Omaya SC

Omayya SC
Full nameOmayya Sports Club
Nickname(s)The North Earthquake
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
GroundIdlib Municipal Stadium
Capacity7,500

Omaya Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أمية الرياضي) is a Syrian football club located in province of Idlib in the northwest of Syria. Omaya SC Played in the second division in Syria and the Syrian Premier League. The club won the Second Division in Syria and was promoted to the Syrian first division League for the first time in 1991. In 2015, the club announced its withdrawal from the Syrian Premier League because of the Syrian civil war.[citation needed]

Club history

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Omaya Sports Club was founded in 1951, holding the name Arab Brotherhood Club, and remained under this name until the formation of Syrian Sports Association, when Omayya SC was classified to play in the second division league.[citation needed]

Promotion and relegation

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The club was promoted to the first division for the first time in 1991 and then returned to the second division league. In the 2001–2002 season, the club was promoted to the first division again, where it remained for four seasons. They were promoted again in 2008. In 2015, the club announced its withdrawal from the Syrian league.[citation needed]

Notable players

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The club provided the Syrian National team with player.[citation needed]

2015 squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Syria SYR Samer Ram Hamdani
GK Syria SYR Osama Salama
GK Syria SYR Shaker Al Zerj
DF Syria SYR Zakaria Bodaqa
DF Syria SYR Ghazwan Doweek
DF Syria SYR Zakaria Hassan Bik
DF Syria SYR Sulayman Yousef
DF Syria SYR Shadi Zarteet
MF Syria SYR Moqawam Abbas
MF Syria SYR Suhail Tatan
MF Syria SYR Shadi Bakhoury
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Syria SYR Mohamed Sahyouni
MF Togo TOG Komi Akoiti
MF Syria SYR Samer Hamada
MF Syria SYR Mahmoud Ossi
MF Syria SYR Burhan Tatan
MF Syria SYR Abdulkader Al Alem
MF Syria SYR Nader Harbali
MF Syria SYR Obaid Salal
FW Senegal SEN Maniche Amoa
FW Syria SYR Samer Yazji
FW Syria SYR Safuan Basmaji
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