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Duhok SC
Full name	Duhok Sports Club
Founded	1970; 54 years ago
Ground	Duhok Stadium
Capacity	22,800
Chairman	Abdullah Jalal
Manager	Mesut Meral
League	Iraq Stars League
2023–24	Iraq Stars League, 6th of 20
Website	http://www.duhoksportclub.com
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

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Duhok Sports Club (Kurdish: یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ, Arabic: نادي دهوك الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional sports club, based in Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Founded in 1970, the club competes in the Iraq Stars League, and also fields a team in the Kurdistan Premier League. Duhok SC's biggest rivals are also their neighbours Zakho, always producing the most passionate and fierce matches every season, with whom they contest the "Badinan Derby".

Club history

Duhok Football Club (Duhok FC) was founded by the youth of Duhok city when three teams joined together to establish the club on 14 December 1970.

Duhok football club began its football in rural leagues class until in 1974–75 the club decided to suspend its activities in order to support the post nationalistic struggle to defend the rights of Kurdish people in Iraq. In 1976, Duhok football team participated in the Iraqi third division, from 1978 the team was in second division, During the 1990–91 season the team did not participate in the league because of a major uprising. The football team resumed its participation in the 1992–93 season of the fourth division, and went up to the third division a year later. In the 1993–94 season, the club participated in the third division. The club was promoted yet again this time to the second division. The 1994–95 season was a very triumphant season for Duhok SC, as they claimed the second division and qualified to the Iraqi first division in the 1995–96 season. Duhok remained in the first division during the 1996–97 season. In the 1997–98 season, Duhok SC secured promotion to the Iraqi premier league by winning the first division. since then Duhok SC spent many years in mid-table obscurity occasionally challenging the top Iraqi sides. However all this changed after the invasion of Iraq, with this came liberation and freedom for all Kurdish sport teams and personalities who have excelled in both domestic and international competitions. Duhok Sc finally realized its full potential during the 2009–10 season, as Duhok SC won their first ever Iraqi premier league championship beating Talaba SC 1–0 to become the champions for the first time. Since then Duhok, SC became runners-up in 2011–12 season, thus qualifying to the AFC cup for the second time in its history. The last time Duhok SC played in the AFC cup in 2010–11, they reached the quarter-finals.

Official sponsors

Asia cell 2006/2007.
Korek Telecom 2009/2010.
Newroz Telecom 2012/2013.
Adidas, even though it is not a legitimate sponsor, because the club only took one of the Adidas World Cup designs 2013/2014
Fastpay 2022/2023

Stadium

Duhok Stadium is the stadium where Duhok Sport Club play their home games. It is a multiuse stadium in Duhok, Kurdistan. The stadium originally held 10,000 people, but after reconstruction it now holds 25,000 people, making it one of the largest in Iraq. It was built in 1992. It is located on Raza Road, Duhok.

Rivalries

Duhok FC fans consider Zakho FC and Erbil SC to be their main rivals. Zakho FC are the club's traditional rivals with whom they contest the "Duhok Derby" but differing fortunes have somewhat diluted the clubs' dislike of each other, even though now Zakho FC are back in the Iraqi Premier League and the rivalry is set to continue and to be more heated than ever. Erbil SC and Duhok SC also share very heated rivalries, as the two main Kurdish teams in the Iraqi league both teams are very much still rivals, even though these clubs are bitter rivals, the number of incidents and violence has decreased incredibly now these clubs share very safe but still heated encounters. The match between the two is known as the "Iraqi Kurdistan Derby", or alternatively, the "North Iraq Derby".

Crest and nickname

The Duhok SC logo is yellow and blue, reflecting the club's colours. The logo consists of a hawk, representing Duhok SC's nickname which is the Mountains' Hawks (صقور الجبال). The logo features the letters "DSC" at the top, which stands for Duhok Sports Club, and features the club's year of foundation at the bottom.

Kits

Playing kit

Duhok's home shirts are now always yellow and blue, in 2012 Duhok Sc introduced a new home kit for the season 2012/2013, a yellow kit with sky blue hoops. Traditionally the home kit has always been yellow, the away kit would usually be blue or blue and white. Duhok SC has made the colours yellow and blue the club's prime colours.

Past Kits

Early kit worn during 1970s

kit from 1979

first use of yellow in 1980

green strip 1991

kit from 2000s

First AFC Cup kit

kits from 2022 and 2023 "league iraq

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 20 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRQ	Darvan Hirori
2	DF	IRQ	Najm Shwan
3	DF	IRQ	Masies Artien
5	MF	IRQ	Ako Hzair
7	FW	SWE	Peter Gwargis ^CZN
9	FW	GHA	Gilbert Koomson ^FGN
10	MF	IRQ	Haron Ahmed Zubair
11	FW	IRQ	Pashang Abdulla
12	GK	IRQ	Ahmed Bashar
18	FW	IRQ	Dhulfiqar Younis (on loan from Al-Shorta)
19	FW	IRQ	Ameer Kinani
20	DF	IRQ	Mohammed Saeed
23	DF	IRQ	Rebaz Raheem


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	FRA	Zana Allée ^CZN
27	DF	IRQ	Bayar Abubakir
33	GK	IRQ	Zana Jawzal
40	DF	IRQ	Hedayat Lateef
45	MF	GHA	Reuben Acquah ^FGN
52	DF	BRA	Moisés ^FGN
77	FW	MAR	Charki El Bahri ^FGN
80	FW	CIV	Yannick Zakri ^FGN
95	GK	IRQ	Mohammed Salih
99	FW	IRQ	Siyaband Ageed
—	DF	CIV	Wonlo Coulibaly ^FGN
—	MF	IRQ	Hassan Emad
—	FW	IRQ	Arkan Mansour

Club managers

Mesut Meral (2024-)
Ahmed Khalaf (2023-2024)
Sulaiman Ramadhan (2020-2023)
Thair Jassam (2014-2015), (2015-2016)
Basim Qasim (2007–2011), (2014-2015)
Fajr Ibrahim (2013–2014)
Jamal Ali (2012–2013)
Ayman Hakeem (2011–2012)
Akram Salman (2010–2011)
Nadhim Shaker (1996–1997), (2004–2005)
Namat Mahmoud
Hamid Mahmoud
Hussain Hassan
Ameer Abdul-Aziz
Rasan Bunian
Hadi Mutansh
Mohammed Tabra
Natiq Hashim
Faisal Aziz
Shaker Mahmoud
Kadhim Mutashar

Recent history

Season	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	AFCC	FA Cup	Notes
2000–01	5	30	16	7	7	44	24	55
2001–02	7	38	19	13	6	61	38	70		Round 1
2002–03	—	27	9	7	11	30	40	34		Round 3	League abandoned due to war
2003–04	—	7	4	0	3	10	6				League abandoned due to war
2004–05	2nd round	20	9	6	5	25	16
2005–06	2nd round	16	6	6	4	13	10
2006–07	2nd round	17	6	6	5	18	21
2007–08	4th Place	24	14	6	4	22	13
2008–09	3rd Place	27	19	7	1	48	11
2009–10	1	42	26	8	8	71	29
2010–11	1st round	26	12	4	10	36	28		Quarter-finals
2011–12	2	38	21	13	4	57	21	76
2012–13	5	34	16	10	8	54	35	58	Round of 16	Abandoned
2013–14	7	23	7	10	6	30	32	31
2014–15	2nd round	22	6	8	8	22	28
2015–16	Relegated	9	2	1	6	8	15			Semi-finals

From 2004/05 season, the competition changed from League system to various rounds including table and knockout rounds.
From 2011/12 season, the competition went back to the single league system.
From 2014/15 season, the competition returned to a system with various rounds.

Backroom staff and club officials

Name	Position
Mesut Meral	Manager
	Assistant coach
Harjang Babaker	Fitness coach
Maan Jameel	Goalkeeping coach
	Physiotherapist

Boardroom positions

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman:	Abdullah Jalal
Club Secretary / supervisor:	Jassim Mohammed Haji
Director :	Khalid Mushir
Member of the administrative board:	Millat Jamal

Honours

National

Iraq Stars League (top tier)
- Winners (1): 2009–10
- Runners-up (1): 2011–12
Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
- Winners (1): 1997–98
Iraqi First Division League (third tier)
- Winners (1): 1994–95

Regional

Kurdistan Premier League
- Winners (1): 2006–07

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Cup: 2 appearances

2011: Quarter-finals

2013: Round of 16

Individual honours

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Dohuk :

