Football in Iraq

Football in Iraq
Football in Iraq
Country	Iraq
Governing body	Iraq Football Association
National team(s)	men's national team
National competitions
	FIFA World Cup; AFC Asian Cup;
Club competitions
	List League: ; Iraq Stars League ; Iraqi Premier Division League ; Iraqi First Division League ; Iraqi Second Division League; Cups:; Iraq FA Cup ; Iraqi Super Cup; ;
International competitions
	AFC Champions League; AFC Cup; Arab Club Champions Cup;

The sport of football in the country of Iraq is run by the Iraq Football Association.^[1]^[2] The association administers the national football team as well as the Iraq Stars League.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Football is the most popular sport in Iraq.^[8]

^ "When Saturday Comes - War games". Wsc.co.uk. 2012-07-09. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
^ "State Of Football In Iraq | Football & Sport". Sabotage Times. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
^ "Nation & World | Soccer title brings rare gift: Iraq unity | Seattle Times Newspaper". Seattletimes.com. 2007-07-30. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
^ BBC's Sally Nugent (2010-09-17). "BBC Sport - Football - Iraqi team helping people unite". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
^ Arun, Neil (2009-07-11). "Middle East | When football came home to Iraq". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
^ Nordland, Rod; Al-Izzi, Sa'ad (2009-11-24). "Soccer in Iraq: Another Field for Argument". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
^ Lucinda, Hannah. "Should Iraq's leaders be more like their football players? - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
^ "Most popular sport in each country". Imgur. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.