Iraq - Olympic Qualifiers 2008

Iraq 3-0 India
Mustafa Karim 51, Alaa Abdul-Zahra 65, Haidar Aboudi 70
Olympic Games Qualifier, King Abdullah II Stadium, Qweismeh, 28 February 2007 – 1,500
Iraq: 24 - Mohammed Kasid; 12 - Samal Saeed (13 – Saad Attiya 73’), 
2 - Mohammed Ali Karim, 4 - Haidar Aboudi, 14 - Khaldoun Ibrahim, 
15 - Ali Hussein Rahema [c], 25 - Ahmed "Kobe"Abid Ali, 
18 - Karrar Jassim (23 - Ali Abbas 86’), 8 - Samar Saeed, 
17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 7 - Mustafa Karim (9 - Ali Mansour 78’).
Coach: Yahya Alwan
India: 20 - Subrata Pal; 3 - Nanjangud Shivananju Manju [c], 
15-Sunil Kumar, 5-Debabrata Roy; 16-Rakesh Masih; 
6-Chitrasen Chandam Singh (18-Praveen Rawat 27’), 
8-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh, 17-Rocus Lamare, 7-Syed Rahim Nabi; 
9-Manjit Singh, 11-Sushil Kumar Singh.
Coach: Colm Joseph Toal (Northern Ireland)
Referee: Atallah Al-Enazi (Kuwait)
Linesmen: Fuad Al-Rhbian (Kuwait) & Yassir Ahmed Marad (Kuwait)
Fourth Official: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhili (Kuwait)
Cautions: None

DPR North Korea 2-2 Iraq
An Chol Hyok 44, Kim Kwang Hyok 69; Alaa Abdul-Zahra 32, Ali Hussein Rahema 93 pen
Olympic Games Qualifier, Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, 14 March 2007 -  58,000
North Korea: 18 – Ri Myong Guk, 2 - Cha Jong Hyok [c], 
5 - Ri Gwang Chon, 3 - Ri Jun Il, 6 - An Jong Ho 
(12 – Ryang Myong Il 40’), 13 - Ri Chol Myong, 17 - Choe Chol Man, 
19 - Jong Su Hyok, 20 - Pak Chol Jin, 22 - An Chol Hyok 
(7 - Kim Kwang Hyok 68’), 9 - Pak Nam Chol (16 – Kang Jin Hyok 80’)
Coach: Ri Jong Man
Iraq: 24 - Mohammed Kasid; 13 – Saad Attiya, 2 - Mohammed Ali Karim, 
4 - Haidar Aboudi, 14 - Khaldoun Ibrahim, 15 - Ali Hussein Rahema [c],
25 - Ahmed "Kobe"Abid Ali, 18 - Karrar Jassim (23 – Ali Abbas 81’), 
8 - Samar Saeed, 17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 7 – Mustafa Karim 
(9 - Ali Mansour 61’)
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Referee: Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan (Bangladesh)
Linesmen: Mahbubur Md. Mahbubur Rahman (Bangladesh) & Haldar Amant Ali (Bangladesh)
Fourth Official: Gosh Ram Krishna (Bangladesh)
Cautions: Mustafa Karim 31’, Choe Chol Man 46’, An Chol Hyok 54’, 
          Kim Kwang Hyok 72’, Alaa Abdul-Zahra 90’, Cha Jong Hyok 90’.

