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 | ||
| League | Syrian Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | 11th (relegated) | ||
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History
editThe 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
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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
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Tahseen Jabbary (2009)[12]
Emad Dahbour (2011–12)
Notable former players
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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.