Iraqi football clubs in Asian competitions explained

Iraqi clubs in the AFC Club Competitions. From its introduction in 2002 until the forming of the AFC Professional League in 2009, Iraqi clubs were allowed to enter the AFC Champions League (ACL). Despite reaching respectable results, none of the Iraqi teams managed to get further than the group stage.

Since Iraq did not meet the new AFC standards for the ACL, its clubs participated in the AFC Cup from 2009 until 2018 (however, the AFC gave Iraq one qualifying spot for the ACL for the 2014 edition only). Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the AFC Cup three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Iraqi clubs returned to the ACL group stage in 2019.

List of finals

Year	Competition	Iraqi team	Opposing team	Score	Venue
1971	bgcolor=silver	Asian Champion Club Tournament	Aliyat Al-Shorta		w/o^1	National Stadium, Bangkok
1989	Asian Club Championship	Al-Rasheed		3–2	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	0–1			Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
1995	bgcolor=silver	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Al-Talaba		1–2	Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama
2000	bgcolor=silver	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Al-Zawraa		0–1	Chiang Mai, Thailand
2012	bgcolor=silver	AFC Cup	Erbil		0–4	Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil
2014	bgcolor=silver	AFC Cup	Erbil		0–0	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
2016	bgcolor=gold	AFC Cup	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Bengaluru FC	1–0	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
2017	bgcolor=gold	AFC Cup	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Istiklol	1–0	Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
2018	bgcolor=gold	AFC Cup	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Altyn Asyr	2–0	Basra International Stadium, Basra

¹ Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play for political reasons.
² Al-Sadd won on the away goals rule.

List of participations

AFC Champions League Elite

1971–2002

Participations in the Asian Club Championship
width=20%	Team	width=5%	1971	width=5%	1985	width=5%	1986	width=5%	1987	width=5%	1989	width=5%	1990	width=5%		width=5%	1995	width=5%	1997	width=5%	1998	width=5%	1999	width=5%	2000	width=5%	2001	width=5%	2002	width=5%	Total
								R2	4th	R2			R1	R2	5
		QR2		GS	bgcolor=silver	RU	GS	QR1								5
												QF			1
											R2				1
			4th												1
	bgcolor=silver	RU														1
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	14

2002–present

Participations in the AFC Champions League Elite
width=20%	Team	width=5%	2003	width=5%	2004	width=5%	2005	width=5%	2006	width=5%	2007	width=5%	2008	width=5%	2014	width=5%	2019	width=5%	2020	width=5%	2021	width=5%	2022	width=5%	2024	width=5%	2025	width=5%	Total
		GS		GS		GS		QR2		GS	GS	GS		7
	QR3		GS		GS			GS	QR2	PO	PO			7
		GS	GS				QR1		GS	GS			q	6
						GS								1
					GS									1
				GS										1
	GS													1
Total	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	23

AFC Champions League Two

2009–present

Participations in the AFC Champions League Two
width=20%	Team	width=5%	2009	width=5%	2011	width=5%	2012	width=5%	2013	width=5%	2014	width=5%	2015	width=5%	2016	width=5%	2017	width=5%	2018	width=5%	2024	width=5%	2025	width=5%	Total
	QF	SF	bgcolor=silver	RU	R16	bgcolor=silver	RU	GS						6
	R16		R16					ZSF	GS	GS		5
							bgcolor=gold	W	bgcolor=gold	W	bgcolor=gold	W		q	4
					GS	R16						2
		QF		R16								2
										ZSF		1
							R16					1
		GS										1
Total	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	21

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Participations in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup
width=20%	Team	width=5%	1994	width=5%	1995	width=5%	1997	width=5%	1998	width=5%	1999	width=5%	2000	width=5%		width=5%	2002	width=5%	Total
		bgcolor=silver	RU			4th		R1		3
			R1					R1	2
	R1					bgcolor=silver	RU			2
				QF					1
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8

Iraqi clubs statistics

2002–present

Al-Kahrabaa Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Al-Kahrabaa	8	5	1	2	11	6	+5

Al-Kahrabaa results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		0–0
		2–0
		1–3
		3–1
		1–0		Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
		3–1
		1–0		Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
		2–4

Al-Minaa Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Al-Minaa^[1]	6	0	2	4	6	11	−5

Al-Minaa results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		0–1		Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
		1–3		King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
		1–2		Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain
		1–2		Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally
		2–2		Markaziy Stadium, Karshi
		1–1		Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Al-Najaf Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Al-Najaf^[2]	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1

Al-Najaf results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		0–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		4–1		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Homs, Syria
		2–4		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		1–1		Farg'ona, Uzbekistan
		1–0		Kuwait City, Kuwait

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya^[3]	71	32	18	22	92	75	+17

