al-Wahda (Damascus)

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al-Wahda SC
الوحدة
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Basic data
Surname al-Wahda Sports Club
Seat Damascus
founding 1928
First soccer team
Venue Abbasid Stadium
Places 45,000
league Syrian professional league
2018/19 3rd place
home
Away

al-Wahda ( Arabic الوحدة, DMG al-Waḥda  'unit') is a Syrian sports club from Damascus . The club, founded in 1928, is best known for its men's football team. al-Wahda plays in the Abbasid Stadium , which is also used regularly by the Syrian national team. The arena, built in 1976, is the second largest stadium in Syria with 45,000 seats after the Aleppo International Stadium . In the 2003/04 and 2014 seasons, al-Wahda won the championship. In the AFC Cup 2004 the club reached 2nd place. The club won the Syrian National Cup in 1993 and 2003.

The most successful division of the club is the women's basketball team. There are also teams of men and women in martial arts and handball.

Club successes

National

  • Syrian professional league
Champion: 2003/04, 2014
  • Syrian Cup
Winner: 1993, 2003
Finalist: 1983/84

Continental

  • AFC Cup
Finalist: 2004

Individual evidence

  1. rsssf.com Overview of the masters