Clubname: | Al-Horgelah SC |
Fullname: | Al-Horgelah Sports Club |
Nickname: | Lions of Rif Dimashq (Arabic: أسود ريف دمشق) |
Ground: | Municipal Stadium, Al-Horjelah Al-Jalaa Stadium, Damascus |
Manager: | Fajr Ibrahim |
League: | Syrian Premier League |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Position: | 12th (relegated) |
Al-Horgelah Sports Club is a Syrian professional football club based in Al-Horjelah, Rif Dimashq Governorate. It was founded in 2015.[1] They play their home games at the Municipal Stadium in Al-Horjelah, and Al-Jalaa Stadium in Damascus.
Al-Horgelah Sports Club were promoted to the Syrian Premier League for the 2020–21 season for the first time in their history; hence, they became the first club from the Rif Dimashq Governorate to play in the Syrian Premier League.[2] In their first season in the Syrian Premier League, they acquired Syrian coach Fajr Ibrahim and national goalkeeper Ibrahim Alma.[3]