Manama Club
Manama Club (Arabic: المنامة) is a Bahraini professional football club, founded in 1946 and based in Manama, that competes in the Bahraini Premier League, the top flight of Bahraini football.[1]
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| Full name | Manama Club | ||
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| Founded | 1946 | ||
| Ground | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain | ||
| Capacity | 24,000 | ||
| Chairman | Zuhair Kazerooni | ||
| Manager | Mohamed Bashir Al Shamlan | ||
| League | Bahraini Premier League | ||
| 2019–20 | 6th | ||
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Manama Club, formally known as Al Taj, is a well-known basketball club in the Gulf as well as 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.
Football achievements
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Stadiums and facilities
The football club currently shares the Bahrain National Stadium (capacity 35,000) with four other clubs. Regular basketball matches are played in Um Al Hassam at the Zain Basketball Arena (capacity 2,000) while playoffs are held at the Khalifa Sport City Arena (capacity 4,000). The club's training facilities for football and basketball are located in Juffair.
Current squad
As 16 May 2019 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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
External links
- [ fc-manama.com] (Official website) (in Arabic)