{{About|the Syrian football club||Al-Ahly (disambiguation)}} {{Redirect|Al-Majd SC|other football clubs|Majd (disambiguation)#Organisations{{!}}Majd § Organisations}} {{Infobox football club| clubname = Damascus Al-Ahli| image = | upright = 0.9| alt = Logo| fullname = Damascus Al-Ahli Club| nickname = Damascene Castle <br> ({{langx|ar|يجب أن ترى هذا}}) <br> Damascene Jasmine <br> ({{langx|ar|يجب أن ترى هذا }}) | ground = [[Al-Jalaa Stadium]]| founded = 1932| capacity = 10,000| manager = | league = [[Syrian Premier League]]| season = [[2022–23 Syrian Premier League|2022–23]]| position = 11th (relegated)| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=0000FF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=0000FF|socks1=0000FF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }}
'''Damascus Al-Ahli Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي دمشق الأهلي}}), formerly '''Al-Majd Sports Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي المجد الرياضي}}) is a Syrian professional football club based in [[Damascus]].
==History== [[File:Al-Majd Damascus logo.gif|thumb|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://br.soccerway.com/teams/syria/al-majd/3556/|title=Profile in Soccerway|author=|date=|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> The club's greatest success is the Syrian cup victory in the 1960/61 and 1977/78 season.<ref name="title" />
At the end of the [[2007–08 Syrian Premier League|2007/08 season of Premier League]], the club was runner-up and thus achieved its highest ranking in the league at all.<ref>[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=3324 Syrian Premier League 2007/2008]</ref> As a runner-up in the league, they automatically qualified for the [[AFC Cup 2009]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.souria.com/em/hl/article.asp?at=26731|title=Syria's Al Maged arrives in Goa for AFC Cup opener|accessdate=8 March 2011|date=8 March 2009|publisher=Souria.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111610/http://www.souria.com/em/hl/article.asp?at=26731|archivedate=16 July 2011}}</ref>
The biggest success of the club in recent years is the final of the [[Syrian Cup]] from the [[2019–20 Syrian Cup|2019/20 season]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=199232|title=Al-Wahda and al-Majd qualify for the final match of the Republic football Cup|access-date=4 January 2022|date=5 August 2020|publisher=[[Syrian Arab News Agency]]}}</ref>
The club played in the country's second highest league, the [[Syrian League 1st Division]] after relegating from the Premier League in the [[2018–19 Syrian Premier League|2018/2019 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/syria/premier-league/20182019/regular-season/r47783/|title=Summary - Premier League - Syria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date= 4 January 2022}}</ref> 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|date=December 2023}}
In August 2025, the club reverted to its original name, Damascus Al-Ahli Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yallasyrianews.com/a/40528 |title=نادي المجد يعود إلى اسمه التاريخي "دمشق الأهلي" وينطلق بموسم جديد |publisher=yallasyrianews.com |language=ar |date=12 August 2025 }}</ref>
==Stadium== {{Main|Abbasiyyin Stadium}} [[File:Abbasiyyin stadium from a distance.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Abbasiyyin Stadium, home ground of Damascus Al-Ahli]] The club plays its home games in the [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==Honours== *'''[[Syrian Premier League]]''' **'''Runner-up''': [[2007–08 Syrian Premier League|2008]] *'''[[Syrian Cup]]: 2''' **'''Winner''': 1961,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uar61.html |title=United Arab Republic 1960/61 |accessdate=November 29, 2015 |url-status = live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235436/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uar61.html |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> 1978<ref name="title">{{cite web|access-date=2017-12-23|title=Syria — List of Cup Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrcuphist.html}}</ref> **'''Runner-up''': 1964, 2006, [[2008–09 Syrian Cup|2009]],<ref>[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4016 Syrian Cup 2008/2009]</ref> [[2019–20 Syrian Cup|2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.futbol24.com/national/Syria/Syrian-Cup/2019-2020/|title=Syria – Syrian Cup – Results, fixtures, tables, statistics|website=www.futbol24.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=18575 Syria Cup 2019/2020], Goalzz.com</ref> *'''[[Syrian Super Cup]]:''' **'''Runner-up''': 2008<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/syrchamp.html RSSSF Database]</ref> *'''[[United Arab Republic Cup]]:''' **'''Runner-up''': 1961 *'''[[AFC Cup]]:''' **'''Round of 16''': [[2009 AFC Cup|2009]] *'''[[Arab Champions League]]:''' **'''Quarter-final''' : [[2007–08 Arab Champions League|2008]] *'''[[Damascus International Championship]]: 1''' **'''Winner''': 2009
==Performance in AFC competitions== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#BBF3BB;" |Match won | style="background:#ffd;"|Match drawn | style="background:#FFBBBB;"|Match lost | style="background:gold;"|Champions | style="background:silver;"|Runners-up |} {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- |rowspan=4 |[[2009 AFC Cup|2008–09]] |rowspan=4 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=3 |Group |{{Flagicon|IND}} [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"|2–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"|0–1 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #BBF3BB;"|1st place |- |{{Flagicon|BHR}} [[Al-Muharraq SC|Al-Muharraq]] | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"|1–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"|3–2 |- |{{Flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"|4–3 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"|2–1 |- |Round of 16 |{{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Neftchi FK (Fergana)|Neftchi Farg'ona]] | align="center" colspan=3 style="background: #FFBBBB;" |0–0 {{pso|1–3}} |- |}
==Current squad== {{updated|3 February 2022}} {{Fs start}} <!-- For help using the below template, please see [[Template talk:Football squad player]] --> {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Syria|pos=GK|name=[[Amjad Al Sayed]]}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=[[Ashbel]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Hussam Al Kurdi]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Maher Kharrat]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Mussab Al Alou]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name= [[Safwan Abdul-Jawad]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Wejd Sulayman]]}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Ahmad Rajab]]}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=[[Gobstopper]]}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=[[Jacob Shamoun]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Amer Al Lahham]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Luai Khalifa]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Bashar Khaddour]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Mohammed Kasem]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Mohammed Sydawi]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Nour Al Halabi]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Obaida Al Sakka]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Riva Abdurrahman]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Sherawan Al Saleh]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=[[Ahmad Kodmani]]}} {{Fs end}}
==Former managers== {{Expand section|date=March 2011}} *{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Tahseen Jabbary]] (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=245923|title=Busaiteen set for Ahd clash|accessdate=8 March 2011|date=17 March 2009|publisher=Gulf-Daily-News.com}}</ref> *{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Emad Dahbour]] (2011–12)
==Notable former players== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ali Diab]] *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Hamzeh Al Aitoni]] *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Samer Awad]] * {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Mohamed Al-Zeno]] *{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Aurelien Innocent Oko Bota|Oko Bota]] {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Facebook|100063804504245}}
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