Iraq national football team results (1980–1989)

This is a list of the Iraq national football team results from 1980 to 1989.

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1980s

1980

Iraq  v  Poland

27 February 1980 Friendly	Iraq	1–1	Poland	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Jassim 41'

Iraq  v  Poland

29 February 1980 Friendly	Iraq	1–0	Poland	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Ashraf 62'

Iraq v Jordan

16 March 1980 1980 Olympics qualifiers	Iraq	4–0	Jordan	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Ahmed 18', 52' Jassim 62' Saeed 75'

Iraq v Syria

Iraq v Kuwait

Iraq v South Yemen

28 March 1980 1980 Olympics qualifiers	Iraq	3–0	South Yemen	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Saeed 3', 82' Khudhair 61'

Iraq v Kuwait

31 March 1980 1980 Olympics qualifiers	Iraq	2–3	Kuwait	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Ashraf 6', 44'		Yaqoub 69' (pen.), 82' Al-Ghanim 79'	Attendance: 65,000

Poland  v  Iraq

22 June 1980 Friendly

Poland

3–0

Iraq

National Stadium, Warsaw

Iraq v Costa Rica

21 July 1980 1980 Olympics	Iraq	3–0	Costa Rica	Republican Stadium, Kiev
12:00	Ahmed 45' Saeed 49' Hassan 75'	Report		Referee: Nyirenda Chayu

Finland v Iraq

23 July 1980 1980 Olympics	Finland	0–0	Iraq	Republican Stadium, Kiev
12:00		Report		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ramón Calderón Castro

Yugoslavia v Iraq

25 July 1980 1980 Olympics	Yugoslavia	1–1	Iraq	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
12:00	Zoran Vujović 63'	Report	Hassan 61'	Referee: André Daina

East Germany v Iraq

27 July 1980 1980 Olympics	East Germany	4–0	Iraq	Republican Stadium, Kiev
12:00	Schnuphase 4' (p.k.) Netz 11' Steinbach 17' Terletzki 22'	Report		Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho

1981

Jordan  v  Iraq

6 February 1981 Friendly	Jordan	0–2	Iraq	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
			Hassan

Jordan  v  Iraq

Morocco  v  Iraq

8 March 1981 Friendly	Morocco	1–1	Iraq	Fez Stadium, Fez
			Saeed

Iraq  v  Qatar

18 March 1981 1982 WCQ	Iraq	1–0	Qatar	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Saeed 84'			Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

Saudi Arabia  v  Iraq

21 March 1981 1982 WCQ	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iraq	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Mohammad 82'			Referee: Boskovic (Australia)

Iraq  v  Bahrain

25 March 1981 1982 WCQ	Iraq	2–0	Bahrain	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Ahmed 26' Dirjal 89'			Referee: Dhillon (Singapore)

Iraq  v  Syria

30 March 1981 1982 WCQ	Iraq	2–1	Syria	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Ashraf 34' Khudhair 63'		Jehad	Referee: Rampley (Australia)

Iraq  v  Ghana

Iraq  v  Ghana

Iraq  v  Thailand

Iraq  v  South Korea

13 September 1981 Merdeka Tournament	Iraq	1–1	South Korea	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
	Aziz 60'

Iraq  v  Singapore

Iraq  v  Japan

18 September 1981 Merdeka Tournament	Iraq	2–0	Japan	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
	Hussein 8' Aziz 60'

1982

Iraq  v  East Germany

Iraq  v  South Korea

7 March 1982 Friendly	Iraq	3–0	South Korea	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Saeed 29' Hassan 53', 87'

Iraq  v  South Korea

Iraq v Oman

20 March 1982 6th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	4–0	Oman	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
	Saeed 24' Dirjal 32', 90' Farhan 75'

Iraq v Bahrain

22 March 1982 6th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	3–0	Bahrain	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
	Aziz 41' Saeed 84', 88'

