Iraq Football Association

Iraq Football Association
الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم

Sport	Football Futsal Beach football
Jurisdiction	Iraq
Abbreviation	IFA
Founded	1948
Affiliation	FIFA (1950) AFC (1970)[1] UAFA (1974) WAFF (2000) GFU
Headquarters	Zayouna
Location	Baghdad
President	Abdul Khaliq Masood
Official website
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The Iraq Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم‎) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraq Super League.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} 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 2000. Iraq also is part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. The Iraqi team is commonly known as (Usood Al-Rafidain, Arabic: اسود الرافدين‎) which literally meaning Lions of Mesopotamia.

Controversies

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 under-20 world championships in Saudi Arabia. That ban was extended when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.^[8]

Association information

Position	Name
President	Abdul Khaliq Masood

List of Presidents of IFA

Previous logo.

The following is a list of presidents of Iraq Football Association (IFA).

Presidency	President	Took office	Left office
1	Uday Hussein	1984	2003
2	Hussein Saeed	2003	2011
3	Najih Humoud	2011	2014
4	Abdul Khaliq Masood	2014	present

References

1. "Tengku re-elected AFC president". The Straits Times. 19 December 1970."Seluroh Asia tetap sokong Sir Stanley". Berita Harian (Malay language). 1 January 1971.
2. "Football mad Iraq's new field of dreams - Iraq - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
3. "Iraq elect new football head - Football". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
4. "When Saturday Comes - War games". Wsc.co.uk. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
5. Suzanne Goldenberg. "Uday: career of rape, torture and murder | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
6. "SI.com - Sports Illustrated - The Magazine - From Sports Illustrated: Son of Saddam - Monday March 24, 2003 05:00 PM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2003-03-24. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
7. https://www.football.com/en-gb/massive-age-fraud-in-the-iraqi-youth-team/
8. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/sports/soccer-iraqi-soccer-team-takes-its-first-shot-at-a-big-target-and-misses.html

External links

• Official site (Arabic)
• FIFA website
• Iraq at AFC site