2009 – Uday Taleb

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 | chairman = Abdullah Jalal|
-| manager = Soliman Ramadan|
+| manager = Mesut Meral|
 | league = [[Iraq Stars League]]|
-| season = [[2022–23 Iraqi Premier League|2022–23]]
+| current  = 2024–25 Iraq Stars League
+| season   = [[2023–24 Iraq Stars League|2023–24]] |
-| position = Iraqi Premier League, 9th of 20|
+| position = Iraq Stars League, 6th of 20
 | website = http://www.duhoksportclub.com|
-| current = [[Iraq Stars League]]
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-'''Duhok Sports Club''' ({{lang-ar|نادي دهوك الرياضي}}, {{lang-ku|یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ}} 1970 yılında Kurulan Duhok Sports Club adlı Takım Irak(Kürdistan) Takımıdır Kürdistan Ligi OLMASADA Takımları Farklı liglerde Ağrıspor Örneğin 3. Ligte Türkiyede Bulunuyor ama bir kürt kentidir Ve Duhok Sports Clubde Bir kürt takımı Olarak Irak Ligi'nde Oynamaktadır Kürtçede Duhok Sports Clubsa Diye Okunur Hakkarisporda aynı Amed Bitlis Siirt Adıyaman Ağrı ığdır Şırnak Mardin Urfa Antep Gibi Birçok şehirde kürtler yaşar Ve O yüzden kürt şehirleri denir
+'''Duhok Sports Club''' ({{langx|ku|یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ}}, {{langx|ar|نادي دهوك الرياضي}}) is an Iraqi professional [[sports club]], based in [[Duhok, Iraq|Duhok]], [[Kurdistan Region]], Iraq. Founded in 1970, the club competes in the [[Iraq Stars League]], and also fields a team in the [[Kurdistan Premier League]]. Duhok SC's biggest rivals are also their neighbours [[Zakho FC|Zakho]], always producing the most passionate and fierce matches every season, with whom they contest the "Badinan Derby".
 ==Club history==
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 ==Current squad==
+===First-team squad===
-{{updated|18 May 2023}}
+{{updated|20 September 2024}}
 {{Fs start}}
-{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Iraq|name=Emad Issa|pos=GK}}
+{{Fs player|no=1|nat=IRQ|name=Darvan Hirori|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Iraq|name=Ziar Govand Lateef|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=2|nat=IRQ|name=[[Najm Shwan]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Iraq|name=Harem Tahseen|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=3|nat=IRQ|name=[[Masies Artien]]|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Iraq|name=Ivan Sulayman|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=5|nat=IRQ|name=Ako Hzair|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Iraq|name=[[Ahmed Ma'moon]]|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=7|nat=SWE|name=[[Peter Gwargis]]|pos=FW}}<sup>'''CZN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Iraq|name=Waleed Salman|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=9|nat=GHA|name=[[Gilbert Koomson]]|pos=FW}}<sup>'''FGN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Iraq|name=Ahmed Bashar|pos=GK}}
+{{Fs player|no=10|nat=IRQ|name=Haron Ahmed Zubair|pos=MF}}
-{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Iraq|name=Ahmed Mohsin|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=11|nat=IRQ|name=[[Pashang Abdulla]]|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Ghana|name=[[Nuru Sulley]]|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=12|nat=IRQ|name=Ahmed Bashar|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Iraq|name=[[Ammar Abdul-Hussein]]|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=18|nat=IRQ|name=[[Dhulfiqar Younis]]|pos=FW|other=on loan from [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]]}}
-{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Iraq|name=Ahmed Hameed|pos=GK}}
+{{Fs player|no=19|nat=IRQ|name=[[Ameer Kinani]]|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=20|nat=IRQ|name=Mohammed Saeed|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=23|nat=IRQ|name=Rebaz Raheem|pos=DF}}
 {{Fs mid}}
-{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Iraq|name=Muhammed Saeed|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=25|nat=FRA|name=[[Zana Allée]]|pos=MF}}<sup>'''CZN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=32|nat=Iraq|name=Hussein Najm|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=27|nat=IRQ|name=[[Bayar Abubakir]]|pos=DF}} {{captain}}
-{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Iraq|name=Abbas Majed|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=33|nat=IRQ|name=Zana Jawzal|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=37|nat=Iraq|name=[[Rewan Amin]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
+{{Fs player|no=40|nat=IRQ|name=Hedayat Lateef|pos=DF}}
