Handball team
Duhok
Club · Iraq · Iraqi League
«Mountain Hawks»
None of it looked likely a decade earlier. Duhok, founded in 1970 and playing out of Duhok Stadium in front of up to 22,800 supporters, withdrew from the Iraqi Premier League during the 2015–16 season and dropped into the lower divisions. Getting back took roughly six years, a runners-up finish in their First Division group, and a play-off win over Al-Kufa that returned them to the top flight in September 2022.
The Mountain Hawks, as the crest has it, had tasted the top before: an Iraqi Premier League title in 2009–10, a runners-up finish two years after. The other fixture that matters locally is against Erbil, the South Kurdistan derby.
He grew up in Duhok, went through SC Heerenveen's academy in the Netherlands, and came home to play centre-back for the club his father, Khalid Amin Zaro, once turned out for as a forward.
Latest results
All matches| 13 Sep | Iraqi League |
Al Karkh
A
|
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| 8 Sep | Iraqi League |
Ghaz Al Shamal
H
|
1:1 | D |
| 3 Sep | Iraqi League |
Al Quwa Al Jawiya
H
|
2:1 | W |
| 30 Aug | Iraqi League |
Newroz
A
|
0:0 | D |
| 26 Aug | Iraqi League |
Naft
A
|
1:1 | D |
| 22 Aug | Iraqi League |
Al-Talaba
H
|
3:3 | D |
Standing
Iraqi League| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |
Naft
|
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6:4 | 9 |
| 7 |
 Al-jolan Sc
|
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6:5 | 9 |
| 8 |
Duhok
|
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8:7 | 8 |
| 9 |
 Mosul
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8:9 | 8 |
| 10 |
 Al Minaa Basra
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6:7 | 8 |
Team statistics
matches counted: 172| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 172 | 89 | 83 |
| Scored | 190 | 106 | 84 |
| Conceded | 177 | 85 | 92 |
| Scored per game | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Conceded per game | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Difference | +13 | +21 | −8 |
Fixtures of Duhok
Honours of Duhok
- GFF Gulf Club Champions League 2025 1
- Iraq FA Cup 2025 1
- Iraqi First Division 1998 1
- Iraqi Premier League 2010 1
- Iraqi Second Division 1995 1
- Kurdistan Premier League 2007 1