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Iraq

FIFA #63
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Iraq beat Kuwait
Kuwait 0 – 1 Iraq
FT · Fri, Dec 30

Match Details

Line Score

12T
KUW 00 0
IRQ 01 1

Match Leaders

Kuwait
Iraq

Key Events

82'Abdulaziz Wadi Al-Anezi (Kuwait) Substitution at 82'
82'Mohammad Bajeyah Al-Shammari (Kuwait) Substitution at 82'
74'Faisal Zaid Al-Harbi (Kuwait) Substitution at 74'
64'Ahmed (Kuwait) Substitution at 64'
64'Hamad Al Harbi (Kuwait) Substitution at 64'
60'Fahad Talib (Iraq) Substitution at 60'
47'Aso Rostam (Iraq) Substitution at 47'
47'Hassan Abdul-Karim (Iraq) Substitution at 47'
47'Rewan Amin (Iraq) Substitution at 47'
47'Ahmed Yahia (Iraq) Substitution at 47'
47'Moamel Abdulridha (Iraq) Substitution at 47'
47'Eid Al-Rashidi (Kuwait) Substitution at 47'
47'Zaid Tahseen (Iraq) Substitution at 47'
46'Bader Jamal Al-Abdullah (Kuwait) Substitution at 46'
46'Manaf Yunus Al-Tekreeti (Iraq) Substitution at 46'
33'Ahmed Basil Al-Fadhli (Iraq) Substitution at 33'
9'Ali Faez (Iraq) Goal at 9'

Recent Form

Iraq D L W L D
Kuwait W L W L W

Starting Lineups

Iraq

  1. JH #12 Jalal HassanG
  2. IB #8 Ibrahim BayeshSUB
  3. AF # Ali FaezSUB9'
  4. HJ #13 Hussein JabbarSUB
  5. MN # Mustafa NadhimSUB
  6. MA # Mohammed Ali SuwaedSUB
  7. HA #7 Hussein Ali Al-SaediSUB
  8. AA # Alaa AbbasSUB
  9. AA #16 Amir Al-AmmariSUB
  10. DI #15 Dhurgham IsmailSUB
  11. HA #17 Hussein AmmarSUB
Substitutes · 9 used

Kuwait

  1. FA #5 Fahad Al-HajeriSUB
  2. SA #6 Sultan Al-EneziSUB
  3. KE #4 Khaled EbrahimSUB
  4. MD #19 Mahdi DashtiSUB
  5. MA #16 Mubarak Al FaneeniSUB
  6. SA #10 Shabaib Al-KhaldiSUB
  7. HH #2 Hasan Hamdan Al AneziSUB
  8. FA #18 Fawaz Ayedh Al-OtaibiSUB
  9. BA #97 Badr AbdulrahmanSUB
  10. SA #22 Sulaiman AbdulghafoorSUB
  11. AK #17 Ali KhalafSUB
Substitutes · 7 used

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News

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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
The substitute Pape Gueye scored a pair of sensational second-half goals from long range as Senegal got a much-needed boost to their goal difference with a 5-0 victory over 10-man Iraq in their Group I finale. Ismaïla…
France 3-0 Iraq after two-hour storm delay at World Cup 2026 – as it happened
· The Guardian
Kylian Mbappé scored twice and Ousmane Dembélé added another as France cruised to a win over Iraq that was delayed for two hours at half-time And here’s our reporter at the game, Paul MacInnes. “Ground already packed…
Two-hour storm break fails to stop France as Mbappé and Dembélé prove too good for Iraq
· The Guardian
Could France do it on a hot, humid, waterlogged and lightning-threatened night in Pennsylvania? The answer was pretty straightforward. Despite an interruption of more than two hours after a chain of severe thunderstorms…
Iraq 1-4 Norway: World Cup 2026 – as it happened
· The Guardian
Iraq impressed for their first World Cup appearance in 40 years, but Erling Haaland was the star of the show with two goals on his tournament debut 1 min Iraq go direct to start, with Amir Al-Ammari hammering a ball…

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Recent Results
L 0–5 at Senegal L 0–3 at France L 1–4 vs Norway L 0–2 vs Venezuela D 1–1 at Spain L 0–1 vs South Korea L 0–1 at Colombia L 0–2 at Russia W 1–0 vs Kuwait L 0–4 at Mexico