Duhok SC

Dohuk S.C

Full name

Dohuk Football Club

Founded

1970

Ground

Duhok Stadium

Capacity

30,000

Chairman

Saeed Ahmed

Manager

Hazim Salih

League

Iraq Division One

2015–16

Iraqi Premier League, 20th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Dohuk Football Club (Arabic: نادي دهوك الرياضي‎, Kurdish: یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ‎), officially Duhok Sports Club founded in 1970, is an Iraqi professional football club, based in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan that plays in the Iraq Division One.

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 to 1990 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 for the first time in its history 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

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 the 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 reflects a hawk on top of football, and beneath that is the Olympic logo. the words at the top of the badge are in Kurdish "یانه‌یا دهوک یا وه‌رزشی " written horizontally. and translated on the bottom to English 'Duhok Sport Club'. Duhok SC are nicknamed Mountains' Hawks (صقور الجبال).

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 clubs 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
2009/2010 League winners kit

Current squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ammar Ali
3	DF	Ali Abdul-Jabbar
4	DF	Abd Al Naser Hasan
7	MF	Salih Sadir
8	FW	Ahmad Al Douni
9	FW	Ahmed Ma'moon
10	MF	Amad Ismail
11	MF	Azad Ahmed (captain)
14	MF	Karoj Sindi
15	MF	Abbas Hussein Rehema
16	MF	Khaled Alsamawi

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Kinan Adel
18	MF	Ahmed Abdul-Ameer
19	MF	Milan Kolić
20	GK	Haidar Raad
21	GK	Uday Taleb (vice-captain)
22	FW	Ali Qasim
23	DF	Hussein Falah
25	FW	Mohammed Abdul-Jabar
26	DF	Ous Ibrahim
27	MF	Bayar Abubakir
29	MF	Khalid Mushir

Club managers

Namat Mahmoud
Hamid Mahmoud
Hussain Hassan
Ameer Abdul-Aziz
Rasan Bunian
Nadhim Shaker (1996–97), (2004–05)
Hadi Mutansh

Mohammed Tabra
Natiq Hashim
Faisal Aziz
Basim Qasim (2009–10)
Shaker Mahmoud
Kadhim Mutashar
Akram Salman

Recent history

Season	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	AFCC	FA Cup	Notes
2000–01	5	16	9	3	4	24	14	55
2001–02	7	38	19	13	6	61	38	70		Round 1
2002–03	11	19	7	4	8	24	31	25		Round 3
2003–04											Abandoned due to war
2004–05	2nd round	19	9	6	5	25	16
2005–06	2nd round	19	6	6	4	13	10
2006–07	2nd round	17	6	6	5	18	21
2007–08	4th Place	22	14	6	2	22	9
2008–09	3rd Place	27	19	7	1	48	11
2009–10	1	41	25	8	8	72	28
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
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
Jamal Ali	Manager
Khaled Mohammed	Assistant Coach
Marcillom Margalo	Fitness Coach
Abbas Obeid	Assistant coach
Kawa Ibrahim	Goalkeeping Coach
Nabi Korvan	Physiotherapist

Boardroom positions

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman:	Saeed Ahmed
Club Secretary / supervisor:	Hajji Hussein
Director :	D. Mohamed Said Mohamed
Member of the administrative board:	Younis Hussein

Club honours

Iraqi Premier League:
Champions:

2009–10 Iraqi Premier League:

Runners-up:

2011–12:

Iraq Division 1
Champions: 1997–1998
Iraq Division 2
Champions: 1994–1995
AFC Cup: 2 appearance

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

External links

Duhok Official website

Iraqi Premier League

2015–16 clubs	Al-Hedood Al-Kahraba Al-Karkh Al-Minaa Al-Naft Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Samawa Al-Shorta Al-Sinaa Al-Talaba Al-Zawraa Baghdad Duhok Erbil Karbalaa Naft Al-Janoob Naft Al-Wasat Naft Maysan Najaf Zakho

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2011 AFC Cup

Champions	Nasaf Qarshi

Runners-up	Al-Kuwait

Eliminated in the semi-finals	Arbil Al-Wehdat

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Chonburi Duhok Muangthong United Persipura Jayapura

Eliminated in the round of 16	West Asia Al-Ahed Dempo Al-Faisaly Al-Qadsia Shurtan East Asia Sông Lam Nghệ An Sriwijaya Tampines Rovers

Eliminated in the group stage	West Asia Al-Ansar Al-Ittihad Al-Jaish Al-Karamah Al-Nasr Al-Oruba Al-Saqr Al-Suwaiq Al-Talaba Al-Tilal East Asia Hà Nội T&T Kingfisher East Bengal South China TSW Pegasus VB Victory

Group stage Knockout stage Final

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