Ouroube SC

Ouroube Sports Club (Arabic: نادي العروبة الرياضي) (Armenian: Ուրուբե) is a Syrian sports club based in Aleppo, best known for their football team and basketball teams (men and women).^[1][2] Founded in 1923, Ouroube is the oldest sports organization in Syria.^[3] The club is part of the Antranik Youth Association, which is a sports program of the AGBU organization. In general, 5 types of sports are being practiced by the club.^{[citation needed]}

Ouroube SC

Full name	Ouroube Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ)
Founded	1923
Ground	Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium
Capacity	10,000
League	Syrian League 3rd Division
Home colours Away colours

Ouroube active sections
Football	Women's Basketball

History

The club was founded as al-Ahd al-Jadid (Arabic: العهد الجديد) in 1923 by Armenian refugees and survivors of the Armenian 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 ever Syrian Cup competition played during the 1959–1960 season. However, the match which was scheduled against the al-Jaish Club was never played.^{[citation needed]}

Administration

Administrative Board of Ouroube SC:

Office	Name
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

See also

• Al-Yarmouk SC (Syria)

References

1. 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. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
2. EuroBasket News (21 January 2022). "D1: Round 9: Al-Ouroube still unable to win any game". asia-basket.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
3. "Aleppo sport community". Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
4. "Syria foundation dates". RSSF. Retrieved 24 January 2022.