Al-Wathba SC explained

Clubname:	Al-Wathba SC
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Fullname:	Al-Wathba Sport Club
Nickname:	The Knights (ar\|الفرسان)
Ground:	Khaled bin Walid Stadium Bassel al-Assad Stadium
Capacity:	32,000 25,000
Chairman:	Youssef Salameh
Manager:	Firas Maasas
Founded:	as Al-Fedaa Club
League:	Syrian Premier League
Season:	2023–24
Position:	7th
Website:	https://www.facebook.com/ALWATHBASC/ Official page
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Current:	2021–22 Syrian Premier League

Al-Wathba Sport Club (ar|نادي الوثبة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Homs that competes in the Syrian Premier League.^[1]

History

One of the oldest Syrian clubs, Al-Wathba were founded in 1937 as "Al-Fedaa Club" by a number of young amateur athletes who used "Dar Al-Jodi", located in al-Hamidiyah neighborhood of Homs, to practice their sport activities.^[2] In 1953, the club obtained the license, adding football, basketball games, athletics, swimming, and cycling. They won the Homs championship from 1963 to 1968.

Al-Wathba is the first football club represented the city of Homs in the Syrian Premier League which started in 1973. The club was very close to winning the Premier League many times during the 1980s, the best place they achieved is 2nd in the 1981–82 season.

In February 2013, during the Syrian civil war, Yussef Sleman,^[3] one of the players was killed in a mortar strike at the Tishreen Stadium.^[4]

In 2019, Al-Wathba won the Syrian Cup, to be their first title in their history.^[5] In 2019–20 season, Al-Wathba finished second in the league, their best position since 1981–82.^[6]