Newroz Sport Club ( ar, نادي نوروز الرياضي), is an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i football team based in

Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah, also spelled as Slemani ( ku, سلێمانی, Silêmanî, ar, السليمانية, as-Sulaymāniyyah), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar, ...

, that plays in

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History

2019–20 season

In the 2019 season, the Kurdistan Football Association announced the cancellation of the

Kurdistan Premier League The Kurdistan Premier League is the foremost association football league in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is overseen by the Iraqi Kurdistan Football Association. The league is not officially recognized by FIFA or any of its confederations, the ...

due to the

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. They considered Newroz to be the league champion for this season, because they were at the top of the league standings until that time, where they played 15 matches, won 7, drew 5 and lost 3 matches, and collected 26 points.

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, and remained at the top of this group until the end of the league, where it qualified for the

for the first time, 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.

New International Stadium

In January 2021, the club president

Lahur Talabany Lahur Talabany, born 1975; (Kurdish: لاهور تاڵەبانی) also known as Lahur Sheikh Jangi Talabany is the former Co-President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the former Director of the Zanyari Agency, one of two intelligenc ...

laid the foundation stone for the

Newroz International Stadium Newroz International Stadium is a football stadium in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, that is currently under construction. Once completed, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of Newroz SC Newroz Sport Club ( ar, ن ...

. 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.

Current squad

First-team squad

Managerial history

* Wali Karim

Honours

Domestic

National

* Iraq Division One **Runners-up (1):

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Regional

**Winners (1): 2019–20

References

External links

Iraq Clubs – Foundation Dates
at the

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{{Iraqi Premier League 1994 establishments in Iraq Association football clubs established in 1994 Football clubs in Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah