Football in
Zakho was played unofficially from the early 1920s with many local amateur games as well as school competitions regularly being held in Zakho or nearby districts. This eventually led to the formation of the first ever football team in Zakho in 1948. This was made up of local workers and young men.
Beginnings In 1986 the management team of the Zakho Youth Sporting Center which consisted of president Yousef Dawad Jabo as well as members: Ali Omran, Bashar Rahmallah, Khaled Hussein, Neshan Kerob, Khalat Ramadan and Khwaste Furman came up with the idea of starting Zakho Football Club to replace the Sporting Center or to be a part of it. According to the
National Olympic Committee of Iraq one of the requirements for the creation of the club was that there was to be actual participation of the Sporting Center in sports competitions for at least one year before the club could be registered. So the sporting committee set up teams for different age groups and started competing in different friendly matches.
Iraqi Stars League Zakho SC finished third in the Iraqi Stars League during the 2024–25 season, accumulating 71 points (20 W–11 D–7 L) from 38 matches with a +32 goal difference. The club recorded standout victories, including a 5–0 win over Karbala on 5 October 2024 and a 6–2 triumph against Al‑Qasim on 9 February 2025. On 26 April 2025, Zakho SC's official Instagram account confirmed that head coach
Talal Al-Bloushi had resigned. Shortly after,
Abdul-Ghani Shahad was appointed as the new head coach. ==Rivalries==