League 1995/96 NB: after having entered the league on five previous occasions (in the seasons 1972/73, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1984/85 and 1985/86, in each of which they won the championship), army club Al-Jaish (Damascus) joined the league on a regular basis Regular Stage Final Table: 1.Al-Karama (Homs) 26 19 5 2 46-21 62 Championship Playoff 2.Hottin (Latakia) 26 16 5 5 37-26 51 [-2] Championship Playoff 3.Teshrin (Latakia) 26 12 9 5 42-28 45 Championship Playoff 4.Al-Horriya (Aleppo) 26 13 5 8 42-26 44 Championship Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Jabala (Jabala) 26 12 8 6 38-30 44 6.Al-Ittihad (Aleppo) 26 11 8 7 24-22 40 [-1] 7.Al-Majd (Damascus) 26 9 8 9 23-25 35 8.Al-Wahda (Damascus) 26 10 5 11 31-24 34 [-1] 9.Al-Jaish (Damascus) 26 8 7 11 25-30 29 [-2] 10.Al-Shorta (Damascus) 26 6 11 9 16-24 29 11.Al-Foutoua (Deir ez-Zor) 26 6 6 14 34-41 23 [-1] 12.Al-Jihad (Qameshli) 26 5 11 10 21-27 18 [-8] ----------------------------------------------------- 13.Barada (Damascus) 26 3 6 17 19-43 15 Relegated 14.Al-Shorta (Aleppo) 26 2 6 18 14-45 10 [-2] Relegated Round 1 Al-Shorta (D) 1-0 Al-Jaish Al-Horriya 3-1 Al-Foutoua Hottin 2-1 Teshrin Al-Jihad 1-1 Al-Shorta (A) Jabala 3-1 Al-Wahda Al-Majd 3-1 Barada Al-Ittihad 1-2 Al-Karama Round 2 Al-Jaish 1-2 Hottin Al-Karama 2-1 Jabala Al-Horriya 2-0 Al-Shorta (D) Teshrin 1-0 Barada Al-Foutoua 0-3 Al-Wahda Al-Majd 1-3 Al-Jihad Al-Ittihad 1-0 Al-Shorta (A) Round 3 Al-Shorta (D) 0-0 Al-Foutoua Barada 3-1 Al-Jaish Hottin 4-2 Al-Horriya Al-Wahda 1-2 Al-Karama Jabala 2-1 Al-Shorta (A) Al-Jihad 1-2 Teshrin Al-Ittihad 2-0 Al-Majd Round 4 Al-Jaish 2-0 Al-Jihad Al-Shorta (A) 1-1 Al-Wahda Teshrin 1-1 Al-Ittihad Al-Shorta (D) 0-0 Hottin Al-Foutoua 2-2 Al-Karama Al-Majd 0-1 Jabala Al-Horriya 1-0 Barada Round 5 Al-Wahda 1-2 Al-Majd Hottin 2-0 Al-Foutoua Barada 1-1 Al-Shorta (D) Al-Jihad 2-0 Al-Horriya Al-Ittihad 1-1 Al-Jaish Jabala 1-1 Teshrin Al-Karama 3-0 Al-Shorta (A) Round 6 Al-Jaish 1-2 Jabala Al-Majd 0-1 Al-Karama Teshrin 1-0 Al-Wahda Al-Shorta (D) 0-0 Al-Jihad Al-Ittihad 1-0 Al-Horriya Hottin 1-0 Barada Al-Foutoua 0-2 Al-Shorta (A) Round 7 Al-Wahda 0-0 Al-Jaish Al-Ittihad 1-1 Al-Shorta (D) Barada 0-2 Al-Foutoua Jabala 0-3 Al-Horriya Al-Karama 2-1 Teshrin Al-Shorta (A) 0-1 Al-Majd Al-Jihad 1-2 Hottin Round 8 Al-Jaish 1-1 Al-Karama Al-Shorta (D) 1-0 Jabala Hottin 4-1 Al-Ittihad Al-Foutoua 3-1 Al-Majd Teshrin 2-0 Al-Shorta (A) Al-Horriya 1-0 Al-Wahda Barada 1-0 Al-Jihad Round 9 Al-Shorta (A) 1-2 Al-Jaish Al-Wahda 0-1 Al-Shorta (D) Al-Majd 1-1 Teshrin Al-Karama 1-1 Al-Horriya Al-Ittihad 1-1 Barada Jabala 1-1 Hottin Al-Jihad 0-0 Al-Foutoua Round 10 Al-Shorta (D) 0-2 Al-Karama Hottin 1-0 Al-Wahda Al-Horriya 6-0 Al-Shorta (A) Al-Foutoua 1-2 Teshrin