Salah Falah

Salah Falah
Personal information
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1938–1940	Hilmi-Sport
1941	DPHB
1943–1947	Sagesse
National team
1940–1942	Lebanon
Teams managed
1946–1947	Sagesse
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Salah Falah (Arabic: صلاح فلاح) was a Lebanese football player, coach, and referee. Falah played as a midfielder for the Lebanon national team in their first official international match.

Playing career[]

Falah played for Hilmi-Sport, DPHB, and Sagesse during the 1940s.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 1934 the midfielder captained the Lebanon national team in their first unofficial match, against Romanian club CA Timișoara (T.A.C.).^[4] Falah also represented Lebanon in their first official international match, in 1940 against Mandatory Palestine.^[2]^[5]

In 1946–47 Falah coached Sagesse while a player.^[6] He was a referee during the 1960–61 season.

^ "hilmi sport". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "هكذا تأسّس نادي الحكمة بيروت". نداء الوطن. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "Lebanon - International Results - Early History". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ "La vie sportive". Le Jour. 18 October 1946. p. 2.

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