Manama Club (football)
Manama Club (Arabic: المنامة) is a Bahraini professional football club based in Manama. Founded in 1946, the club competes in Bahraini Premier League, the top flight of football in the country.[1]
Full name | Manama Club | ||
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Founded | 1946 | ||
Ground | Bahrain National Stadium | ||
Capacity | 24,000 | ||
Chairman | Yousif Zaman | ||
Manager | Haitham Jatal | ||
League | Bahraini Premier League | ||
2022–23 | Bahraini Premier League, 2nd of 10 | ||
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Manama Club, formally known as Al Taj, is a well-known basketball club in the Gulf and Asia. They have two Gulf Championships, and were the first-ever Bahraini club and second-ever Gulf club to come in third place in the 2000 ABC Champions Cup. Manama Club has won over 45 titles in domestic competitions. The club is not as successful in football, however they won their first two titles, the Bahraini King's Cup and Bahraini Super Cup, in 2017. Patryk Bora, polish top player, played in this club in 2012.
Other sports
Besides football and basketball, Manama Club has teams for bowling.
Continental record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2018 | AFC Cup | Group B | Al-Jaish | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4th |
Al-Ahed | 0–1 | 3–1 | ||||
Al-Zawraa | 1–3 | 2–1 | ||||
2020 | AFC Cup | Group A | Al-Jaish | 0–0 | ||
Al-Ahed | 1–0 | |||||
Hilal Al-Quds |
References
- Manama Club Fans, Facebook.
- "In Pictures: Manama claim first King's Cup title". AFC. 3 March 2017.