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Lebanon football

=Lebanon Football=

Table of contents

1 Championship, list of winners 2 Cup, list of winner 3 Guinness World Record 4 International Players 5 Special Events

Championship, list of winners

1934 Al Nahda 1935 American University 1936 Sikat El Hadid [Railways] 1937 American University 1938 American University 1939 Sikat El Hadid [Railways] 1940 - not done 1941 Sikat El Hadid [Railways] 1942 Al Nahda 1943 Al Nahda 1944 Homenetmen 1945 Homenmen 1946 Homenetmen 1947 Al Nahda 1948 Homenetmen 1949 Al Nahda 1950 - not done 1951 Homenetmen 1952 - not done 1953 - not done 1954 Homenmen 1955 Homenetmen 1956 Racing 1957 Homenmen 1958 - not done 1959 - not done 1960 - not done 1961 Homenmen 1962 - not done 1963 Homenetmen 1964 - not done 1965 Racing 1966 - not done 1967 Shabibat El Mazraa 1968 - not done 1969 Homenetmen 1970 Racing 1971 - not done 1972 - not done 1973 Nejmeh 1974 - not done 1975 Nejmeh 1976 - not done 1977 - not done 1978 - not done 1979 - not done 1980 - not done 1980 - not done 1981 - not done 1982 - not done 1983 - not done 1984 - not done 1985 - not done 1986 - not done 1987 - not done 1988 Al-Ansar 1989 - not done 1990 Al-Ansar 1991 Al-Ansar 1992 Al-Ansar 1993 Al-Ansar 1994 Al-Ansar 1995 Al-Ansar 1996 Al-Ansar 1997 Al-Ansar 1998 Al-Ansar 1999 Al-Ansar 2000 Nejmeh 2001 - cancelled 2002 Nejmeh 2003 Olympic Beirut

Cup, list of winner

1938 Al Nahda 1939 Helmi Sport 1940 Helmi Sport 1941 Al Nahda 1942 - not done 1943 Homenetmen 1944 - not done 1945 Al Nahda 1946 - not done 1947 Al Nahda 1948 Homenetmen 1949 - not done 1950 Shabibat El Mazraa 1951 Shabibat El Mazraa 1952 - not done 1953 - not done 1954 - not done 1955 - not done 1956 - not done 1957 - not done 1958 - not done 1959 - not done 1960 - not done 1961 - not done 1962 Homenetmen 1963 - not done 1964 Safa 1965 - not done 1966 - not done 1967 - not done 1968 - not done 1969 - not done 1970 - not done 1971 Nejmeh 1972 - not done 1973 - not done 1974 - not done 1975 - not done 1976 - not done 1977 - not done 1978 - not done 1979 - not done 1980 - not done 1981 - not done 1982 - not done 1983 - not done 1984 - not done 1985 - not done 1986 Safa 1987 Nejmeh 1988 Al-Ansar 1989 Nejmeh 1990 Al-Ansar 1991 Al-Ansar 1992 Al-Ansar 1993 Bourj 1994 Al-Ansar 1995 Al-Ansar 1996 Al-Ansar 1997 Nejmeh 1998 Nejmeh 1999 Al-Ansar 2000 Shabab Sahel 2001 Tadamoun Sour 2002 Al-Ansar 2003 Olympic Beirut

Guinness World Record

The Al-Ansar club won 11 consecutive league titles between 1988 and 1999 inclusive.

International Players

Roda Antar in Freiburg, Germany.. He used to play with the lebanese club Tadamon Sour, then went to Hambourg (Germany). Pierre Issa, played in the World Cup twice in 1998 and 2002 (with the South African team), he is Lebanese but also has a South African nationality. He now plays with Olympic Beirut.

Special Events

In 1974, the famous Brasilian player Pelé played one match with Nejmeh. In 1975, Nejmeh won 2-1 over USSR champion's holder club.. Nejmeh is the most popular football club in Lebanon

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