Al-Wathba SC

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Al-Wathba SC
Al-Wathba Sport Club.png
Full nameAl-Wathba Sport Club
Nickname(s)The Knights
(Arabic: الفرسان)
Founded1937; 85 years ago (1937)
GroundKhaled bin Walid Stadium
Homs, Syria
Capacity35,000
LeagueSyrian Premier League
2020–2110th

Al-Wathba Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الوثبة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Homs, that competes in the Syrian Premier League.

History[]

Al-Wathba is a professional football club based in Homs, Syria, and they are one of the oldest Syrian clubs. Al-Wathba were founded in 1937 under the name of "Alfedaa Club" by a number of young amateur athletes who took "Dar Aljodi- located in Alhamadiah neighborhood in Homs" as a place to practice their sport activities.[1] In 1953 the club obtained the license, adding football, basketball games, athletics, swimming, and cycling, and they won the Homs championship from 1963 to 1968.

Al-Wathba is the first football club represented the city of Homs in the Syrian Premier League which started in 1973. The club was very close to winning the Premier League many times during the 1980s, or the "golden age" according to their fans, the best place they achieved is 2nd in the 1981–82 season.

In February 2013, during the Syrian civil war, Yussef Sleman,[2] one of the players was killed in a mortar strike at the Tishreen stadium.[3]

In 2019, Al-Wathba won the Syrian Cup, to be their first title in their history.[4] In 2019–20 season, Al-Wathba finished second in the league, their best position since 1981–82.[5]

Achievements[]

Current squad[]

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 Syria SYR
— GK Syria SYR
— DF Syria SYR
— DF Syria SYR
— DF Syria SYR
— DF Syria SYR
— DF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR Fahd Aodi
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Iran IRN
— MF Syria SYR
— MF Syria SYR
— FW Syria SYR
— FW Syria SYR
— FW Syria SYR

Performance in the AFC competition[]

AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2020: abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Asia

Contiental record[]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2020 AFC Cup Group B Jordan Al-Faisaly – 0–0
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 0–0 –
Lebanon Al-Ansar – –

References[]

  1. ^ "نادي الوثبة الرياضي.. تاريخ حافل بالبطولات". SANA. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Syria footballer killed as mortars hit stadium". AFP. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  3. ^ "Syria footballer 'killed in Damascus stadium attack'". BBC News. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  4. ^ "لقب اول للوثبة في كأس سوريا". elaph.com (in Arabic). 29 June 2019.
  5. ^ "مدير الكرة بالوثبة في حوار لكووورة: كنا نستحق حصد لقب الدوري السوري". kooora.com (in Arabic). 1 August 2020.

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