Iraq v Norway, 16 June 2026

Score4-1 to Norway
RefereePierre Atcho
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group I
VenueGillette Stadium, Foxborough MA
Attendance63,106

View Iraq v Norway head to head

Kick-off: 6.00pm local . This was the first-ever meeting at ‘A’ international level. . FIFA World Ranking: Iraq 57th, Norway 31st

1 Iraq

Manager: Graham Arnold

4 Norway

Manager: Ståle Solbakken

Goals:

Aymen Hussein 39 G

Goals:

Erling Haaland 29 G
Erling Haaland 43 G
Leo Ostigård 76 G
Aymen Hussein own goal 90+6 OG

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jalal Hassan (captain)
Defender Hussein H. H. Ali
Defender Akam Hashim
Defender Zaid Tahseen
Defender/Midfielder Merchas Doski
Midfielder Amir Al Ammari
Midfielder Zaid Ismael
Midfielder/Forward Ali Al Hamadi
Midfielder/Forward Ibrahim Bayesh
Midfielder/Forward Ali Jasim
Forward Aymen Hussein

Starting lineup:

Orjan Nyland Goalkeeper
Torbjørn Heggem Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
David Møller Wolfe Defender/Midfielder
Julian Ryerson Defender/Midfielder
Frederik Aursnes Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder (captain)
Erling Haaland Forward
Antonio Nusa Forward
Alexander Sörloth Forward

Substitutions:

Marko Farji for Ali Al Hamadi 59
Zidane Iqbal for Zaid Ismael 59
Ahmed Qasem for Ali Jasim 73
Mustafa Saadoon for Hussein H. H. Ali 73
Meme for Ibrahim Bayesh 78

Substitutions:

Oscar Bobb for Alexander Sörloth 73
Leo Ostigård for David Møller Wolfe 73
Andreas Schjelderup for Antonio Nusa 73
Kristian Thorstvedt for Frederik Aursnes 73
Patrick Berg for Martin Odegaard 81

Cards:

Zaid Tahseen 86 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ahmed Basil
Goalkeeper Fahadi Talib
Defender Ahmed Maknazi
Defender Frans Putros
Defender Mustafa Saadoon
Defender Rebin Sulaka
Defender Munaf Yunus
Midfielder Zidane Iqbal
Midfielder Aimar Sher
Midfielder/Forward Youssef Amyn
Midfielder/Forward Marko Farji
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Qasem
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Yakob
Forward Meme
Forward Ali Yousif

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Egil Selvik
Goalkeeper Sander Tangvik
Defender Fredrik Bjørkan
Defender Henrik Falchener
Defender Sondre Langås
Defender Leo Ostigård
Defender/Midfielder Marcus Holmgren Pedersen
Midfielder Thelo Aasgaard
Midfielder Patrick Berg
Midfielder Oscar Bobb
Midfielder Morten Thorsby
Midfielder Kristian Thorstvedt
Midfielder/Forward Jens Petter Hauge
Midfielder/Forward Andreas Schjelderup
Forward Jørgen Strand Larsen

Comments:

Iraq had now commenced their second participation at a FIFA World Cup tournament. They lost their three group games in Mexico in 1986. . Aymen Hussein had now scored the Lions of Mesopotamia’s second goal at the FIFA World Cup finals. He scored 12 goals during the qualifying stages: a total only surpassed by Norway’s Erling Haaland (16). . This was their heaviest defeat since a 4-0 loss to Mexico in an international friendly played in Girona, Spain in November 2022.

Comments:

Having qualified with a 100% winning record, Norway had now commenced their fourth participation at a FIFA World Cup tournament and their first time 1998. , This was the first time in FIFA World Cup finals history that a team had selected three players whose fathers had also appeared at the tournament. Erling Haaland, Alexander Sörloth and Kristian Thorstvedt all followed their fathers, who played in 1994 in the USA. . Erling Haaland, who had now scored in his last 11 competitive appearances for Norway since November 2024, had now become the first-ever player to score more than one goal for them in a game at the FIFA World Cup finals.

1 Iraq

Manager: Graham Arnold

Goals:

Aymen Hussein 39 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jalal Hassan (captain)
Defender Hussein H. H. Ali
Defender Akam Hashim
Defender Zaid Tahseen
Defender/Midfielder Merchas Doski
Midfielder Amir Al Ammari
Midfielder Zaid Ismael
Midfielder/Forward Ali Al Hamadi
Midfielder/Forward Ibrahim Bayesh
Midfielder/Forward Ali Jasim
Forward Aymen Hussein

Substitutions:

Marko Farji for Ali Al Hamadi 59
Zidane Iqbal for Zaid Ismael 59
Ahmed Qasem for Ali Jasim 73
Mustafa Saadoon for Hussein H. H. Ali 73
Meme for Ibrahim Bayesh 78

Cards:

Zaid Tahseen 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ahmed Basil
Goalkeeper Fahadi Talib
Defender Ahmed Maknazi
Defender Frans Putros
Defender Mustafa Saadoon
Defender Rebin Sulaka
Defender Munaf Yunus
Midfielder Zidane Iqbal
Midfielder Aimar Sher
Midfielder/Forward Youssef Amyn
Midfielder/Forward Marko Farji
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Qasem
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Yakob
Forward Meme
Forward Ali Yousif

Comments:

Iraq had now commenced their second participation at a FIFA World Cup tournament. They lost their three group games in Mexico in 1986. . Aymen Hussein had now scored the Lions of Mesopotamia’s second goal at the FIFA World Cup finals. He scored 12 goals during the qualifying stages: a total only surpassed by Norway’s Erling Haaland (16). . This was their heaviest defeat since a 4-0 loss to Mexico in an international friendly played in Girona, Spain in November 2022.

4 Norway

Manager: Ståle Solbakken

Goals:

Erling Haaland 29 G
Erling Haaland 43 G
Leo Ostigård 76 G
Aymen Hussein own goal 90+6 OG

Starting lineup:

Orjan Nyland Goalkeeper
Torbjørn Heggem Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
David Møller Wolfe Defender/Midfielder
Julian Ryerson Defender/Midfielder
Frederik Aursnes Midfielder
Sander Berge Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder (captain)
Erling Haaland Forward
Antonio Nusa Forward
Alexander Sörloth Forward

Substitutions:

Oscar Bobb for Alexander Sörloth 73
Leo Ostigård for David Møller Wolfe 73
Andreas Schjelderup for Antonio Nusa 73
Kristian Thorstvedt for Frederik Aursnes 73
Patrick Berg for Martin Odegaard 81

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Egil Selvik
Goalkeeper Sander Tangvik
Defender Fredrik Bjørkan
Defender Henrik Falchener
Defender Sondre Langås
Defender Leo Ostigård
Defender/Midfielder Marcus Holmgren Pedersen
Midfielder Thelo Aasgaard
Midfielder Patrick Berg
Midfielder Oscar Bobb
Midfielder Morten Thorsby
Midfielder Kristian Thorstvedt
Midfielder/Forward Jens Petter Hauge
Midfielder/Forward Andreas Schjelderup
Forward Jørgen Strand Larsen

Comments:

Having qualified with a 100% winning record, Norway had now commenced their fourth participation at a FIFA World Cup tournament and their first time 1998. , This was the first time in FIFA World Cup finals history that a team had selected three players whose fathers had also appeared at the tournament. Erling Haaland, Alexander Sörloth and Kristian Thorstvedt all followed their fathers, who played in 1994 in the USA. . Erling Haaland, who had now scored in his last 11 competitive appearances for Norway since November 2024, had now become the first-ever player to score more than one goal for them in a game at the FIFA World Cup finals.