Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Al-Khafaji - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Iraqi player, who obtained 117 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps   Date 	Venue	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition

  1   11-11-10	Sharjah 	India   	2-0	
  2   18-12-10	Sulaymaniyah	Syria   	0-1	
  3   22-12-10	Damascus	Syria   	1-0	
  4   11- 1-11	Doha    	Iran    	1-2	Asian Nations Cup
  5   15- 1-11	Doha    	UA Emirates	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
  6   19- 1-11	Doha    	North Korea	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
  7   22- 1-11	Doha    	Australia	0-1	Asian Nations Cup
  8   13-12-11	Doha    	Bahrain 	0-3	Pan Arab Games
  9   16-12-11	Doha    	Qatar   	0-0	Pan Arab Games
 10   24- 6-12	Jeddah  	Lebanon 	1-0	Arab Cup
 11   30- 6-12	Jeddah  	Sudan   	1-1	Arab Cup
 12    3- 7-12	Jeddah  	Morocco 	1-2	Arab Cup
 13    5- 7-12	Jeddah  	Saudí Arabia	1-0	Arab Cup
 14   11- 9-12	Saitama 	Japan   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 15   11-10-12  Malmö    	Brazil   	0-6
 16   16-10-12	Doha    	Australia	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 17    7-11-12	Doha    	Qatar    	1-2 
 18   14-11-12	Doha    	Jordan  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 19    3-12-12	Doha    	Bahrain 	0-0	
 20   10-12-12	Al-Farwaniyah	Jordan  	1-0	WAFF Tournament
 21   13-12-12	Kuwait City	Syria   	1-1	WAFF Tournament
 22   18-12-12	Al-Farwaniyah	Oman    	2-0	WAFF Tournament
 23   20-12-12	Kuwait City	Syria   	0-1	WAFF Tournament
 24    6- 1-13	Isa Town	Saudi Arabia	2-0	Gulf Cup
 25    9- 1-13	Isa Town	Kuwait  	1-0	Gulf Cup
 26   15- 1-13	Riffa   	Bahrain  	1-1 [1]	Gulf Cup
 27   18- 1-13	Riffa   	UA Emirates 	1-2	Gulf Cup
 28   22- 3-13	Changsha	China   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 29   26- 3-13	Baghdad 	Syria   	2-1	
 30    4- 6-13	Muscat  	Oman    	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 31   11- 6-13	Doha    	Japan   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 32   18- 6-13	Sydney  	Australia	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 33    5- 3-14	Dubai   	China    	3-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 34   10-10-14	Riffa   	Yemen     	1-1 
 35   14-10-14	Riffa   	Bahrain 	0-0	
 36   14-11-14	Riyadh  	Kuwait  	0-1	Gulf Cup
 37   17-11-14	Riyadh  	Oman    	1-1	Gulf Cup
 38   20-11-14	Riyadh  	UA Emirates	0-2	Gulf Cup
 39   22-12-14	Dubai   	Kuwait  	1-1	
 40   25-12-14	Dubai   	Uzbekistan	0-1	
 41   28-12-14	Dubai   	Uzbekistan	0-0	
 42    4- 1-15	Wollongong	Iran     	0-1 
 43   12- 1-15	Brisbane	Jordan  	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
 44   16- 1-15	Brisbane	Japan   	0-1	Asian Nations Cup
 45   20- 1-15	Canberra	Palestine	2-0	Asian Nations Cup
 46   23- 1-15	Canberra	Iran     	3-3 [2]	Asian Nations Cup
 47   26- 1-15	Sydney  	South Korea	0-2	Asian Nations Cup
 48   30- 1-15	Newcastle	UA Emirates	2-3	Asian Nations Cup
 49   28- 3-15	Dubai   	Congo DR	2-1	
 50    8- 9-15	Bangkok 	Thailand	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 51    3-10-15	Amman   	Jordan  	0-3	
 52    8-10-15	Hanoi   	Vietnam 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 53   14- 8-16	Shah Alam	North Korea 	0-1 [*]	
 54   20- 8-16	Paroi   	North Korea	1-1	
 55    1- 9-16	Perth   	Australia	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 56    6- 9-16	Shah Alam	Saudi Arabia	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 57    6-10-16	Saitama 	Japan   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 58   11-10-16	Tehran  	Thailand	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 59   15-11-16	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 60   18- 3-17	Tehran  	Iran     	1-0 [*]	
 61   23- 3-17	Tehran  	Australia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 62   28- 3-17	Jeddah  	Saudi Arabia	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 63    1- 6-17	Basra    	Jordan  	1-0	
 64    7- 6-17	Ras Al-Khaimah	South Korea	0-0	
 65   13- 6-17	Tehran  	Japan   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 66   26- 8-17	Krubong 	Syria   	1-1	
