Homs Al Fidaa SC
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| Full name | Homs Al Fidaa Sports Club | ||
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| Nicknames | The Knights (Arabic: الفرسان) | ||
| Founded | 1937 as Al-Fedaa Club | ||
| Ground | Khaled bin Walid Stadium Homs Municipal Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 32,000 25,000 | ||
| Chairman | Youssef Salameh | ||
| Manager | Dirar Raddawi | ||
| League | Syrian Premier League | ||
| 2025–26 | Syrian Premier League, 2nd of 16 | ||
| Website | Official page | ||
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Homs Al Fidaa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي حمص الفداء الرياضي), formerly Al-Wathba Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الوثبة الرياضي), is a Syrian professional football club based in Homs that competes in the Syrian Premier League.[1]
The club has a men's basketball team.
History
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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.[citation needed]
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]
In August 2025, the club reverted to its original name, "Homs Al Fidaa."[7] The club concluded the 2025–26 season in second place, finishing one point behind Al Ittihad Ahli.[8]
Achievements
[edit]- Al-Wathba Cup:
- Winners (1): 2020
Current squad
[edit]- As of 12 October 2026[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Performance in the AFC competition
[edit]- AFC Cup: 1 appearance
- 2020: abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- AFC Challenge League: 1 appearance
- 2026–27: TBD
Continental record
[edit]| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away |
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| 2020 | AFC Cup | Group B |  Al-Faisaly |
– | 0–0 |
 Al-Kuwait |
0–0 | – | |||
 Al-Ansar |
– | – | |||
| 2026–27 | AFC Challenge League | Preliminary stage |  Dordoi Bishkek |
1–1 (8–7 p) | |
| Group B |  Istiklol |
1–0 | |||
| Nejmeh |
2–1 | ||||
| Al-Arabi |
2–0 | ||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Al Wathba". Eurosport. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ↑ "نادي الوثبة الرياضي.. تاريخ حافل بالبطولات". SANA. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ "Syria footballer killed as mortars hit stadium". AFP. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Syria footballer 'killed in Damascus stadium attack'". BBC News. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
- ↑ "لقب اول للوثبة في كأس سوريا". elaph.com (in Arabic). 29 June 2019.
- ↑ "مدير الكرة بالوثبة في حوار لكووورة: كنا نستحق حصد لقب الدوري السوري". kooora.com (in Arabic). 1 August 2020.
- ↑ "نادي حمص الفداء يستعد لإطلاق هويته البصرية الجديدة". SANA. 27 August 2025.
- ↑ "حمص الفداء بطل مرحلة الإياب بلا منازع" (in Arabic). alwatan.sy. 4 July 2026.
- ↑ "⚽️ بعثة فريقنا الأول بكرة القدم المتوجهة إلى طاجيكستان لخوض منافسات دور المجموعات من بطولة دوري التحدي الآسيوي بكرة القدم ." facebook.com (in Arabic). نادي الوثبة الرياضي - Al-Wathba SC. 12 October 2026. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
External links
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