Kurdistan Region national football team

Autonomous Kurdistan Region

Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Kurdistan Football Association
Confederation	NF Board
Head coach	Khasraw Gurun
Top scorer	Haidar Qaraman (Shwan Mamo)
Home stadium	Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil, Iraq
First colours Second colours
First international
Kurdistan Region 2 – 2 Sápmi (Sweden, 7 July 2008)
Biggest win
Provence 0 – 6 Kurdistan Region (Italy, 25 June 2009)
Biggest defeat
Sápmi 3 – 1 Kurdistan Region (Sweden, 13 July 2008)
VIVA World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2008)
Best result	2nd, 2009

The Kurdistan football team (Arabic: فريق كردستان العراق لكرة القدم) is the representative football team of Iraqi Kurdistan. They are not affiliated with FIFA or Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the AFC Asian Cup. The Iraqi federation attended a meeting of the New Federation Board in June 2006 but did not become a member. A team representing Kurdistan lost a friendly match 3–0 to the Iraq U-23 national team.

The team played in the 2008 VIVA World Cup finishing in the 4th place after a 3–1 loss to Sápmi. Their first and only win to date came in that tournament in a match against Provence.

In December 2008, during 5th General Meeting, the Iraqi Kurdistan granted full membership to the NF Board and was a failed candidate to host the 2011 VIVA World Cup.

Official Kurdistan FA Emblem

The Kurdistan FA emblem was designed by Kurdish artist Mustafa Nas Nawroly (Kurdish: ره‌وه‌ند سیروان نه‌ورڕۆڵی) based in London-UK in the year 2005. The emblem represents the Kurdistan flag colours, where the red represents the Kurdish Newroz fire. The Yellow football represtns the Kurdish Sun and the Green banner represents the Green Kurdistan scenery.

File:KURDISTAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LOGO.jpg

The emblem can be viewed here: [1]

VIVA World Cup record

VIVA World Cup
Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	4th	5	1	2	2	7	7
2009	2nd	4	2	-	2	11	4
2010	2nd	4	3	0	1	9	5
Total	Best: 2nd	13	6	2	5	27	16

VIVA World Cup History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2008	Round 1	Kurdistan Region 2 – 2 Sápmi	Win
	Round 1	Kurdistan Region 3 – 0 Provence	Win
	Round 1	Kurdistan Region 1 – 2 Padania	Lose
	Round 1	Kurdistan Region 0 – 0 Arameans Suryoye	Draw
	3rd Place	Kurdistan Region 1 – 3 Sápmi	Lose
2009	Round 1	Kurdistan Region 4 – 0 Occitania	Win
	Round 1	Kurdistan Region 1 – 2 Padania	Lose
	Semi-Final	Kurdistan Region 6 – 0 Padania	Win
	Final	Kurdistan Region 0 – 2 Provence	Lose
2010	Round 1	Kurdistan Region 4 – 1 Two Sicilies	Win

Squad 2009–10

Po.	Naam	Club	Gespeeld	Goals
G	Ghafur Othman	Template:Iraq FC Brusk	4	0
G	Abdulhaq Ismael	Template:Iraq New Sirwan	1	0
G	Serdar Ali	Template:Iraq FC Ararat Salahaddin	0	0
D	Sabah Hasib	Template:Iraq New Sirwan	3	0
D	Ahmed Shukur	Template:Iraq Arbil FC	0	0
D	Karsaz Mohamed	Template:Iraq New Sirwan	4	0
D	Herdi Siamand	Template:Iraq FC Brusk	3	0
D	Amanj Omer	Template:Iraq FC Peshmerga	0	0
D	Mustafa Kamil	Template:Iraq Sulaymaniyah FC	2	0
M	Karzan Abdullah	Template:Iraq FC Brusk	4	4
M	Ferhad Sediq	Template:Iraq Peris FC	3	2
M	Mohammed Hamaxan	Template:Iraq FC Brusk	3	1
M	Walid Yasin	Template:Iraq FC Hendrin	1	0
M	Ali Aziz	Template:Iraq FC Ararat Salahaddin	4	2
M	Azad Ahmed	Template:Iraq Duhok FC	1	0
M	Ahmed Mohamed	Template:Iraq FC Ararat Salahaddin	3	2
M	Ibrahim Abbas	Template:Iraq FC Sawra	1	0
A	Guman Omer	Template:Iraq FC Sawra	0	0
A	Burhan Abdul-Karim	Template:Iraq Sulaymaniyah FC	4	0
A	Hawash Qadir	Template:Iraq Kirkuk FC	1	1
A	Persiar Abdulrida	Template:Iraq New Sirwan	4	1
A	Ramzi Salih	Template:Iraq Kirkuk FC	1	0

External links

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