Ararat Sport Club () is an

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

i football team based in

Erbil Erbil (, ; , ), also called Hawler (, ), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city is the capital of the Erbil Governorate. Human settlement at Erbil may be dated back to the 5th millennium BC. At the h ...

, that plays in

Iraqi First Division League The Iraqi First Division League is a Association football, football league that is the third tier of the Iraqi football league system, which was founded in 1974. The league consists of 20 teams split into two groups in the first stage. The top fou ...

History

in Premier League

Ararat team played in the

Iraqi Premier League The Iraq Stars League (), is the highest level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Iraqi Premier Division League. It is governed by the Iraqi Pro League Asso ...

for the first time in the 2005–06 season, and the team was not good enough, and finished the season second from bottom in their group, and eventually relegated to the

Managerial history

* Farhan Jabbar *

Hakeem Shaker Hakeem Shaker (; born 7 January 1963 in Baghdad, Iraq), is a former Iraqi football player and manager. At some point between late 2012 and early 2013, Hakeem was the first and only Iraqi coach to manage three Iraqi national teams (Iraq senior te ...

* Mudhafar Jabbar *

Saad Nasser Saad Nasser (born 12 November 1973) is a former Iraqi football goalkeeper who played for Iraq in the 2002 WAFF Championship The 2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in Syrian Capital of Damascus. Iraq national footba ...

* Safeen Hamad Amin

Honours

*Kurdistan Regional Cup **Winners (1): 2006

References

External links

Ararat SC
on Goalzz.com

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