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{{short description|Libyan footballer and coach}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name            = Jalal Damja
|fullname        = Jalal Al-Damja
|birth_date      = {{birth year and age|1966}}
|birth_place     = [[Tripoli, Libya]]
|youthyears1     = 1977–1982  |youthclubs1= Mezran
|years1          = 1982–?     |clubs1= Mezran
|years2          = ?–1999     |clubs2= Al-Wahda FC
|nationalyears1  = 1984–1999  |nationalteam1= [[Libya national football team|Libya]] |nationalcaps1= 50 |nationalgoals1= ?
|manageryears1   = 2016–2017
|managerclubs1   = [[Libya national football team|Libya]]
|manageryears2   = 2019
|managerclubs2   = [[Libya national football team|Libya]]
}}
'''Jamal Damja''' ({{langx|ar|جلال الدامجة}}; born 1966) is a [[Libya]]n football coach.
==Libya==
Damja was assigned the Libya head coach role in October 2016 after previous manager [[Javier Clemente]] led the ''Mediterranean Knights'' to a dispiriting loss against [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/sports/libyan-football-federation-assigns-jalal-al-damja-coach-libyan-national-team|title=Libyan Football Federation assigns Jalal Al-Damja coach of Libyan national team|website=Libyaobserver.ly|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> the penultimate [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying|2018 world cup qualifier]] they played that year. Taking charge a week before Libya's last qualifier facing [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]],<ref name="fifa"/> he lost his first match at the national team's helm 1-0, placing them at the bottom of their group.<ref name="fifa"/> Responding to their run of results, Damja blamed the fact that all of their fixtures were not staged in Libya due to the dissension that has beset the country for decades so they would never have home advantage.<ref name="fifa">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=11/news=damja-libya-have-cause-for-optimism-2851748.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118125543/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=11/news=damja-libya-have-cause-for-optimism-2851748.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2016|title=Damja: Libya have cause for optimism|date=15 November 2016|website=Fifa.com|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> His contracted expired in November 2017 and he was replaced by assistant Amer Almalmi.
He was reappointed in 2019 following Libya's failure to qualify for the [[2019 Africa Cup of Nations]]. Later on, he resigned on 24 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50167336|title=Libya coach Jalal Damja quits as technical staff sacked|website=BBC Sport|date=24 October 2019}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Libya national football team managers}}
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[[Category:Libya national football team managers]]
[[Category:Libyan football managers]]
[[Category:1966 births]]
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