Al-Jihad 0-0 Al-Ittihad Al-Jaish 2-0 Al-Majd Barada 0-1 Jabala Round 11 Barada 1-5 Al-Wahda Jabala 0-0 Al-Jihad Al-Majd 0-1 Al-Horriya Al-Karama 2-2 Hottin Al-Ittihad 1-1 Al-Foutoua Al-Shorta (A) 0-0 Al-Shorta (D) Teshrin 5-1 Al-Jaish Round 12 Al-Horriya 1-1 Teshrin Barada 0-1 Al-Karama Al-Ittihad 1-0 Jabala Al-Shorta (D) 0-0 Al-Majd Hottin 2-1 Al-Shorta (A) Al-Foutoua 0-1 Al-Jaish Al-Jihad 0-1 Al-Wahda Round 13 Al-Wahda 3-0 Al-Ittihad Al-Jaish 1-1 Al-Horriya Jabala 2-1 Al-Foutoua Al-Majd 3-2 Hottin Al-Karama 2-0 Al-Jihad Al-Shorta (A) 0-1 Barada Teshrin 3-1 Al-Shorta (D) Round 14 Al-Majd 2-1 Barada Al-Karama 2-1 Al-Ittihad Teshrin 1-1 Hottin Al-Shorta (A) 0-0 Al-Jihad Al-Foutoua 3-2 Al-Horriya Al-Shorta (D) 2-0 Al-Jaish Al-Wahda 2-2 Jabala Round 15 Barada 1-4 Teshrin Jabala 1-2 Al-Karama Al-Shorta (A) 1-0 Al-Ittihad Al-Jihad 0-0 Al-Majd Al-Wahda 2-1 Al-Foutoua Hottin 1-0 Al-Jaish Al-Shorta (D) 1-1 Al-Horriya Round 16 Al-Jaish 0-0 Barada Al-Horriya 0-1 Hottin Al-Majd 0-1 Al-Ittihad Al-Karama 2-1 Al-Wahda Teshrin 1-2 Al-Jihad Al-Foutoua 5-1 Al-Shorta (D) Al-Shorta (A) 1-1 Jabala Round 17 Jabala 3-0 Al-Majd Hottin 1-2 Al-Shorta (D) Al-Ittihad 1-1 Teshrin Barada 1-2 Al-Horriya Al-Wahda 2-0 Al-Shorta (A) Al-Karama 1-0 Al-Foutoua Al-Jihad 3-1 Al-Jaish Round 18 Al-Majd 1-0 Al-Wahda Al-Shorta (D) 0-0 Barada Al-Shorta (A) 0-4 Al-Karama Al-Jaish 0-1 Al-Ittihad Al-Horriya 3-0 Al-Jihad Al-Foutoua 1-2 Hottin Teshrin 2-2 Jabala Round 19 Al-Wahda 1-0 Teshrin Al-Shorta (A) 0-2 Al-Foutoua Barada 0-1 Hottin Al-Karama 0-3 Al-Majd Al-Ittihad 0-1 Al-Horriya Jabala 1-1 Al-Jaish Al-Jihad 2-1 Al-Shorta (D) Round 20 Al-Jaish 2-0 Al-Wahda Al-Shorta (D) 0-1 Al-Ittihad Hottin 1-0 Al-Jihad Al-Majd 2-0 Al-Shorta (A) Teshrin 1-1 Al-Karama Al-Foutoua 4-2 Barada Al-Horriya 3-4 Jabala Round 21 Al-Majd 1-1 Al-Foutoua Al-Ittihad 1-1 Hottin Al-Wahda 1-0 Al-Horriya Jabala 1-0 Al-Shorta (D) Al-Karama 1-0 Al-Jaish Al-Shorta (A) 1-2 Teshrin Al-Jihad 1-1 Barada Round 22 Al-Jaish 2-0 Al-Shorta (A) Al-Shorta (D) 0-0 Al-Wahda Teshrin 0-0 Al-Majd Hottin 1-0 Jabala Barada 0-1 Al-Ittihad Al-Horriya 2-1 Al-Karama Al-Foutoua 1-1 Al-Jihad Round 23 Al-Majd 0-0 Al-Jaish Al-Shorta (A) 0-2 Al-Horriya Jabala 3-1 Barada Al-Wahda 3-0 Hottin Teshrin 3-1 Al-Foutoua Al-Karama 1-0 Al-Shorta (D) Al-Ittihad 2-1 Al-Jihad Round 24 Al-Jaish 3-1 Teshrin Al-Horriya 0-0 Al-Majd Al-Wahda 2-0 Barada Hottin 1-4 Al-Karama Al-Jihad 1-1 Jabala Al-Foutoua 0-1 Al-Ittihad Al-Shorta (D) 2-1 Al-Shorta (A) Round 25 Teshrin 3-2 Al-Horriya Al-Karama 2-0 Barada Jabala 1-0 Al-Ittihad Al-Majd 1-1 Al-Shorta (D) Al-Shorta (A) 0-1 Hottin Al-Jaish 2-1 Al-Foutoua Al-Wahda 1-1 Al-Jihad Round 26 Al-Ittihad 2-0 Al-Wahda Al-Horriya 2-0 Al-Jaish Al-Foutoua 3-4 Jabala Hottin 0-1 Al-Majd Al-Jihad 1-2 Al-Karama