The Kurdistan Premier League (Kurdish: خولی نایابی کوردستان, romanized: Xûlî Nayabî Kurdistan) is the foremost association football league in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, above the Kurdistan First Division (Kurdish: خولی پلە یەکی کوردستان, romanized: Xûlî pile yekî Kurdistan) and Kurdish Second Division (Kurdish خولی پلە دووی کوردستان, romanized: Xûlî pîle dûy Kurdistan). It is overseen by the Kurdistan Football Association . The league is not officially recognized by FIFA or any of its confederations, therefore cannot compete in their continental or intercontinental competitions. The season runs from August and finishes in May, with each playing twenty eight matches each. During the season, clubs compete for the Kurdistan Cup , which follows with the Kurdistan Super Cup, a contest held between league winners and the cup winners.
15-527: The current champion is Akre sc , who won the title for the first time in history The first season was the 2006/07 season, which saw Duhok Football Club crowned as the first champions. Only nine clubs participated in the 2017/18 Kurdistan Premier League season, which did not start until February 2018 after five teams pulled out. Kurd striker Dyar Ali broke the record for highest goals scored, with 17 goals in one season, previously held by Brazilian striker Thiago Amaral with 12 goals in one season. The club with
30-469: A one-year contract with Lebanese Premier League side Tripoli SC . He made his Lebanese Premier League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 17 September 2017 in a 5-1 loss against Al-Ansar SC . In January 2018, he received a good proposal to play in the Kurdistan Premier League representing Zeravani SC . He made an impact, helping the team raise the champion's cup and being
45-497: A one-year contract with Oman Professional League side, Salalah SC on a six-month contract. He made his Oman Professional League debut on 22 January 2016 in a 1-1 draw against 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup runners-up, Sur SC . In September 2016, he left for Indonesia and signed a one-year contract for Indonesia Soccer Championship A side, PS Barito Putera . He moved to Lebanon in September 2017 where on 7 September he signed
60-607: A year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 side Persipura Jayapura . Tripoli SC Tripoli Sporting Club ( Arabic : نادي طرابلس الرياضي ), also known as AC Tripoli or simply Tripoli , is a football club based in Tripoli , Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Second Division , and is primarily supported by the Sunni Muslim community . Founded as Al Majd Sports Association ( Arabic : جمعية المجد الرياضي ),
75-407: The 2016 AFC Cup where, after beating Kyrgyz club Alay Osh in the qualifying play-offs on penalty shoot-outs , they qualified to the group stage . Drawn in group B, Tripoli finished in third place out of four with two wins, a draw, and three defeats. Starting from the 2016–17 season , Tripoli found themselves in financial issues due to Najib Mikati , the club's main funder, deciding to cut
90-439: The league and FA Cup . On 14 February 2003, Al Medina Bank [ ar ] – which funded the club's activities – declared bankruptcy . The decline was felt the following season, in 2003–04 , with Olympic Beirut being knocked out of the 2004 AFC Cup in the quarter-finals against Singaporean club Home United , and finishing the league in third place. In 2004–05 Olympic Beirut finished in fourth place. Prior to
105-534: The 2005–06 season, Koleilat sold the club's license to former national team player Walid Kamareddine for $ 400,000, with the club being relocated to Tripoli . The club was first renamed Olympic, then Olympic Tripoli, and finally AC Tripoli (Arabic: نادي طرابلس الرياضي ). The Lebanese Football Association (LFA) approved of the move on 24 November 2005. In 2014–15 Tripoli won the Lebanese FA Cup , their first trophy under their new name. They participated in
120-443: The 2014 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão . Later in the same year, he moved to Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso where he trained with the first team of Operário Futebol Clube . He first moved out of Brazil in 2015 to Europe and more accurately to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he signed a one-year contract with NK Sloga Ljubuški club. He scored 9 goals in 15 appearances in the 2015 Druga Druga Liga On 17 January 2016, he signed
135-494: The U-15 team of Brazilian top side, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense , commonly known as Grêmio. In 2007, he moved to Florianópolis where he signed a long-term contract with Figueirense FC and played there until in 2012 when he moved to Florianópolis's Avaí FC . Thiago began his professional footballing career in 2012 with Coritiba -based, Corinthians Alagoano club, J. Malucelli Futebol . In January 2013, he moved to Brasília ,
150-455: The capital of Brazil where he signed a short-term contract with Legião FC club. He made 4 appearances in the 2013 Campeonato Brasiliense . He then moved to Jaraguá do Sul where he signed a short-term contract with Grêmio Esportivo Juventus club. He scored 2 goals in 6 appearances in the 2013 Copa Santa Catarina . In 2014, he moved to São Paulo where he signed a short-term contract with VOCEM club. He scored 4 goals in 12 appearances in
165-454: The club was renamed Olympic Beirut Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي اولمبيك بيروت الرياضي ) in 2001, winning the domestic double in the 2002–03 season . In 2005 they were re-established as AC Tripoli, and won a Lebanese FA Cup in 2014–15 . Founded as Al Majd Sports Association ( Arabic : جمعية المجد الرياضي ), the club was renamed Olympic Beirut Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي اولمبيك بيروت الرياضي ) on 4 April 2001, by Taha Koleilat. In 2001–02
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#1732858810622180-555: The club won the Lebanese Second Division , and were promoted to the Lebanese Premier League . Koleilat allocated a budget of US$ 7 million, with the goal of winning the league and building a competitive team for the AFC Cup . Having strengthened the team with the signings of Pierre Issa , Edílson , Faisal Antar , Youssef Mohamad , and Abbas Ali Atwi , among others, Olympic Beirut won the domestic double in 2002–03, winning both
195-511: The club's salary year by year, leaving the club to rely on social donations and TV sponsorship payments. Tripoli were relegated to the Second Division in 2024, after finishing the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League season in last place. Tripoli plays the Tripoli derby with Egtmaaey , as they are both located in the same city. The club also contests the North derby with Salam Zgharta , also on
210-568: The highest cups is Zeravani SC with 4 cups, followed by Erbil SC with 3. 3- https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/tag/kurdistan%20premier%20league 4- https://www.kfa.krd/ckb Thiago Amaral Thiago Eduardo do Amaral (born 25 January 1992), commonly known as Thiago Amaral , is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Lebanese Second Division club Tripoli . Born and raised in São Bento do Sul , Brazil , Thiago began his footballing career in 2006 with
225-564: The league's top scorer, scoring 10 goals in 10 official games. Soon after finishing the league season, he joined Erbil SC and made history, raising the team to the elite of Iraqi football, also winning the golden ball of the Kurdistan Premier League. Amaral returned to Lebanon in 2019, signing for newly promoted side Bourj FC . Since the last time in Indonesia in 2016, Amaral returned to Indonesia in 2020, On January 21, he signed
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