Syria 1997/98


Final Table:

 1.Al-Jaish       26 19  5  2  58-17  62  [Damascus] [aka Army Club]  Champions
 2.Al-Karama      26 17  4  5  51-18  48  [-9] [Homs]
 3.Hottine        26 13  7  6  59-24  46  [Latakia]
 4.Jabla          26 12  7  7  40-32  43  [Jabla]       
 5.Teshrine       26 13  3 10  40-37  41  [-1] [Latakia]
 6.Al-Ittihad     26 11  6  9  48-34  37  [-2] [Aleppo] 
 7.Al-Hurriya     26 11  4 11  35-39  36  [-1] [Aleppo]
 8.Al-Jihad       26 10  7  9  30-32  33  [-4] [Qamchli]
 9.Al-Wathba      26  9  6 11  45-48  32  [-1] [Homs]
10.Al-Shorta      26  8  6 12  33-40  30  [Damascus] [aka Police]
11.Al-Mayadine    26  8  6 12  32-54  27  [-3] [Mayadine]
12.Al-Majd        26  5  6 15  17-41  21  [Damascus]
13.Al-Yaqaza      26  2 10 14  24-58  15  [-1]         
14.Al-Shoala      26  2  7 17  21-59  10  [-3]

Round 1 [Sep 18,19]
Al-Shorta   1-3 Hottine  
Al-Majd     0-2 Al-Karama 
Teshrine    3-2 Jabla
Al-Wathba   0-3 Al-Jaish
Al-Hurriya  1-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Shoala   1-1 Al-Yaqaza 
Al-Mayadine 0-0 Al-Jihad

Round 2 [Sep 26]
Al-Karama   1-0 Teshrine
Al-Yaqaza   1-4 Al-Shorta 
Hottine     2-2 Al-Wathba
Al-Jaish    4-1 Al-Majd
Al-Ittihad  4-0 Al-Shoala
Jabla       3-1 Al-Mayadine
Al-Jihad    1-1 Al-Hurriya

Round 3 [Oct 2,3]
Al-Hurriya  0-5 Hottine 
Teshrine    1-1 Al-Ittihad 
Al-Majd     0-0 Jabla 
Al-Mayadine 1-4 Al-Yaqaza 
Al-Shorta   1-0 Al-Wathba
Al-Karama   5-2 Al-Jihad 
Al-Shoala   0-6 Al-Jaish 

Round 4 [Oct 10]
Jabla       0-1 Al-Karama
Al-Jaish    3-1 Al-Shorta
Al-Wathba   1-1 Al-Majd
Al-Ittihad  6-1 Al-Mayadine
Al-Yaqaza   0-0 Al-Hurriya
Al-Jihad    awd Teshrine     [awarded 0-2; originally 3-2]
Hottine     7-1 Al-Shoala

Round 5 [Oct 16,17]
Al-Majd     1-0 Al-Jihad
Jabla       3-1 Al-Ittihad
Teshrine    1-3 Hottine
Al-Karama   3-0 Al-Yaqaza 
Al-Mayadine 1-6 Al-Jaish 
Al-Hurriya  1-2 Al-Wathba
Al-Shoala   1-2 Al-Shorta

Round 6 [Oct 23,24]
Al-Jaish    1-0 Al-Hurriya
Al-Shorta   3-0 Al-Majd
Al-Wathba   3-0 Al-Shoala
Al-Yaqaza   0-2 Teshrine
Al-Ittihad  0-3 Al-Karama
Al-Jihad    2-1 Jabla
Hottine     1-0 Al-Mayadine

Round 7 [Oct 31]
Al-Majd     1-0 Al-Ittihad 
Al-Hurriya  3-1 Al-Shoala
Al-Karama   0-0 Al-Jaish
Teshrine    1-1 Al-Wathba
Jabla       2-1 Hottine
Al-Jihad    1-1 Al-Yaqaza 
Al-Mayadine 1-1 Al-Shorta 

Round 8 [Nov 6,7]
Al-Shorta   1-2 Al-Hurriya
Al-Jaish    2-1 Teshrine
Al-Shoala   2-0 Al-Majd
Al-Wathba   4-2 Al-Mayadine
Al-Ittihad  4-0 Al-Jihad
Hottine     0-1 Al-Karama
Al-Yaqaza   2-2 Jabla

Round 9 [Nov 14]
Al-Jihad    1-1 Al-Jaish
Al-Karama   2-1 Al-Shorta
Al-Ittihad  1-0 Hottine
Jabla       2-0 Al-Wathba
Al-Majd     1-1 Al-Yaqaza
Teshrine    4-2 Al-Shoala
Al-Mayadine 1-0 Al-Hurriya

