Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya karɓi Shugaban Iraq Football Association (IFA) Younis Mahmoud da wakilai na IFA a Gidan FIFA da ke Zürich, Switzerland — taro da ya zo kasa da watanni uku bayan da su biyu suka raba lokacin tarihi tare a lokacin FIFA World Cup 2026 a Philadelphia.

Infantino da Mahmoud dukkansu sun kasance lokacin wasan Rukunin I tsakanin France da Iraq a ranar 22 ga Yuni a Philadelphia Stadium, lokacin da Iraq ta dawo cikin FIFA World Cup bayan shekaru 40 na rashin kasancewa. Lions of Mesopotamia, wanda Mahmoud ya jagoranta a matsayin kyaftin na shekara goma, sun koma babban filin wasan duniya, kuma karfin da ya biyo bayan wannan kwarewa ya kai kai zuwa haɗin gwiwar nan.

Mafarki na gaba ga kwallon kafa ta Iraq

A Gidan FIFA, shugabannin biyu sun tattauna tsarin hanya na bai ɗaya na bunƙasa wasan a duk faɗin Iraq. Tattaunawar ta mai da hankali ne kan shigar matasa, haɓaka kayan baiwa, da ci gaba na dogon lokaci.

"Yana da dadi a zauna da Shugaban Iraq Football Association Younis Mahmoud a Gidan FIFA don tattauna mafarkin da muke raba na bunƙasa wasan da inganta ci gabansa," in ji Infantino. "Muna gina bisa tattaunawarmu ta kwanan nan da kuma shiga tarihi na Iraq a FIFA World Cup 2026, mun yi magana akan yadda za mu ƙarfafa sabon tsara na 'yan wasan Iraq, shigar matasa ta hanyar shirin FIFA Football for Schools, da faɗaɗa hanyoyin baiwa."

Ya ƙara da cewa: "Na gode wa Shugaba Mahmoud saboda jagorancinsa da sha'awarsa, kuma na sake tabbatar da cikakken goyon bayan FIFA ga Iraq Football Association yayin da muke aiki tare don tabbatar da cewa kwallon kafa ta Iraq ta ci gaba da bunƙasa a fagen duniya."

Tauraro ya shiga mulki

Mahmoud yana kawo tarihin kwallon kafa mara misali zuwa sabon matsayinsa. An zaɓe shi a matsayin Shugaban IFA a watan Mayu na 2026 bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaba na ƙarƙashin tsohon shugaba Adnan Dirjal, kuma ya yi ritaya daga wasan a shekarar 2016 a matsayin jagoran mafi yawan wasannin ƙasa da ƙasa na Iraq tare da bullo 148 da kuma ƙwallaye 57 na ƙasa da ƙasa — na uku a jerin duk tarihi. Babbar nasararsa a matsayin ɗan wasan ta zo a shekarar 2007 lokacin da ya jagoranci Iraq zuwa matsayin AFC Asian Cup na tarihi.

Haɓaka kasa da gasa masu zuwa

Shiga IFA a cikin shirye-shiryen haɓaka na FIFA yana nuna sakamako a riga. Shirin FIFA Football for Schools ya kai yara 250,000 a makarantu 600 a duk faɗin Iraq, yana tallafawa da rarrabawar ƙwallan kafa sama da 30,000. IFA kuma tana hulɗa da FIFA Talent Development Scheme kuma ta yi roƙon tallafi don tallafawa ayyuka da aka tsara don gano da haɓaka matasan baiwa.

A fagen, Iraq na shirya don 2027 AFC Asian Cup (daga 7 ga Janairu zuwa 5 ga Fabrairu a Saudi Arabia), inda za su fuskanci Tajikistan, Australia, da Singapore a matakin ƙungiyoyi. A wannan lokaci, ƙungiyar mata — Lionesses — suna tafiya akan hanya bayan kamfen na tarihi na 2025 wanda ya haɗa da nasararsu ta farko a tarihi a wasan cancanta na FIFA Women's World Cup, nasara ta 5-2 a kan Mongolia, da kuma lambar yabo ta tagulla a 2025 WAFF Women's Championship a Saudi Arabia.