| AFC | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Short name | IFA |
| Founded | 8 October 1948 |
| Headquarters | Zayouna, Baghdad, Iraq[1] |
| FIFA affiliation | 1950 |
| AFC affiliation | 1970[2] |
| WAFF affiliation | 2001 (founding member) |
| President | Adnan Dirjal |
| Vice-President | Ali Jabbar (1st) Younis Mahmoud (2nd) |
| Website | www |
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) (Arabic: الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraqi football league system.[3][4][5][6][7] The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Iraq is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations (founded in 1974) and the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (founded in 2016). The Iraqi team is commonly known as Usood Al-Rafidain (Arabic: أسود الرافدين), which literally means Lions of Mesopotamia.
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- ^ Suzanne Goldenberg (23 July 2003). "Uday: career of rape, torture and murder | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
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