Manama Club ( ar, المنامة) is a

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i professional

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club, founded in 1946 and based in

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, that competes in the

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, the top flight of Bahraini football. Manama Club, formally known as Al Taj, is a well-known basketball club in the

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. They have two Gulf Championships, and were the first-ever Bahraini club and second-ever Gulf club to come in third place in the

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. Manama Club has won over 45 titles in domestic competitions. The club is not as successful in football, however they won their first two titles, the

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and

Bahraini Super Cup The Bahraini Super Cup is the curtain raiser to the Bahrain football season. Previous winners *1995 : Al-MuharraqSC *2003 : Al-Ahli 2-1 Al-Muharraq SC *2004 : Al-Shabab 2-1 Busaiteen *2005 : Al-Muharraq SC 1-0 Al-Shabab *2006 : Al-Muharraq SC ...

, in 2017. Patryk Bora, polish top player, played in this club in 2012.

Football achievements

** Winners (1): 2016–17 *

** Winners (1): 2017

Stadiums and facilities

The football club currently shares the

Bahrain National Stadium Bahrain National Stadium ( ar, ستاد البحرين الوطني; transliterated: Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) is the national stadium of Bahrain, located in Riffa. It can accommodate 24,000 spectators and is used mostly for football Fo ...

(capacity 35,000) with four other clubs. Regular basketball matches are played in Um Al Hassam at the

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(capacity 2,000) while playoffs are held at the

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Arena (capacity 4,000). The club's training facilities for football and basketball are located in

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Other sports

Besides

and

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, Manama Club has teams for

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Continental record

References

External links

* fc-manama.com(Official website) {{Bahraini Premier League Association football clubs established in 1946 Organisations based in Manama 1946 establishments in Bahrain Sport in Manama