Kirkuk SC

Iraqi association football club

Football club

Kirkuk

Full name| Kirkuk Football Club
Founded| 1977; 48 years ago (1977), as Wahid Huzairan
Ground| Kirkuk Olympic Stadium
Capacity| 23,000 (25.000)
Manager| Jacob Gouriye
League| Iraqi Third Division League

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Kirkuk Sports Club (Arabic: نادي كركوك, Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشیی کەرکووک) is a football club based in Kirkuk, Iraq. The team plays in Iraqi Third Division League.

Kirkuk participated in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in 1983–84, but was relegated for several seasons to the lower divisions, before returning to the top-flight seasons later.[1] They won the Iraqi First Division League in 2000–01.[1]

## History

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Kirkuk Sports Club was founded as Wahid Huzairan in 1977.[2] In 1991 the club changed its name to Kirkuk.[1]

## Honours

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* Iraqi Premier Division League (second tier)
* Champions (2): 1982–83, 2000–01

## References

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1. ^ a b c "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
2. ^ "BBC News – Should Iraq's leaders be more like their football players?". BBC News. 6 July 2014.

## External links

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* Club's page on Goalzz.com

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