Al-Majd Sports Club ( ar, نادي المجد الرياضي) is a Syrian football club based in Damascus, Syria. The club is insignificant compared to the city rival Al-Wahda, but more popular than the other rival

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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. 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 ( ar, سوريا) is Syria's premier knockout Cup tournament in men's football. It was first contested in 1959. Al-Ittihad SC has won the competition on 10 occasions. The final was first played in the 1960-61 season during the UAR ...

from the 2019/20 season. The club played in the country's second highest league, the Syrian League 1st Division 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 ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division in of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system ...

Stadium

The club plays its home games in the

Abbasiyyin Stadium The Abbasiyyin Stadium ( ar, مَلْعَب ٱلْعَبَّاسِيِّين, Malʿab al-ʿAbbāsīyīn) is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Damascus, Syria, currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home venue of the Syrian n ...

Honours

::Runner-up :

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: 2 ::Winner : 1961, 1978 ::Runner-up : 1964, 2006, 2009,

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* United Arab Republic Cup: ::Runner-up : 1961 *

Syrian Super Cup The Syrian Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر السوري) is a Syrian association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Syrian Premier League and the winners of the Syrian Cup. It was first played in 1982, after ...

: ::Runner-up : 2008 * AFC Cup: ::Round of 16 : 2009 *

Arab Champions League The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by el ...

: ::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

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(2009) * Emad Dahbour (2011-12)

Notable former players

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

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References

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

External links

Official page