Iraq 1-1 Thailand
Samar Saeed 22; Teerathep "Leesaw" Winothai 49
Olympic Games Qualifier, King Abdullah II Stadium, Qweismeh, 28 March 2007 – 3,000
Iraq: 1 - Alaa Kataa, 2 - Mohammed Ali Karim, 13 – Saad Attiya, 
4 – Haidar Aboudi, 14 - Khaldoun Ibrahim (28 - Wisam Zaki 77’), 
15 - Ali Hussein Rahema [c] (23 - Ali Abbas 87’), 
25 - Ahmed “Kobe” Abid Ali, 8 - Samar Saeed, 18 – Karrar Jassim, 
17 – Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 7 – Mustafa Karim (9 – Ali Mansour 46’)
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Thailand: 1 - Chalemkiat Sombatpan, 20 - Sutinan Pukhom, 
3 - Prat Samakrat [c], 6 - Kiatprawut Saiwaew, 
30 - Apipoo Sunthornpanawet (17 - Warut Wongdee 78’), 
7 - Jetsadakorn Hemdang, 27 - Jakkraphan Kaewprom, 
13 - Piyachart Tamaphan, 8 - Anuwat Inyin, 
14 - Teerathep "Leesaw" Winothai (15 - Ronachai Rungsiyo 86’), 
10 - Teerasil Dangda (21 - Chakrit Buathong 91’)
Manager: Kasem Jariwatwong
Head Coach: Prapon Pongpanich
Referee: Mukhar Yarimi (Yemen)
Linesmen: Khalaf Mohammed (Yemen) & Ahmed Qaid Faris Anaan (Yemen)
Fourth Offical: Hussein Omar (Yemen)
Cautions: Piyachart Tamaphan 40’, Apipoo Sunthornpanawet 54’, 
          Teerathep "Leesaw" Winothai 55, Karrar Jassim 69’, 
          Chalemkiat Sombatpan 95’
Note: Ali Hussein Rahema’s 73rd minute penalty was saved by the 
      Thai keeper Chalemkiat Sombatpan.

Thailand 0-1 Iraq
Karrar Jassim 91
Olympic Games Qualifier, Army Stadium, Bangkok, 18 April 2007 – 3,200
Thailand: 1 - Chalemkiat Sombatpan (18 - Adisak Duangsri 89'), 
3 - Prat Samakrat [c], 6 - Kiatprawut Saiwaew, 20 - Sutinan Pukhom, 
2 - Polawat Wangkahat, 17 - Warut Wongdee (12 - Kriengkrai Pimrat 70’), 
27  - Jakkraphan Kaewprom, 13 - Piyachart Tamaphan, 8 - Anuwat Inyin, 
15 - Ronachai Rungsiyo (21 - Chakrit Buathong 68’), 
10 - Teerasil Dangda.
Manager: Kasem Jariwatwong
Head Coach: Prapon Pongpanich
Iraq: 24 – Mohammed Kasid, 2 - Mohammed Ali Karim [c], 
30 - Dara Mohammed Habib, 26 - Nabil Abbas Lafta, 20 - Farid Majid, 
28 - Wisam Zaki, 25 - Ahmed “Kobe” Abid Ali, 23 - Ali Abbas 
(14 - Khaldoun Ibrahim 62’), 18 – Karrar Jassim, 
31 – Hulgard Mulla Mohammed (7 – Mustafa Karim 79’), 10 - Ali Salah 
(17 – Alaa Abdul-Zahra 54’)
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
Linesmen: Hiroshi Tezuka (Japan) & Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Fourth Offical: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Cautions: Anuwat Inyin 68’, Kriangkrai Pimrat 71’, 
          Kriangkrai Pimrat 77’, Jakkraphan Kaewprom 80’,
          Khaldoun Ibrahim 93’, Ahmed Abid Ali 93’
Sending-Off: Kriengkrai Pimrat 77’
Note: Haidar Aboudi, Samar Saeed, Saad Attiya, Ali Hussein Rahema 
      were out injured.

India 1-1 Iraq
Tarif Ahmed Saikh 72; Karrar Jassim 54
Olympic Games Qualifier, Nehru Stadium, Delhi, 16 May  2007 – 5.000
India: 20 - Subrata Pal; 3 - Nanjangud Shivananju Manju [c], 
2 – Gurijinder Singh (13 - Ravanan Dharmaraj 60’), 
5-Debabrata Roy (Marlangki Suiting 83’), 15-Sunil Kumar, 
-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh, 23 – Joaquim Abranches, 
16-Rakesh Masih, 17-Rocus Lamare, 7-Syed Rahim Nabi, 
10 - Tarif Ahmed Saikh,
Coach: Colm Joseph Toal (Northern Ireland)
Iraq: 24 - Mohammed Kasid; 2 - Mohammed Ali Karim, 5 - Ossama Ali 
(14 - Khaldoun Ibrahim 46’), 30 – Dara Mohammed, 20 – Farid Majeed, 
15 - Ali Hussein Rahema [c], 25 - Ahmed "Kobe"Abid Ali, 
18 - Karrar Jassim, 6 -Haidar Sabah (23 - Ali Abbas 81’),
17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 7 - Mustafa Karim (31 – Halgurd Mulla Mohammed 80’).
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
Linesmen: Hamdi Al-Sheikh Al-Kadri (Syria) & Tammam Hamdoun (Syria)
Fourth Official: Mahmoud Turki (Syria)
Cautions: Ali Hussein Rahema 70’.

