Al-Irshad
Shabab El Bourj SC
Lebanese association football club
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 Third Division. The club was founded in 1967 as Al Irshad SC, and changed their name to Shabab El Bourj SC in 2017.
| Full name | Shabab El Bourj Sporting Club | ||
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| Founded | 1967; 57 years ago (1967), as Al Irshad Sporting Club | ||
| Ground | Bourj el-Barajneh Stadium[lower-alpha 1] | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Chairman | Anwar Sleem | ||
| Manager | Ghaithan El Saimali | ||
| League | Lebanese Third Division | ||
| 2022–23 | Lebanese Second Division, 12th of 12 (withdrew) | ||
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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]
Shabab Bourj has rivalries with Bourj and Shabab Sahel, due to the fact that they are all based in the Dahieh area.[7]
Current squad
- As of 1 October 2022[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Lebanese Third Division
- Champions (1): 1996–97[lower-alpha 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). Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- "شباب البرج يتأهل لأول مرة في تاريخه إلى دوري الأضواء". كووورة. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "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.
- "شباب البرج أوّل ضحايا أزمة البلاد". الأخبار (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- "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.
- 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.
- FaLebanon
- "Shabab El Bourj SC". Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
