Soccer Iraq
Soccer Iraq is an English-based Iraqi website providing a variety of news and statistics for Iraqi football, ranging from coverage on the Iraq national football team and its players to news on the Iraqi Premier League.
History
Soccer Iraq launched on 11 March 2015 with the aim of creating an English-based website covering the Lions of Mesopotamia.Providing Information
Throughout the years, Soccer Iraq has provided information regarding the Iraqi game to many major news networks. From speculation on players fighting ISIS, to the Real Madrid fan club massacre and the Iskandariya suicide bombing, the website has been relied on by news organisations all over the world such as International Business Times, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Marca, L'Equipe, Goal, Asian Football Confederation, Diario AS, Sport.ro, Major League Soccer, Panorama, Mundo Deportivo, The Washington Post, The National, Fox Sports, Transfermarkt, RT, 90min.com, SPORTbible, Tuttosport, Telemundo Deportes, Het Nieuwsblad, Corriere dello Sport, Le Matin, Index.hr, Bola, Sport1, L'essentiel, Vanity Fair, Thanh Niên, Siol, La Nación, Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Kurir, El Comercio, La República, El Liberal, La Prensa, Koran Sindo, Žurnal24, Lenta.ru, The New Arab and Kurdistan 24.Notable Interviewees
The website has published several interviews since its launch – most recently with :es:Gonzalo Rodríguez García|Gonzalo Rodríguez García, Osama Rashid, Mohannad Abdul-Raheem, Rebin Sulaka, Marin Ion, Justin Meram and Ali Adnan.Goal of the Season
Soccer Iraq launched the first ever Goal of the Season competition for the Iraqi Premier League starting from the 2016–17 season. The winner is chosen by a Twitter poll between the four best goals. Al-Zawraa midfielder Ali Raheem won the award in both of its first two seasons.Source
| Season | Scorer | Nationality | For | Against | Stadium | Date |
| 2016–17 | Al-Zawraa | Al-Shorta | Al-Shaab Stadium | 10 May 2017 | ||
| 2017–18 | Al-Zawraa | Al-Hussein | Al-Shaab Stadium | 30 May 2018 | ||
| 2018–19 | Al-Shorta | Al-Naft | Al-Shaab Stadium | 4 March 2019 | ||
| 2019–20 | Al-Shorta | Al-Minaa | Al-Shaab Stadium | 7 March 2020 |
Team of the Decade
In late 2019, Soccer Iraq commemorated the end of the 2010s with the Soccer Iraq Team of the Decade which was voted for by fans over a two-month period via a series of Twitter polls. After several thousands of votes, 28 players were narrowed down to the final eleven and the team was revealed on 31 December 2019.;2010–2019
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
Noor Sabri | Ali Adnan Ahmad Ibrahim Ali Rehema Alaa Mhawi | Hawar Mulla Mohammed Nashat Akram Saad Abdul-Amir Humam Tariq | Younis Mahmoud Mohanad Ali |