Afrin SC
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| Full name | Afrin Sport Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Afrin SC | |||
| Founded | 1984 | |||
| Ground | Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo | |||
| Capacity | 15,000 | |||
| Chairman | Ahmed Mado | |||
| Manager | Osama Hadad | |||
| League | Syrian League 1st Division | |||
| 2021-2022 | Syrian Premier League 14th (relegated) | |||
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Afrin Sports Club (Arabic: نادي عفرين الرياضي, romanized: Nādī ʿAfrīn al-Riyāḍī; Kurdish: Kuluba ya Efrînê) is a Syrian professional football club based in Afrin. The club was founded in 1984, and competed in the Syrian Premier League in 2007–08 and 2009–10, and promoted for the 2021–22 season.[1] Club was moved to Aleppo due to the Turkish occupation of Afrin in 2018 and plays home matches at the Hamadaniah and 7 April stadiums.[2]
References
- ^ "عفرين يقترب من حلم العودة للدوري السوري". Kooora (in Arabic). 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Syria war: Turkey-backed forces oust Kurds from heart of Afrin". BBC. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018.