# Al-Faisaly SC

Al-Faisaly Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الفيصلي الرياضي) is a Jordanian professional football club based in Amman. Founded in 1932, the club competes in the Jordanian Pro League, the top flight of Jordanian football. Nicknamed "the Blue Eagles", they were founded as Al-Ashbal Club in 1932.
They won 84 official titles, 35 league titles, 21 Jordan FA Cups and 17 Jordan Super Cups, being the record holder for all these competitions, 9 Jordan FA Shields and 2 AFC Cups. Their main rival is Al-Wehdat, a club formed by a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman.

## History
### Foundation and first years

The club was founded in 1932 under the name Al-Ashbal Club. Football was not the only sport they played. However, because of a lack of financial resources, they focused on the most popular sport in Jordan, football.
In 1941, Al-Faisaly restarted, but they realized that they need a large budget. They decided to issue a charity lottery and set up a committee to meet with the Jordanian army chief John Bagot Glubb to obtain official approval to sell the lottery tickets to Jordanian army units. The cultural committee was active in distributing the Lottery, which resulted in the collection of 3,700 Jordanian dinars, and this amount was enough to get a piece of land next to the Islamic Scientific College "currently" in Jabal Amman near "first" circle and "rainbow" street, and intend to rebuild the club and to raise the declaration again, they had what they wanted The club returned under the name of Al-Faisaly this time.

## Colours

Al-Faisaly's home kit is all sky blue shirts and white shorts, while their away kit is all white shirts and black shorts.

## Stadium

Al-Faisaly plays their home games at Amman International Stadium in Amman. The stadium was built in 1964 and opened in 1968, it is owned by The Jordanian government and operated by The higher council of youth. It is also the home stadium of Jordan national football team and Al-Jazeera. It has a current capacity of 17,619 spectators.

## Support

The heads of the Al-Faisaly fan club (ultras) are currently Mazin Al-Binni and Khaled Al-Zarqawi.

### Riots

Riots have repeatedly broken out for the past years between supporters and fans of Jordan's top rival clubs Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat, which is also a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. The riots are regarded as reflecting tensions between the Palestinian fans of Al-Wehdat and the Jordanian fans of Al-Faisaly.
The Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game which combines clubs Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 27 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JOR | Nour Bani Attiah |
| 4 | DF | JOR | Bara' Marei(association football) |
| 5 | DF | JOR | Husam Abu Dahab |
| 7 | FW | JOR | Amin Al-Shanaineh |
| 8 | MF | JOR | Khaled Zakaria |
| 9 | FW | JOR | Baker Kalbouneh |
| 10 | FW | JOR | Jad Alkateeb |
| 11 | FW | JOR | Omar Hani |
| 14 | DF | JOR | Faisal Abu Shanab |
| 16 | MF | JOR | Fadel Haikal |
| 17 | DF | JOR | Salem Al-Ajalin |
| 18 | FW | NIG | Amadou Moutari |
| 22 | MF | JOR | Mohammad Abu Hazeem |
| 24 | FW | JOR | Hussein Aref |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | JOR | Adham Al-Refaei |
| 30 | DF | JOR | Mohannad Khairullah |
| 31 | GK | JOR | Abdel Rahman Al-Talalga |
| 55 | FW | JOR | Ahmad Ersan |
| 77 | MF | JOR | Mohammad Al-Kloub |
| 80 | MF | JOR | Karim Lafi |
| 90 | FW | JOR | Qusay Al-Mansoori |
| 97 | MF | JOR | Suhaib Abu Hashhash |
| — | DF | JOR | Ahmad Abu Sha'ireh |
| — | DF | JOR | Hadi Al-Hourani |
| — | DF | MLI | Cheick Traoré |
| — | DF | TUN | Mohamed Hamrouni |

