A huge ceremony at the opening of the Iraqi Premier League..and Erbil starts with a win

Yesterday, Friday, the Iraqi Premier League kicked off at Duhok Club Stadium. The opening witnessed an official and popular presence at the opening of the Iraqi Premier League for football for the 2024-2025 season. This important sporting event witnessed a strong presence, which is being held for the first time in the Kurdistan Region.

The most prominent events of the launch of the Iraqi Stars League At the opening ceremony, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, delivered the opening speech, and went down to the stadium and greeted the teams of Dokhwok and Al-Zawraa clubs, one by one, accompanied by the President of the La Liga Association and the President of the Iraqi Football Association, Adnan Dirjal, and took memorial photos with the referees of the match and the players of the two teams.

In a special parade, the league championship ball was lowered via a special helicopter and handed over to the match referees, before the start of the Dohuk and Al-Zawraa match.

In a press conference, Duhok Club President Abdullah Jalal said that the club "submitted a proposal to the Iraqi Football Association two months ago, and after it was approved, the city and the club witnessed major transformations in infrastructure within 25 days."

Celebration Match Results Al-Zawraa Club won 1-0 against its host, Dohuk, during the match that brought them together, at the conclusion of the first day of the new season of the Iraqi Premier League.

The only goal of the match was scored after 16 minutes by Al-Zawraa player Hassan Abdul Karim.

While Erbil started by defeating Diyala (2-1) in the match that brought them together today, Friday, in the first round of the competition.

Diyala took the lead through Benjamin Akor in the 10th minute, and Arbil equalized through Sherko Karim in the 27th minute, before the same player added the second goal for Arbil in the 84th minute.