Stars Association for Sports ( ar, جمعية نجوم الرياضة), or simply SAS, is a women's football club section of the similarly-named sports academy, based in

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, Lebanon. Founded in 2011 as Stars Academy for Sports, they have competed in the

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since 2014. SAS have won six league titles, three

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titles, and one

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title, and were runners-up in the inaugural edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship in 2019.

History

Established in 2011 as "Stars Academy for Sports" (SAS), the senior team debuted in the

in 2013–14. They won the 2014–15 league title after beating

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(GFA) in the final matchday of the season, on 23 July 2015, and won the

by beating

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3–0 in the final, on 28 August 2015. SAS won three consecutive league titles, between the 2014–15 and 2016–17 season. Ahead of the 2017–18 season, SAS changed their name to "Stars Association for Sports". They achieved their second domestic double in 2018–19 by winning both the league (their fourth in total) and the cup (their second). In 2019 SAS took part in the inaugural edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship, an international club competition for West Asian ( WAFF) clubs, along with four other clubs. After winning their opening two matches, against

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(7–0) and

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(2–1), SAS lost against eventual champions Shabab Ordon (3–0), before drawing the last game of the tournament against

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(3–3) to finish as runners-up. On 1 March 2020, SAS won 4–2 against newly-founded

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(EFP) in the effective final of the 2019–20 season, becoming five-time champions of the league. They won their sixth league title in the 2021–22 season, after defeating defending champions Safa 2–1 in the final matchday.

Players

Current squad

Managerial history

Below is a list of SAS managers from 2014 until the present day.

Honours

Domestic

**Winners (6): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22 * Lebanese Women's FA Cup **Winners (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19 **''Runners-up (2):'' 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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**Winners (1): 2016–17 **''Runners-up (3):'' 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19

Continental

* WAFF Women's Clubs Championship ** ''Runners-up (1):''

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Continental record

* WAFF Women's Clubs Championship: 1 appearance ::

: Runners-up

References

External links

Stars Association for Sports
at the-waff.com {{Lebanese Women's Football League Women's football clubs in Lebanon 2014 establishments in Lebanon Association football clubs established in 2014