Round 10 [Nov 21]
Al-Wathba   0-4 Al-Karama
Hottine     0-1 Al-Jihad
Al-Shorta   2-1 Teshrine
Al-Hurriya  2-0 Al-Majd
Al-Shoala   2-2 Al-Mayadine
Al-Yaqaza   1-5 Al-Ittihad
Al-Jaish    4-2 Jabla        [Dec 19]

Round 11 [Nov 28]
Al-Majd     1-2 Hottine
Al-Ittihad  4-2 Al-Wathba
Al-Jihad    1-1 Al-Shorta
Jabla       3-1 Al-Shoala
Al-Karama   3-1 Al-Hurriya
Teshrine    3-2 Al-Mayadine
Al-Yaqaza   1-2 Al-Jaish     [Dec 26]

Round 12 [Dec 4,5]
Al-Shorta   1-1 Jabla 
Al-Jaish    2-1 Al-Ittihad
Al-Shoala   1-2 Al-Karama
Al-Hurriya  3-1 Teshrine
Hottine     7-2 Al-Yaqaza
Al-Wathba   1-2 Al-Jihad
Al-Mayadine 3-1 Al-Majd

Round 13 [Dec 11,12]
Al-Jaish    0-0 Hottine
Al-Shorta   0-0 Al-Ittihad
Al-Hurriya  3-0 Jabla 
Teshrine    2-1 Al-Majd
Al-Mayadine 2-0 Al-Karama
Al-Wathba   6-0 Al-Yaqaza
Al-Shoala   0-2 Al-Jihad

Round 14 [Feb 6]
Al-Ittihad  2-1 Al-Hurriya
Al-Jaish    4-0 Al-Wathba    [corrected from 4-1]
Al-Karama   1-0 Al-Majd
Hottine     2-2 Al-Shorta
Al-Yaqaza   1-1 Al-Shoala
Jabla       1-0 Teshrine
Al-Jihad    2-0 Al-Mayadine

Round 15 [Feb 12,13]
Al-Majd     0-0 Al-Jaish 
Teshrine    0-2 Al-Karama
Al-Shorta   1-1 Al-Yaqaza
Al-Shoala   0-1 Al-Ittihad
Al-Wathba   1-1 Hottine
Al-Mayadine 1-0 Jabla
Al-Hurriya  1-2 Al-Jihad

Round 16 [Feb 20]
Jabla       2-0 Al-Majd
Al-Jihad    1-0 Al-Karama
Al-Wathba   2-4 Al-Shorta
Al-Ittihad  0-1 Teshrine
Hottine     7-0 Al-Hurriya
Al-Jaish    3-0 Al-Shoala
Al-Yaqaza   1-1 Al-Mayadine

Round 17 [Feb 26,27]
Al-Shorta   1-2 Al-Jaish 
Al-Karama   1-1 Jabla
Teshrine    2-1 Al-Jihad
Al-Hurriya  1-0 Al-Yaqaza
Al-Shoala   1-2 Hottine
Al-Majd     1-0 Al-Wathba
Al-Mayadine 3-2 Al-Ittihad

Round 18 [Mar 5,6]
Al-Jaish    2-0 Al-Mayadine
Al-Jihad    2-0 Al-Majd
Al-Ittihad  1-1 Jabla
Hottine     1-1 Teshrine
Al-Yaqaza   1-1 Al-Karama
Al-Wathba   0-2 Al-Hurriya
Al-Shorta   2-1 Al-Shoala   [corrected from 2-0]

Round 19 [Mar 13]
Al-Hurriya  1-2 Al-Jaish
Al-Majd     1-0 Al-Shorta
Al-Shoala   1-3 Al-Wathba
Teshrine    2-0 Al-Yaqaza
Al-Karama   4-0 Al-Ittihad
Jabla       1-1 Al-Jihad
Al-Mayadine 0-0 Hottine

Round 20 [Mar 20-22]
Al-Wathba   4-2 Teshrine
Hottine     1-2 Jabla
Al-Ittihad  0-0 Al-Majd
Al-Yaqaza   2-0 Al-Jihad
Al-Shorta   2-1 Al-Mayadine
Al-Shoala   0-0 Al-Hurriya
Al-Jaish    awd Al-Karama   [originally 1-1, awarded 3-0 due to trouble with
                             Karama's support]
Round 21 [Mar 27]
Al-Hurriya  3-1 Al-Shorta
Teshrine    1-0 Al-Jaish
Al-Majd     1-1 Al-Shoala
Al-Jihad    2-4 Al-Ittihad
Al-Karama   0-1 Hottine     [at Hottine's ground]
Jabla       1-0 Al-Yaqaza
Al-Mayadine 3-3 Al-Wathba

