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 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 Jawhari
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2019–20Lebanese Premier League (season abandoned)

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 1 October 2020[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 Omar Edlebi (on loan from Safa)
2 DF  LBN Ali Hareb
4 DF  LBN Bilal Nasrallah
5 MF  LBN Ali Rmeity
6 DF  LBN Abbas Awad
7 FW  LBN Adnan Melhem
8 MF  LBN Hussein Awada (on loan from Ahed)
9 DF  LBN Daniel Abbas
10 FW  LBN Ali Bazzi (on loan from Nejmeh)
11 FW  LBN Issa Bazzi (on loan from Nejmeh)
12 MF  LBN Mohammad Sibaii
14 DF  LBN Hassan Hazime
15 MF  LBN Ahmad Obeid
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  LBN Mehdi Tlays
20 FW  LBN Ali Hammoud
21 MF  LBN Ali Ballout
22 MF  LBN Mehdi Kobeissy
26 GK  LBN Fadel Meselmani
70 DF  LBN Yasser Achour
77 MF  LBN Hekmat Zein (on loan from Shabab Sahel)
78 DF  LBN Saad Youssef (on loan from Tripoli)
— GK  LBN Tarek Ahmad
— DF  LBN Ali Tawbe
— FW  LBN Ali Chahla
— FW  LBN Salim Hamadeh

See also

Notes
  1. Only used as a training ground.

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.
  5. FaLebanon
  6. "Shabab Al Bourj SC". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 11 October 2020.


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