AC Sporting

Sporting Athletic Club (Arabic: نادي سبورتينغ الرياضي), known as AC Sporting or simply Sporting, is a football club based in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League. They first competed in the Lebanese Premier League in 2021, having won the 2020–21 Lebanese Second Division.

Sporting
Full nameSporting Athletic Club[1]
Founded23 October 1963 (1963-10-23), as Al Jihad SC
2 September 2009 (2009-09-02), as Al Khoyol FC
24 April 2018 (2018-04-24), as AC Sporting
GroundRafic Hariri Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanZiad Chehade[2]
ManagerBilal Zaghloul
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2020–21Lebanese Second Division, 1st of 12 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

Al Jihad SC

On 23 October 1963, Al Jihad SC (Arabic: نادي الجهاد الرياضي), based in Hay El Sellom, a district in Beirut, was formally recognized as a non-profit sports and cultural organization.[3] They played their first official season in 1997, in the Lebanese Fifth Division,[3] which they won in 1999–2000.[4] In 2007–08 they won the Lebanese Third Division,[3] and were promoted to the Lebanese Second Division.[5]

Al Khoyol FC

On 2 September 2009, the club relocated to Ghobeiry, and changed their name to Al Khoyol FC (Arabic: نادي الخيول الرياضي).[6]

In 2009–10, Khoyol lost a decisive match for promotion to the Lebanese Premier League against Akhaa Ahli Aley.[7] The following season, in 2010–11, Khoyol lost to Ahli Saida in another decisive promotion match.[7] In both instances, Khoyol complained to the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) for supposed match fixing.[7]

In 2014, Khoyol were relegated to the Third Division.[3]

AC Sporting

On 24 April 2018, the club changed their name to AC Sporting (Arabic: نادي سبورتينغ الرياضي) and moved to Beirut:[8] they promptly gained promotion to the Lebanese Second Division in 2019, coming first in the Lebanese Third Division.[9] Sporting won the 2020–21 Lebanese Second Division,[10] and gained promotion to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time in their history.[11]

Players

Current squad
As of 19 March 2022[12][13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  LBN Jamal Khalife
4 DF  LBN Ahmad Mansour
5 DF  LBN Ali Issa
5  LBN Saad El Chouaiki
7 MF  LBN Kassem Al Shoum
8 MF  LBN Mehdi Koubeissi
9 FW  LBN Ali Abbas
10 MF  LBN Issa Khreis
10 FW  LBN Ali Bazzi
10 FW  LBN Hussein Zayyoun
11 MF  LBN Mohammad Farkouh
12 MF  LBN Mouwafac Karanouh
13 MF  LBN Kassem Hneino
14 MF  LBN Ali Mezher
17 FW  LBN Ali Hamdar
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  LBN Wissam El Baba
18  LBN Ali Nazzal
20 DF  LBN Hassan Fardous
20 MF  LBN Mohammad Kassem Ayoub
21 FW  LBN Mohammad Moussa
22 GK  LBN Mahdi Mzannar
23 GK  LBN Ibrahim Mokdad
24 GK  LBN Mohammad Zahr
25 DF  LBN Hamza Hammoud
29 FW  CMR Junior Mala
42 DF  LBN Mohammad Mahmoud Sadek
42 DF  LBN Ali Reda Ismail
70 DF  LBN Mohammad Hammoud (captain)
92 MF  LBN Ali El Atat
— DF  LBN Mahmoud Kojok

Honours

See also

Notes
  1. As Al Jihad SC

References
  1. "About the Club". AC Sporting. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. "طموح نادي سبورتينغ". نداء الوطن. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. "Club History". AC Sporting. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. Mahfoud, Maroun (13 April 2021). "Who is AC Sporting?". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. "Lebanon 2007/08". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. "الجامعة اللبنانية | التشريعات | تعديل اسم جمعية "نادي الجهاد الرياضي"- حي السلم ليصبح جمعية: "نادي الخيول الرياضي"". www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. "سبورتينغ في الدرجة الأولى.. من هو؟ وكيف وصل؟". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  8. "الجامعة اللبنانية | التشريعات | تعديل اسم ونقل مركز جمعية « نادي الخيول الرياضي» - الغبيري ليصبح «نادي سبورتينغ الرياضي» - بيروت". www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. "Lebanese League Third Division 2018/2019". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  10. "بالصور.. سبورتينج والحكمة يتأهلان لدوري الدرجة الأولى". كووورة. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  11. Hijazi, Alloffs (12 April 2021). "سبورتينغ في دوري الاضواء للمرة الأولى في تاريخه". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  12. "Players". AC Sporting. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  13. "Sporting AC". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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