Iraq 1-0 DPR North Korea
Karrar Jassim 64
Olympic Games Qualifier, King Abdullah II Stadium, Qweismeh, 6 June 2007 – 5.000
Iraq: 24 - Mohammed Kasid; 2 - Mohammed Ali Karim, 26- Nabil Abbas, 
30 – Dara Mohammed, 20 – Farid Majid, 15 - Ali Hussein Rahema [c], 
25 - Ahmed "Kobe"Abid Ali, 18 - Karrar Jassim, 8 – Samar Saeed 
(31 – Halgurd Mulla Mohammed 81’), 17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra 
(14 - Khaldoun Ibrahim 90’), 7 - Mustafa Karim (6 - Haidar Sabah 60’).
Coach: Yahya Alwan
North Korea: 1 - Pak Kyong Il, 2 - Cha Jong Hyok [c], 
5 - Ri Gwang Chon, 13 - Ri Chol Myong, 12 – Ryang Myong Il, 
16 – Kang Jin Hyok (25 – Jang Myong Il 79), 19 - Jong Su Hyok, 
20 - Pak Chol Jin,  8 Kim Yu Chol (7 - Kim Kwang Hyok 72’), 
22 - An Chol Hyok, 9 - Pak Nam Chol (6 - An Jong Ho 20’)
Coach: Ri Jong Man
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Linesmen: Viktor Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan) & Bakhtiyor Tagayev (Uzbekistan)
Fourth Official: Rustam Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Cautions: Samir Saeed 7’, Cha Jong Hyok 22, An Chol Hyok 85’,
          Mohammed Kasid 93’

Iraq 0-0 Australia
Olympic Games Qualifier, Ahmed Bin Ali/Al Rayyan Stadium, Doha, 22 August 2007 – 1.500
Iraq: 24 - Mohammed Kasid; 2 -  Mohammed Ali Karim, 26 - Nabil Abbas, 
15 - Ali Hussein Rahema [c], 30 - Dara Mohammed; 20 - Farid Majeed, 
25 - Ahmed Abid Ali (8 - Samar Saeed 46’), 23 - Ali Abbas, 
18 - Karrar Jassim (6 - Haidar Sabah 75’), 17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra 
(11 - Halgurd Mulla Mohammed 75’), 7 - Mustafa Karim.
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Australia: 1 - Danny Vukovic; 5 - Matthew Spiranovic, 
3 - Adrian Leijer, 13 - Trent McClenahan, 2 - Ruben Zadkovich 
(8 - Neil Kilkenny 68'), 20 - Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 
6 - Stuart Musialik [c], 15 – Nicholas “Nick” Ward 
(39 - David Micevski 90'), 19 - David Williams, 10 - Nathan Burns 
(16 - Dario Vidosic 80'), 11 - Bruce Djite
Coach: Graham Arnold
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Linesmen: Tiejun Liu (China) & Dequan Zhou (China)
Fourth Official: Hai Tan (China)
Cautions: Nathan Burns 26’, Nicholas “Nick” Ward 54’, 
          Haidar Sabah 85’.

