Al-Faisaly FC (Amman)

Al-Faisaly FC

Full name	Al-Faisaly Football Club of Amman
Nickname(s)	الفيصلي) الزعيم) (Al-Faisaly) Al-Zaeem النسر الأزرق Al-Nisr Al-Azraq (The Blue Eagles)
Founded	1932
Ground	Amman International Stadium (capacity: 25,000)
Chairman	Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan
Manager	Feras Al-Khalayleh
League	Jordan League
2012–13	5th
Home colours Away colours

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

Al-Faisaly FC (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, the Cup 16 times, the Shield 7 times and the Super Cup 14 times.

Al-Faisaly was the AFC Cup champion for 2005 and 2006.

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: 14

1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012

• 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 Appearance

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 Appearances

1990–91: Second Round

1994–95: Withdrew in First Round

Current squad

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 (Vice-Captain) 2 DF Abdel-Ilah Al-Hanahneh 3 MF Diab Ibrahim 4 DF Maan Abu Qdais 5 DF Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh 6 MF Hassouneh Al-Sheikh (Captain) 7 DF Mohammad Khamees 8 DF Yusuf Al-Naber 9 FW Ashraf Nu'man 10 FW Khaldoun Al-Khawaldeh 11 FW Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh 12 GK Mohammad Shatnawi 13 MF Khalil Bani Attiah 14 FW Yazan Tannous 15 MF Shareef Adnan 16 MF Anas Hijah 17 DF Hatem Aqel 18 MF Khader Yousef 19 MF Amer Abu Amer 20 MF Hussein Ziad

No. Position Player 22 GK Bilal Abu Lawi 23 FW Hatem Abu Khadra 24 DF Mohammad Al-Saqri 25 GK Nourideen bani Attiah 26 MF Ibrahim Fahed 27 DF Moteab Al-Khalayleh 28 MF Tamer Haj Mohamad 29 FW Abdullah Al-Attar 30 FW Yusuf Ra'ed 32 MF Amer Wrikat 44 MF Mohammad Al-Qatawneh MF Sa'ed Al-Daboubi MF Mohammad Zuhair MF Mohammad Shawish FW Samer Samih

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
First team head coach	Feras Al-Khalayleh
Goalkeeping coach	Walid Abu Hamid
Team Doctor	Shadi Al-Assi
Managing director	Thamer Al-Odwan

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Former and notable players

Milad Abbassi (retired) Jamal Abu Abed (retired) Qusai Abu Alieh Lo'ai Al-Amaireh Rateb Al-Awadat (retired) Feras Al-Khalayleh (retired) Zibn Al-Khawaldeh (died) Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan (retired) (chairman) Haitham Al-Shboul (retired) Hassouneh Al-Sheikh Nihad Al-Souqar (retired) Siraj Al-Tall (retired) Mohammad Al-Yamani (retired) Hatem Aqel Adnan Awad (retired) Khaled Awad (retired) Mohammad Awad (retired) Mohannad Mahadeen (retired) Khaled Saad Mo'ayyad Salim (retired) Anis Shafiq (retired) Jeris Tadrus (retired) Osama Talal (retired) Mohammad Zuheir

Mahmoud Al-Hanfi Muhammad Adel Mustafa Ibrahim Haidar Abdul-Amir Razzaq Farhan Omar Manajed Arkan Najib Hamed Qasem Ali Salah Hashim Jacopo Zenga Darko Krsteski (retired) Fadi Lafi Ashraf Nu'man Khader Yousef Alin Chita (retired) Tamer Haj Mohamad Mohamad Hamwi Nader Jokhadar Arkan Najib Junior Zachariah Simukonda

Managerial history

Rashad Al-Mufti (1944–1954) Shahada Musa (1954–1970) Mohammad Awad (1972–1987) Math'har Al-Saeed (1981–1985) Ahmed Hassan (1985–1986) Adnan Massoud (1986) Mohammad Awad (1986–1987) Math'har Al-Saeed (1987–1989) Adnan Massoud (1990) Math'har Al-Saeed (1990–1997) Nihad Al-Souqar (1997–1998) Mohammad Al-Yamani (1998) Khaled Awad (1998–2005)

Branko Smiljanić (2003–2006) Adnan Hamad (2006–2008) Alaa' Nabeel (2008) Nizar Mahrous (2008–2009) Tha'er Jassam (2009) Math'har Al-Saeed (2009–2010) Akram Ahmed Salman (2010) Mohammad Al-Yamani (2010–2011) Rateb Al-Awadat (2011) Tha'er Jassam (2011–2012) Math'har Al-Saeed (2012) Rateb Al-Awadat (2012) Valeriu Tița (2012–2013) Ayman Hakeem (2013–)

Presidential history

Name	From	To
Fawaz Al-Sharif	1932	1935
Dr. Qasem Al-Malhas	1935	1953
Dawla Suleiman Al-Nabulsi	1953	1956
Nasser Ibn Jamil	1956	1970
Al-Sheikh Sultan Majed Al-Odwan	1970	1978
Al-Sheikh Mustafa Al-Odwan	1978	1992
Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan	1992	2008
Al-Sayed Bakr Al-Odwan	2008
Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan	2008	Present-

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.

Derbi Amman

Is game football traditional Jordan which combines clubs Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly and received these games great interest among the sports community on the Arab level to afford the sensitivities and a long history between the two teams with Leila meetings since 1976:

#	Tournament	Al-Faisaly Wins	Al-Wehdat Wins	Draws	Total	Al-Faisaly Goals	Al-Wehdat Goals
1	Jordan Premier League	25	26	22	73	66	69
2	Jordan FA Cup	6	7	5	18	23	23
3	Jordan FA Shield	8	5	3	16	19	14
4	Jordan Super Cup	4	5	2	11	13	13
5	AFC Cup	3	0	1	4	4	2
6	Total	46	43	33	122	125	121

Sponsorship

Official sponsor

• Zain

Kit providers

• Jako
• Uhlsport
• Puma

External links

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• (Arabic) Fan site
• (Arabic) Fan site#2