Al-Karamah SC

Khaled bin Al-Walid Club was established in 1928 at the time of French mandate through the city’s youth who thought of establishing a sports club that would include them and allow them to practice sports officially. Founders were: pharmacist Lian Traboulsi, Abdul Qader Al Jamali, Haider Al Droubi, Salah Al Husseini, Mamdouh Moussalli, Abdul Rahman Rashad, Nasouh, Yasser, Juma, Shawkat, Raafat Al Atassi, Abdel Moamen Al Sheikha, Burhan Al Droubi and Reda Al Jamali.

After they founded the club, their first championship was in the game on April 25 1948, where they won the Qatar championship as representatives of the national team Homs after their victory in the final match against the team Aleppo] with two goals to one after the extension, and scored the first goal by the breeder Satea Al-Atassi and the second goal by Qusai Al-Jabri, and Khaled Club maintained its title the following year and then returned to win the Syria championship in 1952 and football was the main game in this club.

On February 18, 1971, Hafez al-Assad issued Legislative Decree No. /38/ regulating the sports movement in the Syrian Arab Republic and as a result, the sports clubs were merged by a decision of the Executive Office of the General Sports Federation No. /59 The date of August 18, 1972, and Al-Karama Club is the outcome of the merger of several civil clubs in the city of Homs, which are the Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed – Al-Wahda – Al-Jihad – Al-Tadamon – Al-Tala’a clubs.

In the 1974-1975 season, Al-Karama won the first league championship under the leadership of coach Omar Saleh Agha. Then he took the lead by collecting the League and the Cup for the first time in the Syria season 1982. - 1983 led by Jamil Jarro, and then, during the 1983-1984 season, he wanted to repeat the achievement, so he held the league championship and was not allowed to hold the cup when he was considered a legal loser against Al-Ittihad Al-Halabi despite his progress with the match result due to the rioting of his fans. This meeting was in The semi-finals of the competition, but he returned to carry the Cup of the Republic in the year 1987, and then to repeat his achievement in the 1995-1996 season.

so he carried the League Championship and then the Republic Cup led by Abdul-Nafi Hamwi, and competed with Al-Jaish Club seasons 1998 - 1999 and 2000 - 2001 and runners-up led by Muhammad Quwaid, as well as in the 2003-2004 season and the 2004-2005 season as runners-up for the league champion led by Imad Khankan and then returned to the tone of the championships led by Muhammad Quwid by achieving the league championship in the 2005-2006 season, to return He maintains his title in the 2006-2007 season, wins the Republic Cup for the fifth time in its history, collects the double for the third time, and repeats the title. Unprecedented achievement in maintaining the league and cup double for the 2007-2008 season, winning the seventh league championship and the sixth Syrian Cup championship. And in the 2008-2009 season, Al-Karama started its season faltering after the departure of the management of Riyadh Al-Habal and the departure of the team’s coach, Muhammad Quwid, and some of the team’s stars, and he was threatened with relegation. |Al-Ittihad]] until the two teams were equal in points and the goal difference between them, so that a play-off match was resorted to for the first time in the history of Syrian football in Municipal Stadium in Latakia and Al-Karama won 2-1 in a league he will never forget The club’s fans because of the difficulties the team faced to achieve its title, and it held the title of Cup of the Republic in the same year and became the first Syrian club to win the double for three consecutive seasons.

The club is currently headed by Mortada Al-Dandashy, succeeding Muhammad Harba, who came to succeed Riyad Al-Habbal, and before him, the engineer Nasouh Al-Baroudi, who witnessed dignity during their tenure of office.

Al-Karamah won the double (league and cup) in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09

In 2006 the club reached the finals AFC Champions League campaign, winning most of the major Asian football teams. The club played on the way to the semi-final Al Wahda from the UAE, Saba Battery from Iran with the team was led by the international goal scorer Ali Daei and Al-Gharafa from Qater (Qater League current champions at the time). They finished at the top of group and qualified for the Asian CL quarter-finals with 4 wins and 2 losses.[3]

In the quarter-final the club played Al Ittihad where they lost in the first leg in Jeddah 0–2. In the return match at home, Alkarameh scored 2 goals during the first 90 minutes and the match went into extra time. In extra time, Mohannad Ibrahim scored 2 goals and Al-Karamah ended up winning the game 4–0 which caused a tie with an overall aggregate score of 4–2 causing a great surprise in AFC Champions League history.[4]

The club moved on to play Al-Qadisya of Kuwait in the semi-final. The first leg in Homs, Syria. resulting in 0–0 draw. while Al-Karamah was in possession for 85% of the time. The return leg was in Kuwait. Al-Karamah won the game by scoring in the 14th minute of the match by Aatef Jenyat.

On 1 November 2006, the club played Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea) where Al Karama lost the first leg 2–0 in South Korea. In the second leg, Al Karama won 2–1 in Homs but the final aggregate score was 2–3, making Jeonbuk the 2006 AFC Champion League Winner.[5]

• Syrian Premier League: 8
  • Champions: 1974–75, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Syrian Cup: 8
  • Champions: 1982–83, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Syrian Super Cup: 2
  • Champions: 1985, 2008

• AFC Champions League:
  • Runners-up: 2006
• AFC Cup:
  • Runners-up: 2009

Accurate as of 1 October 2022

Season	Competition	Round	Nat.	Club	Home	Away
2000–01	Asian Club Championship	1R		Al-Hilal	0–0	1–2
2006	AFC Champions League	Group		Al-Wahda	2–1	2–4
		Group		Saba Battery	1–0	2–1
		Group		Al-Gharafa	3–1	0–4
		QF		Al-Ittihad	4–0 (aet)	0–2
		SF		Al Qadsia	0–0	1–0
		Final		Jeonbuk Motors	2–1	0–2
2007	AFC Champions League	Group		Al Sadd	2–1	1–1
		Group		Neftchi Farg'ona	2–0	1–2
		Group		Najaf	1–1	4–2
		QF		Seongnam Ilhwa	0–2	1–2
2008	AFC Champions League	Group		Al-Wahda	4–1	0–1
		Group		Al-Ahli	0–0	1–1
		Group		Al-Sadd	1–0	2–0
		QF		Gamba Osaka	1–2	0–2
2009	AFC Cup	Group		Mohun Bagan	1–0	4–0
		Group		Al-Kuwait	2–1	1–2
		Group		Al-Wahdat	3–1	1–3
		Round of 16		Busaiteen	2–1 (aet)
		QF		Al-Arabi	0–0	0–0 (5–4 pen.)
		SF		Bình Dương	3–0	1–2
		Final		Al-Kuwait	1–2
2010	AFC Champions League	Play-off SF		Al-Wahda	0–1
2010	AFC Cup	Group		Saham	2–0	4–1
		Group		Shabab Al-Ordon	1–1	2–2
		Group		Al-Ahli	2–0	1–0
		Round of 16		Nasaf Qarshi	1–0
		QF		Muangthong United	1–0	0–2
2011	AFC Cup	Group		Al-Oruba	2–2	1–1
		Group		Arbil	0–3	1–1
		Group		Al-Ahed	3–2	1–4

Accurate as of 1 October 2022

Season	Competition	Round	Nat.	Club	Home	Away
2004–05	Arab Club Champions Cup	1R		Zamalek	0–0	0–1