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2012–13 Lebanese Premier League
The 2012–13 Lebanese Premier League is the 52nd season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Safa the defending champions. The season kicked off on 28 September and finished on 16 June 2013, longer than usual, but due to the national team getting to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round. Teams Al-Mabarrah and Al-Ahli Saida were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2011–12 season in the bottom two places. Promoted from the second level were Shabab Al-Ghazieh Chabab Sporting Club Ghazieh (), known as Chabab Ghazieh or simply Ghazieh, is a football club based in Ghazieh, Lebanon, that competes in the . Founded in 1961, the club plays their home matches at the Kfarjoz Stadium. History On 11 April 2 ..., after one season away from the top flight and Al Ijtima'ih Tripoli. Stadiums and locations League table Attendances References {{DEFAULTSORT:2012-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safa Beirut SC
Safa Sporting Club () is a football club based in Wata El Msaytbeh, a district of Beirut, Lebanon. Competing in the , the club was founded in 1939 and have since won three league titles, three domestic cups, one Super Cup, and two Elite Cups. Safa also finished runners-up in the 2008 AFC Cup. Safa is primarily supported by the Druze community, and maintains a strong fanbase throughout Mount Lebanon. As Akhaa Ahli Aley is also based in the Mount Lebanon region, specifically in Aley, matches between the two clubs are referred to as the "Mountain derby" due to their shared regional support. History Early history (1933–1961) Founded in 1933 at an amateur level in the Wata El-Museitbeh of Beirut, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amin AbdelNour Stadium
Amin AbdelNour Stadium (), also known as Bhamdoun Municipal Stadium (), is a football field located in Bhamdoun Bhamdoun (), is a town in Lebanon from Beirut on the main road that leads to Damascus and in the suburbs of the main tourist city of Aley, lying at an altitude of above the Lamartine valley. Geography Two separate villages compose the town, ' ..., Lebanon. With a total capacity of 3,500, it is the home stadium of Akhaa Ahli Aley. References Football venues in Lebanon Aley District {{Lebanon-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saida Municipal Stadium
The Saida Municipal Stadium (), also known as the Martyr Rafic Hariri Stadium (), is a 22,600 capacity multi-purpose stadium in Sidon, Lebanon. The stadium was built in 1999 on the expanded grounds of the old stadium, as one of the venues to host matches during the 2000 AFC Asian Cup that was held in Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south .... References External links StadiumDB images Football venues in Lebanon Sports venues in Lebanon Multi-purpose stadiums in Lebanon Buildings and structures in Sidon {{Lebanon-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidon
Sidon ( ) or better known as Saida ( ; ) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, Lebanon, South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre, to the south, and the Lebanese capital of Beirut, to the north, are both about away. Sidon has a population of about 80,000 within the city limits, while its metropolitan area has more than a quarter-million inhabitants. Etymology The Phoenician language, Phoenician name (, ) probably meant "fishery" or "fishing town". It is mentioned in Papyrus Anastasi I as ''ḏjdwnꜣ''. It appears in Biblical Hebrew as () and in Classical Syriac, Syriac as (). This was hellenization, Hellenised as (), which was latinization of names, Latinised as and entered English in this form. The name appears in Classical Arabic as () and in Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Arabic as (). As a Colonia (Roman), Roman colony, it was notionally refounded and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sour Stadium
Sour Municipal Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Tyre, Lebanon. It is used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... matches and serves as the home for Tadamon Sour and Salam Sour. The stadium was built in 1947 and holds 6,500 people. References Football venues in Lebanon Sports venues in Lebanon {{Lebanon-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (; ; ; ; ) is a city in Lebanon, and one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa (consort of Zeus), Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix (son of Agenor), Phoenix, and Carthage's founder Dido (Elissa). The city has many ancient sites, including the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added as a whole to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1984. The historian Ernest Renan noted that "One can call Tyre a city of ruins, built out of ruins". Tyre is the fifth-largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli, Sidon, and Baalbek. It is the capital of the Tyre District in the South Governorate. There were approximately 200,000 inhabitants in the Tyre urban area in 2016, including many refugees, as the city hosts three of the twelve Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon: Burj el-Shamali, Burj El Shimali, El-Buss refugee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safa Stadium
