Iraqi clubs in the AFC Club Competitions. From its introduction in 2002 until the forming of the AFC Professional League in 2009, Iraqi clubs were allowed to enter the AFC Champions League (ACL). Despite reaching respectable results, none of the Iraqi teams managed to get further than the group stage.
Since Iraq did not meet the new AFC standards for the ACL, its clubs participated in the AFC Cup from 2009 until 2018 (however, the AFC gave Iraq one qualifying spot for the ACL for the 2014 edition only). Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the AFC Cup three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Iraqi clubs returned to the ACL group stage in 2019.
Year | Competition | Iraqi team | Opposing team | Score | Venue |
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1971 | Asian Champion Club Tournament | Aliyat Al-Shorta | Maccabi Tel Aviv | w/o1 | National Stadium, Bangkok |
1989 | Asian Club Championship | Al-Rasheed | Al-Sadd | 3–2 | Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad |
0–1 (3–3 agg.)2 |
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha | ||||
1995 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Al-Talaba | Bellmare Hiratsuka | 1–2 | Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama |
2000 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Al-Zawraa | Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–1 | Chiang Mai, Thailand |
2012 | AFC Cup | Erbil | Al-Kuwait | 0–4 | Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil |
2014 | AFC Cup | Erbil | Al-Qadsia | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) |
Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai |
2016 | AFC Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Bengaluru FC | 1–0 | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha |
2017 | AFC Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Istiklol | 1–0 | Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor |
2018 | AFC Cup | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Altyn Asyr | 2–0 | Basra International Stadium, Basra |
1 Aliyat Al-Shorta refused to play for political reasons.
2 Al-Sadd won on the away goals rule.
Participations in the Asian Club Championship | |||||||||||||||
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Team | 1971 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Total |
Al-Zawraa | R2 | 4th | R2 | R1 | R2 | 5 | |||||||||
Al-Rasheed | QR2 | GS | RU | GS | QR1 | 5 | |||||||||
Al-Shorta | QF | 1 | |||||||||||||
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | R2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Al-Talaba | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Aliyat Al-Shorta | RU | 1 | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Participations in the AFC Champions League | ||||||||||||||
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Team | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2014 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | Total | |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | GS | GS | GS | QR2 | GS | GS | GS | 7 | ||||||
Al-Zawraa | QR3 | GS | GS | GS | QR2 | PO | PO | 7 | ||||||
Al-Shorta | GS | GS | QR1 | GS | GS | 5 | ||||||||
Erbil | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||
Al-Najaf | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||
Al-Minaa | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||
Al-Talaba | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
Participations in the AFC Champions League Elite | ||
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Team | 2025 | Total |
TBD | q | 1 |
Total | 1 | 1 |
Participations in the AFC Champions League 2 | ||
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Team | 2025 | Total |
TBD | q | 1 |
Total | 1 | 1 |
Participations in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup | |||||||||||||||
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Team | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Total | ||||||
Al-Talaba | RU | 4th | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Al-Zawraa | R1 | RU | 2 | ||||||||||||
Al-Shorta | QF | 1 | |||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Participations in the AFC Cup | |||||||||||||
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Team | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2024 | Total | ||
Erbil | QF | SF | RU | R16 | RU | GS | 6 | ||||||
Al-Zawraa | R16 | R16 | ZSF | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | W | W | W | 3 | |||||||||
Al-Shorta | GS | R16 | 2 | ||||||||||
Duhok | QF | R16 | 2 | ||||||||||
Al-Kahrabaa | ZSF | 1 | |||||||||||
Naft Al-Wasat | R16 | 1 | |||||||||||
Al-Talaba | GS | 1 | |||||||||||
Total | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
Al-Kahrabaa Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Al-Kahrabaa | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
Al-Kahrabaa results | ||||
