Iraq Football Association

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Iraq Football Association
AFC

Founded	1948
FIFA affiliation	1950
AFC affiliation	1971
President	Najih Humoud (2011–)

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The Iraqi Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد العراقي لكرة القدم‎) is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraq Super League. It was founded in 1948, and has been a member of FIFA since 1950 and the Asian Football Confederation since 1971.

Wikinews has related news: Iraq threatened with expulsion from world football by FIFA

[edit] External links

Official site (Arabic)
FIFA website
Iraq at AFC site

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