Shabab El Bourj SC

Shabab Bourj
Full name	Shabab El Bourj Sporting Club
Founded	1967; 55 years ago, as Al Irshad Sporting Club
Ground	Bourj el-Barajneh Stadium
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Nader Alameh
Manager	Youssef Jawhari
League	Lebanese Premier League
2020–21	Lebanese Premier League, 8th of 12
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Shabab El Bourj Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي شباب البرج الرياضي, lit. 'Youth of the Tower Sporting Club') is a football club based in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League.^[1] Founded in 1967 as Al Irshad Sporting Club, the club changed its name to Shabab El Bourj in 2017.^[2]

The club was promoted to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time under their new name in 2019, after gaining back to back promotions from the Fourth Division.^[3]^[4] They became the first Lebanese team to achieve this feat.^[4]

Club rivalries[]

Shabab Bourj has rivalries with Bourj and Shabab Sahel, due to the fact that they are all based in the Dahieh area.^[5]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 1 October 2020^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LBN	(on loan from Safa)
2	DF	LBN
4	DF	LBN
5	MF	LBN
6	DF	LBN	Abbas Awad
7	FW	LBN	Adnan Melhem
8	MF	LBN	Hussein Awada (on loan from Ahed)
9	DF	LBN
10	FW	LBN	(on loan from Nejmeh)
11	FW	LBN	(on loan from Nejmeh)
12	MF	LBN
14	DF	LBN
15	MF	LBN


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	LBN
20	FW	LBN
21	MF	LBN
22	MF	LBN
26	GK	LBN
70	DF	LBN
77	MF	LBN	(on loan from Shabab Sahel)
78	DF	LBN	(on loan from Tripoli)
—	GK	LBN
—	DF	LBN
—	FW	LBN
—	FW	LBN

Honours[]

Lebanese Third Division: 1996–97^[b]

Notes[]

^ Only used as a training ground
^ As Al Irshad SC

References[]

^ "فريق: شباب البرج". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ "رئيس نادي شباب البرج نادر علامة: «النخبة» طموحنا و «البرج» شقيقنا وصعودنا دليل على حيادية اتحاد اللعبة". جريدة البناء | Al-binaa Newspaper (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ "شباب البرج يتأهل لأول مرة في تاريخه إلى دوري الأضواء". كووورة. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "31 آذار يوم صعود شباب البرج إلى الدرجة الأولى". Football Lebanon. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ FaLebanon
^ "Shabab Al Bourj SC". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

External links[]

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[stadium-1] Only used as a training ground

[Irshad-8] As Al Irshad SC

[2] "فريق: شباب البرج". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

[3] "رئيس نادي شباب البرج نادر علامة: «النخبة» طموحنا و «البرج» شقيقنا وصعودنا دليل على حيادية اتحاد اللعبة". جريدة البناء | Al-binaa Newspaper (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[4] "شباب البرج يتأهل لأول مرة في تاريخه إلى دوري الأضواء". كووورة. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[:0-5] "31 آذار يوم صعود شباب البرج إلى الدرجة الأولى". Football Lebanon. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[6] FaLebanon

[7] "Shabab Al Bourj SC". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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Seasons	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950–51 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1960–61 1962–63 1964–65 1966–67 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1974–75 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 ~~2000–01~~ 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 ~~2019–20~~ 2020–21 2021–22
2021–22 clubs	AC Sporting Ahed Akhaa Ahli Aley Ansar Bourj Nejmeh Safa Sagesse Shabab Bourj Shabab Sahel Tadamon Tripoli
Organisations	Lebanese Football Association
Statistics and awards	Al-Manar Football Festival 2010s Top scorers
Associated competitions	Lebanese FA Cup Lebanese Elite Cup Lebanese Challenge Cup Lebanese Super Cup Continental AFC Champions League AFC Cup Arab Club Championship