Al-Karamah SC

Al Karamah SC
Full name	Al-Karamah SC
Nickname(s)	Blue Eagles / Eagles of Asia
Founded	1928; 94 years ago
Ground	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium
Capacity	32,000
Chairman	Samer al-Shaar; Mohammed Rahif Hakmi (Honor)
Manager	Firas Al-Khatib
League	Syrian Premier League
2020–21	3rd
Home colours	Away colours

Al-Karamah SC (Arabic: نادي الكرامة الرياضي) is a Syrian football club based in the city of Homs. Founded in 1928, it is considered to be one of Asia's oldest sporting clubs. The club has won eight Syrian League titles and eight Syrian Cup titles. It also was the first Syrian club to win both the league and cup titles in the same year. The club is based at the Khaled Ibn Al Walid Stadium. In 2008 the club formed Board of Honor from a prominent business men^[1] of the city of Homs to support the club activities and Dr Mohammed Rahif Hakmi^[2] was elected as the Board Chairman.

AFC Champions League 2006[]

Al-Karamah won the double (league and cup) in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09

In 2006 the club reached the finals Asian CL campaign, winning most of the major Asian football teams. The club played on the way to the semi-final Al Wahda from the UAE, Saba Battery from Iran with the team was led by the international goal scorer Ali Daei and Al-Gharafa from Qater (Qater League current champions at the time). They finished at the top of group and qualified for the Asian CL quarter-finals with 4 wins and 2 losses.

In the quarter-final the club played Al Ittihad where they lost in the first leg in Jeddah 0–2. In the return match at home, Alkarameh scored 2 goals during the first 90 minutes and the match went into extra time. In extra time, Mohannad Ibrahim scored 2 goals and Al-Karamah ended up winning the game 4–0 which caused a tie with an overall aggregate score of 4–2 causing a great surprise in AFC Champions League history. [1].

The club moved on to play Al-Qadisya of Kuwait in the semi-final. The first leg in Homs, Syria. resulting in 0–0 draw. while Al-Karamah was in possession for 85% of the time. The return leg was in Kuwait. Al-Karamah won the game by scoring in the 14th minute of the match by Aatef Jenyat.

On 1 November 2006, the club played Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea) where Al Karama lost the first leg 2–0 in South Korea. In the second leg, Al Karama won 2–1 in Homs but the final aggregate score was 2–3, making Jeonbuk the 2006 AFC Champion League Winner.^[3]

Achievements[]

Syrian League: 8

1974–75, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

Syrian Cup: 8

1982–83, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

Syrian Super Cup: 2

1985, 2008

Asian Champions League:

2006: Runners-up

AFC Cup:

2009: Runners-up

Performance in AFC competitions[]

AFC Champions League: 4 appearances

2006: Runners-up

2007: Quarter-finals

2008: Quarter-finals

2010: Qualifying play-off – West semi-finals

Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

2001: First round

AFC Cup: 3 appearances

2009: Runners-up

2010: Quarter-finals

2011: Group Stage

Al-Karamah in Asia[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2000–01	Asian Club Championship	1R	Al-Hilal	0–0	1–2
2006	AFC Champions League	Group	Al-Wahda	2–1	2–4
		Group	Saba Battery	1–0	2–1
		Group	Al-Gharafa	3–1	0–4
		QF	Al-Ittihad	4–0 (aet)	0–2
		SF	Al Qadsia	0–0	1–0
		Final	Jeonbuk Motors	2–1	0–2
2007	AFC Champions League	Group	Al Sadd	2–1	1–1
		Group	Neftchi Farg'ona	2–0	1–2
		Group	Najaf	1–1	4–2
		QF	Seongnam Ilhwa	0–2	1–2
2008	AFC Champions League	Group	Al-Wahda	4–1	0–1
		Group	Al-Ahli	0–0	1–1
		Group	Al-Sadd	1–0	2–0
		QF	Gamba Osaka	1–2	0–2
2009	AFC Cup	Group	Mohun Bagan	1–0	4–0
		Group	Al-Kuwait	2–1	1–2
		Group	Al-Wahdat	3–1	1–3
		Round of 16	Busaiteen		2–1 (aet)
		QF	Al-Arabi	0–0	0–0 (5–4 pen.)
		SF	Bình Dương	3–0	1–2
		Final	Al-Kuwait		1–2
2010	AFC Champions League	Play-off SF	Al-Wahda	0–1
2010	AFC Cup	Group	Saham	2–0	4–1
		Group	Shabab Al-Ordon	1–1	2–2
		Group	Al-Ahli	2–0	1–0
		Round of 16	Nasaf Qarshi	1–0
		QF	Muangthong United	1–0	0–2
2011	AFC Cup	Group	Al-Oruba	2–2	1–1
		Group	Arbil	0–3	1–1
		Group	Al-Ahed	3–2	1–4

Current squad[]

As on 10 of September 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SYR
—	GK	SYR
—	GK	SYR	Mosab Balhous
—	DF	SYR
—	DF	SYR
—	DF	SYR
—	DF	SYR
—	DF	SYR
—	DF	SYR
—	DF	SYR	Yasser Shahen
—	DF	SYR
—	DF	SYR
—	MF	SYR


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	MF	SYR
—	FW	SYR	Ahmad Omaier
—	FW	SYR
—	FW	SYR	Moataz Salhani
—	FW	SYR

Notable former players[]

For all current and former Al-Karamah SC players with a Wikipedia article see Al-Karamah players.

References[]

External links[]

(in Arabic and English) Al-Karamah Fans society website
(in Arabic) sda al-karameh
(in Arabic) al-karameh online
(in Arabic) al-karameh NEWS

[board-1] "حفل تكريم لداعمي نادي الكرامة وتشكيل مجلس شرف للنادي".

[MRH-2] "Mohammed Rahif Hakmi".

[3] ttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/syrian-footballer-refugee-camp-shaher-shaheen-beautiful-game

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Active departments of Al-Karamah SC

Football	Basketball