Al-Majd Sports Club () is a Syrian professional football club based in

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

. 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. 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. As a runner-up in the league, they automatically qualified for the

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. The biggest success of the club in recent years is the final of the

Syrian Cup The Syrian Cup () is Syria's premier knockout Cup tournament in men's association football, football. It was first contested in 1959. Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo, Al-Ittihad SC have won the competition on 10 occasions. The final was first played in the 1 ...

from the 2019/20 season. The club played in the country's second highest league, the

Syrian League 1st Division Syrian League 1st Division () is the second division in football in Syria. It is operated by the Syrian Football Association (SFA). The league started in the 1960s. After each season, the two top clubs are promoted to the Premier League. In the 2 ...

after relegating from the Premier League in the 2018/2019 season. In the 2021–22 season, after winning the double match against

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, when they won 2–1 in the first match and drew 1–1 in the second, they advanced to 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 ...

Stadium

The club plays its home games in the

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 ...

Honours

**Runner-up:

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: 2 **Winner: 1961, 1978 **Runner-up: 1964, 2006,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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 ...

* Syrian Super Cup: **Runner-up: 2008 * United Arab Republic Cup: **Runner-up: 1961 *

AFC Cup The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL Two or ACL2) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It is the second-tier competition of Asian club football, ranked below the AFC C ...

: **Round of 16:

Arab Champions League The Arab Club Champions Cup (, ) is a club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from Asia and Africa. F ...

: **Quarter-final :

Damascus International Championship The Damascus International Championship, also known as ''Syriatel Cup'' for sponsorship reasons. Was a sporting event where clubs from UAFA member countries participated in the competition, which was administered by the Syrian Arab Federation for F ...

: 1 **Winner: 2009

Performance in AFC competitions

Current squad

Former managers

* Tahseen Jabbary (2009) * Emad Dahbour (2011–12)

Notable former players

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* Hamzeh Al Aitoni * Samer Awad * Mohamed Al-Zeno * Oko Bota

References

External links

* {{Damascus Majd Sport in Damascus Association football clubs established in 1932 1932 establishments in Mandatory Syria