Manama Club (football)

Manama Club

Full name	Manama Club
Founded	1946 (1946)
Ground	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain
Capacity	24,000
Chairman	Yousif Zaman
Manager	Haitham Jatal
League	Bahraini Premier League
2021–22	Bahraini Premier League, 2nd of 10
Home colours Away colours

Manama Club (Arabic: المنامة) is a Bahraini professional football club, founded in 1946 and based in Manama, that competes in the Bahraini Premier League, the top flight of Bahraini football.

Manama Club, formally known as Al Taj, is a well-known basketball club in the Gulf and Asia. They have two Gulf Championships, and were the first-ever Bahraini club and second-ever Gulf club to come in third place in the 2000 ABC Champions Cup. Manama Club has won over 45 titles in domestic competitions. The club is not as successful in football, however they won their first two titles, the Bahraini King's Cup and Bahraini Super Cup, in 2017. Patryk Bora, polish top player, played in this club in 2012.

Football achievements

• Bahraini King's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
• Bahraini Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017

Stadiums and facilities

The football club currently shares the Bahrain National Stadium (capacity 35,000) with four other clubs. Regular basketball matches are played in Um Al Hassam at the Zain Basketball Arena (capacity 2,000) while playoffs are held at the Khalifa Sport City Arena (capacity 4,000). The club's training facilities for football and basketball are located in Juffair.

Other sports

Besides football and basketball, Manama Club has teams for bowling.

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2018	AFC Cup	Group B	Al-Jaish	0–0	1–0	4th
			Al-Ahed	0–1	3–1
			Al-Zawraa	1–3	2–1
2020	AFC Cup	Group A	Al-Jaish		0–0
			Al-Ahed	1–0
			Hilal Al-Quds

External links

• [ fc-manama.com] (Official website) (in Arabic)