Syrian Basketball League

The Syrian Basketball League (Arabic: الدوري السوري لكرة السلة) is the top-tier professional men's basketball league in Syria and one of the top leagues in Asia. It is organized annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Syrian Basketball Federation. Both Aleppo teams, Jalaa SC and Al-Ittihad SC, dominated the league until 1993.

Syrian Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition:
2020–21 Syrian Basketball League season
SportBasketball
Founded1956
No. of teams10
Country Syria
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
Al-Jaish SC (7 titles)
Most titlesJalaa SC (28 titles)
Official websitesyrbf.org

History

Jalaa SC, previously known as Shabibeh, dominated the league from 1956 until 1978. Then another team from Aleppo, Al-Ittihad SC, took all the titles until 1993.

Later on, Damascus clubs Al Wahda and Al-Jaish SC won some titles sporadically, yet they are far from the Aleppo dominant clubs.

Title holders

SeasonChampion
1956 until 1977–78Jalaa SC
1978–79 until 1992–93Al-Ittihad SC
1993–94Al Wahda
1994–95Al-Ittihad SC
1995–96Al-Ittihad SC
1996–97Al Wahda
1997–98Al Wahda
1998–99Al Wahda
1999–2000Al-Ittihad SC
2000–01Al Wahda
2001–02Al Wahda
2002–03Al Wahda
2003–04Al-Jaish SC
2004–05Al-Jaish SC
2005–06Al-Ittihad SC
2006–07Jalaa SC
2007–08Jalaa SC
2008–09Jalaa SC
2009–10Al-Jaish SC
2010–11Jalaa SC
2011–12Jalaa SC
2012–13
No Championship
2013–14Al Wahda
2014–15Al Wahda
2015–16Al-Jaish SC
2016–17Al-Jaish SC
2017–18Al-Jaish SC
2018–19Al-Jaish SC
2019–20
Season was suspended at the semi-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic in Syria

Performances

Performance by club

Club Winners Winning years
Jalaa SC
28
1956 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2011 - 2012
Al-Ittihad SC
19
1979 - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1995 - 1996 - 2000 - 2006
Al Wahda
9
1994 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2014 - 2015
Al-Jaish SC
7
2004 - 2005 - 2010 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019

Performance by city

City Winners Club(s)
Aleppo 47 Jalaa SC, Al-Ittihad SC
Damascus 16 Al Wahda, Al-Jaish SC

Current clubs

2019–20 teams:[1]

References

  1. "Syria – Basketball Division I – Season 2020". asia-basket. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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