Peris Sports Club ( ar, نادي بيرس الرياضي) was a

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

Duhok Duhok ( ku, دهۆک, translit=Dihok; ar, دهوك, Dahūk; syr, ܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ, Beth Nohadra) is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It's the capital city of Duhok Governorate. History The city's origin dates back to the Stone ...

Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also incl ...

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 ...

History

In Premier League

The club participated in the

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...

for the first time in the 2003–04 season. The following season, the club was relegated to the

Iraq Division One The Iraq Division One is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Premier League. The league is contested by 24 clubs. It is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams ...

. The club was promoted back to the Premier League in 2007–08 and had its most successful season by reaching the Elite Stage. At the halfway point of the 2009–10 season, Peris withdrew from the league and the club was dissolved. A new club,

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 ...

, was founded in 2011 from the remnants of Peris SC.

Honours

**Winners (1): 2002–03 (shared)

References

External links

Iraqi Football Website
Defunct football clubs in Iraq Football clubs in Dohuk {{Iraq-footyclub-stub