Al-Wathba Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوثبة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Homs, that competes in 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 ...

History

Al-Wathba is a professional football club based in Homs, Syria, and they are one of the oldest Syrian clubs. Al-Wathba were founded in 1937 under the name of "Al-Fedaa Club" by a number of young amateur athletes who took "Dar Al-Jodi" (located in al-Hamidiyah neighborhood in Homs), as a place to practice their sport activities. In 1953, the club obtained the license, adding football,

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games,

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, and

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, and they won the Homs championship from 1963 to 1968. Al-Wathba is the first football club represented the city of Homs in the

which started in 1973. The club was very close to winning the Premier League many times during the 1980s, or the "golden age" according to their fans, the best place they achieved is 2nd in the 1981–82 season. In February 2013, during the Syrian civil war, Yussef Sleman, one of the players was killed in a mortar strike at the

Tishreen Stadium Tishreen Stadium ( ar, مَلْعَب تِشْرِين, Malʿab Tišrīn) is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Damascus, Syria, currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home venue of the al-Shorta SC. The capacity of the stad ...

. In 2019, Al-Wathba won the

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, to be their first title in their history. In 2019–20 season, Al-Wathba finished second in the league, their best position since 1981–82.

Achievements

: ::Runners-up (3) : 1981–82, 2019–20, 2021–22 *

: ::Winners (1): 2018–19 ::Runners-up (1) : 2021–22 *Al-Wathba Cup: ::Winners (1): 2020

Current squad

Performance in the AFC competition

* AFC Cup: 1 appearance ::

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

: ''abandoned due to

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Continental record

References

External links

Al Wathba Official site
{{Syrian League Wathba Homs Association football clubs established in 1937 1937 establishments in Mandatory Syria