Zakho International Stadium (
Arabic: ملعب زاخو الدولي,
Kurdish: یاریگەها نێودەولەتیا زاخۆ) is a multi-purpose stadium in
Zakho,
Iraq. It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of
Zakho FC which plays in the
Iraqi Premier League. The stadium holds 25,000 people. It has 20 entrance and exit gates. The roof consists of 12,000 m
2 of polycarbonate architectural panels shaded in red and white depicting the colors of the local team. Construction took 3 years (from 2012 to 2015) for a total cost of $20 million.
The opening ceremony took place on Wednesday 3 June 2015 between
Zakho FC and the
Iraq national football team. The match ended in a 2–0 victory for the
Iraq national football team, scored by captain
Younis Mahmoud and
Hussein Ali Wahid
Hussein Ali Wahid ( ar, حسين علي واحد) (born 8 October 1992) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Najaf FC.
International debut
On 10 October 2014 Hussein Ali Wahid made his International debut against Ye ...
.
The inauguration aroused large official and popular attendance, including the presence of the former Minister of Youth and Sport
Abdul-Hussein Abtaan
Abdul-Hussein Abdul Redha Abtaan ( ar, عبد الحسين عبد الرضا عبطان; born 1 May 1964) is an Iraqi politician and former Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports. He served as deputy governor of Najaf (2005–2009), deputy in the Ir ...
, the head of the
National Olympic Committee of Iraq Raad Hammoudi and the former Iraqi national team player,
Hussein Saeed.
عبد الحسين العبطان يحضر افتتاح ملعب زاخو في دهوك
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Gallery
File:Stadiumzakhohaharr.jpg, The stands of the stadium are tinted in red and white, displaying the colors of the club.
File:Harzakho18a.jpg, An electronic scoreboard is included.
File:ZakhoStadiumha18.jpg, External facade of the stadium.
See also
* List of football stadiums in Iraq
References
Football venues in Iraq
Football venues in Iraqi Kurdistan
2015 establishments in Iraq
Sports venues completed in 2015
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