Byblos Club is a multi

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club based in

Byblos Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 880 ...

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. The franchise was established in 1981, and such notable stars played as

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, Rodrigue Akl,

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, and Ekenechukwu Ibekwe have played for the club throughout its young history.

Franchise history

In 2017, Byblos won the Lebanese

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Division 2 and qualified for the Division 1. In the following year, Byblos won the Division 2 championship and qualified for the first time for the

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as part of the

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Division 1. During the 2014–16 FLB Div.A season, Byblos Club was named UBA (Union Byblos Amchit) since

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's basketball team was part of Byblos Club during that season for obligatory financial reasons. The season saw the signing of coach

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and the resigning of

. UBA finished the season with 8 win and 0 losses, finishing the league in third. During the playoffs they faced the struggling

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in a 3–0 swipe, in semi-finals they faced the Lebanese powerhouse Sagesse Beirut, during the playoffs UBA signed

, UBA shocked the Lebanese basketball by swiping Sagesse 4–0 and face Riyadi Beirut in the finals for the first time in their history. the series ended 4–1 to Riyadi Beirut. The 2015–16 season saw Amchit Basketball club parted ways with Byblos and they were relegated to division 4. Byblos added

, Sherwood Brown, and

. Byblos and Sagesse faced each other in the cup final, just like they met a week ago in the Henri Chalhoub Tournament Final where Byblos won the game, Byblos defeated Sagesse for the cup and they faced Al Riyadi for super cup against the Lebanese champions. Byblos won the game. Byblos finished the season 8–7. They entered the playoffs for the sixth straight year. However, they were defeated 3–2 in the quarterfinals of the playoffs by Mouttahed Tripoli. In 2016–17 season, Byblos finished the season strong with a 13–5 record. In the playoffs, Byblos beat Tadamon Zouk in the quarterfinals of the playoffs and then they faced the defending champions, the Riyadi, who were eliminated 3–1.

Squad

Depth chart

Achievements

* Lebanese Basketball Second Division 2 (1): 2009–2010 * Lebanese Cup Winner (1): 2016 * Lebanese SuperCup Winner (1): 2016 * Henri Chalhoub Tournament (2): 2015, 2016

External links

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