Umayya
| Nadi Umayya | ||
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| Basic data | ||
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| Seat | Idlib | |
| founding | 1972 | |
| Colours | green red | |
| First soccer team | ||
| Venue | Al Baladi Stadium Idlib |
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| Places | nb | |
| league | Syrian professional league | |
| 2014 | 9th place (1st division, group B) | |
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Umayya (other spellings: Umaya, Omayya, Omaya or Oumayya; Arabic نادي أمية الرياضي, DMG Nādī Umayya ar-Riyāḍī , Sports Club ›Umayyads‹ ') is a sports club from the Syrian provincial town of Idlib with 110,000 inhabitants . The club plays its home games in the Al Baladi Stadium. The club was founded in 1972 and thus formed the successor to its predecessor, Al-Akhaa Sports Club Idlib , founded in the 1950s .
Umayya played in the Syrian First Division in 1991/1992, from 2001/2002 to 2004/2005 and from 2008/2009 to 2014 .
Other sports in the club are handball and martial arts (in men's and women's teams, especially in wrestling and judo).
Club successes
National
- 2nd Syrian League
- Champion and climber 2007/08