Roudn 22 [Apr 2,3]
Al-Jaish    1-0 Al-Jihad
Al-Shorta   0-2 Al-Karama
Hottine     2-2 Al-Ittihad
Al-Wathba   3-0 Jabla
Al-Yaqaza   0-2 Al-Majd
Al-Shoala   2-0 Teshrine
Al-Hurriya  3-0 Al-Mayadine

Round 23 [Apr 10]
Al-Karama   0-1 Al-Wathba
Al-Jihad    0-1 Hottine  
Teshrine    1-0 Al-Shorta
Al-Majd     1-3 Al-Hurriya
Al-Mayadine 1-0 Al-Shoala
Al-Ittihad  4-1 Al-Yaqaza
Jabla       2-1 Al-Jaish

Round 24 [Apr 16,17]
Al-Shorta   1-3 Al-Jihad
Hottine     5-0 Al-Majd
Al-Wathba   3-2 Al-Ittihad
Al-Shoala   1-1 Jabla
Al-Hurriya  1-1 Al-Karama
Al-Mayadine 3-1 Teshrine
Al-Jaish    3-1 Al-Yaqaza

Round 25 [Apr 25]
Jabla       3-0 Al-Shorta
Al-Ittihad  1-1 Al-Jaish
Al-Karama   5-1 Al-Shoala
Teshrine    3-0 Al-Hurriya
Al-Yaqaza   0-4 Hottine
Al-Jihad    3-1 Al-Wathba
Al-Majd     0-1 Al-Mayadine

Round 26 [May 1]
Hottine     1-2 Al-Jaish
Al-Majd     3-4 Teshrine
Al-Karama   7-1 Al-Mayadine
Jabla       4-2 Al-Hurriya
Al-Ittihad  2-0 Al-Shorta
Al-Yaqaza   2-2 Al-Wathba
Al-Jihad    0-0 Al-Shoala

Final Table:

 1.Al-Jaish       26 19  5  2  58-17  62  [Damascus] [aka Army Club]  Champions
 2.Al-Karama      26 17  4  5  51-18  48  [-9] [Homs]
 3.Hottine        26 13  7  6  59-24  46  [Latakia]
 4.Jabla          26 12  7  7  40-32  43  [Jabla]       
 5.Teshrine       26 13  3 10  40-37  41  [-1] [Latakia]
 6.Al-Ittihad     26 11  6  9  48-34  37  [-2] [Aleppo] 
 7.Al-Hurriya     26 11  4 11  35-39  36  [-1] [Aleppo]
 8.Al-Jihad       26 10  7  9  30-32  33  [-4] [Qamchli]
 9.Al-Wathba      26  9  6 11  45-48  32  [-1] [Homs]
10.Al-Shorta      26  8  6 12  33-40  30  [Damascus] [aka Police]
11.Al-Mayadine    26  8  6 12  32-54  27  [-3] [Mayadine]
12.Al-Majd        26  5  6 15  17-41  21  [Damascus]
13.Al-Yaqaza      26  2 10 14  24-58  15  [-1]         
14.Al-Shoala      26  2  7 17  21-59  10  [-3]

Promoted: Al-Shorta (Aleppo) and Al-Wahda (Damascus).


Syria Cup 1997/98

Fourth Round [Mar 16]
Jaish          1-0 Ittihad
Arabi          0-1 Teshrine
Yaqaza         3-1 Jirud
Hottine        2-1 Wahda          [aet]
Wathba         2-1 Shoala
Karama         6-0 Mesfat Banyas
Jabla          2-0 Horriya
Jaish (Aleppo) 3-3 Shorta         [aet, 5-6 pen]

Quarterfinals [Apr 13-14]
Karama         2-1 Jabla
Hottine        2-0 Teshrine
Shorta         2-3 Jaish
Wathba         3-0 Yaqaza         [Apr 21]

Semifinals [May 4; May 8]
Wathba       0-2 3-3 Jaish
Karama       2-0 0-0 Hottine

Cup Final [May 15]
Al Jaish [aka Army] (Damascus)   5-2 Al Karama (Homs)

1996/97

1998/99

list of champions

list of cup winners


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Authors: Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at) and Mohammed Qayed (mhqayed@emirates.net.ae)
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