Head coach Haitham Abbas FIFA ranking 53 (20 January 2017) | FIFA code IRQ Appearances 0 | |
Nickname(s) Lions of MesopotamiaUsood Al-Rafidain (اسود الرافدين) Captain Utayl Khaleel Abdulqader Confederation Asian Football Confederation |
The Iraq national futsal team represents Iraq in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iraq Football Association. It is one of the rising teams in Asia. As of January 2017, Iraq is ranked 53rd in the Futsal World Ranking. Iraq has played in ten AFC Futsal Championships. Its best result was reaching the quarter finals in 2002. Iraq has also played twice at the WAFF Futsal Championship where in 2007, they finished third. In 2009, they won the tournament to gain their first title on any international stage. Iraq also played at the 2005 and 2008 Arab Championships, but didn't manage to make it out of the group stage.
FIFA Futsal World Cup
References
Iraq national futsal team Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA