Al-Ahli Sport Club () is a Jordanian
football
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club based in
Amman
Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant ...
, Jordan.
History
The club was founded in 1944 under the
Circassians
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name Koban club. The name (Al Ahli) was honorably given by the late King
Abdullah Bin al Hussein I.
Stadium
Al-Ahli plays their home games at
Amman International Stadium in Amman. The stadium was built on 1964 and opened on 1968, it is owned by The Jordanian government and operated by The higher council of youth. It is also the home stadium of
Jordan national football team,
Al-Jazeera and
Al-Faisaly. It has a current capacity of 17,619 spectators.
Kits
Al-Ahli's home kit is all white shirts and white shorts, their away kit is all green shirts and shorts, while their third kit is all purple shirts and white shorts .
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Honours
Source:
Domestic
*
Jordan League
The Jordanian Pro League () is a Jordanian professional league for men's football clubs and represents the top flight of Jordanian football. The championship consists of twelve competing teams in a home and away league system.
The league was not ...
**Champions (8):
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
,
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025
* January 2 – Luis ...
,
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
,
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
,
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
,
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
,
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
,
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
*
Jordan FA Cup
**Winners (1):
2015–16
*
Jordan Super Cup
**Winners (1):
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
Current squad
Managerial history
*
Issa Al-Turk
*
Jamal Mahmoud
* Nihad Soufar
* Abdelrahman Idris
* Emad Khankan
* Maher Bahri
See also
*
Al-Ahli SC Handball (Amman)
*
Al-Ahli SC Basketball (Amman)
References
External links
Al-Ahli Club websitenationalfootballteams.comTeam details on Kooora.comAl-Ahli SC (Amman) on Soccerway.com
Al Ahli SC (Amman)
Football clubs in Jordan
Football clubs in Amman
Association football clubs established in 1944
1944 establishments in Transjordan
Sport in Amman
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