Antranik Youth Association (football)

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Antranik
Antranik logo.png
Full nameAntranik Youth Association
Short nameAYA
Founded1931; 90 years ago (1931)
GroundAGBU-AYA Field
Naccache, Antelias, Lebanon
LeagueLebanese Fourth Division
Lebanese Fourth Division (season abandoned)
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of Antranik Youth Association
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BasketballFootball

The Antranik Youth Association (AYA) (Arabic: جمعية شباب الأنترانيك‎; Western Armenian: Անդրանիկ Երիտասարդաց Ընկերակցութիւն), or simply Antranik (Arabic: الأنترانيك‎; Western Armenian: Անդրանիկ), is a football club based in Antelias, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Fourth Division. The club was founded in 1931 as the football section of the Antranik Youth Association, the Lebanese chapter of the Armenian Youth Association.

History[]

With the establishment of Antranik Youth Association in 1931, Antranik formed its football team. The team, represented by Shavarsh Pakrian, participated in the Lebanese Football Association's first meeting on 22 March 1933, as one of its founding members.[1] In 1940–41, Antranik's reserve team – Antranik B – won the Lebanese Second Division with 15 wins and one draw.[2]

As of the 2018–19 season,[3] Antranik's football team play in the Lebanese Fourth Division.[4]

Honours[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ As "Antranik B"

References[]

  1. ^ Sakr, Ali Hamidi (1995). موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991-1992 [1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia] (PDF) (in Arabic). مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع‎. p. 17. ISBN 0000281247.
  2. ^ "L'A.J. Andranik (B) champion de 2e catégorie" [A.J. Andranik (B) 2nd category champion]. L'Orient. 29 May 1941.
  3. ^ "Lebanese league- 4'th division - beirut 2018/2019". Goalzz. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Football". AGBU Lebanon District. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

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