Erbil SC

Erbil SC
Full nameErbil Sports Club
NicknameYellow Castle - Mother Club - Emperor
Founded3 November 1968 (3 November 1968)
GroundFranso Hariri Stadium
Capacity25,000
ChairmanSafin Yassin
ManagerBasim Qasim
LeagueIraq Stars League
2024–25Iraq Stars League, 12th of 20

Erbil Sports Club (Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشیی ھەولێر, romanizedYaney Werzişîy Hewlêr, Arabic: نادي أربيل الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq that plays in the Iraq Stars League, the first-tier of Iraqi football.

Erbil are one of the most successful teams in Iraq, and the most successful from the Kurdish region, having won the league title 4 times. In 2012, Erbil became the first Iraqi team to reach the final of the AFC Cup, a feat they repeated in 2014 AFC Cup but lost both times.

Erbil also fields a football team in the Kurdistan Premier League, as well as a team in the majority of sports across the country.