Iraq v Saudi Arabia

Iraq v Qatar

Iraq v United Arab Emirates

Kuwait  v  Iraq

Iraq  v  Burma

20 November 1982 1982 Asian Games	Iraq	4–0	Burma	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
	Hashim 10' Saeed 32' Hussein 54' Mohammed 86'

Iraq  v    Nepal

23 November 1982 1982 Asian Games	Iraq	3–0	Nepal	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
	Odisho 3' Saeed 56', 75'

Iraq  v  Kuwait

Iraq  v  Japan

28 November 1982 1982 Asian Games	Iraq	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
	Jassim 102'

Saudi Arabia  v  Iraq

Kuwait  v  Iraq

1983

Iraq  v  Egypt

28 April 1983 Friendly

Iraq

0–1

Egypt

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Iraq v Bahrain

Iraq v United Arab Emirates

Bahrain v Iraq

United Arab Emirates v Iraq

1984

Iraq  v  Oman

11 March 1984 7th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	2–1	Oman	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Mascat
	Saeed 25', 29'		Hamdan 45'

Iraq  v  United Arab Emirates

Iraq  v  Saudi Arabia

17 March 1984 7th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	4–0	Saudi Arabia	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Mascat
	Shaker 25' Saeed 57', 70', 84'

Iraq  v  Bahrain

Iraq  v  Kuwait

22 March 1984 7th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	3–1	Kuwait	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Mascat
	Saeed 47', 75' Allawi 80'		Fulaiteh 59'

Qatar  v  Iraq

25 March 1984 7th Arabian Gulf Cup	Qatar	2–1	Iraq	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Mascat
	Muftah 26' Gorgis 41' (og)		Radhi 55'

Iraq  v  Qatar

28 March 1984 7th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Qatar	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Mascat
	Dirjal 102'		Muftah 109'

Iraq v Thailand

Iraq v Japan

21 April 1984 1984 Olympics qualifiers	Iraq	2–1	Japan	Singapore
	Munir 2' Dirjal 45'		Hara 34'

Qatar v Iraq

23 April 1984 1984 Olympics qualifiers

Qatar

2–0

Iraq

Singapore

Iraq v Malaysia

Iraq v South Korea

Canada v Iraq

30 July 1984 1984 Olympics	Canada	1–1	Iraq	Harvard Stadium, Boston
19:30	Gray 70'	Report	Saeed 83'	Attendance: 16,730 Referee: Díaz (COL)

Cameroon v Iraq

1 August 1984 1984 Olympics	Cameroon	1–0	Iraq	Harvard Stadium, Boston
19:00	Bahoken 7'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Socha (USA)

Iraq v Yugoslavia

3 August 1984 1984 Olympics	Iraq	2–4	Yugoslavia	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis
19:00	Saeed 17' Shihab 43'	Report	Deverić 55', 76', 87' Nikolić 86'	Attendance: 24,430 Referee: Sano (JPN)

1985

Jordan  v  Iraq

29 March 1985 1986 WCQ	Jordan	2–3	Iraq	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
	Al-Dawud Abu Abed	Report	Munir Radhi Saeed	Referee: Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

Qatar  v  Iraq

5 April 1985 1986 WCQ	Qatar	3–0	Iraq	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
	Muftah 40' Al-Mohannadi 52' (p) Al-Ammari 71'	Report		Referee: George Courtney (England)

Iraq  v  Jordan

19 April 1985 1986 WCQ	Iraq	2–0	Jordan	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
	Radhi 46' Allawi 50'	Report		Referee: Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria)

Iraq  v  Qatar

5 May 1985 1986 WCQ	Iraq	2–1	Qatar	Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Calcutta
	Radhi 21' Allawi 76'	Report	Muftah 44'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Na Yoon-Shik (South Korea)

Iraq  v  Bahrain

Iraq  v  Mauritania

Iraq  v  Saudi Arabia

10 July 1985 1985 Arab Nations Cup	Iraq	3–2	Saudi Arabia	King Fahd Stadium, Taif
	Abid 12', 18' Rashid 28'	Report	Nu'eimeh 12' (pen.) Abd Al-Jawad 88'	Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)

Iraq  v  Bahrain

12 July 1985 1985 Arab Nations Cup	Iraq	1–0	Bahrain	King Fahd Stadium, Taif
	Abid 21'	Report		Referee: Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

Iraq v Libya

3 August 1985 1985 Arab Games	Iraq	2–0	Libya	Settat
	Radhi Abid

Iraq v Syria

Iraq v Saudi Arabia

Morocco v Iraq

United Arab Emirates  v  Iraq

20 September 1985 1986 WCQ	United Arab Emirates	2–3	Iraq	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
	Al-Talyani 15', Fahad Khamees 60'	Report	Saeed 42', 79' Hassan 81'	Referee: Abdul-Aziz Saleh Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

Iraq  v  United Arab Emirates

27 September 1985 1986 WCQ	Iraq	1–2	United Arab Emirates	King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if
	Saddam 88'	Report	F. Khamis 2' Al-Talyani 60'	Attendance: 4,175 Referee: Daina (Switzerland)

Syria  v  Iraq

15 November 1985 1986 WCQ	Syria	0–0	Iraq	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
		Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vautrot (France)

Iraq  v  Syria

29 November 1985 1986 WCQ	Iraq	3–1	Syria	King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if
	Saeed 28' Mahmoud 49' Allawi 72'	Report	Walid Abou El-Sel 54'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

1986

Iraq  v  Romania

14 March 1986 Friendly	Iraq	1–1	Romania	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Mohammed 24'

Bahrain  v  Iraq

Iraq  v  United Arab Emirates

Iraq  v  Qatar

Iraq  v  Saudi Arabia

Iraq  v  Kuwait

Iraq  v  Oman

6 April 1986 8th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	3–2	Oman	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
	Hameed 27', 58', 89'

Paraguay  v  Iraq

4 June 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup	Paraguay	1–0	Iraq	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
	Romero 35'	Report		Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Iraq  v  Belgium

8 June 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup	Iraq	1–2	Belgium	Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca
	Radhi 59'	Report	Scifo 16' Claesen 21' (pen.)	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jesús Díaz (Colombia)

Iraq  v  Mexico

11 June 1986 1986 FIFA World Cup	Iraq	0–1	Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
		Report	Quirarte 54'	Attendance: 103,763 Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

Iraq  v  Oman

21 September 1986 1986 Asian Games	Iraq	4–0	Oman	Daegu Stadium, Daegu
	Allawi 13', 69' Saeed 35' Radhi 78'

Pakistan  v  Iraq

23 September 1986 1986 Asian Games	Pakistan	1–5	Iraq	Daegu Stadium, Daegu
			Radhi 14' Hameed 22', 42' Mohammed 34', 85'

United Arab Emirates  v  Iraq

Thailand  v  Iraq

Saudi Arabia  v  Iraq

1 October 1986 1986 Asian Games	Saudi Arabia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Iraq	Olympic Stadium, Seoul
	Al-Shehrani 39'		Mohammed 51'

