Faisali win Super Cup

AMMAN — Faisali got off to a positive start when they won the 33rd Super Cup on Friday beating reigning Jordon Professional League (JPL) champs Wihdat 1-0 in the kickoff tournament of the local football season.

Faisali scored their winning goal in the 80th minute to win the first of the season titles and grab the JD15,000 prize money.

Faisali’s Yasin Bakhit won top player award while Wihdat’s Amer Theeb and Faisali’s Yaser Rawashdeh won the sportsmanship awards.

The much needed win for the Jordan football veterans was vital to start the season after they finished at a disappointing 7th place in the League last year and were at some point about to be relegated.

Wihdat, who were upbeat after signing five stars — including Abdullah Theeb, now have the aim of retain their League title after conceding the Super Cup.

The League is set to kick off on September 12 while the Jordan Cup will see First Division teams play the Preliminary Round starting September 4, following which the top four teams will join the 12 JPL teams in the knockout Round of 16 starting September 25.