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Lebanese association football club
Football club
Shabab Bourj
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Full name
| Shabab El Bourj Sporting Club
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Founded
| 1967
; 57 years ago
(
1967
)
, as Al Irshad Sporting Club
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Ground
| Bourj el-Barajneh Stadium
[a]
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Capacity
| 1,500
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Chairman
| Anwar Sleem
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Manager
| Ghaithan El Saimali
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League
| Lebanese Third Division
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2022?23
| Lebanese Second Division
, 12th of 12 (withdrew)
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Shabab El Bourj Sporting Club
(
Arabic
:
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,
lit.
'Youth of the Tower Sporting Club') is a
football
club based in
Bourj el-Barajneh
,
Beirut
, Lebanon, that competes in the
Lebanese Third Division
. The club was founded in 1967 as
Al Irshad SC
, and changed their name to Shabab El Bourj SC in 2017.
History
Founded in 1967 as Al Irshad SC, the club changed their name to Shabab El Bourj SC in 2017.
[1]
They were promoted to the
Lebanese Premier League
for the first time under their new name in 2019, after gaining back to back promotions from the
Fourth Division
.
[2]
[3]
They became the first Lebanese team to achieve this feat.
[3]
Following Shabab Bourj's failure to comply to
FIFA
's request for them to compensate former player
Lorougnon Christ Remi
, and rumours of a merger with
Safa
, the club withdrew from the league.
[4]
On 30 May 2022, the LFA announced that Shabab Bourj were fined
£L
12.5 million, were relegated to the
Second Division
, and that all of their matches in the championship round were voided.
[5]
Shabab Bourj eventually withdrew from the Second Division in
2022?23
, and were relegated to the Third Division.
[6]
Club rivalries
Shabab Bourj has rivalries with
Bourj
and
Shabab Sahel
, due to the fact that they are all based in the
Dahieh
area.
[7]
Players
Current squad
- As of 1 October 2022
[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Honours
See also
Notes
- ^
Only used as a training ground
- ^
As Al Irshad SC
References
External links