Erbil

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League Position
4

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Established
1968 (58 years old)

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Soccer

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Franso Hariri Stadium
(25,000 Capacity)

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Location
Erbil, Iraq

Nicknames
Yellow Castle

Competitions
Iraqi Premier League

Last Edit
AndyIgnacio: 10/Aug/24

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21 Feb	Al-Qasim	6:00pm	Erbil
Results
14 Feb	Erbil	0 - 1	Zakho
05 Feb	Erbil	3 - 1	Al-Naft
31 Jan	Amanat Ba	1 - 1	Erbil
27 Jan	Al-Karkh	1 - 1	Erbil
23 Jan	Erbil	0 - 2	Al-Talaba

Description

Erbil Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أربيل الرياضي‎, Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشیی هەولێر‎, romanized: Yaney Werzişîy Hewlêr) is a sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region that plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. The club is also known as "Yaney Hewlêr", the Kurdish name for Erbil.

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 Iraqi-Kurdish 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.