Soccer Iraq

Soccer Iraq is an English-based Iraqi website providing a variety of news and statistics for Iraqi football, ranging from coverage on the Iraq national football team and its players to news on the Iraqi Premier League.

Soccer Iraq
Type of site
Sports journalism
Available inEnglish
URLwww.socceriraq.net
Launched2015

History

Soccer Iraq launched on 11 March 2015 with the aim of creating an English-based website covering Iraq's national football team, the Lions of Mesopotamia.[1] The website soon expanded to include coverage of domestic Iraqi club competitions and the nation's foreign-based players.[2] In 2017, Soccer Iraq assisted the Iraq Football Association (IFA) in the process of verifying the IFA's official social media profiles.[3] In 2020, Soccer Iraq helped facilitate Safaa Hadi's move to the Russian Premier League by streamlining the communication of the Russian Football Union and PFC Krylia Sovetov with Al-Shorta SC regarding the completion of administrative procedures.[4] Several current and former international players are in regular interaction with the website's posts on social media.[5][6][7][8][9]

Providing Information

Throughout the years, Soccer Iraq has provided information regarding the Iraqi game to many major news networks. From speculation on players fighting ISIS, to the Real Madrid fan club massacre and the Iskandariya suicide bombing, the website has been relied on by news organisations all over the world such as International Business Times,[10] La Gazzetta dello Sport,[11] Daily Mail, Daily Express,[12] Marca,[13] L'Equipe,[14] Goal,[15] Asian Football Confederation,[16][17] Diario AS,[18] Sport.ro,[19] Major League Soccer,[20] Panorama,[21] Mundo Deportivo,[22] The Washington Post,[23] The National,[24] Fox Sports,[25][26] Transfermarkt,[27] RT,[28] 90min.com,[29] SPORTbible,[30] Tuttosport,[31] Telemundo Deportes,[32] Het Nieuwsblad,[33] Corriere dello Sport,[34] Le Matin,[35] Index.hr,[36] Bola,[37] Sport1,[38] L'essentiel,[39] Vanity Fair,[40] Thanh Niên,[41] Siol,[42] La Nación,[43] Radiotelevizija Slovenija,[44] Kurir,[45] El Comercio,[46] La República,[47] El Liberal,[48] La Prensa,[49] Koran Sindo,[50] Žurnal24,[51] Lenta.ru,[52] The New Arab[53] and Kurdistan 24.[54]

Notable Interviewees

The website has published several interviews since its launch – most recently with Gonzalo Rodríguez García, Osama Rashid, Mohannad Abdul-Raheem, Rebin Sulaka, Marin Ion, Justin Meram and Ali Adnan.[55]

Goal of the Season

Soccer Iraq launched the first ever Goal of the Season competition for the Iraqi Premier League starting from the 2016–17 season. The winner is chosen by a Twitter poll between the four best goals. Al-Zawraa midfielder Ali Raheem won the award in both of its first two seasons.

Source[56][57]

Season Scorer Nationality For Against Stadium Date
2016–17 Ali Raheem  Iraq Al-Zawraa Al-Shorta Al-Shaab Stadium 10 May 2017
2017–18 Ali Raheem  Iraq Al-Zawraa Al-Hussein Al-Shaab Stadium 30 May 2018
2018–19 Mohanad Ali  Iraq Al-Shorta Al-Naft Al-Shaab Stadium 4 March 2019
2019–20 Saad Abdul-Amir  Iraq Al-Shorta Al-Minaa Al-Shaab Stadium 7 March 2020

Team of the Decade

In late 2019, Soccer Iraq commemorated the end of the 2010s with the Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade which was voted for by fans over a two-month period via a series of Twitter polls. After several thousands of votes, 28 players were narrowed down to the final eleven and the team was revealed on 31 December 2019.[58]

