Back نادي أربيل Arabic نادى اربيل ARZ اربیل ایدمان کولوبو AZB Erbil Sport Club Catalan یانەی وەرزشیی ھەولێر CKB Erbil SC German Erbil Sport Club Spanish باشگاه ورزشی اربیل Persian Erbil Sports Club French Arbil SC ID
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| Full name | Erbil Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Yellow Castle - Mother Club - Emperor | ||
| Founded | 3 November 1968 | ||
| Ground | Franso Hariri Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||
| Chairman | Muayyad Maghdid (Temporary) | ||
| Manager | Samir Babo | ||
| League | Iraq Stars League | ||
| 2023–24 | Iraq Stars League, 14th of 20 | ||
| Website | erbilsc.com | ||
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Erbil Sports Club (Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشیی ھەولێر, romanized: Yaney Werzişîy Hewlêr, Arabic: نادي أربيل الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the first-tier of Iraqi football.
Erbil are one of the most successful teams in Iraq, and the most successful from the Kurdish region, having won the league title 4 times, including a record-tying three times in a row between 2006 and 2009.
In 2012, Erbil became the first Iraqi team to reach the final of the AFC Cup, a feat they repeated in 2014 AFC Cup but lost both times.
Erbil also fields a football team in the Kurdistan Premier League, as well as a team in the majority of sports across the country.