Ouroube Sports Club () () is a

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n sports club based in

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, best known for their

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teams (men and women). Founded in 1923, Ouroube is the oldest sports organization in Syria. The club is part of the

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, which is a sports program of the AGBU organization. In general, 5 types of sports are being practiced by the club.

History

The club was founded as al-Ahd al-Jadid () in 1923 by Armenian refugees and survivors of the

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. Two minor sport clubs -Istiqlal () and al-Mish'al ()- were also founded by the Armenians of Aleppo in 1930 and 1931 respectively. Al-Ahd al-Jadid and Istiqlal were specialized in football while al-Mish'al was a basketball club. Finally in 1971, the three clubs were merged into one sports organization to form the Ouroube Sports Club. Ouroube have qualified for the final match of the first ever

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 ...

competition played during the 1959–1960 season. However, the match which was scheduled against the al-Jaish Club was never played.

Administration

Administrative Board of Ouroube SC: {, class="wikitable" , - !Office !Name , - , President of the Board , Jacob Touma , - , Vice-president , Henry Arslanian , - , Member of the Board , Shahnour Muradian , - , Member of the Board , Harout Muradian , - , Member of the Board , Vrej Kurumlian , - , Member of the Board , Jack Der-Khorenian , - , Member of the Board , Jemma Badra , -

Former notable players

References

{{Aleppo landmarks Ouroube Ouroube Sport in Aleppo 1923 establishments in Mandatory Syria

History

Administration

Former notable players

See also

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