Al-Shorta Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشرطة الرياضي) is a
Syrian
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...
professional
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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Achievements
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Syrian 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 ...
: 2
::1980, 2012
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Syrian Cup: 4
::1966, 1968, 1980, 1981
Performance in AFC competitions
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AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...
: 2 appearances
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2012
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: Quarter-finals
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2013
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: Quarter-finals
Current squad
Former notable players
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Alexandre Torrezan
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Diniz
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Edmar Figueira
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Fabio Marinho
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Geílson
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Leonardo
Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate ...
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Maxwell
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Vitor Sonny
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Amer Al Abtah
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Dorel Stoica
Dorel Stoica (born 15 December 1978, in Drobeta-Turnu Severin) is a Romanian professional footballer. He manages and plays for Tractorul Cetate.
Club career
He started his career with Extensiv Craiova in 2003. A year later, he moved to FC Cara ...
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Ibrahim Alshayah
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Hamdi Al Masri
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Ahmad Al Salih
Ahmad Al Saleh ( ar, أَحمَد الصَّالِح; born 20 May 1990) is a Syrian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Syrian club Al-Jaish and the Syria national team.
Al Saleh was banned for life by the SFA afte ...
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Maher Al Sayed
Maher Al-Sayed ( ar, ماهر السيد; born 13 March 1979 in Damascus, Syria) is a former Syrian football player who used to play for Al-Wahda and Al-Jaish in the Syrian League. He played 109 matches for Syria, scoring 29 goals. He is ...
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Mosab Balhous
Mosab Balhous ( ar, مُصعَب بَلحُوس; born 5 October 1983) is a Syrian footballer who is currently playing for Al-Karamah in Syria. Balhous is Syria's most-capped player ever with 86 caps.
Club career
Balhous's career began in the ...
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Fadi Beko
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Mohamad Daas
Mohamad Daas is a Syrian footballer who plays for Al-Ahli which compete in the Bahraini Premier League
The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Currently known as the Nasser bin Hamad Premier ...
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Ahmad Deeb
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Ali Diab
Ali Diab ( ar, علي دياب; born 23 May 1982 in Hafeir al-Fouqa, Rif Dimashq, Syria) is a Syrian professional association football player. He last played for Al-Wahda in the Syrian Premier League, the top division in Syria. He played as a de ...
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Taha Dyab
Taha Dyab ( ar, طه دياب; born 23 July 1990 in Aleppo, Syria) is a Syrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Herafyeen, which competes in the Syrian Premier League and is currently a member of the Syria national football team.
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Ali Ghalioum
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Qusay Habib
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Oday Jafal
Oday Abd Al-Jafal ( ar, عدي عبد الجفال; born 27 May 1990), commonly known as Oday Al-Jafal, is a Syrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Syrian national team.
Club career
In August 2013, he signed a one-year contract wit ...
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Mahmoud Karkar
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Zaher Midani
Zaher Al Midani ( ar, زاهر ميداني; born on 13 April 1989) is a Syrian professional football player who plays for Erbil and the Syrian national team.
International goals
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Ahmad Omaier
Ahmad Al-Omaier ( ar, أحمد العمير; born 17 April 1983), commonly known as Ahmad Omaier, is a Syrian footballer who plays for Al-Karamah in Syrian Premier League.
International career
Omaier was a member of the Syria national football ...
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Raja Rafe
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Anas Sari
External links
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Official forum website- ''shurttawi.riadah''
Al-Shorta logo
Football clubs in Syria
Sport in Damascus
Association football clubs established in 1947
1947 establishments in Syria
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