Back الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم Arabic عراق فوتبال فدراسیونو AZB ইরাক ফুটবল অ্যাসোসিয়েশন Bengali/Bangla Associació Iraquiana de Futbol Catalan یەکێتیی تۆپی پێی عێراق CKB Iraqi Football Association German Ιρακινή Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία Greek Asociación de Fútbol de Irak Spanish اتحادیه فوتبال عراق Persian Fédération d'Irak de football French
| AFC | |
|---|---|
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| Short name | IFA |
| Founded | 8 October 1948 |
| Headquarters | Zayouna, Baghdad, Iraq[1] |
| FIFA affiliation | 1950 |
| AFC affiliation | 1970[2] |
| WAFF affiliation | 2001 (founding member) |
| President | Adnan Dirjal |
| Vice-President | Ali Jabbar (1st) Younis Mahmoud (2nd) |
| Website | www |
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) (Arabic: الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi football league system.[3][4][5][6][7] 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 2001. Iraq is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations (founded in 1974) and the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (founded in 2016). The Iraqi team is commonly known as Usood Al-Rafidain (Arabic: أسود الرافدين), which literally means Lions of Mesopotamia.
- ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Iraq". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
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- ^ "Iraq elect new football head - Football". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ "When Saturday Comes – War games". Wsc.co.uk. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ Suzanne Goldenberg (23 July 2003). "Uday: career of rape, torture and murder | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ "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.
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