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		0–1		Damascus, Syria
		0–1		Doha, Qatar
		0–3		Abu Dhabi, UAE
		0–0		Damascus, Syria
		0–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		1–0		Damascus, Syria
		1–0		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		0–2		Tripoli, Lebanon
		0–2		Tripoli, Lebanon
		0–3		Doha, Qatar
		3–0		Tripoli, Lebanon
		1–2		Riyadh, KSA
		1–0		Dubai, UAE
		0–0		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		0–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		1–1		Tehran, Iran
		1–2		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		2–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		2–0		Hebron, Palestine
		2–1		Wakra, Qatar
		2–5		Saida, Lebanon
		1–0		Wakra, Qatar
		4–1		Wakra, Qatar
		4–0		Seeb, Oman
		2–1		Wakra, Qatar
		1–1		Wakra, Qatar
		4–0		Wakra, Qatar
		1–1		Wakra, Qatar
		4–3		Beirut, Lebanon
		1–0		Doha, Qatar
		0–0		Beirut, Lebanon
		2–1		Doha, Qatar
		0–0		Beirut, Lebanon
		1–1		Doha, Qatar
		2–0		Doha, Qatar
		1–0		Manama, Bahrain
		1–1		Erbil, Iraq
		1–0		Doha, Qatar
		1–2		Sidon, Lebanon
		1–0		Wakra, Qatar
		1–0		Dushanbe, Tajikistan
		2–2		Wakra, Qatar
		1–0		Seeb, Oman
		4–3		Isa Town, Bahrain
		1–1		Amman, Jordan
		1–1		Karbala, Iraq
		2–0		Karbala, Iraq
		3–1		Karbala, Iraq
		2–2		Beirut, Lebanon
		1–0		Amman, Jordan
		3–1		Karbala, Iraq
		2–0		Basra, Iraq
		1–2		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		3–2		Mecca, Saudi Arabia
		0–1		Sharjah, UAE
		0–0		Sharjah, UAE
		0–0		Sharjah, UAE
		0–1		Sharjah, UAE
		2–3		Sharjah, UAE
		0–1		Sharjah, UAE
		2–1		Riyadh, KSA
		1–2		Riyadh, KSA
		1–1		Riyadh, KSA
		0–3		Riyadh, KSA
		3–2		Riyadh, KSA
		0–1		Riyadh, KSA
		2–2		Erbil, Iraq
		2–1		Olmaliq, Tashkent
		0–1		Jeddah, KSA
		2–0		Erbil, Iraq
		0–1		Isfahan, Iran
		3–2		Erbil, Iraq

Al-Shorta Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Al-Shorta^[4]	35	5	11	19	29	48	−19

Al-Shorta results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		0–2		Sharjah, UAE
		1–2		Damascus, Syria
		0–2		Riyadh, KSA
		2–3		Damascus, Syria
		1–3		Salmiya, Kuwait
		1–1		Zarqa, Jordan
		0–2		Doha, Qatar
		0–0		Amman, Jordan
		0–1		Amman, Jordan
		0–1		Tehran, Iran
		0–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		0–0		Wakra, Qatar
		3–1		Sidon, Lebanon
		0–0		Riffa, Bahrain
		0–0		Wakra, Qatar
		0–3		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		0–0		Wakra, Qatar
		2–2		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Amman, Jordan
		6–2		Doha, Qatar
		0–1		Al-Ram, Palestine
		1–1		Riffa, Bahrain
		4–0		Doha, Qatar
		0–2		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Erbil, Iraq
		0–1		Erbil, Iraq
		0–1		Doha, Qatar
		2–1		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Doha, Qatar
		0–2		Jeddah, KSA
		0–3		Jeddah, KSA
		0–3		Jeddah, KSA
		1–2		Jeddah, KSA
		2–1		Jeddah, KSA
		0–1		Jeddah, KSA

Al-Talaba Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Al-Talaba^[5]	9	2	2	5	7	10	−3

Al-Talaba results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		0–1		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		3–0		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		0–3		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		0–1		Erbil, Iraq
		0–1
		2–1		Muscat, Oman
		1–1		Erbil, Iraq
		0–0		Amman, Jordan
		1–2		Erbil, Iraq

Al-Zawraa Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Al-Zawraa^[6]	57	23	18	16	85	68	+17

