Al-Majd Sports Club (Arabic: نادي المجد الرياضي) is a Syrian football club based in Damascus, Syria. The club is insignificant compared to the city rival Al-Wahda, but more popular than the other rival Al-Jaish.
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Full name | Al Majd Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Damascene Castle (Arabic: القلعة الدمشقية) Damascene Jasmine (Arabic: الياسمينة الدمشقية) | ||
Founded | 1932 | ||
Ground | Al-Jalaa Stadium | ||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||
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League | Syrian Premier League | ||
2021–22 | Syrian League 1st Division 1st (Champions) | ||
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The club was founded in 1932 under the name of Damascus Al-Ahly Club, and is one of the oldest football clubs in Damascus and the whole country.[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.
The club plays its home games in the Abbasiyyin Stadium.
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away |
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2008–09 | AFC Cup | Group | ![]() |
Dempo | 2–1 | 0–1 |
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Al-Muharraq | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
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Al-Faisaly | 4–3 | 2–1 | |||
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Neftchi Farg'ona | 0–0 (1–3 pen.) | |||
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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