Confederations Cup 2009 · Group stage · Group [object Object]

Spain 1–0 Iraq

Wednesday 17 Jun 2009 · Bloemfontein, South Africa (neutral)

Goals1

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Villa

55′1–0David Villa Spain

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Spain

Came on

21SilvaFW↑66′
17Daniel GüizaFW↑74′
12Sergio BusquetsMF↑81′

Iraq

Came on

18Mahdi Ajeel KarimMF↑59′
13Karrar JasimMF↑69′
10Younus MahmoodFW↑79′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Spain: 2143 → 2146
Iraq: 1634 → 1632

Expected score for Spain: 94.9% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 1 of 2, 2009–2026.

Spain wins: 1
Draws: 1
Iraq wins: 0

Form either side

Spain

Before

2–0 v England 11 Feb 2009 · Friendly
1–0 v Turkey 28 Mar 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
2–1 v Turkey 1 Apr 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
6–0 v Azerbaijan 9 Jun 2009 · Friendly
5–0 v New Zealand 14 Jun 2009 · Confederations Cup 2009

After

2–0 v South Africa 20 Jun 2009 · Confederations Cup 2009
0–2 v United States 24 Jun 2009 · Confederations Cup 2009
3–2 v South Africa 28 Jun 2009 · Confederations Cup 2009
3–2 v North Macedonia 12 Aug 2009 · Friendly
5–0 v Belgium 5 Sep 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009

Iraq

Before

0–0 v Saudi Arabia 22 Mar 2009 · Friendly
1–2 v South Korea 28 Mar 2009 · Friendly
0–1 v Qatar 31 May 2009 · Friendly
1–1 v Poland 9 Jun 2009 · Friendly
0–0 v South Africa 14 Jun 2009 · Confederations Cup 2009

After

0–0 v New Zealand 20 Jun 2009 · Confederations Cup 2009
3–0 v Palestine 10 Jul 2009 · Friendly
4–0 v Palestine 13 Jul 2009 · Friendly
1–0 v Azerbaijan 15 Nov 2009 · Friendly
1–0 v United Arab Emirates 18 Nov 2009 · Friendly

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Spain	3	3	0	0	+8	9
2South Africa	3	1	1	1	0	4
3Iraq	3	0	2	1	-1	2
4New Zealand	3	0	1	2	-7	1

Road through the tournament

Spain

5–0 v New Zealand Group stage
1–0 v Iraq Group stage
2–0 v South Africa Group stage
0–2 v United States Semi-final
3–2 v South Africa Third-place play-off

Iraq

0–0 v South Africa Group stage
0–1 v Spain Group stage
0–0 v New Zealand Group stage

Every Spain v Iraq match2

From Spain's side.


4 Jun 2026	Iraq	1–1	Home	Friendly	—
17 Jun 2009	Iraq	1–0	Neutral	Confederations Cup 2009	Group stage

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN