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2017–18 Jordan League Division 1
The 2017–18 Jordan League Division 1 started on 26 February 2018 and is scheduled to conclude on 15 May 2018. The league featured 10 teams from the 2016–17 campaign, two new teams relegated from the 2016–17 Jordan League, 2016–17 Premier League: Al-Sareeh SC, Al-Sareeh and Sahab SC, Sahab, and two new teams promoted from the 2016–17 Jordan League Division 2: Dar Al-Dawa Club, Dar Al-Dawa and Shabab Al-Hussein SC, Shabab Al-Hussein. Al-Salt SC, Al-Salt won the league title and promoted to 2018–19 Jordan League along with Al-Sareeh SC, Al-Sareeh. Al-Asalah and Al-Jalil (Irbid), Al-Jalil were relegated to the 2017–18 Jordan League Division 2. Teams A total of 14 teams are contesting the league, including 10 sides from the 2016–17 Jordan League Division 1, 2016–17 season, two relegated from the 2016–17 Jordan League, 2016–17 Premier League, and two promoted from the 2016–17 Jordan League Division 2. Team changes The following teams have changed division sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan League Division 1
The Jordanian First Division League () is the second-level football (soccer), football competition in Jordan. Sama Al-Sarhan SC, Sama Al-Sarhan are the most recent champions in the 2024–25 Jordanian First Division League, 2024–25 season. Promotion and relegation The winner and runner-up are promoted to the Jordanian Pro League directly. The bottom two clubs are relegated to the Jordanian Second Division League. Stadiums and locations :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order'' {, class="wikitable" , - !colspan="4", 2025 Jordanian First Division League , - ! style="width:200px;", Club ! style="width:160px;", Location ! style="width:180px;", Stadium ! style="width:160px;", Year Formed , - style="vertical-align:top;" , Al-Arabi (Jordanian football club), Al-Arabi , Irbid, Irbid Governorate, Irbid , Al-Hassan Stadium , 1945 , - style="vertical-align:top;" , Al-Hashemiya SC (Jordan), Al-Hashemiya , Al-Hāshimiyah District, Al-Hashimiya, Zarqa Governorate, Zarqa , P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Arabi (Jordanian Football Club)
Al-Arabi Irbid Sports Club () is a Association football, football club based in Irbid, Jordan which currently competes in the Jordanian First Division League, the second tier of Football in Jordan, Jordanian football. History Al-Arabi Sports Club's origins began when a group of 22 young intellectuals were interested in establishing a place, where they could gather and practice their various hobbies. Thus, the Acting and Music Club was formed in 1945. The club began as one that focused on youth culture and music, and sports was not a focus of the club at the time. It established its sports branch in 1955, under the current name Al-Arabi SC. Al-Arabi SC is considered to be one of the oldest Football in Jordan, football clubs formed in Jordan, and the oldest club in Northern Jordan. According to Fayez Salim, the football team rose to the ranks of the Premier League team and was the first team from Irbid to win the Jordan FA Cup in 1986 and is still the only team from the city of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Arabi (Jordan)
Al-Arabi Irbid Sports Club () is a football club based in Irbid, Jordan which currently competes in the Jordanian First Division League, the second tier of Jordanian football. History Al-Arabi Sports Club's origins began when a group of 22 young intellectuals were interested in establishing a place, where they could gather and practice their various hobbies. Thus, the Acting and Music Club was formed in 1945. The club began as one that focused on youth culture and music, and sports was not a focus of the club at the time. It established its sports branch in 1955, under the current name Al-Arabi SC. Al-Arabi SC is considered to be one of the oldest football clubs formed in Jordan, and the oldest club in Northern Jordan. According to Fayez Salim, the football team rose to the ranks of the Premier League team and was the first team from Irbid to win the Jordan FA Cup in 1986 and is still the only team from the city of Irbid to have won it as of 2024. Al-Arabi was also famous fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Abdullah II Stadium
The King Abdullah II Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Amman, Jordan. It is currently used mostly for Association football, football matches. The stadium holds 13,265 people. International football matches References External linksWorldFootball profile Football venues in Jordan Sports venues in Amman Multi-purpose stadiums in Jordan 1999 establishments in Jordan Tourist attractions in Amman Al-Wehdat SC Sports venues completed in 1999 {{Jordan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amman
Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region, the fifth-largest city in the Arab world, and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. The earliest evidence of settlement in Amman dates to the 8th millennium BC in 'Ain Ghazal, home to the world's oldest statues of the human form. During the Iron Age, the city was known as ''Rabat Aman'', the capital of the Ammonite Kingdom. In the 3rd century BC, the city was renamed ''Philadelphia'' and became one of the ten Greco-Roman cities of the Decapolis. Later, in the 7th century AD, the Rashidun Caliphate renamed the city Amman. Throughout most of the Islamic era, the city alternated between periods of devastation and periods of relative prosperity. Amman was largely abandoned during the Ottoman period from the 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafraq
Mafraq ( ''Al-Mafraq'', local dialects: ''Mafrag'' or ''Mafra''; ) is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, located 80 km to the north of the national capital, Amman. It is located at a crossroads, with a road north going to Syria and another road to the east going to Iraq. It had 56,340 inhabitants in 2004. History Mafraq was first settled in the 4th century BC. It is located about 17 km west of the historic Nabataean and Byzantine town of Umm el-Jimal, which was built in the 1st century. The city was first named "Fudain", which comes from the word for fortress in Arabic. In Ottoman times, there was a pilgrims' inn or ''khan'' there, known as Khan or Qal'at el-Mafraq, which was part of the Syrian Hajj route, used annually by Muslims on their way to Medina and Mecca. The city gained more significance after the establishment of the Hejaz Railway connecting Damascus (and by extension Istanbul) to Medina in 1908. The Ottoman Turks renamed the city "Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balama SC
Balama Sports Club () is a Jordanian football club based in Balama, Mafraq Governorate. History Balama often participated in the Jordanian First Division League, with its latest participation being back in 2022. It also participated in the Jordanian Second Division League, with the last time being back in 2023. It currently is in the Jordanian Third Division League. Ahmed Eid was noted as a President of Balama SC back in 2008. On 26 October 2013, Balama narrowly lost to Jordanian Pro League side Al-Faisaly with a score of 3-2 in the Jordan FA Cup. On 25 September 2015, Balama lost 5-0 to Shabab Al-Ordon Club in the Jordan FA Cup. Balama was noted to have prevented Al-Arabi from gaining promotion to the Jordanian Pro League back in the 2016–17 Jordan League Division 1 season. On 12 December 2017, Balama hired Maher Ismail as the manager of the club. In October 2018, it was noted that Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Khalayleh was President of the club. Balama reached the rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madaba
Madaba (; Biblical Hebrew: ''Mēḏəḇāʾ''; ) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine art, Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located south-west of the capital Amman. History Madaba dates from the Middle Bronze Age. The town of Madaba was once a Moabite border city, mentioned in the Bible in Book of Numbers, Numbers 21:30 and Book of Joshua, Joshua 13:9. Control over the city changed back and forth between Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Israel and Moab, as mentioned in the Mesha Stele. During its rule by the Roman Empire, Roman and Byzantine Empire, Byzantine empires from the 2nd to the 7th centuries, the city formed part of the Arabia Petraea, Provincia Arabia set up by the Roman Emperor Trajan to replace the Nabataean kingdom of Petra. The first evidence for a Christians, Christian community in the city, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Hashim Stadium
Prince Hashim Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Ar Ramtha, Jordan. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches. The stadium holds 5,000 people. References External links * * * Football venues in Jordan Multi-purpose stadiums in Jordan Irbid Governorate {{Jordan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Salt
Al-Salt ( ''Al-Salt''), also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, about 790–1,100 metres above sea level, the city is built in the crook of three hills, close to the Jordan Valley. One of the three hills, Jabal al-Qal'a, is the site of a 13th-century ruined fortress. It is the capital of Balqa Governorate of Jordan. The Greater Salt Municipality has about 107,874 inhabitants (2018). In 2021, the city of Salt was inscribed at the UNESCO World Heritage list. Etymology The name "Salt" is derived from the Latin word ''saltus'', which means "forest". History It is not known when the city was first inhabited, but it is believed to have been built by the Macedonian army during the reign of Alexander the Great. The city was known as Saltus in Byzantine times and was the seat of a bishopric. At this time, the city was consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Mohammed Stadium
The Prince Mohammed Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Zarqa, Jordan. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches. The stadium holds 11,400 people after the installation of seats. References External linksVenue information Football venues in Jordan Zarqa {{Jordan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zarqa
Zarqa () is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman. History Although the area has been inhabited since the first century AD, the city of Zarqa was only established in 1902, by Chechen immigrants who were displaced due to the wars between the Ottoman and Russian Empires. And the simultaneous Circassian genocide They settled along the Zarqa River. At that time a station on the Hejaz Railway was built in the new settlement. The railway station turned Zarqa into an important hub. On 10 April 1905, the Ottoman governor issued a decree that allowed the Chechen immigrants to own the land they had settled on. The population then quickly grew in size. On 18 November 1928, the new Jordanian government issued a decree to establish the first municipal council for Zarqa. After the Transjordan Frontier Force was formed in 1926, military bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
