Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)

Al-Faisaly SC

Full name	Al-Faisaly Sports Club of Amman
Nickname(s)	(الفيصلي (الزعيم Al-Faisaly (The Boss) النسر الأزرق Al-Nisr Al-Azraq (The Blue Eagles)
Founded	1932
Ground	Prince Mohammed Stadium
Capacity	17,000
Chairman	Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan
Manager	Rateb Al-Awadat
League	Jordan League
2014–15	Jordan League, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Al-Faisaly Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الفيصلي الرياضي‎) is football club in Jordan, formed in Amman in 1932, which is also considered as the most successful football club in Jordan football history with 74 trophies and one of the most successful in the region, winning Jordanian football club tournaments, the Jordan League, Jordan FA Cup, Jordan FA Shield, Jordan Super Cup and AFC Cup multiple times. Their current competitive or rival team is Al-Wehdat SC, a club formed by a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman which is also one of the best clubs in the country, winning local tournaments as many times as their rival team Al-Faisaly.

History

The management of the club has always been run by Al-Odwan family and still till today, with head of the club Al-Shiekh Sultan Al-Odwan, former player of the club and the Jordan national team, and former president of the JFA.

Derby of Jordan

Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game which combines clubs Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly and these games received great interest among the sports community on the Domestic and Arab level to afford the sensitivities and a long history between the two teams with meetings since 1976:

#	Tournament	Al-Faisaly Wins	Al-Wehdat Wins	Draws	Total	Al-Faisaly Goals	Al-Wehdat Goals
1	Jordan Premier League	28	30	20	78	70	76
2	Jordan FA Cup	7	8	6	21	36	37
3	Jordan FA Shield	8	5	3	16	29	24
4	Jordan Super Cup	5	5	2	12	13	13
5	AFC Cup	3	0	1	4	4	2
6	Total	51	48	32	131	152	152

Performance in AFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1990–91	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Al-Ansar	w/o
		Second round	Al Shabab	0–1	0–1	0–2
1994–95	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Al-Tilal	w/o
2002–03	AFC Champions League	2nd Qualifying Round West	Al-Ansar	3–0	0–1	3–1
		3rd Qualifying Round West	Esteghlal	0–1	0–2	0–3
2005	AFC Cup	Group Stage	Nebitçi Balkanabat	1–1	3–3	1st
			East Bengal	5–0	1–0
			Muktijoddha Sangsad	2–1	3–0
		Quarter final	Tampines Rovers	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Semi final	New Radiant	4–1	1–1	5–2
		Final	Al-Nejmeh Beirut	1–0	3–2	4–2
2006	AFC Cup	Group Stage	HTTU	4–3	1–1	1st
			Al-Nejmeh Beirut	2–0	1–2
		Quarter final	Sun Hei	1–1	1–1	2–2 (5–4 Pen.)
		Semi final	Al-Wehdat	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Final	Al-Muharraq	3–0	2–4	5–4
2007	AFC Cup	Group Stage	Dhofar	2–1	0–1	1st
			Al-Ansar	1–1	0–2
			Nebitçi Balkanabat	2–0	0–0
		Quarter final	Tampines Rovers	5–2	2–1	7–3
		Semi final	Al-Wehdat	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Final	Shabab Al-Ordon	0–1	1–1	1–2
2009	AFC Cup	Group Stage	Al-Majd	1–2	3–4	4th
			Dempo	3–4	1–3
			Al-Muharraq	3–2	0–0
2011	AFC Cup	Group Stage	Duhok	0–0	2–4	2nd
			Al-Jaish	2–0	1–1
			Al-Nasr SC	2–1	1–0
		Round of 16	Nasaf	1–2
2012	AFC Cup	Group Stage	Qadsia	1–1	2–1	3rd
			Al-Suwaiq	2–3	0–0
			Al-Ittihad	1–1	4–1
2013	AFC Cup	Group Stage	Duhok	1–0	1–0	1st
			Dhofar	2–3	1–1
			Shaab Ibb	2–1	2–0
		Round of 16	Al-Riffa	3–1
		Quarter final	Kitchee	2–1	2–1	4–2
		Semi final	Qadsia	0–1	1–2	2–1
2016	AFC Cup	Group Stage	Naft Al-Wasat	2–1
			Istiklol		0–0
			Tripoli

Achievements

• Jordan League (32): 1944, 1945, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012
• Jordan FA Cup (18): 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015
• Jordan FA Shield (7): 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2011–12
• Jordan Super Cup (15): 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2015
• AFC Cup (2): 2005, 2006

Supporters

Heads of the Al-Faisaly SC (Amman) fan club are currently Mazin Al-Binni and Khaled Al-Zarqawi.

