Al-Majd SC

Full name	Al Majd Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Damascene Castle (Arabic: القلعة الدمشقية) Damascene Jasmine (Arabic: الياسمينة الدمشقية)
Founded	1932
Ground	Al-Jalaa Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Manager	league = Syrian Premier League
2022–23	11th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Al-Majd Sports Club (Arabic: نادي المجد الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Damascus. The club is insignificant compared to the city rival Al-Wahda, but more popular than the other rival Al-Jaish.

History

The club was founded in 1932 as Damascus Al-Ahly Club, and is one of the oldest football clubs in Syria.^[1] The club's greatest success is the Syrian cup victory in the 1960/61 and 1977/78 season.^[2]

At the end of the 2007/08 season of Premier League, the club was runner-up and thus achieved its highest ranking in the league at all.^[3] As a runner-up in the league, they automatically qualified for the AFC Cup 2009.^[4]

The biggest success of the club in recent years is the final of the Syrian Cup from the 2019/20 season.^[5]

The club played in the country's second highest league, the Syrian League 1st Division after relegating from the Premier League in the 2018/2019 season.^[6] In the 2021-22 season, after winning the double match against Hurriya SC, when they won 2-1 in the first match and drew 1-1 in the second, they advanced to the Syrian Premier League.^{[citation needed]}

Stadium

The club plays its home games in the Abbasiyyin Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• Syrian Premier League
  • Runner-up: 2008
• Syrian Cup: 2
  • Winner: 1961,^[7] 1978^[2]
  • Runner-up: 1964, 2006, 2009,^[8] 2020^[9][10]
• Syrian Super Cup:
  • Runner-up: 2008^[11]
• United Arab Republic Cup:
  • Runner-up: 1961
• AFC Cup:
  • Round of 16: 2009
• Arab Champions League:
  • Quarter-final : 2008
• Damascus International Championship: 1
  • Winner: 2009

Performance in AFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
2008–09	AFC Cup	Group		Dempo	2–1	0–1
				Al-Muharraq	1–1	3–2
				Al-Faisaly	4–3	2–1
		Round of 16		Neftchi Farg'ona	0–0 (1–3 pen.)

Current squad

As of 3 February 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SYR Amjad Al Sayed — GK  SYR Amjad Haj Yahia — DF  SYR Hussam Al Kurdi — DF  SYR Maher Kharrat — DF  SYR Mussab Al Alou — DF  SYR Safwan Abdul-Jawad — DF  SYR Wejd Sulayman 5 MF  SYR Ahmad Rajab — MF  SYR Ahmad Sallom — MF  SYR Ahmed Hmo

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SYR Amer Al Lahham — MF  SYR Luai Khalifa — MF  SYR Bashar Khaddour — MF  SYR Mohammed Kasem — MF  SYR Mohammed Sydawi — MF  SYR Nour Al Halabi 7 MF  SYR Obaida Al Sakka — MF  SYR Riva Abdurrahman — MF  SYR Sherawan Al Saleh — FW  SYR Ahmad Kodmani

Former managers

• Tahseen Jabbary (2009)^[12]
• Emad Dahbour (2011-12)

Notable former players