Peshmerga Sulaymaniya SC

Peshmergae Sulaymani SC
Full nameSulaymani Peshmarga Sport Club
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
GroundPeshmarga stadium
ChairmanJaafar Al-Sheikh Mustafa
ManagerAmmar Hussein
LeagueIraqi Premier Division League
2022–23Iraqi First Division League, 2nd in Group 1

Sulaymani Peshmarga Sport Club (Arabic: نادي بيشمركة الرياضي; Kurdish: یانه‌ی وه‌رزشی پێشمه‌رگه‌ی سلێمانی) is a sports club based in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. They currently play in the Iraqi Premier Division League, and also field a team in the Kurdistan Premier League. The club was founded in 1999.

History

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First Division League champions

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Peshmarga team played in the Iraqi First Division League season 2009–10, and managed to top its group and be promoted to play in the Premier League. The top team in each group played in the final match to determine the league champion, where Peshmarga and Al-Jaish met at Al-Karkh Stadium in Baghdad, and Peshmarga was able to defeat Al-Jaish with a score (3–0) and win the championship.[1]

in Premier League

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Peshmarga team played in the Premier League for the first time in the 2010–11 season,[2] and played in the Northern Group,[3] and the team was not good enough,[4] and despite the change of coach,[5] the team continued to lose its matches,[6][7] and eventually relegated to the Iraqi First Division League.[8]

Rivalries

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Peshmerga fans consider their main rivals to be Sulaymaniya.

Current squad

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First-team squad

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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
DF Iraq IRQ Ali Hussein
DF Nigeria NGA Kingsley Obumneme
DF Ghana GHA Justice Anane
MF Iraq IRQ Niaz Maghded
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Ghana GHA Yakubu Wadudu
FW Iraq IRQ Hussein Najm
FW Ghana GHA Mohammed Abass
FW Ghana GHA Stephen Sarfo

Honours

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Managerial history

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References

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  1. ^ "البيشمركة بطلاً لدوري الدرجة الأولى لكرة القدم". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). September 28, 2010.
  2. ^ "28 فريقاً في الدوري العراقي". alkass.net (in Arabic). September 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "قرعة دوري النخبة العراقي لموسم 2010-2011". radiosawa.com (in Arabic). October 20, 2010.
  4. ^ "شبح الهبوط يلهب صراع المراكز المتأخرة في دوري النخبة". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). April 3, 2011.
  5. ^ "حمى تغيير المدربين تصيب نصف أندية دوري النخبة". almadapaper.net (in Arabic). April 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "فوز الموصل على البيشمركة بهدف واحد بدوري النخبة". khabaar.press (in Arabic). May 30, 2011.
  7. ^ "الصناعة يهزم البيشمركة ضمن منافسات دوري النخبة". radiosawa.com (in Arabic). July 1, 2011.
  8. ^ Iraqi League 2010/2011 Goalzz.com
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