Football hooliganism

Riots have repeatedly broken out for the past years between supporters and fans of Jordan's top rival clubs Al-Faisaly and Al-Wahdat, which is also a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. The riots are regarded as reflecting tensions between the Palestinian fans of Al-Wahdat and the Jordanian fans of Al-Faisaly.^[1][2]

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohammad Shatnawi 3 DF Hussein Ziad 4 DF Maan Abu Qdais 5 DF Jehad Al Baour 7 DF Mohammad Khamees (Captain) 10 MF Khaldoun Al-Khawaldeh 11 MF Mohannad Maharmeh 12 GK Nour Bani Attiah 16 FW Khaldoun Al-Khazam 17 MF Moteab Al-Khalayleh 18 MF Mehdi Alamah 19 FW Hani Al Taiar 20 FW Alassane Diallo 21 GK Mohammad Abu Khousa 22 MF Nabeel Abu Ali 23 FW Jean Michel N'Lend

No. Position Player 26 DF Yasser Al-Rawashdeh 27 DF Bara' Marei 34 MF Sa'ed Al-Daboubi 37 FW Laith Rajah 39 DF Obeida Al-Khawaldeh DF Ahmed Al-Ghneimat DF Tareq Ajarmeh MF Baha' Al-Barqawi MF Yazan Tannous MF Mohammad Zuhair MF Mohammad Shawish MF Yaseen Al-Bakhit MF Wisam Abu Al-Sous FW Alaa' Al-Marafi FW Haitham Al-Qura'an FW Mustafa Abu Ghanmi

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
First team head coach	Mohammad Al Yammani
Assistant coach #1	Feras Al-Khalayleh
Assistant coach #2	Ra'ed Thaher
Goalkeeping coach	Walid Mikha'eel
Team doctor	Shadi Al-Assi
Managing director	Thamer Al-Odwan

Source:

Managerial history

Rashad Al-Mufti (1944–54) Shahada Musa (1954–70) Mohammad Awad (1972–87) Math'har Al-Saeed (1981–85) Ahmed Hassan (1985–86) Adnan Massoud (1986) Mohammad Awad (1986–87) Math'har Al-Saeed (1987–89) Adnan Massoud (1990) Math'har Al-Saeed (1990–97)

Nihad Al-Souqar (1997–98) Mohammad Al-Yamani (1998) Khaled Awad (1998–05) Branko Smiljanić (2003–06) Adnan Hamad (2006–08) Alaa' Nabeel (2008) Nizar Mahrous (2008–09) Tha'er Jassam (2009) Math'har Al-Saeed (2009–10) Akram Ahmed Salman (2010)

Mohammad Al-Yamani (2010–11) Rateb Al-Awadat (2011) Tha'er Jassam (2011–12) Math'har Al-Saeed (2012) Rateb Al-Awadat (2012) Valeriu Tița (2012–13) Ayman Hakeem & Feras Al-Khalayleh (2013) Ali Kmeikh (2013) Feras Al-Khalayleh & Mohammad Al-Yamani (2013–14) Mohammad Abdel-Azim (2014–)

Presidential history

Name	From	To
Fawaz Al-Sharif	1932	1935
Dr. Qasem Al-Malhas	1935	1953
Dawla Suleiman Al-Nabulsi	1953	1956
Nasser Ibn Jamil	1956	1970
Al-Sheikh Sultan Majed Al-Odwan	1970	1978
Al-Sheikh Mustafa Al-Odwan	1978	1992
Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan	1992	2008
Al-Sayed Bakr Al-Odwan	2008
Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan	2008	Present

Sponsorship

Official sponsor

• Zain

Kit providers

• Umbro
• Adidas
• Diadora
• Jako
• Uhlsport
• Puma
• Hattrick

References

1. http://wikileaks.adhelis.com/cable/2009/07/09AMMAN1689.html
2. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/12/2010121020416452506.html

External links

• (Arabic) site
• (Arabic) Fan site#2
• http://www.noosoor.com
• http://nationalfootballteams.com/v2/club.php?id=1434
• http://www.kooora.com/?team=447
• http://www.soccerway.com/teams/jordan/al-faysali/