1987

Kuwait  v  Iraq

21 February 1987 Friendly

Kuwait

2–0

Iraq

Al-Kuwait Stadium, Kuwait City

Iraq v United Arab Emirates

Jordan v Iraq

17 April 1987 1988 Olympics qualifiers	Jordan	1–2	Iraq	Amman
	Abu Abed 40'		Saeed 3' Dirjal 86'

Iraq v Jordan

United Arab Emirates v Iraq

Saudi Arabia v Iraq

4 December 1987 1988 Olympics qualifiers

Saudi Arabia

0–0

Iraq

Riyadh

Qatar v Iraq

11 December 1987 1988 Olympics qualifiers	Qatar	1–3	Iraq	Doha
			Saeed 41' Shihab 59' Hashim 89'

Kuwait v Iraq

18 December 1987 1988 Olympics qualifiers	Kuwait	2–1	Iraq	Kuwait City
	Suleiman 6' Al-Hajiri 22'		Karim Allawi 65'

1988

Iraq v Saudi Arabia

1 January 1988 1988 Olympics qualifiers	Iraq	1–1	Saudi Arabia	Muscat
	Shaker 51' (pen.)

Iraq v Qatar

8 January 1988 1988 Olympics qualifiers	Iraq	4–1	Qatar	Muscat
	Jafar 9', 76' Radhi 16' Shihab 17'

Iraq v Kuwait

15 January 1988 1988 Olympics qualifiers	Iraq	1–0	Kuwait	Muscat
	Karim Allawi 22'

Iraq  v  Oman

Iraq  v  Kuwait

United Arab Emirates  v  Iraq

Iraq  v  Qatar

Iraq  v  Saudi Arabia

Iraq  v  Bahrain

Iraq  v  Tunisia

Iraq  v  Lebanon

Iraq  v  Egypt

Iraq  v  Jordan

Iraq  v  Syria

Zambia v Iraq

17 September 1988 1988 Olympics	Zambia	2–2	Iraq	Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon
19:00	Nyirenda 44' K.Bwalya 66'		Radhi 36' (pen.) Allawi 71'	Attendance: 29,600 Referee: Díaz (COL)

Iraq v Guatemala

19 September 1988 1988 Olympics	Iraq	3–0	Guatemala	Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon
19:00	Radhi 57' Jabbar 67' Mazariegos 77' (o.g.)			Attendance: 23,500

Iraq v Italy

21 September 1988 1988 Olympics	Iraq	0–2	Italy	Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul
19:00			Rizzitelli 59' Mauro 63'	Attendance: 13,000

1989

Oman  v  Iraq

6 January 1989 1990 WCQ	Oman	1–1	Iraq	Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
	Mahmoud 37'		Sharif 18'	Referee: Pratumthong (Thailand)

Jordan  v  Iraq

13 January 1989 1990 WCQ	Jordan	0–1	Iraq	Amman International Stadium, Amman
			Jafar 60'	Referee: Mandi (Bahrain)

Qatar  v  Iraq

20 January 1989 1990 WCQ	Qatar	1–0	Iraq	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
	Al-Soufi 21'			Attendance: 3,243 Referee: Zhong Bohong (China PR)

Iraq  v  Oman

27 January 1989 1990 WCQ	Iraq	3–1	Oman	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Radhi 33' Saeed 54' Hashim 85'		Nasser 90'	Referee: Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Iraq  v  Jordan

3 February 1989 1990 WCQ	Iraq	4–0	Jordan	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Radhi 26', 42', 66', 80'			Referee: Hi Yacob (Malaysia)

Iraq  v  Qatar

10 February 1989 1990 WCQ	Iraq	2–2	Qatar	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Radhi 31' Saeed 75'		S. Aid 18' Khamis 85'	Referee: Sano (Japan)

Iraq  v  Kuwait

15 October 1989 Friendly	Iraq	1–0	Kuwait	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Hashim

Guinea  v  Iraq

31 October 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Guinea	1–0	Iraq	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
	Camara 90'			Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Jawad Ashoor

Iraq  v  South Yemen

3 November 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Iraq	6–2	South Yemen	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
	Radhi Hussein Kadhim Fadhel		Hassan 51', 72'	Attendance: 24,800 Referee: Shuaib Mohammed

Iran  v  Iraq

5 November 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Iran	0–0	Iraq	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
				Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Freddie Vilburg (Switzerland)

Iraq  v  Kuwait

8 November 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Iraq	2–1	Kuwait	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
	Radhi 26', 90'	Report	Al-Saleh 70'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jean-François Crucke (Belgium)

Iraq  v  Uganda

12 November 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Uganda	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
	Radhi	Report	Hasule 29'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kim Nielsen (Denmark)

See also

• Iraq national football team results

External links

• Iraq fixtures on eloratings.net
• Iraq on soccerway.com