Al-Majd SC

Al-Majd Sports Club (Arabic: نادي المجد الرياضي) is a Syrian football club based in Damascus, Syria.

This article is about the Syrian football club. For other uses, see Majd.
Al-Majd SC
Full nameAl Majd Sports Club
Nickname(s)Damascene Castle
(Arabic: القلعة الدمشقية)
Damascene Jasmine
(Arabic: الياسمينة الدمشقية)
Founded1932
GroundAbbasiyyin Stadium
Damascus, Syria
Capacity30,000
Manager Ahmad Azzam
LeagueSyrian League 1st Division
2021–221st (Champions)

History

The club was founded in 1932 under the name of Damascus Al-Ahly Club, and is one of the oldest football clubs in Damascus and the whole country.[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 currently plays 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 Premier League.

The club is insignificant compared to the city rival al-Wahda, but more popular than the other rival al-Jaish.

Stadium
Main article: Abbasiyyin Stadium
Abbasiyyin Stadium, home ground of Al Majd SC

The club plays its home games in the Abbasiyyin Stadium.

Honours
Runner-up : 2008
Winner : 1961,[7] 1978[2]
Runner-up : 1964, 2006, 2009,[8] 2020[9][10]
Runner-up : 1961
Runner-up : 2008[11]
Round of 16 : 2009
Quarter-final : 2008
Winner : 2009

Performance in AFC competitions
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
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 Ali Diab
— 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
— FW  SYR Abdulhadi Al Hariri

Former managers

Notable former players

References
  1. "Profile in Soccerway". Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. "Syria - List of Cup Winners". Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  3. Syrian Premier League 2007/2008
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Summary - Premier League - Syria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Syrian Cup 2008/2009
  9. "Syria – Syrian Cup – Results, fixtures, tables, statistics". www.futbol24.com.
  10. Syria Cup 2019/2020, Goalzz.com
  11. RSSSF Database
  12. "Busaiteen set for Ahd clash". Gulf-Daily-News.com. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2011.

Official page

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