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 Sporting Club, the club changed its name to Shabab El-Bourj in 2017.[2]

Not to be confused with Al Irshad Chehim SC.
Shabab Bourj
Full nameShabab El-Bourj Sporting Club
Short nameSHB
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 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  LBN Mohamad Taha
2 DF  LBN Ali Hareb
3 DF  LBN Hussein Fahes (on loan from Ahed)
4 DF  LBN Ali Bittar
5 DF  LBN Bilal Nasrallah
6 DF  LBN Alaa Hamieh (captain)
7 FW  LBN Ali Bazzi (on loan from Nejmeh)
9 FW  CIV Christ Remi
10 MF  LBN Youssef Atriss
11 FW  LBN Issa Bazzi (on loan from Nejmeh)
12 MF  LBN Hussein Awada (on loan from Ahed)
13 MF  LBN Hassan Hammoud
14 FW  LBN Hassan Hazmieh
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  LBN Ahmad Obeid
21 MF  LBN Ali Ballout
22  LBN Nader Al Bezri
23 MF  LBN Claudio Maalouf
30 MF  POR Agostinho Cá
35 GK  LBN Nemer Lajud
36 GK  LBN Fadel Meselmani
77 DF  LBN Mohamad Moussawi
93 DF  LBN Amir Al Hosry
99 FW  GHA Sadick Adams
– MF  LBN Kassem Manaa (on loan from Shabab Arabi)
– MF  LBN Malek Moussawi
– FW  LBN Wared Mostafa

Notes
  1. Only used as a training ground.
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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 2020-07-06.
  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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