Hilal Al-Quds

Full name	Hilal Al-Quds Club
Nickname(s)	Lions of the Capital
Founded	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Ground	Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium
Capacity	12,500
Manager	Salman Amer
League	Palestinian Premier League
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Hilal Al-Quds Club (Arabic: نادي هلال القدس) is a Palestinian sports, cultural, social, scouting, artistic and youth club. It has many sports activities, one of which is football. It was established in 1972 within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The club's motto is "Development, training and rehabilitation of Jerusalemite youth is the focus of our cause."^{[citation needed]} Al-Hilal Al-Quds Club is located in the heart of Jerusalem. 12,500-capacity Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium is their home stadium in Al-Ram, near Jerusalem.^{[citation needed]}

History

Hilal Al-Quds was established in 1972 as an idea by Mahdi Hijazi.^[1] At the end of 1975, elections for an administrative body were held, and Ayoub Hijazi won as president. At the end of 1975, the club was accepted into the Palestinian Clubs Association as an active member.^{[citation needed]} The official launch of Al-Hilal Club at a professional level began in 1978.^{[citation needed]}

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Honours

• Palestinian Premier League
  • Winners (4): 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Palestine Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017–18
• West Bank Cup
  • Winners (3): 2010–11, 2013–14, 2017–18

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Cup: 4 appearances

2015: Play-off round

2018: Play-off round

2019: Group stage

2020: TBD

• AFC President's Cup: 1 appearance

2013: Final stage

Players

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  PLE Asel Asewat 4 DF  PLE Jalal Abu Yousef 7 MF  PLE Mousa Farawi 9 FW  PLE Mohammed Obeid 10 FW  PLE Ibrahim Al-Habibi 11 FW  PLE Abdallah Kholi 12 FW  PLE Abdallah Idrees 17 DF  PLE Samer Jundi 21 FW  ISR Faeq Mahamid 23 MF  PLE Mohammed Darweesh 24 DF  PLE Mohammed Abumayyala 32 MF  PLE Mohammed Samar 43 MF  PLE Mohammed Hammo

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  PLE Omar Zaaneen — DF  PLE Tamer Salah — MF  PLE Izzeddin Abusnaina — MF  PLE Sari Jadallah — MF  PLE Saqer Shqerat — MF  PLE Owais Yasin — MF  PLE Ahmed Kashour — MF  ISR Ali Na'ama — MF  PLE Mahmoud Sabbah — MF  PLE Ihab Shaheen — MF  PLE Samer Zubaidah — FW  PLE Mohammed Baydoun — FW  PLE Nooraldeen Khalil