### Captains

| Name | No. | Position | From | To |
| Mustafa Sedo Al-Kurdi | — | — | 1932 | 1940 |
| Rashad Al-Mufti | — | — | 1940 | 1945 |
| Abd Rabo Abu Jassar | — | — | 1945 | 1950 |
| Shahada Musa | — | — | 1950 | 1965 |
| Sultan Al-Odwan | — | — | 1959 | 1965 |
| Mohammad Awad | — | — | 1965 | 1972 |
| Mustafa Al-Odwan | — | — | 1972 | 1974 |
| Nader Srour | 1 | GK | 1974 | 1977 |
| Adnan Massoud | — | — | 1977 | 1979 |
| Ibrahim Mustafa | — | — | 1979 | 1991 |
| Milad Abasi | 1 | GK | 1991 | 1994 |
| Anis Shafiq | 1 | GK | 1994 | 1995 |
| Jamal Abu-Abed | 16 | MF | 1995 | 2001 |
| Subhi Sulaiman | 8 | MF | 2001 | 2003 |
| Adnan Al-Shuaibat | 5 | DF | 2003 | 2005 |
| Mohannad Mahadeen | 19 | DF | 2005 | 2005 |
| Hassouneh Al-Sheikh | 6 | MF | 2005 | 2006 |
| Hatem Aqel | 17 | DF | 2006 | 2009 |
| Lo'ai Al-Amaireh | 1 | GK | 2009 | 2011 |
| Hassouneh Al-Sheikh | 6 | MF | 2011 | 2014 |
| Mohammad Khamees | 7 | DF | 2014 | 2015 |
| Shareef Adnan | 15 | DF | 2015 | 2016 |
| Baha' Abdel-Rahman | 8 | MF | 2016 | 2020 |
| Bara' Marei | 4 | DF | 2020 | Present |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Jamal Abu-Abed |
| Assistant coach | Khaled Lafe |
| Goalkeeping coach | leonardo signorelli |
| Fitness coach | Hashem Kurdaghli |

### Managerial history

| Name | From | To |
| Rashad Al-Mufti | 1944 | 1954 |
| Shahada Musa | 1954 | 1970 |
| Nabil Hamarneh | 1970 | 1972 |
| Mohammad Awad | 1972 | 1981 |
| Math'har Al-Saeed | 1981 | 1985 |
| Ahmed Hassan | 1985 | 1986 |
| Adnan Massoud | 1986 | 1986 |
| Mohammad Awad | 1986 | 1987 |
| Math'har Al-Saeed | 1987 | 1989 |
| Adnan Massoud | 1989 | 1990 |
| Math'har Al-Saeed | 1990 | 1997 |
| Nihad Souqar | 1997 | 1998 |
| Mohammad Al-Yamani | 1998 | 1998 |
| Khaled Awad | 1998 | 2003 |
| Branko Smiljanić | 2003 | 2006 |
| Adnan Hamad | 2006 | 2008 |
| Alaa Nabiel | 2008 | 2008 |
| Nizar Mahrous | 2008 | 2009 |
| Thair Jassam | 2009 | 2009 |
| Math'har Al-Saeed | 2009 | 2010 |
| Akram Salman | 2010 | 2010 |
| Name | From | To |
| Mohammad Al-Yamani | 2010 | 2011 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | 2011 | 2011 |
| Thair Jassam | 2011 | 2011 |
| Math'har Al-Saeed | 2012 | 2012 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | 2012 | 2012 |
| Valeriu Tița | 2012 | 2013 |
| Ayman Hakeem | 2013 | 2013 |
| Ali Kmeikh | 2013 | 2013 |
| Mohammad Al-Yamani | November 2013 | March 2014 |
| Mohamed Azima | March 2014 | August 2014 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | August 2014 | October 2014 |
| Nizar Mahrous | February 2015 | April 2015 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | April 2015 | October 2015 |
| Ahmed Abdel-Qader | 2 October 2015 | 24 October 2015 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | November 2015 | February 2016 |
| Mohammad Al-Yamani | February 2016 | April 2016 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | April 2016 | May 2016 |
| Name | From | To |
| Jamal Abu-Abed | June 2016 | July 2016 |
| Thair Jassam | August 2016 | November 2016 |
| Branko Smiljanić | November 2016 | March 2017 |
| Nebojša Jovović | March 2017 | July 2017 |
| Fisco | July 2017 | September 2017 |
| Dragan Talajić | September 2017 | December 2017 |
| Nebojša Jovović | January 2018 | May 2018 |
| Nabil Kouki | June 2018 | September 2018 |
| Tarik Jeraea | September 2018 | February 2019 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | February 2019 | December 2019 |
| Chiheb Ellili | January 2020 | March 2020 |
| Haitham Al-Shboul | June 2020 | August 2020 |
| Rateb Al-Awadat | August 2020 | November 2020 |
| Adnan Awad | November 2020 | January 2021 |
| Hussam Al Sayed | February 2021 | August 2021 |
| Hakeem Shaker | August 2021 | August 2021 |
| Mohammed Aqeel | August 2021 | September 2021 |
| Mahmoud Al-Hadid | September 2021 | April 2022 |
| Jamal Abu-Abed | April 2022 | July 2023 |
| Ghazi Ghrairi | August 2023 | October 2023 |
| Ahmad Hayel | October 2023 | August 2024 |
| Raafat Mohammad | August 2024 | October 2024 |
| Jamal Abu-Abed | October 2024 | present |

