Shabab El Bourj Sporting Club ( ar, نادي شباب البرج الرياضي, lit=Youth of the Tower Sporting Club) is a
football club based in
Bourj el-Barajneh
Bourj el-Barajneh ( ar, برج البراجنة, lit=Tower of Towers) is a municipality located in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in Lebanon. The municipality lies between Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport and the town of Haret Hrei ...
,
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was founded in 1967 as Al Irshad SC, and changed their name to Shabab El Bourj SC in 2017.
History
Founded in 1967 as Al Irshad SC, the club changed their name to Shabab El Bourj SC in 2017. They were promoted to the
Lebanese Premier League
The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...
for the first time under their new name in 2019, after gaining back to back promotions from the
Fourth Division.
They became the first Lebanese team to achieve this feat.
Following Shabab Bourj's failure to comply to
FIFA's request for them to compensate former player
Lorougnon Christ Remi
Lorougnon Christ Remi (born 15 February 1988), or simply Christ Remi, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bangladeshi club Rahmatganj MFS
Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society is a sports club of Bangladesh based in ...
, and rumours of a merger with
Safa, the club withdrew from the league. On 30 May 2022, the LFA announced that Shabab Bourj were fined
£L12.5 million, were relegated to the
Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
, and that all of their matches in the championship round were voided.
Club rivalries
Shabab Bourj has rivalries with
Bourj and
Shabab Sahel, due to the fact that they are all based in the
Dahieh
Dahieh ( ar, الضاحية الجنوبية, lit=the southern suburb, french: Banlieue Sud de Beyrouth, Dâhiye de Beyrouth) is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb, located south of Beirut, in the Baabda District of Lebanon. It is composed of sev ...
area.
Players
Current squad
Honours
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Lebanese Third Division
The Lebanese Third Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثالثة) is the third division of Lebanese football, and is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association.
The 24 teams are divided into four groups of seven ...
: 1996–97
See also
*
List of football clubs in Lebanon
This is a list of football clubs that compete within the leagues and divisions of the Lebanese football league system as far down as the Lebanese Third Division.
By league and division
* Lebanese Premier League (Level 1)
* Lebanese Second Divisio ...
Notes
References
External links
Shabab El Bourj SCat LebanonFG
Football clubs in Lebanon
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