Al-Faisaly Club

Al-Faisaly Club

Full name	Al-Faisaly Club of Amman
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem Al-Nisr Al-Azraq (The Blue Eagles)
Founded	1932
Ground	Amman International Stadium Amman, Jordan (Capacity: 25,000)
Chairman	Sultan Al-Odwan
Manager	Rateb Al-Awadat
League	Jordan League
2011-12	1st
Home colours Away colours

For the Saudi Arabian football team, see Al-Faisaly FC (Harmah).

Al-Faisaly Club (Arabic: النادي الفيصلي‎) is a Jordanian football club in the Jordan Football Association's competitions (Jordan League, Jordan FA Cup, Jordan FA Shield and Jordan Super Cup), it's based in Amman, winning the League a record 32 times,^[1] the Cup 16 times, the Shield 6 times and the Super Cup 13 times.^[2]

Some of these Al-Faisaly players are frequently chosen to play on the Jordan national football team. Al-Faisaly was the AFC Cup champion for 2005 and 2006.^[3]

Achievements

• Jordan League: 32

1944, 1945, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012

• Jordan FA Cup: 17

1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012

• Jordan FA Shield: 7

1987–1988, 1991–1992, 1992–1993, 1997–1998, 2000–2001, 2007–2008, 2011–2012

• Jordan Super Cup: 13

1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006

• AFC Cup: 2

2005, 2006

• Arab Champions League:

2007: Runner up

• Arab Cup Winners Cup:

1996: Runner up

• Arab Super Cup:

2000: Runner up

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearances

2002–03: Qualifying West - 3rd Round

• AFC Cup: 6 appearances

2005: Champion

2006: Champion

2007: Runners-up

2009: Group Stage

2011: Round of 16

2012: Group Stage

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearance

1990–91: Second Round

1994–95: withdrew in First Round

Current squad

2010-2011 squad^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Lo'ai Al-Amaireh 2 DF Abdel-Ilah Al-Hanahneh 3 MF Amer Abu Amer 4 MF Maan Abu Qadais 5 DF Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh 6 MF Hassouneh Al-Sheikh (Captain) 7 DF Mohammad Khamees 8 MF Baha' Abdul-Rahman 9 FW Ahmed Hayel 10 MF Mohannad Maharmeh 11 FW Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 13 MF Khalil Bani Attiah 14 FW Ra'ed Al-Nawateer 15 MF Shareef Adnan 17 MF Mohammad Al-Otaibi

No. Position Player 18 DF Yusuf Al-Naber 20 DF Mohammad Zuhair 21 GK Mohammad Shatnawi 24 FW Abdullah Al-Attar 26 FW Khaldoun Al-Khawaldeh 27 MF Essam Mubaideen 44 MF Mohammad Al-Qatawneh FW Samer Samih GK Bilal Abu Lawi DF Fat’hi Qasem MF Mohammad Shawish

Former and notable players

Managerial history

• Branko Smiljanić (2006–2008)
• Adnan Hamad (2006)
• Alaa' Nabeel (2008–2009)
• Mohammad Al-Yamani
• Nizar Mahrous (2009)
• Tha'er Jassam
• Math'har Al-Saeed (2009–2010)
• Mohammad Al-Yamani (2010–2011)
• Tha'er Jassam (2011–2012)
• Math'har Al-Saeed (2012)

Football hooliganism

Riots have repeatedly broken out between supporters of Al-Wahdat and Al-Faisaly. The riots are regarded as reflecting tensions between the Palestinian supporters of Al-Wahdat and the Al-Faisaly fans, mostly of east bank origin.^[5][6]

Sponsorship

Official sponsor

• Zain

Kit providers

• Jako
• Uhlsport
• Puma

References

External links

• [1]
• [2]
• [3]
• (Arabic) Fan site
• (Arabic) Fan site#2

v t e Jordan League 2010/2011 teams Al-Yarmouk Al-Ramtha SC Kfarsoum Al-Arabi Al-Baqa'a SC Al-Faisaly Al-Hussein Al-Jazeera Al-Ahli Al-Wahdat Manshia Bani Hassan Shabab Al-Ordon