Fanja (football club)
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| Full name | Fanja Sports Club نادي فنجاء الرياضي |
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| Nickname(s) |
Al-Malik (The King) |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Ground |
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Royal Oman Police Stadium Boshar, Muscat, Oman Al-Seeb Stadium Al-Seeb, Al-Batinah, Oman |
| Capacity | 14,000 |
| Chairman |
 Sheikh Saif Abdullah Al-Sumri
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| Manager |
Abdulraheem Al-Hajri
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| League | Oman Professional League |
| 2014–15 | 2nd (Runners-up) |
| Website | Club home page |
Fanja Sports Club (Arabic: نادي فنجاء الرياضي; also known locally as Al-Malik, or "The King" because of their great success, or just plainly as Fanja) is an Omani sports club based in Fanja, Oman. The club is currently playing in the Oman Professional League, top division of Oman Football Association. Their home ground is Al-Seeb Stadium. The stadium is government owned, but they also own their own personal stadium and sports equipment, as well as their own training facilities.
Fanja SC was founded in 1970 and registered in the very next year in 1971. The club has an illustrious history with a total of eight Omani League titles to their name. The club's best years were in the 1970s and the 1980s, but the death of the club owner HRH Sayyid Sami adversely affected the club and after that for the next 20 years, Fanja failed to receive even one trophy. Their most recent achievement was in 2014 when they won the 2013–14 Sultan Qaboos Cup for the record 9th time in a 2-0 win over Al-Nahda Club. It took more than two decades - 23 years to be precise - for Fanja SC to regain the most coveted and prestigious football title in Oman, the Sultan Qaboos Cup.
Fanja Club (Fanja), nicknamed the "The King", is one of the most popular and successful clubs in the Sultanate of Oman. The club is not only a popular club in Oman, but also in the wider Gulf Cooperation Council as well as in other Arab and African countries.
The club was founded in 1973, and has always been supportive of the difference of football in Oman. Fanja was the first Omani club to win an international tournament. It was the 1989 Gulf Club Champions Cup, later named GCC Champions League. Fanja defeated Al-Muharraq SC of Bahrain in a penalty shootout after the match had ended 1-1 in the normal time. Fanja has appeared four times in the same tournament.
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