Zaxo FC
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| Full name | Zakho Football Club |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Ground | Zakho International Stadium |
| Capacity | 20,000 |
| Chairman |
 Abdul-Jabar Saif Al-Deen
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| Manager |
 Dorinel Munteanu
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| League | Iraqi Premier League |
| 2015–16 | Iraqi Premier League, 9th |
Zakho Football Club (Kurdish: یانا زاخو یا وهرزشی / Yana Zaxo ya Werzişî) is a sports club based in Zakho, Dohuk, Iraq. They are playing in the Iraqi Premier League.
Zakho FC's biggest rivals are also their neighbours Duhok SC, always producing the most passionate and fierce matches every season, with whom they contest the Duhok Derby.
Football in Zakho was played from the early 1920s where many local teams were playing football as well schools competitions were held in zakho or nearby districts which eventually led to forming the first ever football team in Zakho in 1948 made up mainly from workers and young men.
In 1986 the management team of the Zakho Youth sporting center which consisted of president Yousef dawad jabo as well as members: Ali Omran,Bashar Rahmallah,Khaled Hussein,Neshan Kerob,Khalat Ramadan and Khwaste Furman,came up with the idea of starting Zakho football club to replace the sporting center or to be a part of it.According to the National Olympic Committee of Iraq one of the requirements for the creation of the club was that there was to be actual participation of the sport center in sports competitions for at least a year before the club could be registered. So the sporting committee set up teams for different age groups and started having different Friendly Matches.
In 1986 Zakho competed in a regional tournament in duhok under the name of Zakho Youth Center against Duhok Police,Duhok Youth Center,Duhok students, Duhok SC. Zakho went on to win the competition after defeating all the participants. Defeating Duhok FC on penalties.In addition to the regional tournament that the club achieved,they also found success in other sports such as Basketball,Wrestling,Weightlifting, and Bodybuilding which improved there bid significantly. And on June the 3rd 1987 the club was officially established.
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