-{{Fs player|no=41|nat=Iraq|name= Muhammed Maan|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=45|nat=GHA|name=[[Reuben Acquah]]|pos=MF}}<sup>'''FGN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=45|nat=Tunisia|name=Nidhal Saied|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=52|nat=BRA|name=Moisés|pos=DF}}<sup>'''FGN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=50|nat=Ghana|name=[[Shafiu Mumuni]]|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=77|nat=MAR|name=Charki El Bahri|pos=FW}}<sup>'''FGN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=52|nat=Brazil|name=Moisés|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=80|nat=CIV|name=[[Yannick Zakri]]|pos=FW}}<sup>'''FGN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=80|nat=Ivory Coast|name=[[Yannick Zakri]]|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=95|nat=IRQ|name=Mohammed Salih|pos=GK}}
-{{Fs player|no=81|nat=Iraq|name=Ziad Ahmed|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=99|nat=IRQ|name=Siyaband Ageed|pos=FW}}
-{{Fs player|no=97|nat=Iraq|name=[[Bayar Abubakir]]|pos=DF}}
+{{Fs player|no=|nat=CIV|name=[[Wonlo Coulibaly]]|pos=DF}}<sup>'''FGN'''</sup>
-{{Fs player|no=99|nat=Iraq|name=Siamand Ageed|pos=FW}}
+{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRQ|name=Hassan Emad|pos=MF}}
+{{Fs player|no=|nat=IRQ|name=Arkan Mansour|pos=FW}}
 {{Fs end}}
 ==Club managers==
 {{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
-*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Sylaiman Ramadhan]] (2022-)
+*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mesut Meral]] (2024-)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} Ahmed Khalaf (2023-2024)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Sulaiman Ramadhan]] (2020-2023)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Thair Jassam]] (2014-2015), (2015-2016)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Basim Qasim Hamdan|Basim Qasim]] (2007–2011), (2014-2015)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Fajr Ibrahim]] (2013–2014)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Jamal Ali]] (2012–2013)
+*{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Ayman Hakeem]] (2011–2012)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Akram Ahmad Salman|Akram Salman]] (2010–2011)
+*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Nadhim Shaker]] (1996–1997), (2004–2005)
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Namat Mahmoud]]
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Hamid Mahmoud]]
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 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Ameer Abdul-Aziz]]
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Rasan Bunian]]
-*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Nadhim Shaker]] (1996–1997), (2004–2005)
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Hadi Mutansh]]
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Mohammed Tabra]]
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Natiq Hashim]]
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Faisal Aziz]]
-*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Basim Qasim Hamdan|Basim Qasim]] (2007–2011)
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Shaker Mahmoud Hamza|Shaker Mahmoud]]
 *{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Kadhim Mutashar]]
-*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Akram Ahmad Salman|Akram Salman]]
-*{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Ayman Hakeem]]
 {{div col end}}
 ==Recent history==
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 !Position
 |-
-| {{flagicon|Iraq}}Jamal Ali
+| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Mesut Meral
 | Manager
 |-
-| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Khaled Mohammed
+| {{flagicon|Iraq}}
 | Assistant coach
 |-
-| {{flagicon|}} Marcillom Margalo
+| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Harjang Babaker
 | Fitness coach
 |-
-| {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Abbas Obeid]]
+| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Maan Jameel
-| Assistant coach
-|-
-| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Kawa Ibrahim
 | Goalkeeping coach
 |-
-| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Nabi Korvan
+| {{flagicon|Iraq}}
 | Physiotherapist
 |-
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 !bgcolor=silver|Nationality
 |- bgcolor=#eeeeee
-|Chairman:||Saeed Ahmed||{{flagicon| Iraq}}
+|Chairman:||Abdullah Jalal||{{flagicon|Iraq}}
 |-
-|Club Secretary / [[supervisor]]:||Hajji Hussein||{{flagicon|Iraq}}
+|Club Secretary / [[supervisor]]:||	[[Jassim Mohammed Haji]]||{{flagicon|Iraq}}
 |-
 |- bgcolor=#eeeeee
-|Director :||D. Mohamed Said Mohamed||{{flagicon| Iraq}}
+|Director :||[[Khalid Mushir]]||{{flagicon|Iraq}}
 |-
 |- bgcolor=#eeeeee
-|Member of the administrative board:||Younis Hussein||{{flagicon|Iraq}}
+|Member of the administrative board:||Millat Jamal||{{flagicon|Iraq}}
 |-
 |}
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 {{Iraq Division 1}}
+[[Category:Football clubs in Iraq]]
 [[Category:Association football clubs established in 1970]]
 [[Category:1970 establishments in Iraq]]