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Zakho
Also known as: Zakho Sport Club, : یانا زاخو یا وهرزشی /
ID: team_141857
About
Zakho Sport Club (Kurdish: یانا زاخو یا وهرزشی / Yana Zaxo ya Werzişî) is a sports club based in Zakho, Dohuk, Iraq. Zakho SC's biggest rivals are also their neighbours Duhok SC, always producing the most passionate and fierce matches every season, with whom they contest the Duhok Derby. Football in Zakho was played unofficially from the early 1920s with many local amateur games as well as school competitions regularly being held in Zakho or nearby districts. This eventually led to the formation of the first ever football team in Zakho in 1948. This was made up of local workers and young men.
Home Venue
Zakho International Stadium (Arabic: ملعب زاخو الدولي) is a multi-purpose stadium in Zakho, Iraq. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Zakho FC. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It has 20 entrance and exit gates. The roof consists of 12,000 m 2 of polycarbonate architectural panels shaded in red and white depicting the colors of the local team. Construction took 3 years (from 2012 to 2015) for a total cost of $20 million. The opening ceremony took place on Wednesday 3 June 2015 between Zakho FC and the Iraq national football team. The match ended in a 2–0 victory for the Iraq national football team, scored by captain Younis Mahmoud and Hussein Ali Wahid. The inauguration aroused large official and popular attendance, including the presence of the former Minister of Youth and Sport Abdul-Hussein Abtaan, the head of the National Olympic Committee of Iraq Raad Hammoudi and the former Iraqi national team player, Hussein Saeed.
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