| Full name | Al-Yarmouk Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Homenetmen | ||
| Founded | 1925 | ||
| Ground | 7 April Aleppo Municipal Stadium, Aleppo (Capacity: 16,000) |
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| Manager | Alexan Hekimian | ||
| League | Syrian 2nd Division | ||
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Al-Yarmouk Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي اليرموك الرياضي) is a Syrian sports club best known for its football team playing in Aleppo. Founded in 1925, Al-Yarmouk is the oldest sports club and organization in Syria. The club has won the Syrian regions football championship for several times before the establishment of the official Syrian football league in 1966. The club was the winner of the Syrian Cup in 1963-1964, a title that considered to be the only official achievement in the club's history. between 1925-1946, the club was konown as Homenetmen Aleppo. In 1946, the name was changed to An-Nadi As-Souri (The Syrian Club) until 1971 when it was renamed Al-Yarmouk.
With the arrival of the Armenian refugees and survivals of the Armenian Genocide, Aleppo became an active cultural and educational centre for the Armenian community of Syria. They found many cultural, scouting an sports organizations in the city. The young generation was mainly interested in football and athletics. The Armenian organizations formed their own football teams to compete each other within the community. In 1925, six of the created Armenian football teams in; Aghpyur, Ararat, Ardziv, Gaydzag, Nubarian and Dalvorig were unified to form the Homenetmen Aleppo Sporting Club and football team as a branch of the Homenetmen Armenian worldwide sport and scouting organization.[1]
The team was competing in the Syrian Premier League starting from the first season in 1966-1967 until 1982-1983 when they were relegated to the 2nd division. Since that season the team failed to return back to the top level.
For the 2011-2012 season, the club is playing at the Syrian 2nd Division.
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