Al-Majd Sports Club (Arabic: نادي المجد الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Damascus. The club is insignificant compared to the city rival Al-Wahda, but more popular than the other rival Al-Jaish.
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| Full name | Al Majd Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Damascene Castle (Arabic: القلعة الدمشقية) Damascene Jasmine (Arabic: الياسمينة الدمشقية) | ||
| Founded | 1932 | ||
| Ground | Al-Jalaa Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Manager | league = Syrian Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | 11th (relegated) | ||
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History edit
The club was founded in 1932 as Damascus Al-Ahly Club, and is one of the oldest football clubs in Syria.[1] The club's greatest success is the Syrian cup victory in the 1960/61 and 1977/78 season.[2]
At the end of the 2007/08 season of Premier League, the club was runner-up and thus achieved its highest ranking in the league at all.[3] As a runner-up in the league, they automatically qualified for the AFC Cup 2009.[4]
The biggest success of the club in recent years is the final of the Syrian Cup from the 2019/20 season.[5]
The club played in the country's second highest league, the Syrian League 1st Division after relegating from the Premier League in the 2018/2019 season.[6] In the 2021-22 season, after winning the double match against Hurriya SC, when they won 2-1 in the first match and drew 1-1 in the second, they advanced to the Syrian Premier League.[citation needed]
Stadium edit
The club plays its home games in the Abbasiyyin Stadium.[citation needed]
Honours edit
- Syrian Premier League
- Runner-up: 2008
- Syrian Cup: 2
- Syrian Super Cup:
- Runner-up: 2008[11]
- United Arab Republic Cup:
- Runner-up: 1961
- AFC Cup:
- Round of 16: 2009
- Arab Champions League:
- Quarter-final : 2008
- Damascus International Championship: 1
- Winner: 2009
Performance in AFC competitions edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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| 2008–09 | AFC Cup | Group | 
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Dempo | 2–1 | 0–1 |
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Al-Muharraq | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
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Al-Faisaly | 4–3 | 2–1 | |||
| Round of 16 | 
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Neftchi Farg'ona | 0–0 (1–3 pen.) | |||
Current squad edit
- As of 3 February 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former managers edit
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Tahseen Jabbary (2009)[12]
Emad Dahbour (2011-12)
Notable former players edit
References edit
- ^ "Profile in Soccerway". Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Syria — List of Cup Winners". Retrieved 2017-12-23.
- ^ Syrian Premier League 2007/2008
- ^ "Syria's Al Maged arrives in Goa for AFC Cup opener". Souria.com. 8 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Al-Wahda and al-Majd qualify for the final match of the Republic football Cup". Syrian Arab News Agency. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Summary - Premier League - Syria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "United Arab Republic 1960/61". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ Syrian Cup 2008/2009
- ^ "Syria – Syrian Cup – Results, fixtures, tables, statistics". www.futbol24.com.
- ^ Syria Cup 2019/2020, Goalzz.com
- ^ RSSSF Database
- ^ "Busaiteen set for Ahd clash". Gulf-Daily-News.com. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2011.