How they qualified Finished as runners-up in the 2012 U-19 Asian Championship after losing on penalties to South Korea in the final. Former U-20 World Cup stars Hussein Saeed, Laith Hussein, Emad Mohamed World Cup appearances Three Best World Cup position Qualifying for the quarter-finals in 1989 Number of foreign-based players Zero Coach: Hakeem Shaker -Nicknamed ‘Al-Hakeem' (the wise), the 50-year-old Shaker has been in the field since 1991. -In 2012, he achieved a rare record by becoming the only man ever to manage three Iraqi national teams at the same time (Iraq senior team, Olympic team and Youth team). Players to watch #8 Mohannad Abdul-Raheem...top marksman, Asian Young Player of the year 2012 and Player of the Tournament in the 2012 U-19 Asian Cup Goal vs. Korea in U-19 Asian Cup final Goal and assist vs. Australia Solo goal for former club Karkh in Iraqi league #3 Ali Adnan...Iraq senior team's first-choice left-back Dramatic 93rd equalizer vs. England in World Cup #15 Durgham Ismail...skilfull left-footed winger who is also an established Iraq first team player Freekick goal for Iraq first team vs. Yemen in Gulf Cup
