Iraq Football Association
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The Iraq Football Association (IFA) (Template:Langx) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi football league system.[1][2][3][4][5] The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Iraq is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations (founded in 1974) and the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (founded in 2016). The Iraqi team is commonly known as Usood Al-Rafidain (Template:Langx), which literally means Lions of Mesopotamia.
History
The Iraq Football Association (Ittihad Al-Iraqi Le-Korat Al-Kadem) was formed on October 8, 1948, and was the third sports union to be founded in Iraq after the Track and Field Athletics and the Basketball Federations. The two unions took part at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, held from July 29 to August 14, however the IFA had not been founded, so no football team took part in the Olympics. It was during the Olympics that the idea of a football association in Iraq was put forward. During the 1948 London Olympic Games, Iraq's basketball team lost every game by an average of 104 points per game. They scored an average of 23.5 points per game. The team included Iraq's first ever-national football captain Wadud Khalil and another member of Iraq's first ever-national squad in 1951, the outside right Salih Faraj.[6]
First administration
The first Iraqi FA administration was headed by President Obaid Abdullah Al-Mudhayfi and Saadi Jassim as general secretary, with its headquarters in the Sheikh Omar district in Baghdad. The IFA was an association of 14 teams from all over Iraq, they included the Royal Olympic Club (‘Nadi Al-Malikiya Al-Olympiya’), Royal Guards (‘Haris Al-Maliki’), Royal Air Force (‘Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Malikiya’), Police Schools (‘Madaris Al-Shurta’), Kuliya Al-Askariya (‘Military College’), Dar Al-Mualameen Alaliya (‘Highest Teacher's House’), Casual's Club, Al-Marouf Al-Tarbiya (‘Physical Education’), Kuliya Al-Hakok (‘College of Law’), Quwa Al-Siyara (‘Armoured Cars’) from the capital Baghdad and four other teams Nadi Al-Minaa Al-Basri (Basra Port Club), Sharakat Al-Naft Al-Basra (Basra Petroleum Company) from Basra and branches in the provinces of Mosul and Kirkuk.[6]
Controversies
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The Iraqi youth national teams have been ejected from tournaments for fielding over-age players.[7] In 1989, Iraq was banned for using over-age players in the U-20 World Championships in Saudi Arabia. That ban was extended when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.[8]
Competitions
The IFA organises several national competitions, including:
- Iraq Stars League
- Iraqi Premier Division League
- Iraqi First Division League
- Iraqi Second Division League
- Iraqi Third Division League
- Iraq FA Cup
- Iraqi Super Cup
- Iraqi Women's Football League
Current title holders
Association information
As of 1 June 2024, the members of the Iraq Football Association leadership team are:[9][10]
| Position | Incumbent |
|---|---|
| President | Template:Flagicon Adnan Dirjal |
| First Vice-president | Template:Flagicon Ali Jabbar |
| Second Vice-president | Template:Flagicon Younis Mahmoud |
| General secretary | Template:Flagicon Mohammed Farhan Obaid |
| Treasurer | Template:Flagicon Abdul-Khaliq Masoud |
| Technical director | Template:Flagicon vacant |
| Team coach (men's) | Template:Flagicon Jesús Casas |
| U-23 coach | Template:Flagicon Radhi Shenaishil |
| U-20 coach | Template:Flagicon Emad Mohammed |
| U-17 coach | Template:Flagicon Ahmed Kadhim |
| Team coach (women's) | Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Oliver Harder |
| Futsal coach (men's) | Template:Flagicon Ricardo "Cacau" Camara Sobral |
| Futsal coach (women's) | Template:Flagicon Shahnaz Yari |
| Media/communications manager | Template:Flagicon Yousif Fi'al |
| Head of Futsal and Beach Football committee | Template:Flagicon Ali Abdul-Hussein |
| Deputy Head of Futsal and Beach Football committee | Template:Flagicon Zeyad Shamil |
| Head of Competitions committee | Template:Flagicon Firas Mutashar |
| Head of Refereeing committee | Template:Flagicon Najah Raham |
| Deputy Head of Refereeing committee | Template:Flagicon Mohammed Kadhim Arab |
| Head of Technical committee | Template:Flagicon Wissam Najib |
| Head of Disciplinary committee | Template:Flagicon Ali Wali |
| Members of the expatriates committee | Template:Flagicon Zaid Al-Zaidi Template:Flagicon Ali Shehim Template:Flagicon Ahmed Al-Falluji |
Other members:[10]
Govand Abdul-Khaliq, Raheem Lafta, Ahmed O. Zamil Al-Mousawi, Firas Nori Bahr Al-Uloom, Mohammed Nasser Shakroun, Ghalib Abbas Al-Zamili, Yahya Zghair, Khalaf Jalal, Ghanim Oraibi, Rasha Talib
List of presidents of IFA
The following is a list of presidents of Iraq Football Association (IFA).
| Presidency | President | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdullah Al-Muthaifi | 1948 | 1952 |
| 2 | Akram Fahmi | 1953 | 1954 |
| 3 | Saadi Hussein Al-Douri | 1954 | 1955 |
| 4 | Ismail Mohammed | 1955 | 1956 |
| 5 | Hadi Abbas | 1956 | 1959 |
| 6 | Adeeb Najeeb | 1959 | 1961 |
| 7 | Adil Basheer | 1961 | 1964 |
| 8 | Fahad Juwad Al-Meera | 1964 | 1968 |
| – | 1968 | 1976 | |
| 9 | Moayad Al-Badri | 1976 | 1977 |
| 10 | Hisham Atta | 1977 | 1980 |
| 11 | Soryan Tawfeeq | 1980 | 1984 |
| 12 | Sabah Mirza Mahmoud | 1984 | 1985 |
| 13 | Uday Hussein | 1985 | 1988 |
| 14 | Kareem Mahmoud Mulla | 1988 | 1990 |
| 15 | Uday Hussein | 1990 | 2003 |
| 16 | Ahmed Radhi | 2003 | 2004 |
| 17 | Hussein Saeed | 2004 | 2011 |
| 18 | Najeh Humoud | 2011 | 2014 |
| 19 | Abdul Khaliq Masood | 2014 | 2020 |
| 20 | Eyad Al Nadawi | 2020 | 2021 |
| 21 | Adnan Dirjal | 2021 | present |
See also
References
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External links
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- Association football governing bodies in Asia
- Member associations of the West Asian Football Federation
- Members of the Union of Arab Football Associations
- Members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation