 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 2011 uye zviviri muna 2015. 