Lebanon 0-5 Iraq
Samar Saeed 22, Alaa Abdul-Zahra 59, 90, Ali Abbas 72, Karrar Jassim 76 pen
Olympic Games Qualifier, Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, 8 September 2007 –
Lebanon: 1 - Hassan Moghnieh; 3 – Hussein Amine, 5 - Ahmed Atwi 
(12 – Jihad Al-Helwi 67’), 24 -  Mootazbellah El-Jounaidi, 
6 – Mohammed Hamoud, 23 - Samer Zeineddine, 20 - Wissam Nassar 
(14 -  Ali Hamia 63), 15 – Ali Yakoub [c], 9 – Akram Moghrabi, 
13 - Imad Kassem Saad (11 - Hassan Hamdan 53’), 30 - Hassan Matouk.
Coach: Adnan Al-Sharqi
Iraq: 24 -Mohammed Kasid,  2- Mohammed Ali Karim, 26 - Nabil Abbas 
(20 - Farid Majeed 70’), 15 – Ali Hussein Rahema [c] 
(7 – Mustafa Karim 79’), 30 – Dara Mohammed, 4 – Haidar Aboudi, 
25 - Ahmed Abid Ali, 8 – Samar Saeed, 23 – Ali Abbas 
(14 – Khaldoun Ibrahim 73’), 18 – Karrar Jassim, 17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra.
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Referee: Mohammed Omar Al-Saeedi (UAE)
Linesmen: Salih Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Al-Marzouqi (UAE) & Nassir Behrouz Ahmed (UAE)
Fourth Official: Farid Ali (UAE)
Cautions: Mohammed Hamoud 6’, Akram Moghrabi 71’, 
          Ali Hussein Rahema 74’.
Sending-Off: Mootazbellah El-Jounaidi 75’.

Iraq 2-0 North Korea
Khaldoun Ibrahim 21, Alaa Abdul-Zahra 68
Olympic Games Qualifier, Ahmed Bin Ali/Al Rayyan Stadium, Doha, 12 September 2007 –  1.500
Iraq: 24 – Mohammed Kasid; 2 – Mohammed Ali Karim [c], 
4 – Haidar Aboudi, 26- Nabil Abbas, 30 – Dara Mohammed, 
Khaldoun Ibrahim, 25 – Ahmed “Kobe” Abid Ali, 23 – Ali Abbas 
(7 - Mustafa Karim 69’), 8 – Samar Saeed (6 – Haidar Sabah 74’), 
18 - Karrar Jassim, 17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra 
(11 - Hulgard Mulla Mohammed 88’)
Coach: Yahya Alwan
North Korea: 1 - Ri Myong-Guk,, 2 - Cha Jong Hyok [c], 
5 - Ri Gwang Chon, 6 - An Jong-Ho, 25 – Jang Myong Il, 
9 - Pak Nam Chol I (8 Kim Yu Chol 71’), 11 - Jon Kwang-Ik, 
19 - Jong Su Hyok , 20 – Pak Chol Jin (12 - Myong Il Ryang 52’), 
22 - An Chol-Hyok (21 -  Pak Nam Chol II 67’), 16- Kang Jin Hyok.
Coach: Ri Jong Man
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
Linesmen: Waleed Sultan Al-Mannai (Qatar) & Hussein Ali Akbar Hussein (Bahrain)
Fourth Official: Abdullah Mohammed Balideh (Qatar)
Cautions: An Chol-Hyok 2’, Ri Gwang Chon 4’ Karrar Jassim 31’, Ali Abbas 41’, Jang Myong Il 45’, Kim Yu Chol 73’.
Sending-Off: Jon Kwang-Ik  37’.

North Korea 0-0 Iraq
Olympic Games Qualifier, Kim II Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, 17 October 2007 –  17.000
North Korea: 1 - Ri Myong-Guk; 2 - Cha Jong Hyok [c], 3 – Ri Jun Il, 
15 – Kim Kuk Jin, 21 - Pak Nam Chol, 12 - Myong Il Ryang, 
13 – Ri Chol Myong, 22 - An Chol-Hyok (29 -  Pak Chol Min II 68’), 
31 – Pak Song Chol, 32 – So Kwang Chol (23 – Kim Kyong Il 36’), 
14 – Jong Chol Min (33 – Ri Hung Ryong 65’).
Coach: Ri Jong Man
Iraq: 24 – Mohammed Kasid; 2 – Mohammed Ali Karim, 26- Nabil Abbas, 
30 – Dara Mohammed (4 – Haidar Aboudi 62’), 
15 - Ali Hussein Rahema [c], 14 - Khaldoun Ibrahim, 
25 – Ahmed “Kobe” Abid Ali, 23 – Ali Abbas 
(11 - Hulgard Mulla Mohammed 82’), 8 – Samar Saeed, 
17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra, 38 – Ali Mansour (7 - Mustafa Karim 54’).
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Referee: Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan (Bangladesh)
Linesmen: Mahbubur Md. Mahbubur Rahman (Bangladesh) & Mohammed Shahidul Islam (Bangladesh)
Fourth Official: Abdul Hannan Miron (Bangladesh)
Cautions:. Ali Mansour 35’,  Nabil Abbas 68’.
Note: Iraq Football Association submitted an official complaint
      to FIFA against the North Koreans over the age of keeper
      Ri Myong-Guk. The goalkeeper who was born on 02/02/1984, had
      participated in the preliminary qualifiers than the official
      papers mentioned that he was born in 1984. However, the 
      official papers he submitted in this game stated he was born
      in 1986.

