The Kurdistan Premier League is the foremost

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

league in the

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region ( ku, هەرێمی کوردستان, translit=Herêmî Kurdistan; ar, إقليم كردستان), abbr. KRI, is an autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurdish-majority governorates of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, ...

of Iraq. It is overseen by the

Iraqi Kurdistan Football Association The Kurdistan Football Association ''( ku, Yekêtî Nawendî Topîpêy Kurdistan, یەکێتی ناوەندی تۆپی پێی کوردستان''; یەکێتی تۆپی پێی کوردستان)is the football governing body in Iraqi Kurdistan contr ...

. The league is not officially recognized by

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or any of its confederations, therefore cannot compete in their continental or intercontinental competitions. The season runs from August and finishes in May, with each playing twenty six matches each. During the season,

clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...

compete for the

Kurdistan Cup This is a list of the association football competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally. Confirmed future competitions are also included. The competitions are grouped b ...

, which follows with the Kurdistan Super Cup, a contest held between league winners and the cup winners. The current champions are

New Sirwan SC New Sirwan Sports Club also written ( ar, سيروان, ku, یانه‌ی وه‌رزشی سيروانی نوێ) is a sports club based in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republi ...

, who have just won their first league title.

History

The first season was the 2006/07 season, which saw Duhok Football Club crowned as the first champions. Only nine clubs participated in the 2017/18 Kurdistan Premier League season, which did not start until February 2018 after five teams pulled out. Kurd striker Dyar Ali broke the record for highest goals scored, with 17 goals in one season, previously held by Brazilian striker Thiago Amaral with 12 goals in one season. The club with the highest cups is

Zeravani SC Zeravani ( ar, نادي زيرفاني, ku-2, یانه ی زێڕه ڤانی) is a sports club based in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq. It was formed in 2011, entering competition in the Kurdish Premier League. Club history The predecessor club wa ...

with 4 cups, followed by

Erbil SC Erbil Sports Club ( ar, نادي أربيل الرياضي, ) is a sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region that plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. The club is also known as "Yaney Hewlêr", the ...

with 3.

Current members

* Peshmerge Hawler SC *

Brayati FC Brayati Sport club ( ar, نادي برايتي), is an Iraqi sport club based in Erbil, Iraq that plays in the Iraq Division One, the second-tier of Iraqi football. The club is also known as ''Yaney Brayati''. The name Brayati is a Kurdish term me ...

Handren SC Handren Sport Club ( ar, نادي هندرين الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Erbil, that plays in Iraq Division Two and Kurdistan Premier League. Managerial history * Delshad Maarouf Honours Domestic *Kurdistan Premier L ...

* Saidsadq SC * Chamchamal FC *

Zakho FC Zakho Sport Club, also spelled as Zaxo Sport Club ( ku-2, یانا زاخو یا وه‌رزشی / ''Yana Zaxo ya Werzişî'') is a sports club based in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan. Zakho SC's biggest rivals are also their neighbours Duhok SC, with wh ...

* Soran SC * Sherwana SC *

Duhok SC Duhok Sports Club ( ar, نادي دهوك الرياضي, ku, یانه‌یا وه‌رزشی یا دهوکێ), founded in 1970, is a Kurdish professional sports club, based in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, that competes in the Iraqi Premier League, ...

Ararat SC Ararat Sport Club ( ar, نادي أرارات الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Erbil, that plays in Iraq Division Two. History in Premier League Ararat team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2005–0 ...

* Darbandikhan FC * Akrè FC * Chwarqwrna FC * Shaqlawa FC

Champions

References

{{AFC leagues Iraqi Kurdistan Football in Iraq Football in Kurdistan