Al-Karamah SC

For the town in Jordan, see Karameh. For the district in Dubai, see Al Karama, Dubai. For the Iraq–Jordan border crossings, see Trebil. For the human rights organisation, see Alkarama.

Al-Karameh

Full name	Al-Karamah Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Blue Eagles Eagles of Asia
Founded	1928
Ground	Khaled Ibn Al Walid Stadium
Ground Capacity	35,000
President	Mortada Al Dandashi
Manager	Amer Hamwiah
League	Syrian Premier League
2013–14	4th (Group A)
Home colours Away colours

Al-Karamah Sports Club (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 Honer from a prominent business men of the city of Homs to support the club activities and Dr Mohammed Rahif Hakmi was elected to be the Board Chairman.

AFC Champions League 2006

In their 1st Asian CL campaign this side has reached the semi-finals so far, putting-out some notable Asian sides. In the group stage they were paired with one of UAE's top sides Al Wahda, Saba Battery of Iran who were led by the world's leading international goal scorer Ali Daei and Qatari League champions current Al-Gharafa. They finished top of their Group to qualify for the Asian CL quarter-finals with 4 wins and 2 losses.

In their quarter-final they got the worst possible draw and faced current holders Al Ittihad. They lost the 1st leg away from home 2–0 and had it all to do in the home leg. In their home leg they were 2–0 up after 90 minutes and went into extra time. In extra time, Mohanad Ibrahim scored 2 goals and Al-Karamah ended up winning the game 4–0 and the overall tie 4–2 on aggregate causing one of the biggest shocks so far in AFC Champions League history [1].

They would face Al-Qadisya of Kuwait in the semi-final. The first leg took place in Hims, Syria. The score came out to a 0–0 draw. Al-Karamah being the better side of the match. Al-Karamah had about 15 shots and about 85% of the possession.

The return leg took place in Kuwait. Al-Karamah went ahead unexpectedly in the 14th minutes through Aatef Jenyat. They would hold on to this lead til the end of the game.

On 1 November 2006, Jeonbuk Motors (South Korea) defeated Al Karama 2–0 in South Korea. In the second match, Al Karama was able to win 2–1 in Syria. But lost on aggregate 3–2 giving Jeonbuk the 2006 AFC Champions League title.

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		Binh Duong	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 of 8 February 2014

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

No. Position Player GK Hussain Rahal GK Abdullatif Nassan GK Fadi Merhi DF Jihad Bismar DF Abdullah Jenyat DF Amro Jenyat DF Khaled Jnid DF Abdulhadi Khalaf DF Khaled Mostafa DF Amer Terkawi DF Obaida Sharbek DF Shaher Kakhi

No. Position Player DF Anas Hakmi MF Israa Hamwiah MF Bilal Al Masri MF Odai Eid MF Maher Barazi MF Eyad Mando MF Mohammed Ghrer MF Bilal Zahra FW Ameen Al Farra FW Alaa Baroudi FW Shalan Bitar

2013–14 Transfers

In

• Maher Barazi (from Shabab Al-Hussain)
• Amro Jenyat (from Al-Muhafaza)
• Hussain Rahal (from Al-Jaish)

Out

• Anas Balhous (to Al-Muhafaza)
• Nasouh Nakdali (to Al-Muharraq)

Notable former players

Fábio Santos Leandro Netto Richard Bohomo Hassan Abdel Fattah Fahad Al Rashidi Yazid Kaissi Makhete Diop André Senghor Hassan Abbas

Mohamed Abdelkader Radwan Ajam Abdulrahman Akkari Abdelrazaq Al Hussain Jehad Al Hussain Firas Al Khatib Mohamed Al Zeno Maher Beraqdar Zyad Chaabo

Feras Esmaeel Aatef Jenyat Fawaz Mando Iyad Mando Jehad Qassab Abdulqader Refai Marwan Sayedeh Yussef Sleman (Died in 2013) Ahmad Swedan (Died in 2012)

External links

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