Al-Wathba SC
Full nameAl-Wathba Sport Club
Nickname(s)The Knights
(Arabic: الفرسان)
Founded1937 (1937) as Al-Fedaa Club
GroundKhaled bin Walid Stadium
Bassel al-Assad Stadium
Capacity32,000
25,000
ChairmanSyria Youssef Salameh
ManagerSyria Firas Maasas
LeagueSyrian Premier League
2022–235th
WebsiteClub website
Al-Wathba active sections

Football

Basketball

Al-Wathba Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الوثبة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Homs that competes in the Syrian Premier League.[1]

History

One of the oldest Syrian clubs, Al-Wathba were founded in 1937 as "Al-Fedaa Club" by a number of young amateur athletes who used "Dar Al-Jodi", located in al-Hamidiyah neighborhood of Homs, to practice their sport activities.[2] In 1953, the club obtained the license, adding football, basketball games, athletics, swimming, and cycling. 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, the best place they achieved is 2nd in the 1981–82 season.

In February 2013, during the Syrian civil war, Yussef Sleman,[3] one of the players was killed in a mortar strike at the Tishreen Stadium.[4]

In 2019, Al-Wathba won the Syrian Cup, to be their first title in their history.[5] In 2019–20 season, Al-Wathba finished second in the league, their best position since 1981–82.[6]

Achievements

Runners-up (3) : 1981–82, 2019–20, 2021–22
Winners (1): 2018–19
Runners-up (1) : 2021–22
  • Al-Wathba Cup:
Winners (1): 2020

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 Fadi Bitar
GK Syria SYR Nizar Droubi
DF Syria SYR Manhal Kousa
DF Syria SYR Subhi Aqoul
DF Syria SYR Sabi Al Hamwi
DF Syria SYR Rami Jablawi
DF Syria SYR Abd Al Motin Wahoud
MF Syria SYR Nasser Shandin
MF Syria SYR Mohannad Al Dikh
MF Syria SYR Mohamed Kroma
MF Syria SYR Jamil Mahmoud
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Syria SYR Mohamed Al Farra
MF Syria SYR Ali Al Sarem
MF Syria SYR Fahd Aodi
MF Syria SYR Deab Al Majzoub
MF Syria SYR Salim Shatila
MF Iran IRN Reza Bitaraf
MF Syria SYR Bakr Ghalioum
MF Syria SYR Maher Daboul
FW Syria SYR Anas Bouta
FW Syria SYR George Kamar
FW Syria SYR Samer Touma
FW Syria SYR Ali Ghosn

Performance in the AFC competition

2020: abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Asia

Continental 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. "Al Wathba". Eurosport. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. "نادي الوثبة الرياضي.. تاريخ حافل بالبطولات". SANA. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. "Syria footballer killed as mortars hit stadium". AFP. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  4. "Syria footballer 'killed in Damascus stadium attack'". BBC News. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
  5. "لقب اول للوثبة في كأس سوريا". elaph.com (in Arabic). 29 June 2019.
  6. "مدير الكرة بالوثبة في حوار لكووورة: كنا نستحق حصد لقب الدوري السوري". kooora.com (in Arabic). 1 August 2020.
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