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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
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	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; some limited exceptions apply. 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