Arbil FC
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| Full name | Arbil Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1958 as Brusk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Franso Hariri Stadium (Capacity 40,000) |
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| Chairman |  Dr. Abdallah Meguid Dazabi |
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| Manager | Akram Ahmad Salman |
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| League | Iraq Super League |
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| 2006-07 | 1st place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arbil Football Club (Kurdish: یانهی وهرزشی ههولێر, Arabic: اربيل ) is an Iraqi football club based in Arbil; The club is also known as Hewlêr, the Kurdish name for Arbil. For the first time in its history, Arbil FC became champion of the Iraq Super League after beating Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1-0) in the final game on Friday, July 6, 2007.They are the 9th team to win the Iraq Super League.
Arbil FC is the first Iraqi-Kurdish team to qualify for the Asian Champions League and the Arab Champions League.
Arbil is probably the best Iraqi team in the northern part of the country. In the summer of 2007 Arbil signed many young Iraqi players who are good prospects for the future. Many have had caps and have played for the Iraq national team.
In the last few years Arbil have become good enough to challenge top Iraqi teams like Al Zawraa and Al Shorta. The league has been dominated by the Baghdad sides but Arbil have managed to sign some good Iraqi players.
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[edit] Achievements
Champions: 2006-07
3rd: 2005-06
2008 Group stage
2007 1st round
[edit] Iraq B National Team
Arbil FC participated in the 2007 King's Cup as Iraq B team.
[edit] Franso Hariri Stadium
Franso Hariri Stadium is the staduim were Arbil FC play their home games at. is a multi-use stadium in Arbil, Iraq. The stadium holds 40,000, making it the second largest in Iraq after the Al Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was built in 1992.
After assassination of Franso Heriri on February 18, 2001, who activlely supported rebuilding the stadium, Kurdistan Regional Government renamed it to his name.
[edit] Players
[edit] First-team squad
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[edit] Iraqi League reserve
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[edit] Squad changes during 2007/08 season
In:
- Ahmad Abd Ali - From Al-Zawraa
- Muslim Mubarak - From Al-Zawraa
- Haidar Sabah - From Al-Zawraa
- Samal Saeed - From Al-Shurta
- Salam Shakir - From Al-Talaba
- Usama Ali - From Al-Talaba
- Luay Salah - From Persepolis F.C.
- Khaldoun Ibrahim - From Mes Kerman
- Dara Mohammed - From Sulaymaniyah FC
- Karzan Mohammed - From Ararat
Out:
- Mostafa Karim - To Ismaily SC
- Qusay Munir - To Sharjah FC
- Haitham Kadhim - To Al Buqa'a
- Safwan Abdul-Ghani - To Al Ramtha
- Mohammed Hama Khan - To Kirkuk FC
- Mukhlis Ahmed - To Brusek FC
[edit] Asian Champions League
[edit] Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Al Qadisiya Kuwait |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
 FC Pakhatakor |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Arbil FC |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
 Al-Gharafa |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
| March 12, 2008 | Arbil FC | 1 – 1 | Al-Gharafa | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan Attendance: 250 Referee:  Talaat Najm |
Muslim Mubarak  61' |
Report | Araújo 13' |
| March 19, 2008 | Al Qadisiya Kuwait | 1 – 1 | Arbil FC | Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium Referee:  Khalil Ibrahim Al Ghamdi |
| Khalaf Al Salama 81' |
Ahmad Salah Alwan 28' (pen) |
| April 9, 2008 | FC Pakhatakor | 2 – 0 | Arbil FC | MHSK Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Masoud Moradi |
| Akmal Holmatov 47' Alexander Geynrikh 52' (pen) |
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| April 23, 2008 | Arbil FC | 1 – 5 | FC Pakhatakor | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan Attendance: 180 Referee:  Mohamed Al Marzouqi |
| Haidar Sabbah 19' |
Report | Salah Al-Deen Siamand 38' (og) Nodirbek Kuziboyev 69'Darko Marković 73'Alexander Geynrikh 81'Akmal Holmatov 90+3' |
| May 7, 2008 | Al-Gharafa | 0 – 1 | Arbil FC | Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee:  Muhsen Basma |
| Report | Ahmad Salah Alwan 29' |
| May 21, 2008 | Arbil FC | 4 – 2 | Al Qadisiya Kuwait | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa, Jordan Attendance: 120 Referee: Hedayat Mombini |
| Luay Salah 52' 70' 79' Ahmad Salah Alwan 89' |
Report | Saadoun Al Shammari 23' Ali Al-Kandri 34' |
[edit] Recent History
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | AFCCL | ACL | Notes |
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| 2000/01 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 2001/02 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 32 | 72 | |||
| 2002/03 | Abandended do to war | ||||||||||
| 2003/04 | Abandended do to war | ||||||||||
| 2004/05 | 2nd round | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | ||||
| 2005-06 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| 2006-07 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 1st round | |||
| 2007-08 | Elite stage | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 | Group stage | Current Season |
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- From 2004/05 season, the competition changed from League system to various rounds including table and knockout rounds.
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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