Damascus Al-Ahli Club

This article is about the Syrian football club. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).

Damascus Al-Ahli Club (Arabic: نادي دمشق الأهلي), formerly Al-Majd Sports Club (Arabic: نادي المجد الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Damascus.

Damascus Al-Ahli

Full name	Damascus Al-Ahli Club
Nicknames	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

History

Al-Majd Sports Club logo until 2025

The club was founded in 1932 as Damascus Al-Ahli 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]}

In August 2025, the club reverted to its original name, Damascus Al-Ahli Club.^[7]

Stadium

Main article: Abbasiyyin Stadium

Abbasiyyin Stadium, home ground of Damascus Al-Ahli

The club plays its home games in the Abbasiyyin Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• Syrian Premier League
  • Runner-up: 2008
• Syrian Cup: 2
  • Winner: 1961,^[8] 1978^[2]
  • Runner-up: 1964, 2006, 2009,^[9] 2020^[10][11]
• Syrian Super Cup:
  • Runner-up: 2008^[12]
• 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

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Champions

Runners-up

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2008–09	AFC Cup	Group	Dempo	2–1	0–1	1st place
			Al-Muharraq	1–1	3–2
			Al-Faisaly	4–3	2–1
		Round of 16	Neftchi Farg'ona	0–0 (1–3 p)

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

Former managers

• Tahseen Jabbary (2009)^[13]
• Emad Dahbour (2011–12)

Notable former players

• Ali Diab
• Hamzeh Al Aitoni
• Samer Awad
• Mohamed Al-Zeno
• Oko Bota