Iraq national under-23 football team

After 16 years without participation, Iraq qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics after winning the 2004 Olympic Asian Qualifiers under head coach Adnan Hamad and were scheduled to play against Costa Rica, Morocco and Portugal in the group stages. At the Olympics Iraq started with a shocking 4–2 win against Portugal. That was followed by a 2–0 win against Costa Rica and a 2–1 loss to Morocco. The quarter-finals saw them beat Australia 1–0, and in the semi-final against Paraguay, Iraq lost 3–1. In the bronze medal match, Iraq lost 1–0 to Italy and finished fourth.

Iraq line-up before a match with Brazil at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Iraq qualified for the 2016 Olympics by clinching third place at the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. The first game saw Iraq play against Denmark, and the score turned out as a 0–0 draw, despite Iraq having 18 shots in the match. The second game was played against the hosts and pre-tournament favourites, Brazil, which also ended up as a 0–0 draw, which was hailed as a great result for Iraq. In the third game, Iraq tied South Africa 1–1, despite having a huge 29 shots in the match. This result, coupled with Denmark's defeat to Brazil, saw Iraq get eliminated at the group stage. Brazil eventually went on to win the tournament.

Iraq's first major honour on U-23 level was the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship. The tournament started with a 3–1 win against Saudi Arabia. That was followed by a 2–1 win against Uzbekistan and a 1–0 win against China. The quarter-finals saw them beat Japan 1–0, and the semi-final against favourites Korea Republic with another 1–0 win.

The final was against local rivals Saudi Arabia, and Mohannad Abdul-Raheem scored the only goal to win the tournament for Iraq. This victory secured Iraq's first Asian Cup U-23 title.

The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament is to be held in Qatar from 12–30 January 2016. Iraq qualified for the tournament by topping the group in the qualification stage in Oman in March 2015.

Iraq advanced from the group stage, beating Yemen 2–0, Uzbekistan 3–2, and a 1–1 tie with South Korea. In the quarterfinals, Iraq beat UAE 3–1 in extra time to progress to the semifinals. Iraq lost 2–1 to Japan.

In the third place match, Iraq came back from behind to beat Qatar 2–1 to qualify for 2016 Olympics.

Iraq qualified for the 3rd tournament by topping the group in the qualification stage in Saudi Arabia in July 2017.

In the final tournament, with the defending champion Japan not bringing their strongest squad and South Korea fielded a relatively inexperienced squad, Iraq had many chances to repeat 2013 success. In the group stage, they finished at the top of the group after beating Malaysia 4–1 and Jordan 1–0, with a 0–0 draw against Saudi Arabia. Iraq advanced into the quarter-final as the first seed of group C and was scheduled to face off against Vietnam, which was widely regarded to be Iraq's easiest ever opponent in this stage, boosting the enthusiasm among Iraqis. However, thing didn't go as planned, which an unexpected 3–3 draw after extra time meant that the result would be settled via a penalty shoot-out, in which Vietnam emerged victorious with the score of 5–3, thus eliminating Iraq from the tournament in the shock of its supporters.

Iraq qualified for the tournament by topping the group in the qualification stage in Iran in March 2019.

In the final tournament held in Thailand, Iraq was grouped in group A together with host Thailand, a resurgence Australia and the unknown Bahrain. For the first time, Iraq did not make it out of the group stage, drawing all three games.

The following players were called up for the 2022 Dubai Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Waleed Atiyah	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999	0	0	Al-Diwaniya
2	1GK	Hassan Ahmed	(1999-10-04) 4 October 1999	0	0	Al-Talaba
3	1GK	Hussein Ali Joli	(2002-09-18) 18 September 2002	0	0	Erbil
4	2DF	Merchas Doski	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999	0	0	Wacker Innsbruck
5	2DF	Martin Haddad	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999	0	0	Örebro Syrianska
6	2DF	Abbas Badeea	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000	0	0	Naft Missan
7	2DF	Maitham Waad	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001	0	0	Al-Qasim
8	2DF	Zaid Tahseen	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001	0	0	Al-Talaba
9	2DF	Mohammed Al-Baqer	(2000-04-08) 8 April 2000	0	0	Al-Diwaniya
10	2DF	Ammar Ghalib	(2001-03-13) 13 March 2001	0	0	Al-Shorta
11	2DF	Hussein Ammar	(2001-06-16) 16 June 2001	0	0	Naft Al-Basra
12	2DF	Cardo Siddik	(2002-09-21) 21 September 2002	0	0	Crystal Palace
13	2DF	Mohammed Delawar		0	0	Newroz
14	2DF	Ahmed Naeim		0	0	Al-Najaf
15	3MF	Sadeq Zamel	(1999-07-15) 15 July 1999	0	0	Al-Shorta
16	3MF	Ahmed Sartip	(2000-02-20) 20 February 2000	0	0	Al-Zawraa
17	3MF	Moamel Abdulridha	(2000-03-28) 28 March 2000	0	0	Amanat Baghdad
18	3MF	Hiran Ahmed	(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000	0	0	Thun
19	3MF	Muntadher Mohammed	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001	0	0	Al-Zawraa
20	3MF	Muntadher Abdul Amir	(2001-10-06) 6 October 2001	0	0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
21	3MF	Alexander Aoraha	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003	0	0	Queens Park Rangers
22	4FW	Ridha Fadhil	(1998-11-23) 23 November 1998	0	0	Baghdad
23	4FW	Wakaa Ramadan	(1999-04-17) 17 April 1999	0	0	Al-Talaba
24	4FW	Salam Ahmad		0	0

The following players have been called up since January 2022

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Emad Eissa	(1995-08-24) 24 August 1995	0	0	Zakho	Training Camp, January 2022
GK	Mustafa Adhab		0	0		Training Camp, January 2022
DF	Mohammed Abdul-Zahra	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989	0	0	Al-Najaf	Training Camp, January 2022
DF	Rafed Talib	(1998-11-25) 25 November 1998	0	0	Al-Karkh	Training Camp, January 2022
DF	Aisen Ishak	(2002-03-13) 13 March 2002	0	0	Melbourne Victory	Training Camp, January 2022
DF	Mustafa Walid	(2002-04-28) 28 April 2002	0	0	Al-Karkh	Training Camp, January 2022
DF	Abbas Yas	(2003-01-05) 5 January 2003	0	0	Al Mina'a	Training Camp, January 2022
DF	Youssef Khaled	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002	0	0	Linköping	Training Camp, January 2022
DF	Ibrahim Ali		0	0		Training Camp, January 2022
MF	Karrar Mohammed	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989	0	0	Al-Naft	Training Camp, January 2022
MF	Danilo Al-Saed	(1999-02-24) 24 February 1999	0	0	Sandvikens	Training Camp, January 2022
MF	Ramez Matti	(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999	0	0	Trosa-Vagnhärad SK.	Training Camp, January 2022
MF	André Al-Sanati	(2000-01-06) 6 January 2000	0	0	Eskilstuna	Training Camp, January 2022
MF	Ahmed Hussein		0	0		Training Camp, January 2022
MF	Aiser Qasim		0	0		Training Camp, January 2022
FW	Amin Al-Hamawi	(2003-12-17) 17 December 2003	0	0	Helsingborgs	Training Camp, January 2022
FW	Jaami Qureshi	(2004-02-02) 2 February 2004	0	0	Brighton	Training Camp, January 2022
FW	Ibrahim Ghazi		0	0		Training Camp, January 2022