Zakho International Stadium

Zakho International Stadium
ملعب زاخو الدولي

ملعب رعب
Full name	Zakho International Stadium
Location	Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Coordinates	37°08′46″N 42°40′20″E
Owner	Zakho SC
Capacity	25,000
Field size	105 m × 68 m
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	Yes
Construction
Built	2012–2015
Opened	3 June 2015
Construction cost	$20 Million
Services engineer	Global Sport IQ
Main contractors	Global Sport IQ
Tenants
Zakho FC

Zakho International Stadium (Arabic: ملعب زاخو الدولي, Kurdish: یاریگەها نێودەولەتیا زاخۆ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Zakho, Kurdistan Region, 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.

The inauguration aroused large official and popular attendance, including the presence of the former Minister of Youth and Sport Abdul-Hussein Abtaan, the head of the National Olympic Committee of Iraq Raad Hammoudi and the former Iraqi national team player, Hussein Saeed.

Gallery

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  The stands of the stadium are tinted in red and white, displaying the colors of the club.
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  An electronic scoreboard is included.
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  External facade of the stadium.

See also

• List of football stadiums in Iraq