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Al-Majd SC

Al-Majd SC

Full name	Al Majd Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Damascene Castle (Arabic: القلعة الدمشقية) Damascene Jasmine (Arabic: الياسمينة الدمشقية)
Founded	1932
Ground	Al-Jalaa Stadium
Capacity	10,000
League	Syrian Premier League
2022–23	11th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

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.

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
  • Winner: 1961,^[7] 1978^[2]
  • Runner-up: 1964, 2006, 2009,^[8] 2020^[9][10]
• 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
2008–09	AFC Cup	Group		Dempo	2–1	0–1
				Al-Muharraq	1–1	3–2
				Al-Faisaly	4–3	2–1
		Round of 16		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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SYR Amjad Al Sayed — GK  SYR Amjad Haj Yahia — DF  SYR Hussam Al Kurdi — DF  SYR Maher Kharrat — DF  SYR Mussab Al Alou — DF  SYR Safwan Abdul-Jawad — DF  SYR Wejd Sulayman 5 MF  SYR Ahmad Rajab — MF  SYR Ahmad Sallom — MF  SYR Ahmed Hmo

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SYR Amer Al Lahham — MF  SYR Luai Khalifa — MF  SYR Bashar Khaddour — MF  SYR Mohammed Kasem — MF  SYR Mohammed Sydawi — MF  SYR Nour Al Halabi 7 MF  SYR Obaida Al Sakka — MF  SYR Riva Abdurrahman — MF  SYR Sherawan Al Saleh — FW  SYR Ahmad Kodmani

Former managers[edit]

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• Tahseen Jabbary (2009)^[12]
• Emad Dahbour (2011–12)

Notable former players[edit]

Hamzeh Al Aitoni

Samer Awad

Mohamed Al-Zeno

Oko Bota

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official page