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 Fourth Division. The club was founded in 1967 as Al Irshad SC, and changed their name to Shabab El Bourj SC in 2017.

History

Founded in 1967 as Al Irshad SC, the club changed their name to Shabab El Bourj SC in 2017. They were 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. They became the first Lebanese team to achieve this feat.

Following Shabab Bourj's failure to comply to FIFA's request for them to compensate former player Lorougnon Christ Remi, and rumours of a merger with Safa, the club withdrew from the league. On 30 May 2022, the LFA announced that Shabab Bourj were fined £L12.5 million, were relegated to the Second Division, and that all of their matches in the championship round were voided. Shabab Bourj eventually withdrew from the Second Division in 2022–23, and were relegated to the Third Division.

Club rivalries

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

Players

Current squad

As of 1 October 2022

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 Ali Ousseily 2  LBN Zeinabeddine Seifeddine 3  LBN Sharif Mezher 4  LBN Hassan Daaboul 6  LBN Abdelrahman Sous 8  LBN Ali Ismail 9  LBN Ali Bakri 10  LBN Ali Ibrahim 11  LBN Ali Hamdan 12  LBN Ali Sibai 14  PLE Bassam El Asmar

No. Pos. Nation Player 15  LBN Nasser Hawi 16  LBN Khalil Mansour 20  LBN Mehdi Baydoun 20  LBN Ali Mansour 22  LBN Mehdi Karnabash 30  LBN Rami Hijazi 33  LBN Mohammad Saadeh 70  LBN Mohammad Ali Mortada 70  LBN Noureddine Naboulsi 77  LBN Ali Zbib 88 FW  LBN Ali Chahla (captain)

Honours

• Lebanese Third Division
  • Champions (1): 1996–97

See also

• List of football clubs in Lebanon