Safa Sporting Club () is a
football club based in Wata El Msaytbeh, 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, that competes in the . Founded in 1939, they won three
league titles, three
domestic cups, one
Super Cup
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, and two
Elite Cups; they have also reached the
2008 AFC Cup
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Qualified teams
20 clubs will be competing, including champions of the national leagues and champi ...
final.
Safa primarily receives its support from Wata El-Museitbeh, as well as the
Druze
The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings o ...
community all over Lebanon. Given their fanbase extends well in
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at .
Geography
The Mount Le ...
, including the city of
Aley, they play the Mountain derby with
Akhaa Ahli Aley.
History
Founded in 1933 at an amateur level in the Wata El-Museitbeh of
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 ...
, Safa Sporting Club was officially established in 1939 by seven people: Maher Wahab, Anis Naaim, Hasib Al-Jerdi, Amin Haidar, Chafik Nader, Toufik Al-Zouhairy and Adib Haidar.
On 23 December 1948, Safa obtained the official membership and license from the government as a private association.
In the same year, the club was affiliated to the