The Iraq national football team represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association (IFA), the governing body for football in Iraq. Iraq's usual home venue is the Basra International Stadium.
The Iraqi national football team in 1951; they played two games in the Turkish cities of İzmir and Ankara.
Iraq playing against Australia in Group A of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup; Iraq won the game 3–1 on their way to winning the cup.
The Iraqi national team pose ahead of their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against China in Doha.
The Iraqi national team pose ahead of their 2019 AFC Asian Cup match against Iran in Dubai.
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and until 2015 qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup.
The original trophy launched in 1956, in use until 2015