Al-Majd SC
{{About|the Syrian football club||Majd (disambiguation){{!}}Majd}}
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nickname = Damascene Castle
({{langx|ar|القلعة الدمشقية}})
Damascene Jasmine
({{langx|ar|الياسمينة الدمشقية}}) |
ground = Al-Jalaa Stadium|
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league = Syrian Premier League|
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Al-Majd Sports Club ({{langx|ar|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
The club was founded in 1932 as Damascus Al-Ahly Club, and is one of the oldest football clubs in Syria.{{cite web|url=http://br.soccerway.com/teams/syria/al-majd/3556/|title=Profile in Soccerway|author=|date=|access-date=4 January 2022}} The club's greatest success is the Syrian cup victory in the 1960/61 and 1977/78 season.
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.[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=3324 Syrian Premier League 2007/2008] As a runner-up in the league, they automatically qualified for the AFC Cup 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.souria.com/em/hl/article.asp?at=26731|title=Syria's Al Maged arrives in Goa for AFC Cup opener|accessdate=8 March 2011|date=8 March 2009|publisher=Souria.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111610/http://www.souria.com/em/hl/article.asp?at=26731|archivedate=16 July 2011}}
The biggest success of the club in recent years is the final of the Syrian Cup from the 2019/20 season.{{Cite news |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=199232|title=Al-Wahda and al-Majd qualify for the final match of the Republic football Cup|access-date=4 January 2022|date=5 August 2020|publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/syria/premier-league/20182019/regular-season/r47783/|title=Summary - Premier League - Syria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date= 4 January 2022}} 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|date=December 2023}}
Stadium
{{Main|Abbasiyyin Stadium}}
File:Abbasiyyin stadium from a distance.jpg
The club plays its home games in the Abbasiyyin Stadium.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
Honours
- Syrian Premier League
- Runner-up: 2008
- Syrian Cup: 2
- Winner: 1961,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uar61.html |title=United Arab Republic 1960/61 |accessdate=November 29, 2015 |url-status = live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235436/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uar61.html |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }} 1978{{cite web|access-date=2017-12-23|title=Syria — List of Cup Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrcuphist.html}}
- Runner-up: 1964, 2006, 2009,[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4016 Syrian Cup 2008/2009] 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.futbol24.com/national/Syria/Syrian-Cup/2019-2020/|title=Syria – Syrian Cup – Results, fixtures, tables, statistics|website=www.futbol24.com}}[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=18575 Syria Cup 2019/2020], Goalzz.com
- Syrian Super Cup:
- Runner-up: 2008[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrchamp.html RSSSF Database]
- 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
Current squad
{{updated|3 February 2022}}
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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Syria|pos=GK|name=Amjad Al Sayed}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=GK|name=Amjad Haj Yahia}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Hussam Al Kurdi}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Maher Kharrat}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Mussab Al Alou}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Wejd Sulayman}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Ahmad Rajab}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Ahmad Sallom}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Ahmed Hmo}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Amer Al Lahham}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Luai Khalifa}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Bashar Khaddour}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Mohammed Kasem}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Mohammed Sydawi}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Nour Al Halabi}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Obaida Al Sakka}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Riva Abdurrahman}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Sherawan Al Saleh}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Ahmad Kodmani}}
{{Fs end}}
Former managers
{{Expand section|date=March 2011}}
- {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Tahseen Jabbary (2009){{cite web|url=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=245923|title=Busaiteen set for Ahd clash|accessdate=8 March 2011|date=17 March 2009|publisher=Gulf-Daily-News.com}}
- {{flagicon|SYR}} Emad Dahbour (2011–12)
Notable former players
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- {{flagicon|Syria}} Ali Diab
- {{flagicon|Syria}} Hamzeh Al Aitoni
- {{flagicon|Syria}} Samer Awad
- {{flagicon|Syria}} Mohamed Al-Zeno
- {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Oko Bota
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References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Facebook page|100063804504245}}
{{Syrian football}}
{{Damascus}}