 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 chete muna 2004, ina muna 2007, imwe muna 2011 uye mbiri muna 2015. 