Australia 2-0 Iraq
Adrian Leijer 19, Mark Milligan 58
Olympic Games Qualifier, Blue Tongue Stadium, Gosford, November 17 – 13.888
Australia: 1 - Danny Vukovic; 4 – Mark Milligan [c], 3 - Adrian Leijer, 
13 - Trent McClenahan, 2 - Ruben Zadkovich 
(15 – Nicholas “Nick” Ward 77’), 20 - Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 
26 – James Troisi, 7 – Kristian Sarkies, 16 - Leigh Broxham 
(17 – Aaron Downes 89’), 9 - Mark Bridge (19 - David Williams 71’), 
14 - Dario Vidosic.
Coach: Graham Arnold
Iraq: 24 - Mohammed Kasid; 2 -  Mohammed Ali Karim [c], 
13 – Saad Attiya, 26 - Nabil Abbas, 30 - Dara Mohammed; 
14 – Khaldoun Ibrahim, 25 - Ahmed Abid Ali (6 - Haidar Sabah 69’), 
8 - Samar Saeed (38 – Ali Mansour 79’), 23 - Ali Abbas 
(7 - Mustafa Karim 36’), 18 - Karrar Jassim 17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra.
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Referee: Abdul-Malik Abdul-Bashir (Singapore)
Linesmen: Gek Pheng Jeffrey Goh (Singapore) & Hussain Nazeer (Singapore)
Fourth Official: Shamsul Maidan (Singapore)
Cautions:. Karrar Jassim 13’, Ruben Zadkovich 26’, Khaldoun Ibrahim 75’.

Iraq 5-2 Lebanon
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 8, 23, 81, Mustafa Karim 30, Samar Saeed 37
Olympic Games Qualifier, Ahmed Bin Ali/Al Rayyan Stadium, Doha, November 21 – 100
Iraq: 24 -Mohammed Kasid (21 – Sarhang Muhsin 46’), 
2- Mohammed Ali Karim [c], 26 - Nabil Abbas, 30 – Dara Mohammed, 
13 – Saad Attiya, 20 - Farid Majeed, 25 - Ahmed Abid Ali, 
8 – Samar Saeed, 7 – Mustafa Karim (6 – Haidar Sabah 71’), 
18 – Karrar Jassim (29 – Aqil Hussein 79’), 17 - Alaa Abdul-Zahra.
Coach: Yahya Alwan
Lebanon: 22 – Hassan Bittar, 2 – Ali Al-Saadi, 15 – Ali Yakoub [c] 
(14 -  Ali Hamia 50), 23 - Samer Zeineddine, 
24 - Mootazbellah El-Jounaidi, 30 - Hassan Matouk, 7- Mohammed Atwi, 
12 – Jihad Al-Helwi, 6 – Mohammed Hamoud, 20 - Wissam Nassar 
(3 – Hussein Amine 55’), 9 – Akram Moghrabi.
Coach: Adnan Al-Sharqi
Referee: Khalil Ibrahim Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Linesmen: Mohammed Hamad Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) & Yousif Rustom (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth Official:  Mamdouh Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Cautions: Karrar Jassim 56’, Sarhang Muhsin 72’, Ali Hamia 73’,
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Prepared and maintained by Hassanin Mubarak for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Hassanin Mubarak (Iraqifootball@yahoo.com)
Last updated: 21 Jan 2011