Manama Club (football)

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Manama Club

Full name	Manama Club
Short name	Manama
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Ground	Bahrain National Stadium
Capacity	24,000
Chairman	Yousif Zaman
Manager	Haitham Jatal
League	Bahraini Premier League
2022–23	Bahraini Premier League, 2nd of 10
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Manama Club (Arabic: المنامة) is a Bahraini professional football club based in Manama. Founded in 1946, the club competes in the Bahraini Premier League, the top flight of football in the country.^[1]

Manama Club, formally known as Al Taj, is a well-known basketball club in the Gulf and 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. Patryk Bora, a Polish player, played for Manama Club in 2012.

Honors

• Bahraini King's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2016–17^[2]

• Bahraini FA Cup: 2

2023, 2024.

• Bahraini Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2017

Other sports

Besides football and basketball, Manama Club has teams for bowling.

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
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

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