Shabab El Bourj SC

Not to be confused with Bourj FC or Al Irshad Club Chehim.
Shabab Bourj
Full nameShabab El Bourj Sporting Club
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967) (as Al Irshad Sporting Club)
GroundBourj el-Barajneh Stadium[a]
Capacity1,500
ChairmanAnwar Sleem
ManagerGhaithan El Saimali
LeagueLebanese Fourth Division
2023–24Lebanese Third Division Group C, 6th of 6 (relegated via play-offs)

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 Fourth 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 £L12.5 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Lebanon LBN Ali Ousseily
2 Lebanon LBN Zeinabeddine Seifeddine
3 Lebanon LBN Sharif Mezher
4 Lebanon LBN Hassan Daaboul
6 Lebanon LBN Abdelrahman Sous
8 Lebanon LBN Ali Ismail
9 Lebanon LBN Ali Bakri
10 Lebanon LBN Ali Ibrahim
11 Lebanon LBN Ali Hamdan
12 Lebanon LBN Ali Sibai
14 State of Palestine PLE Bassam El Asmar
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 Lebanon LBN Nasser Hawi
16 Lebanon LBN Khalil Mansour
20 Lebanon LBN Mehdi Baydoun
20 Lebanon LBN Ali Mansour
22 Lebanon LBN Mehdi Karnabash
30 Lebanon LBN Rami Hijazi
33 Lebanon LBN Mohammad Saadeh
70 Lebanon LBN Mohammad Ali Mortada
70 Lebanon LBN Noureddine Naboulsi
77 Lebanon LBN Ali Zbib
88 FW Lebanon LBN Ali Chahla (captain)

Honours

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "رئيس نادي شباب البرج نادر علامة: «النخبة» طموحنا و «البرج» شقيقنا وصعودنا دليل على حيادية اتحاد اللعبة". جريدة البناء | Al-binaa Newspaper (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "شباب البرج يتأهل لأول مرة في تاريخه إلى دوري الأضواء". كووورة. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "31 آذار يوم صعود شباب البرج إلى الدرجة الأولى". Football Lebanon. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ "شباب البرج أوّل ضحايا أزمة البلاد". الأخبار (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  5. ^ "شطب كافة نتائج شباب البرج وإسقاطه إلى الدرجة الثانية". Elsport News (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  6. ^ Hijazi, Alloffs (18 November 2022). "تأهل شباب بعلبك وسبورتينغ وبنت جبيل إلى سداسية الأوائل في دوري المظاليم". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  7. ^ FaLebanon
  8. ^ "Shabab El Bourj SC". Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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