Girls Football Academy (), or simply GFA, was a
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
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academy based in
Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...
, Lebanon. They were founded in 2011 as the first exclusively female football academy in the
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
.
GFA's senior team were runners up three times in a row in the
Lebanese Women's Football League
The Lebanese Women's Football League () is the only league of women's football in Lebanon. It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams participating in the debut season. As of the 2024–25 season, ni ...
, between 2012 and 2014, as well as in the 2015–16
Lebanese Women's FA Cup
The Lebanon Women's Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese Women's FA Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in Lebanon – designed as an equivalent to the Lebanese FA Cup. The competition began in 2008 with six entrants.
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They withdrew their team in 2017, prior to the
2017–18 season.
History
GFA was founded in November 2011 by former international footballer
Nadia Assaf
Nadia Assaf (; born 30 September 1985) is a Lebanese football manager and former player who played as a midfielder and a centre forward. She is also a former futsal player, and represented Lebanon internationally in both football and futsal.
Ear ...
and her friend Walid Arakji, as the first private football academy for girls in the
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
.
Honours
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Lebanese Women's FA Cup
The Lebanon Women's Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese Women's FA Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in Lebanon – designed as an equivalent to the Lebanese FA Cup. The competition began in 2008 with six entrants.
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**''Runners-up (1):''
2015–16
See also
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Lebanese Women's Football League
The Lebanese Women's Football League () is the only league of women's football in Lebanon. It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams participating in the debut season. As of the 2024–25 season, ni ...
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Women's football in Lebanon
Women's association football, Women's football in Lebanon officially began in 2005, with the creation of the Lebanese Women's Football (LWF). Founded in 2008, the Lebanese Women's Football League is the national club league; Sadaka SC, Sadaka and ...
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List of women's association football clubs in Lebanon
In Lebanon, there is only one women's football league: the Lebanese Women's Football League. Thus, there are no promotions or relegation to date.
Clubs Current
The following clubs are in the Lebanese Women's Football League for the 2023–24 ...
References
Defunct football clubs in Lebanon
Women's football clubs in Lebanon
Association football clubs established in 2011
Association football clubs disestablished in 2017
2011 establishments in Lebanon
2017 disestablishments in Lebanon
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