Al-Zawraa results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		1–1		Doha, Qatar
		1–2		Baghdad, Iraq
		1–2		Tripoli, Lebanon
		2–1		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		1–5		Tripoli, Lebanon
		0–0		Damascus, Syria
		1–5		Jeddah, KSA
		2–1		Tripoli, Lebanon
		1–0		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		0–0		Doha, Qatar
		1–2		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Abu Dhabi, UAE
		3–2		Doha, Qatar
		3–1		Doha, Qatar
		2–0		Dubai, UAE
		0–2		Beirut, Lebanon
		2–0		Dubai, UAE
		1–0		Seeb, Oman
		1–1		Sanaa, Yemen
		2–1		Dubai, UAE
		1–3		Dubai, UAE
		2–3		Amman, Jordan
		5–0		Duhok, Iraq
		1–0		Duhok, Iraq
		0–1		Beirut, Lebanon
		2–1		Duhok, Iraq
		2–0		Duhok, Iraq
		0–1		Chonburi, Thailand
		0–0		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Amman, Jordan
		3–1		Doha, Qatar
		3–0		Doha, Qatar
		1–0		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Erbil, Iraq
		0–1		Doha, Qatar
		1–1		Beirut, Lebanon
		0–0		Doha, Qatar
		3–1		Manama, Bahrain
		1–1		Karbala, Iraq
		2–1		Karbala, Iraq
		1–1		Riffa, Bahrain
		0–0		Isfahan, Iran
		5–0		Karbala, Iraq
		1–4		Riyadh, KSA
		1–2		Karbala, Iraq
		2–2		Karbala, Iraq
		5–1		Dubai, UAE
		1–4		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		1–2		Dubai, UAE
		5–6		Sharjah, UAE
		1–2		Basra International Stadium, Iraq
		1–1		Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		4–1		Basra International Stadium, Iraq
		2–1
		1–1		Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City
		2–1		Basra International Stadium, Iraq

Duhok Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Duhok^[7]	16	8	3	5	23	18	+5

Duhok results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		1–0		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		4–2		Duhok, Iraq
		0–0		Damascus, Syria
		0–1		Duhok, Iraq
		1–0		Duhok, Iraq
		0–0		Amman, Jordan
		1–0		Duhok, Iraq
		1–5		Amman, Jordan
		0–1		Duhok, Iraq
		3–1		Duhok, Iraq
		0–1		Duhok, Iraq
		3–1		Salalah, Oman
		6–1		Duhok, Iraq
		2–1		Duhok, Iraq
		0–1		Amman, Jordan
		1–4		Kuwait City, Kuwait

Erbil Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Erbil^[8]	63	36	15	12	125	63	+62

Erbil results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		1–1		Amman, Jordan
		1–1
		0–2		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		1–5		Amman, Jordan
		1–0		Doha, Qatar
		4–2		Amman, Jordan
		0–1		Beirut, Lebanon
		1–1		Amman, Jordan
		1–1		Seeb, Oman
		3–0		Zarqa, Jordan
		3–2		Zarqa, Jordan
		0–2		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		3–1
	Quarterfinals
		1–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		0–1		Erbil, Iraq
		2–1		Beirut, Lebanon
		1–1		Erbil, Iraq
		0–0		Erbil, Iraq
		5–0		Seeb, Oman
		6–2		Erbil, Iraq
		3–0		Damascus, Syria
				Erbil, Iraq
	Quarterfinals
		2–1		Jayapura, Indonesia
		1–0		Erbil, Iraq
		0–2		Erbil, Iraq
		3–3		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		1–1		Erbil, Iraq
		2–2		Erbil, Iraq
		2–0		Calcutta, India
		2–0		Erbil, Iraq
		2–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait
		2–1		Erbil, Iraq
		4–0		Erbil, Iraq
	Quarterfinals
		5–1		Erbil, Iraq
		1–1		Kota Bharu, Malaysia
		4–1		Erbil, Iraq
		4–1		Chonburi, Thailand
		0–4		Erbil, Iraq
		4–0		Erbil, Iraq
		2–0		Beirut, Lebanon
		1–0		Erbil, Iraq
		4–0		Seeb, Oman
		4–0		Erbil, Iraq
		2–0		Erbil, Iraq
				Erbil, Iraq
		3–1		Amman, Jordan
		6–0		Doha, Qatar
		1–2		Doha, Qatar
		3–0		Riffa, Bahrain
		3–2		Doha, Qatar
		3–0		Osh, Kyrgyzstan
		3–0		Doha, Qatar
	Quarterfinals
		1–0		Hanoi, Vietnam
		1–0		Beirut, Lebanon
		1–1		Zarqa, Jordan
		2–1		Mong Kok, Hong Kong
		2–4		Dubai, UAE
		3–1		Dushanbe, Tajikistan
		0–1		Doha, Qatar
		1–2		Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
		2–3		Doha, Qatar
		0–0		Doha, Qatar
		2–1		Kuwait City, Kuwait

Naft Al-Wasat Statistics
width=20%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD
Naft Al-Wasat^[9]	7	5	0	2	9	4	+5

Naft Al-Wasat results
Season	Round	Result	Opponent	Venue
		1–0		Tehran, Iran
		1–2		Amman, Jordan
		2–0		Tehran, Iran
		1–0		Dushanbe, Tajikistan
		3–1		Tripoli, Lebanon
		1–0		Tehran, Iran
		0–1		Tehran, Iran

See also

• Iraq Stars League
• Iraq FA Cup

External links

• Iraq Football Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: Al-Minaa Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
2. Web site: Al-Najaf Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
3. Web site: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
4. Web site: Al-Shorta Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
5. Web site: Al-Talaba Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
6. Web site: Al-Zawraa Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
7. Web site: Duhok Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
8. Web site: Erbil Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.
9. Web site: Naft Al-Wasat Matches Archive. Goalzz. 17 December 2017.