Association Sportive DPHB,) known as Al Sikkat Al Hadid Wal Marfa' in Arabic ( ar, نادي السكة الحديد والمرفأ, lit=Railway and Port Club),) was a

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in Forn El Chebbak, a district in

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. DPHB, which was the sports club of the

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company, was mainly known for their

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

team. They also used to practice

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

, and

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. DPHB won the

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three times: in 1935–36, 1938–39, and 1940–41.

History

In 1935, DPHB played at the inaugural game of the

Beirut Municipal Stadium Beirut Municipal Stadium () is an 18,000 capacity multi-purpose stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently mostly used for football matches. History The stadium was built by the French colonials in 1935. DPHB played at the inaugural game of the ...

with players such as

Camille Cordahi Camille Rouhana Cordahi ( ar, كميل روحانا قرداحي; 11 September 1919 – 11 May 2011) was a Lebanese footballer who played as a forward. He is the Lebanon national team's first official goalscorer, scoring his side's lone goal in ...

and

Joseph Nalbandian Joseph Nalbandian ( ar, جوزف نلبنديان; 1919 – after 1985) was a Lebanese football player and manager. During the 1930s and 1940s, Nalbandian played as a goalkeeper for DPHB, Hilmi-Sport, Sagesse, Homenetmen, and Nahda, at club le ...

. Five DPHB players were present in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

's lineup during their first international match against

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

in 1940: Yeghishe Darian, Antoine Sakr,

Toufic Barbir Toufic Barbir ( ar, توفيق بربير) was a Lebanese footballer who played as an midfielder for DPHB and the Lebanon national team. Barbir took part in Lebanon's first international match against Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palesti ...

Nercesse Nercesse (last name unknown; ar, نارسيس), also spelled Narcis, was a Lebanese footballer who played as an forward. Nercesse played for DPHB, Homenetmen, Antranik, and Sagesse at club level. He took part in Lebanon's first internationa ...

, and Cordahi.

Honours

** Winners (3): 1935–36, 1938–39, 1940–41 *

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is a Lebanese football annual cup competition. The first edition, held in 1937, was won by Nahda. The most successful club in the competition is Ansar with 15 titles, followed by Nejmeh ...

**''Runners-up (1):'' 1939–40

Notelist

References

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