Shabab El Bourj SC

Shabab El Bourj Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي شباب البرج الرياضي, lit. 'Youth of the Tower Sporting Club') is a football club based in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League.[1] Founded in 1967 as Al Irshad Sporting Club, the club changed its name to Shabab El Bourj in 2017.[2]

Not to be confused with Bourj FC or Al Irshad Club Chehim.
Shabab Bourj
Full nameShabab El Bourj Sporting Club
Founded1967 (1967), as Al Irshad Sporting Club
GroundBourj el-Barajneh Stadium[lower-alpha 1]
Capacity1,500
ChairmanNader Alameh
ManagerYoussef Al Jawhari
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2020–21Lebanese Premier League, 8th of 12

The club was 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.[3][4] They became the first Lebanese team to achieve this feat.[4]

Club rivalries

Shabab Bourj has rivalries with Bourj and Shabab Sahel, due to the fact that they are all based in the Dahieh area.[5]

Players

Current squad
As of 14 March 2022[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  LBN Fadel Messelmani
1 GK  LBN Mohamed Laban
2 DF  LBN Ali Hareb (captain)
3 DF  LBN Ali Tawbe
4 FW  LBN Hassan Hazime
4  LBN Bilal Fakih
4  LBN Bassam El Assaad
5 DF  LBN Mohamad Baker El Housseini
5 MF  LBN Ali Rmeity
6 MF  LBN Abbass Awad
7 MF  LBN Mohamad El Sibai
8 FW  LBN Hussein Awada
8  LBN Ali Taha
9 FW  LBN Ali Imad Moussawi
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW  LBN Hassan Kadi
11 MF  LBN Soltan Haidar
14 MF  PLE Omar Meshlawi
15 MF  LBN Ahmad Obeid
18 MF  LBN Mahdi Tlays
20  LBN Ahmad Kenyar
21 GK  LBN Ahmad Taktouk
22 MF  LBN Hassan El Haj
30 DF  LBN Islam Suleiman
33 DF  LBN Mouhamad Omar Arnaout
66 MF  LBN Ghazi Hussein
70 FW  PLE Ayman Abou Sahyoun
77 DF  LBN Yasser Ashour
88 FW  LBN Ali Basma

Honours

See also

Notes
  1. Only used as a training ground
  2. As Al Irshad SC

References
  1. "فريق: شباب البرج". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. "رئيس نادي شباب البرج نادر علامة: «النخبة» طموحنا و «البرج» شقيقنا وصعودنا دليل على حيادية اتحاد اللعبة". جريدة البناء | Al-binaa Newspaper (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. "شباب البرج يتأهل لأول مرة في تاريخه إلى دوري الأضواء". كووورة. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. "31 آذار يوم صعود شباب البرج إلى الدرجة الأولى". Football Lebanon. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. FaLebanon
  6. "Shabab Al Bourj SC". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 14 March 2022.


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