2010–2019[59]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
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References
  1. "Soccer Iraq – About Us".
  2. "Al-Zawraa v Al-Shorta: My experience of a Baghdad Derby". 24 September 2018.
  3. "Iraq FA receives verification". 16 February 2017.
  4. "More Than A Game: Football In Iraq". Sideline Scouted. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. "Al-Zawraa 2–1 Al-Samawa". 3 July 2018.
  6. "Iraq will play Bahrain in the Gulf Cup semi-final on Thursday". 2 December 2019.
  7. "Osama Rashid is off the mark in this season's Liga Portugal". 1 November 2019.
  8. "The restarted IPL will kick off with Al-Zawraa and Al-Talaba in a Baghdad Derby on Matchday One". 10 February 2020.
  9. "Noor Sabri never lost a penalty shootout in his career". 18 July 2020.
  10. "Isis: Iraqi anti-Islamic State hero footballer Ali Adnan 'makes it to European football'". International Business Times.
  11. "Ali Adnan, dal passaggio alla Roma alla guerra in Iraq". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  12. "ISIS suicide bomb kills dozens football match Iraq". Daily Express.
  13. "Real Madrid supporters club in Iraq attacked by terrorists – 16 dead". Marca.
  14. "Irak : le gardien Alaa Ahmed a joué le lendemain de la mort de son fils". L'Equipe.
  15. "สะเทือนเอเชียนเกมส์! อิรัก U16 ถูกจับได้โกงอายุ". Goal.
  16. "MD5 – Group C: Iraq 2-1 IR Iran". Asian Football Confederation.
  17. "Katanec: We deserve this victory". Asian Football Confederation.
  18. "Iraq to host 1st international football tournament since 1979". Diario AS.
  19. "De ce merg romanii in Irak?! Cati bani castiga Dorinel si Ion Marin la echipele lor". Sport.ro.
  20. "Justin Meram wins friendly tournament MVP with Iraq". Major League Soccer.
  21. "Il viandante Walter Zenga e la panchina dell'Iraq". Panorama.
  22. "La selección de Irak sacrifica una oveja para ahuyentar la mala suerte". Mundo Deportivo.
  23. "Car bomb explosion in Iraq kills youth national soccer team player". The Washington Post.
  24. "Iraq football legend Adnan Dirjal appointed minister of youth and sports in new cabinet". The National (Abu Dhabi).
  25. "Iraq 'ready and able' to host international matches again". Fox Sports Asia.
  26. "The AFC Asian Cup 2019 contenders: Iraq". Fox Sports Asia.
  27. "Iraker Ali vor Absage an Benfica, ManUnited & Juve: "Versuchen, ihn zu überzeugen"". Transfermarkt.
  28. "FIFA lifts 28yr ban on Iraq international friendlies in place since Saddam invasion". RT.
  29. "World's Biggest Football Stadium Set to Be Built 'For Free' in Iraq With Reported 135,000 Capacity". 90min.com.
  30. "Iraq's Bashar Resan Played Against Argentina On The Same Day His Mother Passed Away". SPORTbible.
  31. "Dall'Iraq: "Respinta l'offerta della Juventus per Mohanad Ali"". Tuttosport.
  32. "ARQUERO ALAA AHMED JUEGA A PESAR DE LA MUERTE DE SU HIJO". Telemundo Deportes.
  33. "Voetballers Irak offeren schaap en maken einde aan slechte reeks dankzij vier goals van één speler". Het Nieuwsblad.
  34. "Vice-presidente Al-Shorta: "La Juventus segue il più grande talento dell'Iraq"". Corriere dello Sport.
  35. "Il tait le décès de son bébé pour disputer un match". Le Matin.
  36. "Tragedija iračkog golmana dirnula svijet: Dan nakon smrti sina igrao cijelu utakmicu, a onda se slomio". Index.hr.
  37. "Anaknya Meninggal, Tangis Kiper Klub Irak Pecah di Akhir Laga". Bola.
  38. "Keeper verschweigt Tod seines Babys". Sport1 (Germany).
  39. "Il tait le décès de son bébé pour disputer un match". L'essentiel.
  40. "La favola dei calciatori dell'Ostersund, che vincono grazie a letture, mostre e balletti". Vanity Fair.
  41. "Các đối thủ cùng bảng tuyển Việt Nam chạy đà cho Asian Cup 2019". Thanh Niên.
  42. "Srečko Katanec Iračanom: Nimam čarobne palice". Siol.
  43. "La oferta irrisoria que hizo la Juventus por Mohanad Ali, la joven promesa del fútbol iraquí". La Nación.
  44. "Na derbiju Irak – Iran brez zadetkov". Radiotelevizija Slovenija.
  45. "PENAL SERIJA O KOJOJ BRUJI SVET: Golman dobio crveni karton, igrač odbranio šut vredan Svetskog prvenstva". Kurir.
  46. "Argentina goleó 4-0 a Iraq en la previa del partido ante Brasil en Arabia". El Comercio.
  47. "Bolivia, en su último partido del 2018, igualó sin goles ante Irak". La República.
  48. "Argentina – Irak: el doble caño iraquí, lo caída del línea y los "tronos" de los jugadores". El Liberal.
  49. "Argentina golea 4-0 a Irak". La Prensa.
  50. "Media Lokal Sebut Timnas Irak Mundur dari Sepak Bola Asian Games 2018". Koran Sindo.
  51. "Katanec se je kljub zmagi posul s pepelom". Žurnal24.
  52. "Полевой игрок встал в ворота после удаления вратаря и принес команде победу". Lenta.ru.
  53. "رسمياً.. هاكن السويدي يستعيد نجمه العراقي أحمد ياسين". The New Arab.
  54. "Players of Iraqi club abandon match after opposition fans' pro-Saddam chants". Kurdistan 24.
  55. "Soccer Iraq – Interviews".
  56. "Soccer Iraq – Domestic Seasons".
  57. "Al-Shorta TV Latest News". Al-Shorta TV. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  58. "Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade Revealed". Soccer Iraq. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  59. "Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade 2010–2019". Soccer Iraq. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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