Sulaymaniyah Stadium, is a multi-use

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

Sulaimaniyah 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, Go ...

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, ...

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 ...

It is currently used mostly for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

matches and serves as the home stadium of

Sulaymaniyah FC Sulaymaniya Sport club also written ( ar, نادي السليمانية, ku, یانه‌ی وه‌رزشی سلێمانی ) is a sports club based in Sulaymaniya, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. They currently play in the Iraq Division Two. Club ho ...

. In 2017, Sulaymaniyah Stadium became the first stadium in the

of Iraq to be internationally recognized by the

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. One of the major stadiums in the Kurdistan Region, it has hosted a number of pro-independence rallies since 2017. It is also the temporary home of

Newroz SC Newroz Sport Club ( ar, نادي نوروز الرياضي), is an Iraqi football team based in Sulaymaniyah, that plays in Iraqi Premier League. History 2019–20 season In the 2019 season, the Kurdistan Football Association announced the canc ...

as of 2021 while the club's home stadium is under construction. The stadium holds 15,000 people.

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