Group I

Iraq Iraq

A physically imposing midfield that makes games difficult. Organized defensively and capable on the counter. The technical quality drops off sharply beyond the first eleven and the wide positions are a consistent weak point. Gulf rivalry matches produce their best performances, which may or may not translate to a World Cup stage.

This profile summarizes Iraq's World Cup 2026 simulation path from the latest current-state snapshot: group outlook, finish distribution, possible knockout routes, opponent pools, squad context, and title chances.

Champion 0%
Group qualification 0%
Squad market €21.1m
Avg age 27.2
Avg height 1.835m
Manager Graham Arnold
Current-state snapshot

This profile is based on 10k current-state simulations using the WC26 simulator engine. The numbers are a model snapshot, not a guarantee. Team ratings, squads and injury updates may change over time.

10k current-state simulations

Latest result included: France 0-2 Spain

Guide

How to read this team profile

Group finish and stage reach values are model outputs from the latest current-state team profile snapshot. Path sections show how Iraq's route changes by group finish, while opponent pools summarize the teams most often appearing in each round.

This page uses Knockout-phase current-state snapshot using latest committed Match Updates, official locked results, current ratings, and fixed knockout bracket state as of 15 Jul 2026 1:47 PM UTC+3. Other public forecast pages may still use root compatibility datasets until they are updated separately, and custom Team Strength settings can change future tournament paths in the live simulator.

Group

Finish probabilities

1st 0%
2nd 0%
3rd place 0% Qualified from 3rd 0% Eliminated in 3rd 0%
4th 100.0%

Tournament

Stage reach probabilities

R32 0%
R16 0%
QF 0%
SF 0%
Final 0%
Champion 0%

Conditional path

Path by group finish

Finish Sample R32R16QFSFFinalChampion
1st No longer possible
2nd No longer possible
3rd No longer possible

Overall opponent pool

Most common opponents by round

If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the latest current-state snapshot.

R32

No opponent samples.

R16

No opponent samples.

QF

No opponent samples.

SF

No opponent samples.

Final

No opponent samples.

Finish 1st

Iraq opponent pool if finishing 1st

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 2nd

Iraq opponent pool if finishing 2nd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 3rd

Iraq opponent pool if finishing 3rd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Squad

Current squad

26 players
Pos Player Age Height Club Market
GK Ahmed Basil Fadhil 29 1,86m Al-Shorta SC €450k
GK Fahad Talib 31 1,93m Al-Talaba SC €400k
GK Jalal Hassan 35 1,84m Al-Zawraa SC €300k
CB Akam Hashem 27 1,86m Al-Zawraa SC €600k
CB Zaid Tahseen 25 1,87m Pakhtakor Tashkent €600k
CB Manaf Younis 29 1,90m Al-Shorta SC €350k
CB Frans Dhia Putros 32 1,81m PERSIB Bandung €325k
CB Rebin Sulaka 34 1,92m Port FC €100k
LB Merchas Doski 26 1,73m FC Viktoria Plzen €1.7m
LB Ahmed Yahya 30 1,78m Al-Shorta SC €500k
RB Hussein Ali 24 1,83m Pogon Szczecin €300k
RB Mustafa Saadoon 25 1,80m Al-Shorta SC €300k
DM Amir Al-Ammari 28 1,84m Cracovia €850k
DM Zaid Ismail 24 1,85m Al-Talaba SC €400k
CM Aimar Sher 23 1,80m Sarpsborg 08 FF €1.5m
CM Zidane Iqbal 23 1,81m FC Utrecht U21 €1.0m
CM Kevin Yakob 25 1,84m Aarhus GF €850k
AM Ibrahim Bayesh 26 1,77m Al-Dhafra FC €800k
LW Marko Farji 22 1,84m Venezia FC €1.8m
LW Youssef Amyn 22 1,75m AEK Larnaca €600k
LW Ali Jasim 22 1,78m Al-Najma SC €550k
RW Ahmed Qasem 22 1,79m Nashville SC €3.5m
CF Ali Al-Hamadi 24 1,87m Luton Town €1.5m
CF Mohanad Ali 25 1,83m Dibba SCC €1.2m
CF Aymen Hussein 30 1,89m Al-Karma €450k
CF Ali Yousif 30 1,92m Al-Talaba SC €125k

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