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Group I · AFC IRQInter-Conf Playoff

IRAQ

Qualified via: Inter-Conf Playoff. FIFA Rank #58.

Group I All teams Calendar
#58
FIFA Rank
1/3
Group games played
0
Points
1:4
GF : GA
GD -3
The team

Projected starting XI

A probable 4-3-3 drawn from the squad - lower squad numbers in each line are likelier starters. Confirmed XIs land on each match page.

IRQ · projected 4-3-3
Doski
Yahya
Nadhim
Hashim
Jasim
Resan
Al-Ammari
Hussein
Ali
Meram
Hassan
The squad

24-man squad

Projected for the 2026 finals - final lists are submitted close to kickoff. Grouped by position. Gold numbers mark the projected XI.

GK
Goalkeepers
3
  • 1
    Jalal Hassan
    Erbil
  • 12
    Fahad Talib
    Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
  • 23
    Hussein Hassan
    Al-Zawraa
DEF
Defenders
8
  • 2
    Merchas Doski
    Solihull Moors
  • 3
    Ahmed Yahya
    Al-Shorta
  • 4
    Mustafa Nadhim
    Al-Shorta
  • 5
    Akam Hashim
    Erbil
  • 13
    Frans Putros
    Lyngby
  • 14
    Hussein Ali
    Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
  • 15
    Manaf Younis
    Newroz
  • 22
    Saad Natiq
    Persepolis
MID
Midfielders
8
  • 6
    Ali Jasim
    Como
  • 7
    Bashar Resan
    Persepolis
  • 8
    Amir Al-Ammari
    Halmstad
  • 10
    Sherko Karim
    Al-Karkh
  • 14
    Ibrahim Bayesh
    Al-Shorta
  • 17
    Mohanad Ali
    Persepolis
  • 18
    Hussein Ammar
    Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
  • 20
    Osama Rashid
    Vitória de Guimarães
FWD
Forwards
5
  • 9
    Aymen Hussein
    Al-Markhiya
  • 11
    Mohanad Ali
    Persepolis
  • 16
    Justin Meram
    Loudoun United
  • 19
    Ali Al-Hamadi
    Ipswich Town
  • 21
    Zidane Iqbal
    Utrecht
Squad analytics

By the numbers

Composition · 24 players · 16 clubs
Goalkeepers
3
Defenders
8
Midfielders
8
Forwards
5
Most-represented clubs
Persepolis
4
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
3
Al-Shorta
3
Erbil
2
Al-Karkh
1
Group stage

Iraq's three matches

Group-stage host cities: Boston · Philadelphia · Toronto.

Group stage
Iraq vs Norway
Gillette Stadium
Boston
1-4
Group stage
Iraq @ France
Lincoln Financial Field
Philadelphia
Scheduled
Group stage
Iraq @ Senegal
BMO Field
Toronto
Scheduled
Group I

Standings

Full group
# Team P W D L GD PTS
1 Norway 1 1 0 0 +3 3
2 France 1 1 0 0 +2 3
3 Senegal 1 0 0 1 -2 0
4 Iraq 1 0 0 1 -3 0
Phase 3

Manager profile, route to the final, and historical head-to-heads against group rivals light up once the tournament begins. Squad lists are projected and will be locked when each nation submits its final 26-man roster.