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.
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.[citation needed]
In 1941, Al-Faisaly restarted, but they realized that they need 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.[2]
Colours
Al-Faisaly's home kit is all sky blue shirts and white shorts, while their away kit is all white shirts and black shorts.[citation needed]
Stadium
Al-Faisaly plays their home games at Amman International Stadium in Amman. The stadium was built in 1964 and opened in 1968, it is owned by The Jordanian government and operated by The higher council of youth. It is also the home stadium of Jordan national football team and Al-Jazeera. It has a current capacity of 17,619 spectators.[citation needed]
Support
The heads of the Al-Faisaly fan club (ultras) are currently Mazin Al-Binni and Khaled Al-Zarqawi.[citation needed]
Riots
Riots have repeatedly broken out for the past years between supporters and fans of Jordan's top rival clubs Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat, which is also a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. The riots are regarded as reflecting tensions between the Palestinian fans of Al-Wehdat and the Jordanian fans of Al-Faisaly.[3]
The Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game which combines clubs Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat.[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
^مدرب الفيصلي:النسر الازرق سيحلق من جديد [Al-Faisaly coach: The Blue Eagles will fly again]. gerasanews.com. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^Al Atiyat, Omar (4 April 2017). أول نادي لكرة القدم [The first football club]. Jordan Heritage. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^كلاسيكو الأردن (وحدات وفيصلي) بلغة الأرقام [Jordan Classico (Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly) in the language of numbers]. gitsport (in Arabic). 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^"The Team". Al-Faisaly SC (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ abcdeعشاق الفيصلي [Al-Faisaly Lovers]. faisalyfans.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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