IraqSoccer - When Iraq meet Iran on
Wednesday, it will be the 17th time the two Asian football giants meet.
Among other things, history does not favour the Iraqis to win this game.
The Iraqis have usually struggled
against their Persian neighbors. In fact, they've had to wait for over
30 years to register their first win against their neighbors at the
senior level in a competitive match, which came as late as October 1993.
Despite that, the first match between the two teams ended in an Iraqi
victory.
Over 16 matches, Iran have won 9 , compared to Iraq's 3. Nevertheless,
it is a memorable encounter between the two nations' U-20 sides in 1977
in Tehran, where the Iraqis won the Asian cup then with a last minute
goal from legend Hussien Sa'eed to make the score 4 - 3, that the Iraqis
like to remember the most. The Iraqis have also good memories with
another heroic U-20 side, as a promising generation marched to the helm
of Asia in 2000, beating Iran in the semi-final in Tehran on PK's.
Iraq 2 Iran 1 Friendly
Iran 1 Iraq 1 Friendly (Tehran)
Iraq 0 Iran 0 Pre Tokyo Olympic (Baghdad)
Iran 4 Iraq 0 Pre Tokyo Olympic (Tehran)
Iraq 1 Iran 2 Friendship cup (Baghdad)
Iran 3 Iraq 0 Asian cup (Bangkok)
Iran 1 Iraq 0 Asian cup (Tehran)
Iran 1 Iraq 0 Pre Montréal Olympic (Tehran)
Iran 2 Iraq 0 Asian cup (Tehran)
Iran 0 Iraq 0 Friendly Tournament (Kuwait)
Iraq 2 Iran 1 US WCQ (Doha) (Ahmed Radhi, Alaa' Kadhum)
Iraq 2 Iran 1 Asian cup (Dubai) (Husam Fawzi, Khalid M. Sabbar)
Iran 1 Iraq 0 Asian cup (Bierut)
Iraq 1 Iran 2 Japan/Korea WCQ (Baghdad) (Emad Mohammad)
Iran 2 Iraq 1 Japan/Korea WCQ (Tehran) (Qahtan Jithir)
Iraq 0 Iran 0 WAFF (Damascus)*Iraq won on PK |