The Safa Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and serves as the home for Safa (football club), Safa SC Beirut. The stadium has a capacity of 4,000 people. External links Frank Jasperneite page References Football venues in Beirut Sports venues in Lebanon {{Lebanon-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fouad Shehab Stadium
Fouad Chehab Stadium (), also known as Jounieh Municipal Stadium (), is a multi-use stadium in Jounieh, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and has a capacity of 5,000. In 1959, president Fouad Chehab Fouad Abdallah Chehab ( / ; 19 March 1902 – 25 April 1973) was a Lebanese general and statesman who served as president of Lebanon from 1958 to 1964. He is considered to be the founder of the Lebanese Army after Lebanon gained independence fr ... commissioned the French architect Michel Écochard to develop a plan for the stadium. In 1964, the construction of the Jounieh Municipal Stadium was completed, surrounded by an Olympic-sized track and a covered grandstand with a capacity of 7,500 spectators. The complex also includes a basketball and volleyball hall, with two stands that can accommodate 2,000 seated and 3,500 standing spectators. In 1994, at the initiative of minister , the stadium was renamed Fouad Chebab Stadium in honor of the late presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Beirut
Racing Club (), known as Racing Beirut or simply Racing, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the Greek Orthodox Christian community. Racing Beirut won the Lebanese Premier League three times, the Lebanese Challenge Cup twice, and the Lebanese Second Division four times. They also finished runners-up in the Lebanese FA Cup twice. History Early history The club was founded in 1934 by several locals from the Achrafieh and Gemmayzeh districts of Beirut, Lebanon. The club's name is inspired from French football club Racing Paris, who the club's presidents supported. Racing played five years in the Lebanese Second Division, and got its first promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 1940. In 1953, Albert Kheir was elected as the club's president. He sought to heighten the club's status in the country, by buying 20-year-old Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafic El-Hariri Stadium
Rafic Hariri Stadium (), also known as Al Manara Stadium () or Nejmeh Stadium (), is a multi-use stadium in the Manara district of Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for Nejmeh. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators, as well as a VIP seats area that accommodates around 100 guests, a cafeteria, and a gymnasium. History The Old Stadium The old club stadium consisted of a sand training field over the land number 704 in Ras Beirut area with no facilities or fences. The club teams used to practice under poor conditions. The former club administrations first built players facilities and administration offices around the stadium in 1969. The dream came true in the year 2004, and the fans can now enjoy the sight of their team training on a professional field. Renaming After the assassination of the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri (; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Nejmeh SC
Nejmeh Sporting Club () is a Association football, football club based in Manara, a neighbourhood in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and received its license in 1947. Nejmeh have won nine Lebanese Premier League titles, eight Lebanese FA Cup, Lebanese FA Cups, 12 Lebanese Elite Cup, Lebanese Elite Cups, and seven Lebanese Super Cup, Lebanese Super Cups. In Asia, Nejmeh were runners-up in the 2005 AFC Cup, where they lost to Al-Faisaly SC, Al-Faisaly of Jordan. Nejmeh is Sectarianism in Lebanon, primarily supported by the Lebanese Sunni Muslims, Sunni Muslim community with a minority of Lebanese Shia Muslims, Shiites and Lebanese Druze, Druzes, and shares a historic rivalry with fellow Beirut-based club Al Ansar FC, Ansar, known as the Beirut derby. The club's board is affiliated with the Future Movement political party and the Hariri family. History Nejmeh was founded in 1945 by the Lebanese Druze, Druze and Leb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripoli Municipal Stadium
Tripoli Municipal Stadium (), also known as the Rashid Karami Municipal Stadium (), is a 10,000 capacity multi-use stadium in Tripoli, Lebanon. Located near the city center, it is the home ground of AC Tripoli. History The public stadium was built by engineer Emil Khlat. It was inaugurated on 29 May 1960. It was rehabilitated to welcome Pan Arabic competitions, as well as Asian and International ones. The stadium remained operating with natural grass thanks to the efforts and dedication of Ahmad As-Sabbagh Abu Hilmi, former goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ... and employee of the Tripoli municipality, setting it apart from other Lebanese stadiums, especially those with natural grass that stopped hosting sporting activities due to lack of maintenance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
