Iraq national under-20 football team

Iraq national under-20 football team (also known as Iraq Under-20 or Iraq Youth Team) represents Iraq in international football competitions in AFC U-19 Championship which Iraq holds 5 titles, as well as any other under-20, under-19, and under-18 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iraq Football Federation

Iraq Under-20

Nickname(s)	Young Lions of Mesopotamia Leyouth Al-Rafidayn (ليوث الرافدين)
Association	IFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Qahtan Chathir
FIFA code	IRQ
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1977)
Best result	Fourth Place: (2013)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	15 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (5): (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)

Iraq have been awarded the AFC National Team of the Year award once in 2013, being the only U-20 team to win this award.[1]

Competitions Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	6	8
1979	Qualified but Withdrew
1981	Did Not Qualify
1983
1985
1987
1989	Quarterfinals	6th	4	3	0	1	5	2
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group stage	19th	3	1	0	2	5	9
2003	Did Not Qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Fourth place	4th	7	3	3	1	11	11
2015	Did Not Qualify
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	To be determined
Total	Best: Fourth place	4/23	17	8	3	6	27	30

AFC U-19 Championship Record

AFC U-19 Championship Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 1975 Champions 6 5 1 0 18 1 1976 Quarter Finals 4 3 1 0 13 1 1977 Champions 5 5 0 0 19 4 1978 Champions 6 4 2 0 20 2 1980 Did not enter 1982 Third Place 3 1 0 2 4 5 1985 Did not qualify 1986 1988 Champions 5 2 3 0 5 3 1990 Did not enter 1992 1994 Fourth Place 6 2 2 2 8 8 1996 Did not enter 1998 Group stage 4 1 0 3 6 13 2000 Champions 6 3 3 0 11 3 2002 Did not qualify 2004 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 7 1 2006 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 8 5 2008 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5 2010 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 7 2012 Runner-up 6 4 2 0 10 3 2014 Group stage 3 1 1 1 8 3 2016 Quarterfinals 4 2 2 0 7 2 2018 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 9 2020 Qualified 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Best: Champions 70 36 18 16 137 72 Arab U-20 Championship Record Arab U-20 Championship Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 2011 Round 1 4 2 0 2 6 4 2012 Round 1 3 0 1 2 6 9 Total Best: Round 1 7 2 1 4 12 13 Friendly honours Year Tournament Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Al-Wehdat Championship Champions 3 2 1 0 4 2 1990 Al-Wehdat Championship Champions 5 3 2 0 6 1 2013 Jordan Friendly Quartet Championship Champions 3 3 0 0 5 1 Matches Recent results and fixtures   Win   Draw   Lose 12 November 2020 Friendly Qatar  0–0  Iraq Aspire Academy, Doha 15 November 2020 Friendly Qatar  v  Iraq Aspire Academy, Doha March 2021 2020 AFC U-19 Championship Japan  v  Iraq Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent March 2021 2020 AFC U-19 Championship Iraq  v  South Korea Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent March 2021 2020 AFC U-19 Championship Iraq  v  Bahrain AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq Current squad The following 23 players were called up for the International Friendly. Match dates: 12 and 15 November 2020. Opposition:  Qatar. Caps and goals correct as of: 25 October 2018, after the match against  Japan. Recent squad No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club GK Mohammed Hasan 30 July 2002 0 0 GK Ahmed Shakir 0 0 GK Nadim Nadhim 0 0 DF Ahmed Maknzi 0 0 Al-Zawraa DF Zaid Tahseen 0 0 DF Abdallah Mohammed 0 0 DF Laith Najm 28 July 2001 0 0 DF Hussein Jasim 1 May 2003 0 0 DF Abdullah Khalaf 0 0 DF Karrar Saad 0 0 DF Cardo Siddik 0 0 Crystal Palace U18 DF Matin Diar 0 0 MF Abdulrazzaq Qasim 19 February 2003 0 0 MF Ali Shawqi 0 0 Al-Minaa MF Abbas Ali 0 0 MF Zainulabdeen Al-Rubaye 2 April 2001 0 0 MF Karrar Mohammed Al-Mukhtar 0 0 MF Amir Ahmed 0 0 MF Nihad Mohammed 0 0 FW Salem Ahmed 0 0 Al-Minaa FW Hussein Abdullah Khudhair 0 0 FW Ridha Fadhil 0 0 FW Hussein Zeyad 0 0 Recent callups The following players have also been called up to Iraqi squad for the last 12 months. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up DF Ameer Ghanim 0 0 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification DF Abbas Ali Muslim 0 0 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification MF Muntadher Mohammed 5 June 2001 0 0 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification MF Hussein Khalaf 0 0 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification MF Muntadher Abdulameer 6 October 2001 0 0 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification FW Muntadher Abdulhassan 0 0 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification FW Hasan Habeeb 0 0 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification Previous squads FIFA U-20 World Cup squads 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squad 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship squad 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squad 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad AFC U-19 Championship 2004 AFC Youth Championship Squad 2006 AFC Youth Championship Squad 2008 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2010 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2012 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2014 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2016 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2018 AFC-U19 Championship Squad 2020 AFC-U19 Championship Squad Current technical staff Position Name Nationality Manager: Qahtan Chathir Assist. manager: Ahmed Jomaa Assist. manager: Moaid Jodi Assist. manager: Khalid Mohammed Sabbar Goalk. manager: Hussien Jabbar Technical Supervisor: Dawood Al-Azzawi Updated to match played December 2020 Source: Coaches Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win % Achievements Thair Jassam 2000 10 4 3 3 040.00 Adnan Hamad 2000 8 4 4 0 050.00 Nazar Ashraf 2001 2 0 1 1 000.00 Adnan Hamad 2001 7 3 0 4 042.86 Nasrat Nassir 2001–2002 9 5 2 2 055.56 Ahmed Radhi 2002 3 2 0 1 066.67 Akram Salman 2003 0 0 0 0 — Hadi Mutanash 2004 0 0 0 0 — Abdelilah Abdul-Hamid 2005–2006 0 0 0 0 — Kadhim Al-Rubaie 2007 0 0 0 0 — Hakim Shaker 2008 12 3 5 4 025.00 Hassan Ahmed 2009–2010 11 4 1 6 036.36 Hakim Shaker 2011–2013 42 23 8 11 054.76 Fourth place at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup Muwafaq Hussein 2013 2 1 1 0 050.00 Rahim Hameed 2014 5 2 1 2 040.00 Abbas Attiya 2015–2016 13 7 6 0 053.85 Qahtan Chathir 2017– 26 8 9 9 030.77 See also Iraq national football team Iraq national under-23 football team Iraq national under-17 football team Iraqi League References The-AFC.com - Iraq u20 the 2013 Asian Team of the Year External links Iraqi Football Website Team info at Goalzz.com Matches