee:   Naser Al-Ghafary
Al-Arabi  2 – 0  Arbil
Firas Al Khatib   39',   86' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:   Khalid Alzahrani

Round of 16 edit

Al-Zawraa  1 – 3  Arbil
Adnan Attiya   76' Report Ahmad Salah   44'
Luay Salah   67'
Ahmad Abd Ali   70'
Attendance: 200

Quarter finals edit

First leg edit

Al-Kuwait  1 – 1  Arbil
Al Azemi   7' Report Mahdi   68'
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Abdul Malik (Singapore)

Second leg edit

Arbil  0 – 1  Al-Kuwait
Report Rogerio   74'
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Final edit

Al-Kuwait  2 – 1  Al-Karamah
Hakem   16'
Sulaiman   90+4'		 Report Al Shbli   82'
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Thaghr al-Iraq Championship edit

The 2009 Thagher al-Iraq Tournament or 2009 Thaghr Al Iraq Championship was a pre-season men's football friendly tournament hosted by Branch of Basra in Iraq Football Association, between clubs of cities that located in south of Iraq; (Basra, Dhi Qar and Amarah), that play in Iraqi Premier League and that play in Iraq Division One.

The 2009 Thagher al-Iraq Tournament took place on 14–21 December 2009 and featured Al-Mina'a, Al-Bahri, Naft Al-Junoob, Ghaz Al-Junoob, Al-Nassriya, and Naft Maysan.[1]

The winners of the tournament were Al-Mina'a, who defeated Naft Al-Junoob in the final.[2]

Group stage edit

The first place (shaded in green) qualified to the final.

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Mina'a 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6
Ghaz Al-Junoob 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Naft Maysan 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Mina'a3–0Naft Maysan
Falah   51'
Jassem   55'
Kadhim   75'		 report
Referee: Ahmed Shaker
Al-Mina'a4–1Ghaz Al-Junoob
Abdul Hussein   12', 52'
Abdul Razzak   70'
Hadi   85'		 report Abdul Razzak   65'
Ghaz Al-Junoob0–0Naft Maysan
Referee: Ahmed Shaker

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Naft Al-Junoob 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
Al-Bahri 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Al-Nassriya 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Naft Al-Junoob3–0Al-Nassriya
Jabbar   40' (pen.)
Kadhim   75'
Yousuf   77'		 report Matroud   38'
Referee: Adnan Shaea
Al-Bahri0–0Al-Nassriya
Naft Al-Junoob2–1Al-Bahri
Jabbar  17'
Aoda   73'
Kadhim   90+2'		 Aziz   43'
Referee: Ahmed Shaker

Final edit

Al-Mina'a2–1Naft Al-Junoob
Falah   45+1'
Hadi   65'
Ahmed   79'		 report Yousuf   10'
Hameed   74'
Nayrouz   81'
Referee: Ahmed Shaker


 2009 Thaghr al-Iraq Championship winners 
Al-Mina'a SC

References edit

  1. ^ "Al Mina meets Naft Al Janoub in the final of Thaghr Al Iraq Football". TRCB.com. 21 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Al Mina Football team wins Thaghr Al Iraq Championship". TRCB.com. 28 December 2009.

External links edit

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