# Iraq at the FIFA World Cup

Iraq have appeared once in the FIFA World Cup which was in 1986. They ended up last place in their group with zero points, scoring only one goal.

## FIFA World Cup record

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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1930 to 1950 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member |
| 1954 to 1970 | 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 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1974 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 1978 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1982 | 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 1986 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| 1990 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| 1994 | 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 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 13 |
| 1998 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 |
| 2002 | 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 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 15 |
| 2006 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| 2010 | 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 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| 2014 | 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 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 12 |
| 2018 | 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 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 18 |
| 2022 | 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 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026 | 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 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2030 | 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 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2034 | 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 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Best: Group stage | 1/18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 119 | 54 | 32 | 33 | 219 | 119 |

## Iraq at Mexico 1986

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Iraq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |

### Paraguay vs Iraq

This match caused controversy as the referee Edwin Picon-Ackong blew the whistle for half time a few seconds before Iraq striker Ahmed Radhi headed the ball into the goal, meaning that it did not count.
PARAGUAY: :
| GK | 1 | Roberto Fernández |
| DF | 2 | Juan Torales |
| DF | 3 | César Zabala |
| DF | 4 | Vladimiro Schettina | 45' |
| DF | 5 | Rogelio Delgado (c) |
| MF | 6 | Jorge Amado Nunes |
| MF | 10 | Adolfino Cañete |
| MF | 8 | Julio César Romero |
| FW | 7 | Buenaventura Ferreira |
| FW | 11 | Alfredo Mendoza | | 88' |
| FW | 9 | Roberto Cabañas |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 16 | Jorge Guasch | | 88' |
| Manager: |||
| Cayetano Ré |||
IRAQ: :
| GK | 1 | Raad Hammoudi (c) |
| DF | 3 | Khalil Allawi |
| DF | 4 | Nadhim Shaker |
| DF | 5 | Samir Shaker | 29' |
| DF | 15 | Natiq Hashim |
| DF | 22 | Ghanim Oraibi |
| MF | 6 | Ali Hussein Shihab |
| MF | 7 | Haris Mohammed | | 67' |
| MF | 14 | Basil Gorgis | | 81' |
| FW | 10 | Hussein Saeed |
| FW | 8 | Ahmed Radhi |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 11 | Rahim Hameed | | 67' |
| MF | 19 | Basim Qasim | | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Evaristo de Macedo ||||

### Iraq vs Belgium

In the 16th minute of the match Belgium took the lead when Enzo Scifo scored with a low shot to the left corner of the net from the right from just inside the penalty area. It was 2-0 in the 21st minute when Nico Claesen scored a penalty low to the left corner of the net. Iraq pulled a goal back in the 59th minute when Ahmed Radhi scored a low shot to the left corner of the net from the right but Belgium went on to win 2-1.
IRAQ: :
| GK | 1 | Raad Hammoudi (c) | 20' |
| DF | 3 | Khalil Allawi |
| DF | 4 | Nadhim Shaker | 29' |
| DF | 5 | Samir Shaker | 48' |
| DF | 15 | Natiq Hashim | 65' |
| DF | 22 | Ghanim Oraibi |
| MF | 6 | Ali Hussein Shihab |
| MF | 7 | Haris Mohammed | 42' |
| MF | 14 | Basil Gorgis | 52' |
| FW | 9 | Karim Saddam | | 81' |
| FW | 8 | Ahmed Radhi |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 11 | Rahim Hameed | | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Evaristo de Macedo ||||
BELGIUM: :
| GK | 1 | Jean-Marie Pfaff |
| DF | 2 | Eric Gerets |
| DF | 3 | Franky Van Der Elst |
| DF | 4 | Michel De Wolf |
| MF | 21 | Stéphane Demol | | 69' |
| MF | 6 | Franky Vercauteren |
| MF | 7 | René Vandereycken |
| MF | 10 | Philippe Desmet |
| MF | 8 | Enzo Scifo | | 67' |
| MF | 11 | Jan Ceulemans (c) |
| FW | 16 | Nico Claesen | 16' |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 14 | Lei Clijsters | | 67' |
| DF | 13 | Georges Grün | | 69' |
| Manager: |||
| Guy Thys |||

### Iraq vs Mexico

Fernando Quirarte scored the only goal of the game with a shot from a very tight angle on the right that beat the goalkeeper at his near post.
IRAQ: :
| GK | 20 | Fatah Nasif |
| DF | 2 | Maad Ibrahim |
| DF | 3 | Khalil Allawi (c) | 73' |
| DF | 4 | Nadhim Shaker |
| DF | 15 | Natiq Hashim | | 60' |
| DF | 22 | Ghanim Oraibi |
| MF | 6 | Ali Hussein Shihab |
| MF | 17 | Anad Abid | | 70' |
| MF | 19 | Basim Qasim |
| FW | 9 | Karim Saddam | 30' |
| FW | 8 | Ahmed Radhi |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 11 | Rahim Hameed | | 60' |
| MF | 16 | Shaker Mahmoud | | 70' |
| Manager: |||
| Evaristo de Macedo ||||
MEXICO: :
| GK | 1 | Pablo Larios |
| DF | 18 | Rafael Amador | 62' |
| DF | 3 | Fernando Quirarte |
| DF | 14 | Félix Cruz |
| DF | 17 | Raúl Servín |
| MF | 6 | Carlos de los Cobos | 79' |
| MF | 7 | Miguel España |
| MF | 10 | Tomás Boy (c) |
| MF | 13 | Javier Aguirre |
| FW | 22 | Manuel Negrete |
| FW | 15 | Luis Flores |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 8 | Alejandro Domínguez | 62' |
| FW | 5 | Francisco Javier Cruz | 79' |
| Manager: |||
| Bora Milutinović ||||

## Record players

There are seven players who have been fielded on all three occasions. Five of them played every single minute, while Rahim Hameed came on as a substitute every single time, replacing fellow record holder Hashim in the last match.
| Rank | Player | Matches |
| 1 | Khalil Allawi | 3 |
| 1 | Rahim Hameed | 3 |
| 1 | Natiq Hashim | 3 |
| 1 | Ghanim Oraibi | 3 |
| 1 | Ahmed Radhi | 3 |
| 1 | Nadhim Shaker | 3 |
| 1 | Ali Hussein Shihab | 3 |

## Top goalscorers

The only Iraqi goal at the FIFA World Cup was scored by Ahmed Radhi in their match against Belgium.