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Iraq vs UAE: match report

Iraq hosted United Arab Emirates at Basra International Stadium on Tuesday 18 November 2025, in the WCQ - AFC. Yosuke Araki is the referee.

Result and scorers

Iraq 2-1 UAE. Goals: Caio 52' for UAE; Mohanad Ali 66' for Iraq; Amir Al-Ammari 90'+17' (pen) for Iraq. Attendance: 62,444.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 17' Yellow card: Bruno (UAE)
  • 52' Goal: Caio (UAE)
  • 65' Yellow card: Alaeddine Zouhir (UAE)
  • 66' Goal: Mohanad Ali (Iraq)
  • 73' Yellow card: Amir Al-Ammari (Iraq)
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Kouame Autonne (UAE)
  • 90'+14' Yellow card: Lucas Pimenta (UAE)
  • 90'+16' Yellow card: Caio (UAE)
  • 90'+17' Penalty: Amir Al-Ammari (Iraq)

Line-ups

Iraq 4-4-2

Coach: Graham Arnold

  1. 12 Jalal Hassan GK
  2. 3 Hussein Ali DEF
  3. 4 Zaid Tahseen DEF
  4. 5 Akam Hashem DEF
  5. 23 Merchas Doski DEF
  6. 17 Ali Jasim FWD
  7. 8 Aimar Sher MID
  8. 16 Amir Al-Ammari MID
  9. 21 Marko Lawk Farji FWD
  10. 18 Ayman Hussein FWD
  11. 7 Sherko Gubari FWD

Bench

  • 14 Zidane Iqbal MID
  • 10 Mohanad Ali FWD
  • 2 Mustafa Saadoun DEF
  • 13 Amar Muhsin FWD
  • 22 Ahmed Basil Basil GK
  • 1 Fahad Talib GK
  • 15 Ahmed Yahya DEF
  • 6 Manaf Younis DEF
  • 19 Kevin Yakob MID
  • 20 Osama Rashid MID
  • 11 Hasan Abdulkareem FWD
  • 9 Mohammed Jawad FWD

UAE 4-4-1-1

Coach: Cosmin Olaroiu

  1. 17 Khalid Eisa GK
  2. 5 Alaeddine Zouhir DEF
  3. 3 Lucas Pimenta DEF
  4. 4 Kouame Autonne DEF
  5. 2 Ruben Amaral DEF
  6. 21 Bruno FWD
  7. 16 Marcus Meloni DEF
  8. 15 Yahia Nader MID
  9. 20 Luanzinho FWD
  10. 14 Nicolas Gimenez MID
  11. 10 Caio FWD

Bench

  • 7 Ali Saleh FWD
  • 23 Sultan Adill Alamiri FWD
  • 6 Abdalla Ramadan MID
  • 1 Adel Al Hosani GK
  • 22 Hamad Abdulla GK
  • 13 Gustavo DEF
  • 19 Khaled Aldhanhani DEF
  • 8 Richard Akonnor DEF
  • 12 Gaston Suarez MID
  • 9 Harib Abdalla Suhail MID
  • 18 Majid Rashid MID
  • 11 Caio Canedo FWD
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 13 November 2025: United Arab Emirates 1-1 Iraq
  • Thursday 24 March 2022: Iraq 1-0 United Arab Emirates
  • Tuesday 12 October 2021: United Arab Emirates 2-2 Iraq
  • Tuesday 12 January 2021: United Arab Emirates 0-0 Iraq
  • Tuesday 5 September 2017: Iraq 1-0 United Arab Emirates