Ouroube Sports Club () ( hy, Ուրուբե) is a Syrian sports club based in Aleppo, best known for their football team and

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

teams (men and women). Founded in 1923, Ouroube is the oldest sports organization in Syria.Aleppo sport community
/ref> The club is part of the Antranik Youth Association, 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

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...

. 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 ( 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 ...

competition played during the 1959-1960 season. However, the match which was scheduled against the al-Jaish Club was never played. The former basketball player and trainer Hrayr Muradian had served as club president for a period of 23 years, from 1985 until his death in 2008. The best Syrian football player of the 20th century Avedis Kavlakian played for Ouroube during the 1950s.

Administration

Administrative Board of Ouroube SC: {, class="wikitable" , - !Office !Name , - , President of the Board , Elie Sanossian , - , 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

* Avedis Kavlakian * Hagop Avarian * Hovig Marash

References

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

History

Administration

Former notable players

See also

References