Al-Jaish SC (Syria)

Al-Jaish SC
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Full nameAl-Jaish Sports Club
Nickname(s)al Zaim (الزعيم)Army (Arabic: جيش)
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947) as Al-Jaish SC
GroundAl-Fayhaa Stadium
Capacity12,000
ManagerSyria Tarek Jabban
LeagueSyrian Premier League
2023–248th
WebsiteClub website
Al-Jaish active sections

Football

Basketball

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]

  1. ^ "Al-Jaish SC". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Three AFC Asian Cup matches to be played in Saudi Arabia". Arab News. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Arab Clubs Super Cup 1999". goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.