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Season | Round | Result | Opponent | Venue |
2023–24 AFC Cup | Group stage | |||
0–0 | Al-Kuwait | Basra International Stadium, Basra | ||
2–0 | Al-Ittihad | King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca | ||
1–3 | Al-Wehdat | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman | ||
3–1 | Al-Wehdat | Basra International Stadium, Basra | ||
1–0 | Al-Kuwait | Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City | ||
3–1 | Al-Ittihad | Basra International Stadium, Basra | ||
Zonal semi-finals | ||||
1–0 | Al-Ahed | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat | ||
0–1 (a.e.t.) 2–4 (p) |
Al-Ahed | Basra International Stadium, Basra |
Al-Minaa Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Al-Minaa[1] | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 |
Al-Minaa results | ||||
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Season | Round | Result | Opponent | Venue |
2006 AFC Champions League | Group stage | |||
0–1 | Mash'al Mubarek | Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City | ||
1–3 | Al-Hilal | King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh | ||
1–2 | Al-Ain | Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain | ||
1–2 | Al-Ain | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally | ||
2–2 | Mash'al Mubarek | Markaziy Stadium, Karshi | ||
1–1 | Al-Hilal | Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City |
Al-Najaf Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Al-Najaf[2] | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 |
Al-Najaf results | ||||
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Season | Round | Result | Opponent | Venue |
2007 AFC Champions League | Group stage | |||
0–1 | Neftchi Farg'ona | Kuwait City, Kuwait | ||
4–1 | Al-Sadd | Doha, Qatar | ||
1–1 | Al-Karama | Homs, Syria | ||
2–4 | Al-Karama | Kuwait City, Kuwait | ||
1–1 | Neftchi Farg'ona | Farg'ona, Uzbekistan | ||
1–0 | Al-Sadd | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya[3] | 71 | 32 | 18 | 22 | 92 | 75 | +17 |
Al-Shorta Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Al-Shorta[4] | 35 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 48 | −19 |
Al-Talaba Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Al-Talaba[5] | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | −3 |
Al-Talaba results | ||||
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Season | Round | Result | Opponent | Venue |
2002–03 AFC Champions League | Group stage | |||
0–1 | Persepolis | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
3–0 | Nisa Asgabat | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
0–3 | Pakhtakor | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
2011 AFC Cup | Group stage | |||
0–1 | Al-Wehdat | Erbil, Iraq | ||
0–1 | Al-Kuwait | Kuwait City, Kuwait | ||
2–1 | Al-Suwaiq | Muscat, Oman | ||
1–1 | Al-Suwaiq | Erbil, Iraq | ||
0–0 | Al-Wehdat | Amman, Jordan | ||
1–2 | Al-Kuwait | Erbil, Iraq |
Al-Zawraa Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Al-Zawraa[6] | 57 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 85 | 68 | +17 |
Duhok Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Duhok[7] | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 |
Duhok results | ||||
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Season | Round | Result | Opponent | Venue |
2011 AFC Cup | Group stage | |||
1–0 | Al-Nasr | Kuwait City, Kuwait | ||
4–2 | Al-Faisaly | Duhok, Iraq | ||
0–0 | Al-Jaish | Damascus, Syria | ||
0–1 | Al-Jaish | Duhok, Iraq | ||
1–0 | Al-Nasr | Duhok, Iraq | ||
0–0 | Al-Faisaly | Amman, Jordan | ||
Round of 16 | ||||
1–0 | Dempo | Duhok, Iraq | ||
Quarterfinals | ||||
1–5 | Al-Wehdat | Amman, Jordan | ||
0–1 | Al-Wehdat | Duhok, Iraq | ||
2013 AFC Cup | Group stage | |||
3–1 | Al-Shaab Ibb | Duhok, Iraq | ||
0–1 | Al-Faisaly | Duhok, Iraq | ||
3–1 | Dhofar | Salalah, Oman | ||
6–1 | Dhofar | Duhok, Iraq | ||
2–1 | Al-Shaab Ibb | Duhok, Iraq | ||
0–1 | Al-Faisaly | Amman, Jordan | ||
Round of 16 | ||||
1–1 (a.e.t.) 1–4 (p) |
Al-Kuwait | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
Erbil Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Erbil[8] | 63 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 125 | 63 | +62 |
Naft Al-Wasat Statistics | ||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
Naft Al-Wasat[9] | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
Naft Al-Wasat results | ||||
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Season | Round | Result | Opponent | Venue |
2016 AFC Cup | Group stage | |||
1–0 | Tripoli | Tehran, Iran | ||
1–2 | Al-Faisaly | Amman, Jordan | ||
2–0 | Istiklol | Tehran, Iran | ||
1–0 | Istiklol | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | ||
3–1 | Tripoli | Tripoli, Lebanon | ||
1–0 | Al-Faisaly | Tehran, Iran | ||
Round of 16 | ||||
0–1 | Al-Jaish | Tehran, Iran |