 Akapfuurira kuratidza pachena nokuda chikwata yenyika kusvikira 2016, achitamba zvose zvitatu Iraq kuti 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup machisi uye kuva zvikuru-capped mutambi munhoroondo Iraq uyewo yavo wechitatu-soro zvibodzwa nokusingaperi. Ndiyewo mutambi chete munhoroondo yekurova mumakwikwi mana akasiyana uye anoteedzana eAFC Asian Cup, aine chinangwa chimwe muna 2004, zvina muna 2007, chimwe muna 2011uye maviri muna 2015. 