Erbil SC

Erbil SC
Full nameErbil Sports Club
NicknamesThe Yellow Castle
The Mother Club
The Emperor
Founded3 November 1968 (3 November 1968)
GroundFranso Hariri Stadium
Capacity25,000
ChairmanSafin Yassin
ManagerBasim Qasim
LeagueIraq Stars League
2025–26Iraq Stars League, 3rd of 20

Erbil Sports Club (Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشی ھەولێر, romanized: Yaney Werzişî Hewlêr, Arabic: نادي أربيل الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region. Its football section 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, 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.