Al-Jaish SC (Syria)

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{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Al-Jaish

| image = Al-Jaish SC new logo.png

| fullname = Al-Jaish Sports Club

| nickname = The Leader ({{langx|ar|الزعيم|Al-Zaim}})

| founded = {{start date and age|1947}} as Al-Jaish SC

| ground = Al-Fayhaa Stadium

| capacity = 12,000

| chairman =

| manager = Maher Bahri

| league = Syrian Premier League

| season = 2023–24

| position = Syrian Premier League, 8th

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Al-Jaish Sports Club ({{langx|ar|نادي الجيش الرياضي}}) is a professional football club based in Damascus, Syria that competes in the Syrian Premier League. It was founded in 1947.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/teams/al-jaish/teamcenter.shtml|access-date=23 February 2022|website=Eurosport|title=Al-Jaish SC|archive-date=10 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210144830/https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml|url-status=live}} The club plays at the Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Damascus. The team colors are red and white.{{Cite web|title=Three AFC Asian Cup matches to be played in Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1489366/sport|publisher=Arab News|date=28 April 2019|access-date=23 February 2022|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520105547/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1489366/sport|url-status=live}} Al-Jaish have won 17 official league titles, 9 Syrian Cups and 3 Syrian Super Cups. Between 2015 and 2019, it won five consecutive league titles. Al-Jaish have won the domestic double four times.

In 2004, Al-Jaish became the first Syrian club to ever win the AFC Cup, defeating Al-Wahda SC in the final. Al-Jaish have participated in the group stage of the AFC Champions League and have previously reached the finals of the Arab Club Champions Cup, Arab Cup Winners' Cup twice and Arab Super Cup once.{{cite web |url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=922 |title=Arab Clubs Super Cup 1999 |work=goalzz.com |publisher= |date= |accessdate= |archive-date=2019-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103004841/http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=922 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=4208|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002054747/https://www.goalzz.com/?c=4208|url-status=dead|title=goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more|archive-date=2 October 2022|website=www.goalzz.com|access-date=11 April 2023}}

Al-Jaish Sports Club also takes part in other sports like basketball, handball, volleyball and rugby sevens.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

History

The club was founded in 1947. In its history, the club was the champion of Syria seventeen times.{{Cite web| url = https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrchamp.html| title = Syria - List of Champions| website = Rsssf.com| language = en| access-date = 14 December 2018| archive-date = 30 July 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220730204328/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrchamp.html| url-status = live}} They also won nine Syrian Cups in 1967, 1986, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2014 and 2018, and three Syrian Super Cups in 2013, 2018 and 2019.{{Cite web| url =https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrcuphist.html| title =Syria - List of Cup Winners| website =Rsssf.com| language =en| access-date =14 December 2018| archive-date =24 July 2022| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20220724235538/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrcuphist.html| url-status =live}}

In 2004, the club also achieved international success. In the AFC Cup finals they defeated on aggregate Al-Wahda Damascus (3:2, 0:1).{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup04.html | title = AFC Cup 2004 | website = Rsssf.com | language = en | access-date = 2018-12-14 | archive-date = 2022-10-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221009000041/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup04.html | url-status = live }}

Honours

=Domestic=

=Continental=

=Regional=

Stadiums

=Al-Fayhaa Stadium=

{{main|Al-Fayhaa Stadium (Damascus)}}

File:Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Damascus, Syria as seen from Mount Qasioun.jpg

Al-Fayhaa Stadium is located in the city center of Damascus, Syria. In April 2020, it was converted into an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 12,000 seats.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

=Abbasiyyin Stadium=

{{main|Abbasiyyin Stadium}}

File:Abbasiyyin stadium from a distance.jpg

Abbasiyyin Stadium is located in the centre of Damascus, directly behind the district Al-Sufanyya. After the most recent renovation in March 2011, Abbasiyyin Stadium was turned into an all-seater stadium and the capacity was reduced to 30,000 seats.{{cite web|url=http://www.albaath.news.sy/user/?id%3D1083%26a%3D95953 |title=جريدة البعث |access-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315185238/http://www.albaath.news.sy/user/?id=1083&a=95953 |archive-date=2011-03-15 }} Al-Baath newspaper 10 March 2011

Colours and kits

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style="color:#FFFFFF; background:red;"|Period

! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:red;"|Kit manufacturer

! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:red;"|Shirt sponsor

2012–2016

| rowspan=1|Adidas

| Syriatel

2016–2018

|Adidas

| Cham Wings Airlines

2018–2019

| MBB Apparel

| None

2019–2020

| Nike

| rowspan=3| Sinalco

2020–2021

|Adidas

2021–

|Diadora

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Performance in AFC competitions

{{See-also|Syrian football clubs in the AFC Cup}}

::2002–03: Qualifying West – 4th Round

::2005: Group Stage

::2022: Qualifying Stage

::2004: Champion

::2010: Group Stage

::2011: Group Stage

::2012: Group Stage

::2014: Group Stage

::2015: Quarterfinals

::2016: Quarterfinals

::2017: Group Stage

::2018: Group Stage

::2019: West Asian Zonal semifinals

::2020: Cancelled

::1999–00: Second Round

Current squad

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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Syria|pos=GK|name=Hadadezer}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Rezon}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Chezjon}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Tabrimmon}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Benhadad}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Hadadezer}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Benhadad}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Abbas Asal}}

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{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Hazaël}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Jacob Gouriye}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Benhadad}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Hadianu}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Rezin}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Jacob Touma (#1 Captain)}}

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Notable former players

{{further|Category:Al-Jaish SC (Syria) players}}

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Top scorer

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|colspan=4|Jacob Mattheus

DetailSyria LeagueAFCTotal
Goals

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References

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