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2004 in Iraqi football

One year after the fall of the Baath regime in Iraq, Iraqi football recived a boast after several restrictions and bans on the national teams and clubs were lifted. The year 2004 was considered as one of the most active years in Iraq's footballing history as the national team participated at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, the Olympic team at the Olympics and the youth teams at the Asian Championships.

However, the Lions of Mesopotamia failed to qualify for the final round of the 2006 World Cup Qualifiction after losing the vital match against Uzbekistan in Amman. Iraq also failed to get beyond the group stage at the 2004 Gulf Cup in Qatar, which it returned to participate at after 14 years of suspension following the Invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Coach Adnan Hamad was fired after these two shortcomings.

No games by the national team or the Iraqi clubs international precipitation were played in Iraq due to security issues.

National team

Friendly Games

February 12, 2004

Iraq	0 – 2	Japan
		Yanagisawa 47' dos Santos 84'

National Stadium, Tokyo

May 23, 2004

Iraq	0 – 2	Trinidad and Tobago
		John 29' 66'

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

October 7, 2004

Iraq	0 – 1	Oman
		Al Hosni 61'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

December 3, 2004

Iraq	3 – 1	Yemen
Nashat Akram 20' Salih Sadir 50' Emad Mohammed 62'		Al-Hajam 28'

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Asian Cup

Group Stage

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

2004-07-18

21:15

Iraq	0 – 1	Uzbekistan
	(Report)	Kasimov 21'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 12,400

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

2004-07-22

18:30

Iraq	3 – 2	Turkmenistan
Hawar Mohammed 12' Razzaq Farhan 80' Qusay Munir 88'	(Report)	Baýramow 14' Kulyýew 85'

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

2004-07-26

19:00

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

Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

Quarter Finals

2004-07-30

21:00

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

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

West Asian Championship

Group Stage

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Jordan	4	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Iraq	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Palestine	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1

June 19, 2004

Iraq	2 – 1	Palestine
Emad Mohammed 41' 83'		Al-Kord 40'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

June 21, 2004

Iraq	0 – 2	Jordan
		Mansour 48' Shelbaieh 79'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Semi Finals

June 23, 2004

Iraq	1 – 2	Iran
Ahmad Mnajed 30'		Nekounam 4' Borhani 55'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

3rd Place Match

June 24, 2004

Jordan	3 – 1	Iraq
Al-Shaqran 27' 47' Abu Alieh 76'		Emad Mohammed 81'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Gulf Cup of Nations

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Oman	6	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2
Qatar	5	3	1	2	0	7	6	+1
United Arab Emirates	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1
Iraq	2	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2

2004-12-10

Iraq	1–3	Oman

2004-12-13

Qatar	3–3	Iraq

2004-12-16

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Iraq