Basim Qasim has announced his preliminary squad to face Thailand and the United Arab Emirates in the final two games of the 2018 World Cup qualification. The list included a number of new faces who received their first call-up, as well as the return of Yaser Kasim.
Goalkeepers:
Jalal Hassan (Naft Al-Wasat)
Mohammed Gassid (Al-Zawraa)
Fahad Talib (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Ali Yassen (Al-Naft)
Defenders:
Ali Adnan (Udinese, Italy)
Waleed Salim (Al-Shorta)
Mustafa Nadhim (Al-Minaa)
Ahmed Ibrahim (Al-Ettifaq FC, Saudi Arabia)
Saad Natiq (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Rebin Sulaka (Al-Markhiya, Qatar)
Ahmed Abdul-Ridha (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Alaa Ali Mhawi (Al-Zawraa)
Ali Bahjet (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Midfielders:
Brwa Nouri (Östersunds FK, Sweden)
Saad Abdul-Amir (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia)
Mahdi Kamel (Al-Shorta)
Amjad Attwan (Naft Al-Wasat)
Bashar Resan (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Ahmed Yasin (BK Hacken, Sweden)
Humam Tariq (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Amjad Khalaf (Al-Zawraa)
Yaser Kasim (Northampton Town, England)
Ali Husni (Al Arabi, Kuwait)
Hussein Ali (Al-Zawraa)
Ahmed Jalal (Al-Naft)
Forwards
Hammadi Ahmed (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem (Al-Zawraa)
Alaa Abdul-Zahra (Al-Zawraa)
Ayman Hussein (Al-Naft)
Mohammed Jabbar Shokan (Al-Minaa)
Mazen Fayad (Al-Naft)
Sherko Karim (Grasshopper, Switzerland)
Hassan Ali (Al-Kahraba)