Barada 3-3 Al-Shorta (A) Al-Shorta (D) 0-1 Teshrin Final Table: 1.Al-Karama (Homs) 26 19 5 2 46-21 62 Championship Playoff 2.Hottin (Latakia) 26 16 5 5 37-26 51 [-2] Championship Playoff 3.Teshrin (Latakia) 26 12 9 5 42-28 45 Championship Playoff 4.Al-Horriya (Aleppo) 26 13 5 8 42-26 44 Championship Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Jabala (Jabala) 26 12 8 6 38-30 44 6.Al-Ittihad (Aleppo) 26 11 8 7 24-22 40 [-1] 7.Al-Majd (Damascus) 26 9 8 9 23-25 35 8.Al-Wahda (Damascus) 26 10 5 11 31-24 34 [-1] 9.Al-Jaish (Damascus) 26 8 7 11 25-30 29 [-2] 10.Al-Shorta (Damascus) 26 6 11 9 16-24 29 11.Al-Foutoua (Deir ez-Zor) 26 6 6 14 34-41 23 [-1] 12.Al-Jihad (Qameshli) 26 5 11 10 21-27 18 [-8] ----------------------------------------------------- 13.Barada (Damascus) 26 3 6 17 19-43 15 Relegated 14.Al-Shorta (Aleppo) 26 2 6 18 14-45 10 [-2] Relegated Topscorers: 16 Momen Khalaf (Al-Foutoua) 15 Mazen Asaad (Jabala) 14 Mahmood Mahmalji (Al-Wahda) Promoted: Al-Wathba (Homs) and Al-Yaqaza (Deir ez-Zor) Championship Playoff Final Table: 1.Al-Karama (Homs) 38 23 6 9 60-39 75 Champions 2.Hottin (Latakia) 38 22 8 8 56-40 72 [-2] 3.Al-Horriya (Aleppo) 38 20 5 13 62-41 65 4.Teshrin (Latakia) 38 16 11 11 54-45 59 Round 27 Al-Karama 2-0 Teshrin Al-Horriya 2-0 Hottin Round 28 Al-Karama 1-1 Hottin Teshrin 1-0 Al-Horriya Round 29 Al-Karama 2-0 Al-Horriya Hottin 0-0 Teshrin Round 30 Al-Karama 1-2 Teshrin Hottin 2-1 Al-Horriya Round 31 Al-Karama 2-0 Al-Horriya Hottin 0-0 Teshrin Round 32 Hottin 4-1 Al-Karama Teshrin 0-2 Al-Horriya Round 33 Al-Karama 2-1 Teshrin Hottin 2-3 Al-Horriya Round 34 Al-Horriya 2-0 Al-Karama Hottin 0-1 Teshrin Round 35 Hottin 1-0 Al-Karama Al-Horriya 3-1 Teshrin Round 36 Al-Karama 1-2 Teshrin Hottin 3-1 Al-Horriya Round 37 Hottin 3-2 Teshrin Al-Horriya 2-0 Al-Karama Round 38 Al-Horriya 4-2 Teshrin Hottin 3-2 Al-Karama Playoff Table: 1.Hottin (Latakia) 12 6 3 3 19-14 21 2.Al-Horriya (Aleppo) 12 7 0 5 20-15 21 3.Teshrin (Latakia) 12 4 2 6 12-18 14 4.Al-Karama (Homs) 12 4 1 7 14-18 13 Final Table: 1.Al-Karama (Homs) 38 23 6 9 60-39 75 Champions 2.Hottin (Latakia) 38 22 8 8 56-40 72 [-2] 3.Al-Horriya (Aleppo) 38 20 5 13 62-41 65 4.Teshrin (Latakia) 38 16 11 11 54-45 59 Cup 1995/96 Semifinals First Legs Al-Wahda 4-3 Al-Karama Al-Horriya 2-1 Jabala Second Legs Al-Karama 2-0 Al-Wahda Jabala 1-0 Al-Horriya Final [att: 15,000] Al-Karama 3-0 Jabala [Radwan Ajam (2), Akram Greir] [Al Karama: Motaz Mendofares Shaheen, Ammar Zeini, Ahmad Fadel, Ossama Darwish (Mustapha Rajab), Husam Musalli, Akram Greir, Fawaz Mendo, Rasheed Mubayed (Riad Masri), Samer Uyun Al Sud, Radwan Ajam]
Sources: AFC News, June 1996, https://www.almooftah.com/vb/inattach/3_1340812911.pdf
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