Iraq v Japan

Biggest wins

• Iraq: Iraq 2–0 Japan, 18 Sept 1981
• Japan: Japan 4–0 Iraq, 11 Jun 2015

Runs

• Iraq wins in a row: 2 (18 Sept 1981 to 28 Nov 1982)
• Japan wins in a row: 7 (24 Oct 2000 to 6 Oct 2016)
• Iraq unbeaten: 4 (13 Jul 1978 to 28 Oct 1993)
• Japan unbeaten: 9 (28 Oct 1993 to 13 Jun 2017)

Scorers in these meetings

1. Aymen Hussein (Iraq)2
2. Hiroshi Nanami (Japan)2
3. Abbas Obeid (Iraq)1
4. Ahmed Radhi (Iraq)1
5. Genki Haraguchi (Japan)1
6. Hotaru Yamaguchi (Japan)1
7. Jaffar Omran (Iraq)1
8. Kazuyoshi Miura (Japan)1
9. Keisuke Honda (Japan)1
10. Mahdi Kamel (Iraq)1
11. Masashi Nakayama (Japan)1
12. Naohiro Takahara (Japan)1
13. Ryoichi Maeda (Japan)1
14. Saad Abdul-Amir (Iraq)1
15. Shinji Okazaki (Japan)1
16. Tomokazu Myojin (Japan)1
17. Wataru Endō (Japan)1
18. Yuya Osako (Japan)1