History
Al-Faisaly Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الفيصلي الرياضي) is a Jordanian professional football club based in Amman. Founded in 1932, the club competes in the Jordanian Pro League, the top flight of Jordanian football. Nicknamed "the Blue Eagles", they were founded as Al-Ashbal Club in 1932.
They won 86 official titles, 35 league titles, 21 Jordan FA Cups, 18 Jordan Super Cups, and 10 Jordan FA Shield s being the record holder for all these competitions, and 2 AFC Cups. Their rivals are Al-Wehdat, a club formed by a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman.
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Foundation and first years
The club was founded in 1932 under the name Al-Ashbal Club. Football was not the only sport they played. However, because of a lack of financial resources, they focused on the most popular sport in Jordan, football.
In 1941, Al-Faisaly restarted, but they realized that they needed a large budget. They decided to issue a charity lottery and set up a committee to meet with the Jordanian army chief John Bagot Glubb to obtain official approval to sell the lottery tickets to Jordanian army units. The cultural committee was active in distributing the Lottery, which resulted in the collection of 3,700 Jordanian dinars, and this amount was enough to get a piece of land next to the Islamic Scientific College "currently" in Jabal Amman near "first" circle and "rainbow" street, and intend to rebuild the club and to raise the declaration again, they had what they wanted The club returned under the name of Al-Faisaly this time.
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Squad
| # | Goalkeepers | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noureddin Bani Attiah | ||
| 22 | A. Al Talalga | ||
| 99 | Abdallah Al Fakhouri |
| # | Defenders | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Mohannad Khairullah | ||
| 4 | A. Abd Rabbo | ||
| 5 | H. Abu Al Dahab | ||
| 12 | M. Haddad | ||
| 21 | A. Badawi | ||
| 23 | Ehsan Haddad | ||
| 77 | Qutaiba Al Ajalin | ||
| 94 | Ahmad Abu Koush |
| # | Midfielders | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | S. Simporé | ||
| 7 | Ahmad Ersan | ||
| 8 | Noor Al Rawabdeh | ||
| 14 | A. Al Maharmeh | ||
| 16 | Fadel Haikal | ||
| 17 | Ghaith Al Madadha | ||
| 18 | J. Ahoua | ||
| 24 | C. Saldana | ||
| 27 | Salaah Al Yahyaei |
| # | Forwards | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Claudio Maradona | ||
| 10 | M. Al Attar | ||
| 11 | Amin Al Shanaineh | ||
| 15 | A. M. Hammad A. | ||
| 20 | Reziq Bani Hani | ||
| 30 | Waseem Al Riyalat | ||
| 57 | Malek Allan |
