Erbil SC
Erbil Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أربيل الرياضي Kurdish: Yaney Werzişîy Hewlêr / یانەی وەرزشیی هەولێر) is a professional sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. Erbil also fields a team in the Kurdistan Premier League.
| Full name | Erbil Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Yellow Castle | ||
| Founded | 3 November 1968 | ||
| Ground | Franso Hariri Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||
| Chairman | Walid Arab | ||
| Manager | Abbas Obed | ||
| League | Iraq Stars League | ||
| 2022–23 | Iraqi Premier League, 6th of 20 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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For the first time in its history, Erbil became champions of the Iraqi Premier League after beating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1–0) in the final game on Friday, 6 July 2007. On 24 August 2008, Erbil retained their status as Iraqi Premier League champions with a win over Baghdad based Al-Zawraa. On 16 July 2009 Erbil became the champion of Iraq's super league for the third consecutive year after beating Najaf FC. They also won the league in 2012 with only one loss.
Erbil Sport Club is the first Iraq team to qualify for the Asian Champions League and the Arab Champions League. In 2012 and 2014 they reached the AFC Cup final but lost both times. Erbil SC is the first Iraqi Premier League team to get players from outside Iraq.