Tadamon Sour Sporting Club ( ar, نادي التضامن الرياضي صور, lit=Solidarity Sporting Club Tyre), or simply Tadamon, is a
football
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club based in
Tyre, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the
Tyre Municipal Stadium, and have won one
Lebanese FA Cup and two
Lebanese Challenge Cup
The Lebanese Challenge Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the teams placed between 7th and 10th in the previous season of the Lebanese Premier League and the two newly promoted teams from the Lebanese Second Divis ...
s.
History
In 1939, a group of students from
Tyre, Lebanon, established a football team, which officially received its license in 1947.
Due to the
1948 Palestinian exodus
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, a number of Palestinian players joined Tadamon Sour.
The team played numerous games in Syria and Jordan, and hosted Egyptian club
Al Ahly
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in Tyre.
In 1991 Tadamon Sour finished runners-up in the
Lebanese Second Division
The Lebanese Second Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate ...
, and were promoted to the
Lebanese Premier League
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.
In 2000–01 they won the
Lebanese FA Cup, beating
Ansar 2–1 in the final.
Club rivalries
Tadamon Sour plays
Salam Sour in the
Tyre derby. The club also plays the
South
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
derby with
Ghazieh, based on their location.
Players
Current squad
Notable players
Honours
*
Lebanese FA Cup
**Winners (1): 2000–01
*
Lebanese Challenge Cup
The Lebanese Challenge Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the teams placed between 7th and 10th in the previous season of the Lebanese Premier League and the two newly promoted teams from the Lebanese Second Divis ...
**Winners (2; joint record): 2013, 2018
**''Runners-up (1):'' 2017
*
Lebanese Second Division
The Lebanese Second Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate ...
** Winners (2): 1960–61 (South), 2015–16
*
Lebanese Federation Cup
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1999
See also
*
List of football clubs in Lebanon
References
External links
Official website
Tadamon Sour SCat LebanonFG
Football clubs in Lebanon
Association football clubs established in 1946
1946 establishments in Lebanon
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