# Iraq women's national futsal team

The Iraq women's national futsal team (Arabic: منتخب العراق النسوي لكرة الصالات) represents Iraq in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA).

## History
### First achievement – 2022 WAFF Championship triumph

In 2022, the Iraq Football Association has committed to provide all means to develop the level of the women's national futsal team. On 8 May 2022, Iranian Shahnaz Yari was appointed as new head coach. The team started a 10-day training camp in Tehran and played several friendly matches. Following the training camp, Shahnaz Yari selected 14 players to compete in the 2022 WAFF Championship in Jeddah. Despite a narrow 1–0 loss to Bahrain in the opening match, Iraq was undeterred and won 7–0 against Palestine. The team maintained its good performance by winning 12–0 against favourites Kuwait. This victory propelled the Iraqi women's futsal team to play the first final in its history. In the final, Iraq beat hosts Saudi Arabia 4–2 to win the first ever women's futsal title. Iraqi striker Shokhan Salihi finished as the tournament's top goalscorer with 7 goals.

## Results and fixtures
### Legend

Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

### Previous matches
## Coaching staff
### Current coaching staff

    As of 24 June 2022
| Role | Name |
| Head coach | Shahnaz Yari |

### Manager history

    As of 24 June 2022
| Name | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % | Ref. |
| Shahnaz Yari | 2022– | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 075.00 | |

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were called up to the 2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Khalat Al-Zebari | (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 28) | Al-Zawraa |
| 12 | 1GK | Shajwan Mustafa | | |
| 2 | FP | Shilan Mhamadamin | | Al-Zawraa |
| 3 | FP | Bahra Mohammed (captain) | (1993-02-01) 1 February 1993 (age 32) | Naft Al-Shamal |
| 4 | FP | Ghufran Mahdi | | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 5 | FP | Tiba Al-Quraishi | (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 29) | Al-Zawraa |
| 6 | FP | Lanya Salih | | Naft Al-Shamal |
| 7 | FP | Direen Mulla Bakr | (2000-01-13) 13 January 2000 (age 25) | Naft Al-Shamal |
| 8 | FP | Samira Salih | | Al-Zawraa |
| 9 | FP | Zainab Al-Lami | (1996-12-22) 22 December 1996 (age 28) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 10 | FP | Shokhan Salihi | | Al-Zawraa |
| 11 | FP | Berivan Rashid | | Al-Zawraa |
| 13 | FP | Tabarek Al-Ghazawi | | Naft Al-Shamal |
| 14 | FP | Huda Jawdhari | | |

### Previous squads
## Competitive record

    *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
    **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
    ***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth place

### FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | – | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup Record :
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts |
| 2015 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 0/2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Record :
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts |
| 2005 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2007 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2009 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2013 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2017 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2023 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 0/5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### West Asian Championship

West Asian Championship Record :
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts |
| 2008 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 0 |
| 2012 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 |
| 2022 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 9 |
| Total | 3/3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 0 |

## Head-to-head record

The following table shows Iraq's women's national futsal team all-time international record, correct as of 24 June 2022 (vs. Saudi Arabia ).
| Team | Confederation | First | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Bahrain | AFC | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 |
| Iran | AFC | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | −29 |
| Kuwait | AFC | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
| Lebanon | AFC | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
| Palestine | AFC | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Syria | AFC | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 55 | −27 |

## Honours
### Titles

Regional competitions
* WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
** Champions: 2022