In 2016 Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that members of the club were targeted by the Islamic State in the course of the Syrian civil war, and that 5 men, including players and a coach of the Al-Shabab SC football club, were publicly beheaded by them.
[2][3] In 2018 the inaugural match of the Euphrates Championship was played at Raqqa Stadium against Manbij SC by the partially reunited team.
[9] During the Battle of Raqqa, ISIS made their last stand at the stadium, which was liberated by the Syrian Democratic Forces on 17 October 2017.
[11] It is estimated that the grandstand of the stadium became severely damaged by fighting "between November 2015 and May 2016"[12] while Raqqa was the de facto capital of the Islamic State The stadium was repaired and rehabilitated from 2017[6] to 2019[13] by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and has a current spectator capacity of 15,000.
[15] It has also been used for the assistance of internally displaced persons by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.