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| Full name | Al-Jaish Sports Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | al Zaim (الزعيم)Army (Arabic: جيش) | |||
| Founded | 1947 as Al-Jaish SC | |||
| Ground | Al-Fayhaa Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 12,000 | |||
| Manager |  Tarek Jabban | |||
| League | Syrian Premier League | |||
| 2023–24 | 8th | |||
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/aljaishsportsclub | |||
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Al-Jaish Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الجيش الرياضي) is a professional football club based in Damascus, Syria that competes in the Syrian Premier League. It was founded in 1947.[1] The club plays at the Al-Fayhaa Stadium in Damascus. The team colors are red and white.[2] Al-Jaish have won 17 official league titles, 9 Syrian Cups and 3 Syrian Super Cups. Between 2015 and 2019, it won five consecutive league titles. Al-Jaish have won the domestic double four times.
In 2004, Al-Jaish became the first Syrian club to ever win the AFC Cup, defeating Al-Wahda SC in the final. Al-Jaish have participated in the group stage of the AFC Champions League and have previously reached the finals of the Arab Club Champions Cup, Arab Cup Winners' Cup twice and Arab Super Cup once.[3][4]
Al-Jaish Sports Club also takes part in other sports like basketball, handball, volleyball and rugby sevens.[citation needed]
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- ^ "Arab Clubs Super Cup 1999". goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019.
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