Newroz SC

Newroz Sports Club (Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشی نەورۆز, Arabic: نادي نوروز الرياضي) is a professional sports club based in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, whose football team plays in the Iraq Stars League, the top flight of Iraqi football.[1]

Newroz SC
Full nameNewroz Sport Club
Founded1994 (1994)
GroundSulaymaniyah Stadium
Capacity15,000
ChairmanLahur Talabany
ManagerNizar Mahrous
LeagueIraq Stars League
2022–23Iraqi Premier League, 10th of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

2019–20 season

In the 2019 season, the Kurdistan Football Association announced the cancellation of the Kurdistan Premier League due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They considered Newroz to be the league champion for this season, because they were at the top of the league standings until that time,[2] where they played 15 matches, won 7, drew 5 and lost 3 matches, and collected 26 points.[3]

2020–21 season

Newroz participated in the Iraq Division One in the 2020–21 season, and two rounds before the end of the league, the team managed to maintain the top of the Group 1,[4] and remained at the top of this group until the end of the league, where it qualified for the Iraqi Premier League for the first time,[5][6] after collecting 30 points from 9 wins and 3 draw and one loss. In the final match, the team lost against Al-Sinaa 1–0 to take second place in the championship.[7]

New International Stadium

In January 2021, the club president Lahur Talabany laid the foundation stone for the Newroz International Stadium in Sulaymaniyah. The new stadium can accommodate 14,500 spectators, and its construction will cost $12 million. It is hoped that the stadium will be completed in less than two years.[8]

Current squad

First-team squad
As of 30 May 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  IRQ Mohammed Delawar
4 DF  GAM Lamin Samateh
6 DF  IRQ Dyar Yakhi
7 FW  IRQ Shirwan Kurdistan
8 FW  IRQ Marwan Hussein
10 MF  IRQ Mohammed Sami
11 MF  IRQ Shivan Omar
12 GK  IRQ Choman Ahmad
13 MF  IRQ Ahmed Salam
14 MF  IRQ Rastko Fareeq
15 DF  IRQ Ammar Abdul-Hussein
18 MF  IRQ Murtadha Hedaib
22 GK  IRQ Mujtaba Mohammed
24 FW  IRQ Moussa Adnan
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF  IRQ Sattar Yassin
26 MF  IRQ Sattar Jabbar
28 FW  GHA Stephen Baffour
30 MF  IRQ Ismail Ahmed
32 DF  BRA Wellington Taira
35 DF  IRQ Ahmed Khalid
49 FW  NGA Ibrahim Tomiwa
50 FW  BRA Claudio Maradona
88 MF  NGA Ifeanyi Ifeanyi
— MF  IRQ Rekan Rezgar
— MF  IRQ Ahmed Mohammed
— MF  CMR Denil Ango
— FW  SWE Mohammed Qassim

Managerial history
  • Wali Karim (2019–)

Honours

National

Regional

References
  1. "نوروز يحسم تأهله للدوري الممتاز لكرة القدم". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 3, 2021. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. "اقليم كوردستان يلغي الدوري الممتاز لكرة القدم لهذا العام ويحدد البطل". shafaq.com (in Arabic). July 25, 2020. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  3. "نوروز بطلا لدوري كردستان هذا الموسم". Khanaqin news page (in Arabic). July 25, 2020.
  4. "نوروز يستعيد صدارة دوري الدرجة الأولى قبل جولتين من نهايته". alrafidain.news (in Arabic). June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  5. "تأهل نادي نوروز للمرة الأولى في تاريخه للدوري الممتاز". basnews.com (in Arabic). July 3, 2021. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  6. "Kurdish Newroz FC qualifies for the Iraqi Premier League". pukmedia.com. July 3, 2021. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  7. "الصناعة بطلاً لدوري الدرجة الأولى بعد فوزه على نوروز". ina.iq (in Arabic). July 16, 2021. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  8. "وضع حجر الأساس لملعب دولي يتسع لأكثر من 14 الف متفرج في السليمانية". alsumaria.tv (in Arabic). January 6, 2021. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.


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