Shabab Baalbeck SC

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Shabab Baalbeck Sport Club (Arabic: نادي تجمع شباب بعلبك الرياضي) is a football club based in Baalbek, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League[1] Founded in 1986 as Nabi Chit Sport Club (Arabic: نادي النبي شيت الرياضي), the club was known as Bekaa Sport Club (Arabic: نادي البقاع الرياضي) between 2018 and 2020, and is primarily supported by the Shia Muslim community.[2]

Shabab Baalbeck
Full nameShabab Baalbeck Sport Club
Founded1986; 38 years ago (1986) (as Al Nabi Chit Sport Club)
GroundBaalbek Municipal Stadium
Nabi Chit Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanRakan Dika
ManagerHasan Mashhour "Mido"
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2023–24Lebanese Second Division, 2nd of 12 (promoted)
Current season

History

Nabi Chit Sport Club first played in the Lebanese Premier League in the 2014–15 season, after winning Group B of the 2013–14 Lebanese Second Division: they became the first team to represent the Beqaa Governorate in the first division. In 2018, the club changed their name to Bekaa SC;[3] they were relegated back to the Second Division in 2019. In 2020, they changed their name back to Nabi Chit SC.[4]

The club changed its name to Shabab Baalbeck SC on 7 June 2022.[5] They were promoted to the first division for the first time, as Shabab Baalbeck, after finishing second in the 2023–24 Lebanese Second Division season. [6]

Current squad

As of 23 September 2024

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 Ali Hajj Hassan
2 DF   LBN Ali Moussa (Hazimeh)
4 DF   SLE Suleiman Abdullah Keita
5 DF   LBN Ismael Fakhreddine
6 MF   LBN Yasser Dimashk
7 FW   LBN Hussein Outa (captain)
8 MF   LBN Hassan Mallah
10 FW   LBN Hussein Ghanem
11 FW   LBN Ibrahim Abou Hamdan
14 DF   LBN Mohammad Kheireddine
15 MF   GUI Ibrahima Sauma
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   NGA Collins Anigbo
21 MF   LBN Mohammad Al Jammal
22 DF   LBN Mohammad Moussa (Hazimeh)
23 DF   LBN Hamza Hassan
31 GK   LBN Youssef Jishi
77 FW   LBN Hikmat Al Zein
80 FW   LBN Ahmad Hamed
90 FW   SLE Ibrahim Camara
99 MF   LBN Mohammad Mohammad "Mouma"
  LBN Mohammad Hamed
  LBN Ali Hasan
GK   LBN Ibrahim Moussa
DF   LBN Ali Akbar Sabra
MF   LBN Mahdi Shokor
MF   LBN Mohammed Moussawi
MF   LBN Hadi Faitarouni

Honours

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b As Nabi Chit

References

  1. ^ "Lebanon - Al Nabi Sheet Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ Maugendre, Axel (31 August 2018), "Ethnography of the Lebanese Football Clubs" (PDF), Athens Journal of Sports, 5 (3): 213–226, doi:10.30958/AJSPO.5-3-3, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019
  3. ^ "Nabi Chit announce name change to Bekaa Club ahead of new Lebanese Premier League Season". FaLebanon. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ "المنافسة محتدمة في الدرجة الثانية.. ومفاجأة في الصدارة". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. ^ "قرار رقم 106/1/2022 تاريخ 7 حزيران سنة 2022 يتعلق بتغير اسم جمعية «نادي النبي شيت الرياضي» ليصبح «نادي تجمع شباب بعلبك الرياضي»". pcm.gov.lb (in Arabic). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ https://elmaestrosport.com/%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%b4%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%83-%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%82-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b6%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3%d9%8a/