Super Cup kicks off season on July 31

AMMAN — The local football season kicks off during the upcoming Eid holiday with Wihdat facing Baqaa in the 32nd Super Cup — the first major competition on the calendar kicking off the 2014/15 season.

Wihdat have just returned from a camp in Turkey. They have lost captain Rafat Ali and four players who have transferred abroad, including Hasan Abdul Fattah, but have ex-Baqaa star Suleiman Addous in the line-up.

“Wihdat have a solid line-up and a big task this season. We intend to retain the Jordan Professional League and Jordan Cup titles and hope to win the Super Cup as well,” head coach Abdullah Abu Zameh was quoted by the local media as saying.

Last season, Wihdat won the league for the 13th time and beat Baqaa in the final of the Jordan Cup. Shabab Urdun beat That Ras 2-0 to win the 31st Super Cup. The Shield was not held.

The Super Cup has been won by Faisali a record 13 times out of 21 appearances in the final, Wihdat 11 times, Ramtha and Shabab Urdun twice each while Jazira and Hussein won once each.

The Jordan Cup will also kick off on
August 2. Only league teams will compete this year in two groups. Group A includes Faisali, Hussein Irbid, Baqaa, Sarih, Jazira and Ahli, while Group B includes Wihdat, Ramtha, Ittihad Ramtha, Shabab Urdun, Manshieh and That Ras. The top four in each group will move to the quarter-finals.

The league has been set for September 12.

Super Cup Record

(Runner-up in parenthesis)

1981 — Faisali (Wihdat)

1982 — Faisali (Ramtha)

1983 — Ramtha (Wihdat)

1984 — Faisali (Ramtha)

1985 — Jazira (Amman)

1986 — Faisali (Wihdat)

1987 — Faisali (Arabi)

1988 — not held

1989 — Wihdat (Faisali)

1990 — Ramtha (Faisali)

1991 — Faisali (Ramtha)

1992 — Wihdat (Ramtha)

1993 — Faisali (Wihdat)

1994 — Faisali (Ramtha) 

1995 — Faisali (Wihdat)

1996 — Faisali (Wihdat)

1997 — Wihdat (Ramtha)

1998 — Wihdat (Ramtha)

1999 — not held

2000 — Wihdat (Faisali)

2001 — Wihdat (Faisali)

2002 — Faisali (Hussein)

2003 — Hussein (Faisali)

2004 — Faisali (Hussein)

2005 — Wihdat (Faisali)

2006 — Faisali (Shabab Urdun)

2007 — Shabab Urdun (Wihdat)

2008 — Wihdat (Faisali)

2009 — Wihdat (Shabab Urdun)

2010 — Wihdat (Faisali)

2011 — Wihdat (Manshieh)

2012 — Faisali (Manshieh)

2013 — Shabab Urdun (That Ras)