Iraq Football Association

National football association

Founded = 1948
FIFA affiliation = 1950
Region = AFC
Region affiliation = 1971
President = Hussein Saeed
Coach = flagicon|Norway Egil Roger Olsen (2007)

The Iraqi Football Association ( _ar. الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraq Super League. It was founded in 1948, and has been a member of FIFA since 1950 and the Asian Football Confederation since 1971. On 29 July 2007 the Iraqi national football team defeated the Saudi Arabia in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1-0 with a goal scored by the captain Younis Mahmoud at the 71st minute .

ee also

* Iraqi players abroad

External links

* [http://www.iraq-football.net Iraq-Football.net]
* [http://www.iraqfootball.org Official site] ar icon
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/confederations/associationdetails/0,1483,IRQ,00.html?countrycode=IRQ FIFA website]