Beirut_Football_Academy

Beirut Football Academy

Beirut Football Academy

Lebanese football academy

Beirut Football Academy (Arabic: أكاديمية بيروت), or simply BFA, is a football academy based in Forn El Chebbak, a district in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 2004 as the first football academy in the country, they play their games at the Al Sharq Stadium.[1]

This article is about the Lebanese football academy. For other uses, see BFA.
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History

Beirut Football Academy (BFA) was founded in March 2004 as Lebanon's first football academy.[2] It has five branches: Furn el Shebbek, Hazmieh, Ain Saadeh, Mansourieh and Batroun.[2]

On 29 December 2019, BFA signed an agreement with Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, with the two clubs becoming affiliates.[3]

Women's football

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Beirut Football Association's women's football club was founded in 2016, and compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League.[4][5] They finished runners-up in the 2020–21 Lebanese Women's FA Cup, losing on penalty shoot-outs to EFP in the final.[6]

Players

As of 8 July 2023[7]

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

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Honours

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References

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    "About #BFAmily – BFA". Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Agreement Signed With AEK Larnaca". beirutfootballacademy.com. 29 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Lebanese league - women". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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    "ايليفن فوتبول برو بطل كأس لبنان للسيدات". The LFA (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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    "Beirut Football Academy". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 11 July 2023.


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