Homenmen Sports Association Beirut (; ), or simply Homenmen, is a

Lebanese-Armenian The Armenians in Lebanon ( hy, Լիբանանահայեր, translit=Libananahayer; ar, الأرمن في لبنان; french: Arméniens du Liban) are Lebanese citizens of Armenian descent. There has been an Armenian presence in Lebanon for centur ...

multi-sports club based in

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, Lebanon, section of the pan-

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and

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organisation of the same name. Founded in 1921, the football club competes in the , having won 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, ...

four times, and the

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finish ...

once. Homenmen's activities also include

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 ...

cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

, as well as a scouting program.

History

Following the foundation of

Homenmen Homenmen ( ) is a pan-Armenian sports and Scouting organization established in 1921 in Aleppo, Syria. Its sports include football, basketball, table tennis, cycling, athletics, and many others. It has wide presence in the Armenian diaspora. Hom ...

on 27 January 1921, the Lebanese branch was formed in 1924. The club was among the founding members of the

Lebanese Football Association The Lebanese Football Association (LFA) ( ar, الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم, Al-Ittiḥād Al-Lubnānī Likurat Al-Qadam; french: Fédération Libanaise de Football) is the governing body of association football in Lebanon. ...

in 1933. They were affiliated with the

Hunchak The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP) ( hy, Սոցիալ Դեմոկրատ Հնչակյան Կուսակցություն; ՍԴՀԿ, translit=Sots’ial Demokrat Hnch’akyan Kusakts’ut’yun), is the oldest continuously-operating Armenian ...

party. Homenmen played various clubs worldwide, most notably

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in Yugoslavia in 1945,

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and

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in Egypt in 1969, as well as multiple trips to Armenia. In

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, they represented Lebanon at the

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...

, and were eliminated in the second round. Homenmen participated once more, in

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, where they were eliminated in the first round. Homenmen's football team have won the

four times, in 1945, 1954, 1957 and 1961, and the

in 1999. They have also finished runners-up in the

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 ...

four times (1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999), and in the

Lebanese Super Cup The Lebanese Super Cup () is Lebanese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Lebanese Premier League season and the holders of the Lebanese FA Cup. If the Lebanese Premier League champions also won the Lebanese FA ...

in 1999. Among the most prominent historical players of Homenmen are

Mardik Tchaparian Mardiros Tchaparian ( ar, مارديروس تشاباريان), commonly known as Mardik ( ar, مارديك, links=no), is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a striker. Active during the 1950s and 1960s, he used to play as a striker for ...

Babken Melikyan Babken Ludvig Melikyan (; ; born 3 April 1960) is a professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder or forward. Born in Armenia, Melikyan moved to Lebanon in 1991, and obtained citizenship through naturalisation via ...

Ahmad Sakr Ahmad Ali Sakr ( ar, أحمد علي صقر; born 7 April 1970) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Sakr joined Nejmeh on 1 October 2005. International career Sakr was the Lebanon national team's goalke ...

and

Gevorg Karapetyan Gevorg Gagik Karapetyan ( hy, Գևորգ Գագիկի Կարապետյան; born 10 June 1990) is an Armenian former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Youth From 2007 to 2008, Karapetyan competed in the Armenian First League as p ...

Rivalries

Homenmen have a historic rivalry with fellow-

club

Homenetmen Homenetmen ( hy, Հ.Մ.Ը.Մ., , short for hy, Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն, meaning ''Armenian General Athletic Union'') is a pan-Armenian Armenian Diaspora, diaspora organization devoted to sport and sco ...

Players

Notable players

Honours

** Winners (4): 1945, 1954, 1957, 1961 *

** Winners (1): 1999 *

** ''Runners-up (4):'' 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99 *

** ''Runners-up (2):'' 1998, 1999

Asian record

: 2 appearances ::

: Second Round :: 1999–00: First Round

References

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