Baghdad – IA – Hussein Ammar
Our women’s national team continues its training at Taji Stadium in the capital, Baghdad, in preparation for the upcoming external participation in the West Asian Federation Women’s Championship, which will take place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia next February.
A member of the Football Association, supervisor of the Women’s Committee, Rasha Talib, told the (INA) today, Wednesday: “The Baghdad gathering will continue for 15 days under the leadership of coach Saleh Radi and his assistant technical staff, after which the team will head to France to hold a training camp there with the participation of 27 female players.” “, indicating that “the French camp will include only local players according to the cooperation protocol between the two countries, which focuses on developing women’s football in Iraq, and then another camp will be established in Lebanon, including the holding of two matches with the Lebanese and Syrian national teams, which will also be present in Lebanon.”
Talib added: “The women’s outdoor team was formed after 50 players were summoned, in addition to the opening of tryouts during the previous days and the arrival of the five professional players, with three players joining the Lebanon camp.”
Taleb continued, “The goal of the Women’s Committee is to return the women’s team to the classification after its exit in 2017 due to the lack of external participation or friendly matches,” noting that “the team was recently formed, but with the contact and participation in international matches, it is possible to achieve decent numbers during the period.” “The coming years.”