It is used mostly for football matches and serves as the home stadium of Zakho FC which plays in the Iraqi Premier League.

The roof consists of 12,000 m 2 of polycarbonate architectural panels shaded in red and white depicting the colors of the local team.

[3] The opening ceremony took place on Wednesday 3 June 2015 between Zakho FC and the Iraq national football team.

[4] The match ended in a 2–0 victory for the Iraq national football team, scored by captain Younis Mahmoud and Hussein Ali Wahid.

[5][6] The inauguration aroused large official and popular attendance, including the presence of the former Minister of Youth and Sport Abdul-Hussein Abtaan, the head of the National Olympic Committee of Iraq Raad Hammoudi and the former Iraqi national team player, Hussein Saeed.