Al-Jaish Sports Club () is a professional

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club based in

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that competes in the

Syrian Premier League The Syrian Premier League () is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Syrian Le ...

. It was founded in 1947. The club plays at the Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Damascus. The team colors are red and white. 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

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four times. In

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Al-Jaish became the first Syrian club to ever win the

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, defeating Al-Wahda SC in the final. Al-Jaish have participated in the group stage of the

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and have previously reached the finals of the

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twice and

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once. Al-Jaish Sports Club also takes part in other sports like

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and

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History

The club was founded in 1947. In its history, the club was the champion of Syria seventeen times. 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. In 2004, the club also achieved international success. In the

finals they defeated on aggregate

Al-Wahda Damascus Al-Wahda Sports Club () is a Syrian multi-sports club based in Damascus. The club is mostly known for its football and basketball teams. The football team plays in Syria's top competition, the Syrian Premier League. Al-Wahda SC was founded in 19 ...

(3:2, 0:1).

Honours

Domestic

* Syrian League: 17 **Champion: 1972–73, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 * Syrian Cup: 9 **Champion: 1967, 1986, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Syrian Super Cup: 3 **Champion: 2013, 2018, 2019

Continental

: 1 **Champion:

Regional

**Runner-up:

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

**Runner-up:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

**Runner-up:

Stadiums

Al-Fayhaa Stadium

Al-Fayhaa Stadium is located in the city center of

, Syria. In April 2020, it was converted into an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 12,000 seats.

Abbasiyyin Stadium

Abbasiyyin Stadium The Abbasiyyin Stadium () is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Damascus, Syria, that is currently out of use. It mostly hosted football matches and served as the home venue of the Syrian national team in the past. The stadium which was built in ...

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.

Colours and kits

Shirt sponsor & kit manufacturer

Performance in AFC competitions

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

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: Group Stage ::

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: Qualifying Stage *

: 10 appearances ::

: Champion ::

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: Group Stage ::

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: Group Stage ::

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: Group Stage ::

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: Quarterfinals ::

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 ...

: Quarterfinals ::

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: Group Stage ::

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: West Asian Zonal semifinals ::

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: Cancelled * Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance :: 1999–00: Second Round

Current squad

:''As of 6 June 2024''

Notable former players

* Hassouneh Al-Sheikh * Ahmed Hayel * Tudor Mihail * Yasser Akra * Jehad Al Baour * Majed Al Haj * Mohamad Afa Al Rifai * Ahmad Al Salih * Mohamed Bairouti * Raghdan Shehadeh * Said Bayazid * Ahmad Azzam * Nihad Haj Moustafa * Maher Al Sayed * Feras Esmaeel * Kawa Hesso * Mutaz Kailouni * Burhan Sahyouni * Hazem Harba * Phillimon Chepita * Zachariah Simukonda * Basel Abdoulfattakh

References

External links

* (archived 10 September 2011) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaish Football clubs in Syria Association football clubs established in 1947 Sport in Damascus 1947 establishments in Syria AFC Champions League Two winning clubs Military association football clubs