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| Full name | Al-Jalil Sports Club |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | وحوش الشمال Wuhush Al-Shamaal (Monsters of the North) |
| Founded | 1952; 74 years ago (1952) |
| Ground | Al-Hassan Stadium Irbid Municipal Stadium |
| Capacity | 12,000 5,000 |
| Chairman | Saeed Ajawi[1] |
| League | Jordanian Second Division League |
| 2024–25 | Jordanian First Division League, 13th of 14 (relegated) |
 Current season | |
Al-Jalil Sports Club (Arabic:نادي الجليل الرياضي) is afootball club based inIrbid,Jordan, which competes in theJordanian Second Division League, the third tier ofJordanian football.
The club also has amen's basketball team.
Al-Jalil SC was founded in 1952 and was named after theGalilee region in Palestine, which includes areas ofNorthern Palestine, such as Nazareth, Tiberias, Safed, and more.[2] It was formed by the people ofIrbid Camp. The club aimed to provide the social, cultural and sporting aspect to theIrbid Camp community. Throughout its history, the club played a national role in promoting the Palestinian cause and theright to return, and has carried out many activities for their community.[3] It is best known for their football, as well as theirbasketball programs. Other programs include table tennis, chess, weightlifting and boxing.[4]
On 2 November 2006, Al-Jalil held a presidential election between Radwan Abu Tabaneh and Dr. Abdul Karim Kanaan.[5]
On 27 July 2008, Al-Jalil faced harsh penalties from theJordan Football Association's Discipline and Conduct Committee while at theJordanian First Division League, by awardingAl-Qawqazi a 3-0 win, suspending Al-Jalil player Nour El-Din Ibrahim Mustafa for four matches that season, as well as suspending manager Khaled Saleh Musleh, and the team doctor, Talal Ahmed, for one year, as well as various fines, for insulting the referee and attempting to attack him.[6]
Al-Jalil was noted to have been struggling as a club during the2011–12 Jordan League, with them incurring a 1-6 defeat toAl-Faisaly that season.[7] They were later relegated to theJordanian First Division League, afterMansheyat Bani Hasan andThat Ras ended in a draw.[8]
On 11 December 2014, Al-Jalil President Saeed Ajawi noted how Syrian footballers displayed high professionalism, whilst benefiting the club's limited financial capabilities, where they attempted to sign footballer Omar Al-Hamwi until the end of its season.[9]
Fadi Awad, who was a product of Al-Jalil, had stated on 19 May 2016, that he would not play in Jordan, unless it was for Al-Jalil orAl-Wehdat.[10]
During the delayed2020 Jordan League Division 1 Al-Jalil had successfully won an appeal from theJFA's Disciplinary Committee, which meant that they would have a chance to return to theJordanian Pro League.[11] A day later, on 22 January 2021, Al-Jalil gained promotion back to theJordanian Pro League for the third time in its history.[12][13]
On 9 March 2021, Al-Jalil terminated the contract of Sharif Al-Nawaisha, after he had signed for the club a week earlier.[14]
On 13 March 2021, Al-Jalil made club history by winning its firstJordan Shield Cup as a newly promoted side againstAl-Wehdat in the2021 season, to which Al-Jalil won 6-5 on penalties, after a 1-1 draw atPrince Mohammed Stadium inZarqa.[15][16] Al-Jalil were unable to celebrate the occasion, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.[17][18]
Despite the historic achievement, Al-Jalil terminated their manager Hussein Al-Alwaneh on May 19, due to a string of poor results during the2021 Jordanian Pro League season.[19][20]
Al-Jalil reached the round of 16 of the2021 Jordan FA Cup, where this time, they fell short toAl-Wehdat.[21]
On 24 September 2021 and 29 September 2021, Al-Jalil was once again at the center of the Disciplinary Committee, being surrounded with two different rulings against the club.[22][23]
On 27 September 2022, Al-Jalil hiredBashar Bani Yaseen as their manager for the remaining games of the2022 Jordanian First Division League,[24] to which he announced on his personal account that his contract had ended, after he had successfully brought Al-Jalil back to theJordanian Pro League once again.[25]
On 30 July 2023, in addition to Al-Jalil electing a new administration, they signed a collection of foreign footballers to the club, in preparation to the2023–24 Jordanian Pro League season.[26]
Al-Jalil saw acup match againstShabab Al-Aqaba get postponed, due to an electrical malfunction in the middle of the game.[27] They proceeded to get eliminated at the round of 16, after a 6-7 penalty shootout loss to Shabab Al-Aqaba.
Despite Al-Jalil's last win at the2023–24 Jordanian Pro League season coming on 28 October 2023, they managed to grab a draw to a strugglingAl-Wehdat side on 3 March 2024.[28] Al-Jalil's relegation to the2024 Jordanian First Division League was later confirmed on 19 May 2024, finishing in last place with 12 total points.[29][30]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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As of 30 July 2023[32][33][34]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President |  Ghazi Al-Hamaideh |
| Vice-President and Head of the Football Committee | Saeed Ajawi |
| Media Spokesperson and Head of the Age Groups Committee | Salah Al-Haija |
| Secretary and Head of the Orphan Boys Committee | Suleiman Al-Shalabi |
| Treasurer | Saleh Abu Al-Haija |
| Technical Director / Head coach | Mohammed Al-Ababneh |
| Coach | Ahmed Al-Shalabi |
| Assistant coach | Anas Al-Zboon |
| Fitness coach and performance analyst | Bilal Hafnawi |
| Goalkeeping coach | Omar Duweikat |
Jabbar Hamid[35]
Abdel-Naser MakeesHussein AlwanehJabbar HamidBashar Bani YaseenOsama QasimMohammed Al-AbabnehThe following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before, during or after playing for Al-Jalil SC (Irbid):
Omar AbdulrazaqMustafa Abu MusamehAmer AliFadi AwadLaith Al-BashtawiOday Al-JafalKhaldoun Al-KhuzamiAhmed MareiAbdel-Ru'ouf Al-RawabdehAnas Al-Zboun Montsar Satabouha[36] Hazal Al-Sarhan[37] Omaya Al-Maita[38] Suhaib Al-Zoubi[39] Mohammad Khater[40][41] Youssef Hassan[42] Odai Shedifat[43]