Ouroube SC
Full name | Ouroube Sports Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Ararat (Armenian:Արարատ) | ||
Founded | 1923 | ||
Ground | Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium | ||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||
League | Syrian League 3rd Division | ||
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Ouroube active sections | ||
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Football |
Women's Basketball |
Ouroube Sports Club(Arabic:نادي العروبة الرياضي) (Armenian:Ուրուբե) is aSyriansports club based inAleppo,best known for theirfootballteam andbasketballteams (men and women).[1][2]Founded in 1923, Ouroube is the oldest sports organization in Syria.[3]The club is part of theAntranik Youth Association,which is a sports program of theAGBU organization.In general, 5 types of sports are being practiced by the club.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The club was founded as al-Ahd al-Jadid (Arabic:العهد الجديد) in 1923 byArmenian refugees and survivorsof theArmenian genocide.[4]
Two minor sport clubs -Istiqlal (Arabic:الاستقلال) and al-Mish'al (Arabic:المشعل)- were also founded by the Armenians of Aleppo in 1930 and 1931 respectively.[4]Al-Ahd al-Jadid and Istiqlal were specialized in football while al-Mish'al was a basketball club. Finally in 1971, the three clubs were merged into one sports organization to form the Ouroube Sports Club.[4]
Ouroube have qualified for the final match of the first everSyrian Cupcompetition played during the 1959–1960 season. However, the match which was scheduled against theal-Jaish Clubwas never played.[citation needed]
Administration
[edit]Administrative Board of Ouroube SC:
Office | Name |
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President of the Board | Elie Sanossian |
Vice-president | Henry Arslanian |
Member of the Board | Shahnour Muradian |
Member of the Board | Harout Muradian |
Member of the Board | Vrej Kurumlian |
Member of the Board | Jack Der-Khorenian |
Member of the Board | Jemma Badra |
Last updated: April 2013
Source:Aleppo sport community
Former notable players
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^H. Zain/ H. Said (18 December 2014)."Al-Jalaa basketball team takes lead in 1st leg of Aleppo Gathering League Tournament".Syrian Arab News Agency.Retrieved21 January2022.
- ^EuroBasket News (21 January 2022)."D1: Round 9: Al-Ouroube still unable to win any game".asia-basket.com.Retrieved26 January2022.
- ^"Aleppo sport community".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-11-07.Retrieved2013-04-15.
- ^abc"Syria foundation dates".RSSF.Retrieved24 January2022.