Bourj FC

Bourj Football Club (Arabic: نادي البرج الرياضي‎, lit. 'Tower Sporting Club') is a Lebanese football club based in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut.[2] Founded in 1967, the club has won one Lebanese FA Cup in 1993 and one Lebanese Challenge Cup in 2019.[3][4]

Bourj
Full nameBourj Football Club
Nickname(s)زعيم الضاحية‎ (Leader of Dahieh)[1]
Short nameBRJ
Founded1967 (1967)
GroundBourj el-Barajneh Stadium[lower-alpha 1]
Capacity1,500
ChairmanNabih Nasser
ManagerMohamad Dakka
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2018–19Lebanese Second Division, 1st of 12 (promoted)

Nicknamed the "Leader of Dahieh", in 2019 the club was promoted to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time in 16 years.[1]

Supporters

Founded as the first club in the area, Bourj is considered to be the representative of all the families of the town.[5] Following the introduction of ultras groups in Lebanon in 2018, "Ultras Borjawi" (Arabic: ألتراس برجاوي‎) was formed at the start of the 2018–19 Lebanese Second Division season.[6]

Bourj supporters tend to be seen as the 12th man for their team, as they attend in good figures to their club’s games.

Club rivalries

Bourj's main rival have historically been Shabab Al Sahel, as they both fight for supremacy over the Dahieh suburbs.[5] The match has been dubbed the Dahieh derby.[1] Another important rivalry is with Shabab El-Bourj, due to the fact that they are both based in the Bourj el-Barajneh district.[5]

Players

Current squad
As of 17 September 2019[7]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Abed ElKarim Saleh
3 DF Walid Ismail (captain)
5 DF Abed AlFattah Ashour
6 MF Hussein Ibrahim
7 FW Hussein El-Outa
8 MF Amin Hallal
10 MF Mohamad Jaafar
11 MF Ibrahim Abou Hamdan
12 FW Stephen Sarfo
13 DF Malik Ismaila Antiri
14 MF Mohamad Kassem
No. Position Player
17 DF Mohamad Jawad Abou Khalil
18 DF Mohamad ElDor
19 DF Ali Karaki
20 MF Mohamad Al Faour
23 DF Hamza Abboud
30 MF Thiago Amaral
33 GK Mohammad Santina
70 FW Mohamad "Aiker" Markabawi
– GK Afif Zreik
– FW Ghassan Farran
– FW Mohamad Nasser

Honours

Notes
  1. Only used as a training ground.

References
  1. ""زعيم الضاحية" يعود". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. "فريق: البرج". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Lebanon 1992/93". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. Haroun, Ali (2019-08-24). "البرج ب"جدارة " بطل كأس التحدي السابعة". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  5. FaLebanon
  6. ""معركة" في جونية و"ألتراس" في برج البراجنة". موقع ياصور. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. "Bourj Players and Stats". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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