Full name | Al-Faisaly Sports Club of Amman |
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Nickname(s) |
الزعيم (The Boss) النسر الأزرق (The Blue Eagles) |
Short name | FAI |
Founded | 10 August 1932 |
Ground | Amman International Stadium |
Capacity | 17,619 |
Chairman | Al-Sheikh Sultan Al-Odwan |
Manager | Nebojša Jovović |
League | Jordan League |
2016–17 | 1st |
Al-Faisaly Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الفيصلي الرياضي) is football club in Jordan, formed in Amman in 1932, which is also considered as the most successful football club in Jordan's history and the only club to win 77 trophies, it's also considered as one of the most successful in the region, winning Jordanian football club tournaments, the Jordan League, Jordan FA Cup, Jordan FA Shield, Jordan Super Cup and AFC Cup multiple times. Their current competitive or rival team is Al-Wehdat SC, a club formed by a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman which is also one of the best clubs in the country, winning local tournaments as many times as their rival team Al-Faisaly.
The management of the club has always been run by Al-Odwan family and still till today, with head of the club Al-Shiekh Sultan Al-Odwan, former player of the club and the Jordan national team, and former president of the JFA.
Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game which combines clubs Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly and these games received great interest among the sports community on the Domestic and Arab level to afford the sensitivities and a long history between the two teams with meetings since 28 November 1976:
Heads of the Al-Faisaly SC (Amman) fan club are currently Mazin Al-Binni and Khaled Al-Zarqawi.
Riots have repeatedly broken out for the past years between supporters and fans of Jordan's top rival clubs Al-Faisaly and Al-Wahdat, which is also a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. The riots are regarded as reflecting tensions between the Palestinian fans of Al-Wahdat and the Jordanian fans of Al-Faisaly.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.