Shabab El-Bourj SC

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

Shabab Bourj
Full nameShabab El-Bourj Sporting Club
Short nameSHB
Founded1967 (1967), as Al Irshad
GroundBourj el-Barajneh Stadium[lower-alpha 1]
Capacity1,500
ChairmanNader Alameh
ManagerIbrahim Itani
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2018–19Lebanese Second Division, 2nd of 12 (promoted)

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 17 September 2019[6]

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 Mohamad Taha
2 DF Ali Hareb
3 DF Hussein Fahes (on loan from Ahed)
4 DF Ali Bittar
5 DF Bilal Nasrallah
6 DF Alaa Hamieh (captain)
7 FW Ali Bazzi (on loan from Nejmeh)
9 FW Christ Remi
10 MF Youssef Atriss
11 FW Issa Bazzi (on loan from Nejmeh)
12 MF Hussein Awada (on loan from Ahed)
13 MF Hassan Hammoud
14 FW Hassan Hazmieh
No. Position Player
15 MF Ahmad Obeid
21 MF Ali Ballout
22 Nader Al Bezri
23 MF Claudio Maalouf
30 MF Agostinho Cá
35 GK Nemer Lajud
36 GK Fadel Meselmani
77 DF Mohamad Moussawi
93 DF Amir Al Hosry
99 FW Sadick Adams
– MF Kassem Manaa (on loan from Shabab Arabi)
– MF Malek Moussawi
– FW Wared Mostafa

Notes
  1. Only used as a training ground.

References
  1. "فريق: شباب البرج". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. LebanonFG
  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 Players and Stats". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.


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