## Presidential history

The management of the club from 1970 to 2021 has always been run by Al-Odwan family.
| Name | From | To |
| Fawaz Ibn Sharaf AL Muhana | 1932 | 1935 |
| Qasem Al-Malhas | 1935 | 1953 |
| Suleiman Al-Nabulsi | 1953 | 1956 |
| Nasser Ibn Jamil | 1956 | 1970 |
| Sultan Majed Al-Odwan | 1970 | 1978 |
| Mustafa Majed Al-Odwan | 1978 | 1992 |
| Sultan Majed Al-Odwan | 1992 | 2008 |
| Bakr Sultan Al-Odwan | 2008 | 2008 |
| Sultan Majed Al-Odwan | 2008 | 2018 |
| Bakr Sultan Al-Odwan | 2018 | 2021 |
| temporary committee | 2021 | 2022 |
| Nidal al-Hadid | 2022 | present |

## Honours

The club holds 84 official titles.

### Domestic (82 titles)

| Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons |
| Domestic | Premier League | 35 | 1944, 1945, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022 |
| Domestic | FA Cup | 21 | 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021 |
| Domestic | FA Shield | 9 | 1987, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2022 2023 |
| Domestic | Super Cup | 17 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020 |
* record
* $^s$ shared record

### Continental (2 titles)

| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
| AFC | AFC Cup | 2 | 2005, 2006 | 2007 |

### Regional

| Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners Up |
| UAFA | Arab Club Champions Cup | - | - | 2006–07, 2017 |
| UAFA | Arab Cup Winners' Cup | - | - | 1996 |
| UAFA | Arab Super Cup | - | - | 2000 |

## Asian record
### AFC competitions

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1990–91 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Qadisiya | w/o |
| 1990–91 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 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 |
| 2002–03 | AFC Champions League | 3rd Qualifying Round West | Esteghlal | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Nebitçi Balkanabat | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1st |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Group stage | East Bengal | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Tampines Rovers | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | New Radiant | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Final | Nejmeh | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | Group stage | HTTU | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1st |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Nejmeh | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Sun Hei | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 (5–4 pen.) |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | Al-Wehdat | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 2006 | AFC Cup | Final | Al-Muharraq | 3–0 | 2–4 | 5–4 |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Dhofar | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1st |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al Ansar | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Nebitçi Balkanabat | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Tampines Rovers | 5–2 | 2–1 | 7–3 |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | Al-Wehdat | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Final | Shabab Al-Ordon | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Majd | 1–2 | 3–4 | 4th |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Dempo | 3–4 | 1–3 |
| 2009 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Muharraq | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Duhok | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2nd |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Jaish | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Nasr | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2011 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Nasaf | 1–2 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Qadisiya | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3rd |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Suwaiq | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| 2012 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Ittihad | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Duhok | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1st |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Dhofar | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Shaab Ibb | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Riffa | 3–1 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Quarter-final | Kitchee | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 2013 | AFC Cup | Semi-final | Qadisiya | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Naft Al-Wasat | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2nd |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Istiklol | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Tripoli | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 2016 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Al-Muharraq | 0–1 |
| 2018 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round | Nasaf | 1–5 |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Wahda | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1st |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al Ansar | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Dhofar | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| 2018 | AFC Cup | Semi-final (West) | Al-Jazeera | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2020 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 1 | Kuwait | 1–2 |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al-Wathba | 0–0 |
| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Al Ansar | 3–4 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari | 2–0 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Tishreen | 1–0 |
| 2021 | AFC Cup | Group stage | Kuwait | 0–1 |
| 2023-24 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Nasaf | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1st |
| 2023-24 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Sharjah | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| 2023-24 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Al Sadd | 2-0 | 0-6 |
* Champion
* Runner-up

### UAFA competitions

* Arab Club Champions Cup / Arab Champions League: 12 appearances
       1986: Preliminary round
       1987: Preliminary round
       1992: Semi-finals
       2000: Semi-finals
       2001: Group stage
       2003: Group stage
       2003–04: Group stage
       2004–05: Group stage
       2006–07: Runner-up
       2007–08: Semi-finals
       2008–09: Quarter-finals
       2017: Runner-up
* Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 5 appearances
       1993: Group stage
       1994: Group stage
       1995: Group stage
       1996: Runner-up
       1999: Semi-finals
* Arab Super Cup: 2 appearances
       1997: Third place
       2000: Runner-up