 67   31- 8-17	Bangkok 	Thailand	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 68    5- 9-17	Amman   	UA Emirates	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 69    4-10-17	Basra    	Kenya   	2-1	
 70   13-11-17	Karbala 	Syria   	1-1	
 71   23-12-17	Kuwait City	Bahrain 	1-1	Gulf Cup
 72   26-12-17	Kuwait City	Qatar   	2-1	Gulf Cup
 73   29-12-17	Kuwait City	Yemen   	3-0	Gulf Cup
 74    2- 1-18	Kuwait City	UA Emirates 	0-0 [3]	Gulf Cup
 75   21- 3-18	Basra    	Qatar   	2-3	
 76   10- 9-18	Al-Farwaniyah	Kuwait  	2-2	
 77   11-10-18	Riyadh  	Argentina	0-4	
 78   15-10-18	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	1-1	
 79   23-12-18	Doha    	China   	2-1	
 80    8- 1-19	Abu Dhabi	Vietnam 	3-2	Asian Nations Cup
 81   12- 1-19	Sharjah 	Yemen   	3-0	Asian Nations Cup
 82   16- 1-19	Dubai   	Iran    	0-0	Asian Nations Cup
 83   22- 1-19	Dubai   	Qatar   	0-1	Asian Nations Cup
 84    7- 6-19	Radès   	Tunisia 	0-2	
 85   30- 7-19	Karbala 	Lebanon 	1-0	WAFF Tournament
 86    2- 8-19	Karbala 	Palestine	2-1	WAFF Tournament
 87    8- 8-19	Karbala 	Syria   	0-0	WAFF Tournament
 88   11- 8-19	Karbala 	Yemen   	2-1	WAFF Tournament
 89   14- 8-19	Karbala 	Bahrain 	0-1	WAFF Tournament
 90    5- 9-19	Riffa   	Bahrain 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 91    9- 9-19	Amman   	Uzbekistan	0-0	
 92   10-10-19	Basra    	Hongkong	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 93   15-10-19	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 94   14-11-19	Amman   	Iran    	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 95   19-11-19	Amman   	Bahrain 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 96   26-11-19	Doha    	Qatar   	2-1	Gulf Cup
 97   29-11-19	Doha    	UA Emirates	2-0	Gulf Cup
 98    5-12-19	Doha    	Bahrain  	2-2 [4]	Gulf Cup
 99   12- 1-21	Dubai   	UA Emirates	0-0	
100   27- 1-21	Basra   	Kuwait   	2-1	
101   29- 3-21	Tashkent	Uzbekistan      1-0 
102   24- 5-21	Basra   	Tajikistan	0-0	
103   29- 5-21	Basra   	Nepal   	6-2
104    7- 6-21	Muharraq	Cambodia	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
105   11- 6-21	Muharraq	Hong Kong	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
106   15- 6-21	Muharraq	Iran    	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
107    2- 9-21	Seoul   	South Korea	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
108    7- 9-21	Doha    	Iran    	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
109   12-10-21	Dubai    	UA Emirates	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
110   11-11-21	Doha    	Syria   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
111   16-11-21	Al-Rayyan	South Korea	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
112   21- 1-22	Baghdad 	Uganda          1-0
113   27- 1-22	Tehran		Iran            0-1	World Cup Qualifier
114    1- 2-22	Saida		Lebanon         1-1	World Cup Qualifier
115   18- 3-22	Baghdad 	Zambia  	3-1
116   24- 3-22	Riyadh  	UA Emirates	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
117   29- 3-22	Dubai   	Syria   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier

[1] Iraq won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Iraq won 7-6 on penalty kicks.
[3] Iraq lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Iraq lost 3-5 on penalty kicks. 

[*] matches are not recognised as full A-international by FIFA, but they are for the Iraqi FA

NB: the match against Egypt Olympic (2-1, 27- 6-12 in Jeddah, Arab Cup) was not full A
    and is therefore not included here. 

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   117    43   36   38   124- 116     122       52.14

Types of Matches
Friendlies		37
World Cup Qualifier	36
Asian Nations Cup	14
Gulf Cup		14
WAFF Tournament		 9
Arab Cup		 4
Pan Arab Games		 2
Asian Cup Qualifier	 1

Total 		       117


Goals:	
Cap  49	1 goal
Cap  69	1 goal
Cap  79	1 goal
Cap  93	1 goal
Cap 115	1 goal

Total   5 goals


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Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud and Husain Mohamed for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) and Husain Mohamed (husainmohamedkw@ghotmail.com)
Last updated: 14 Feb 2025

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