Al Nahda SC
{{About|the defunct Lebanese football club|other uses|al-Nahda (disambiguation){{!}}al-Nahda}}
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{{short description|Lebanese association football club}}
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| image = Al Nahda SC - Cup winners.jpg
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| caption = Al Nahda holding the Lebanese FA Cup in 1945
| fullname = Al Nahda Sporting Club
| nickname = {{lang|fr|Les Diables Noirs}} (The Black Devils){{Cite news|last=Frem|first=Joseph|date=21 January 1941|title=Les "cheminots" vainqueurs probables du championnat|work=L'Orient|url=|access-date=}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1926|2|3|df=y}}
| dissolved = 1990s
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Al Nahda Sporting Club ({{langx|ar|نادي النهضة الرياضي}}), or Renaissance in French,{{Cite news|date=26 February 1939|title=L'A.J. Andranik contre la Renaissance|work=L'Orient|url=https://ulib.aub.edu.lb/Script/tiffypage.asp?file=/orient/images3/3902W4/39022602.TIF|access-date=3 February 2021}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} was a football club based in the Mar Elias district of Beirut, Lebanon. Supported by the Orthodox community,{{Cite web|last=Alami|first=Mona|date=1 September 2009|title=Religious about football|url=http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArchiveDetails.aspx?ID=111940|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419190012/http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArchiveDetails.aspx?ID=111940|archive-date=19 April 2011|access-date=15 October 2010|website=NOW Lebanon}} they were founded in 1926 as Lebanon's first football club.
Nahda have won the inaugural Lebanese Premier League in 1933–34, as well as of the first edition of the Lebanese FA Cup in 1937–38. They are also the first team to have won a domestic double (1946–47), and have won a total of five league titles and four FA Cups. In the 1990s the club faced bankruptcy, and were forced to fold.
History
Nahda was established on 3 February 1926,{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=451}} by Elias Nakhle Boutrous, Emile Raffoul Boutrous, and Elias Moubarak, as Lebanon's first ever football club.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-28|script-title=ar:نادي النهضة مؤسّس كرة القدم اللبنانية - فادي سمعان|url=https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/21979-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9|access-date=2020-08-30|script-website=ar:نداء الوطن|language=en|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903084454/https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/21979-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9|url-status=live}} The club won the inaugural Lebanese Premier League in the 1933–34 season; their team consisted of: Elias Nakhle Boutrous, Edmond Rbeiz, Anis Al Lala, Emile Khoury, Georges Karam, Khalil Salmon, Georges Boukhazi, Gebran Boukhazi, Adel Sidani, Youssef Sidani, Jacques Chehab, Jimmy Chehab, Samir Sursuk, Avram Moussa, Elias Moubarak, Toufic Raffoul Boutrous, and Ibrahim Andraos.
Nahda also won the first edition of the Lebanese FA Cup in 1937–38. They are the first team to win a domestic double, in 1946–47.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-22|script-title=ar:رحلة القمة إلى القاع: 5 أندية تاهت بين طيات الزمن بلبنان|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=918435|access-date=2020-04-22|script-website=ar:كووورة|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812193548/https://www.kooora.com/?n=918435/|url-status=live}} Between the 1930s and 1940s, Nahda won five league titles and four FA Cups.{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - List of Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebchamp.html|access-date=19 March 2019|website=RSSSF|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604133921/http://rsssf.com/tablesl/lebchamp.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - List of Cup Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebcuphist.html|access-date=19 March 2019|website=RSSSF|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206031628/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebcuphist.html|url-status=live}}
In 1956 Al Nahda were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division after losing 10–0 on aggregate against Second Division winners Sagesse (9–0 and 0–1) in the play-off game held at the Beirut Municipal Stadium. They failed to gain promotion back to the Premier League, staying in the Second Division until the 1990s, when Nahda faced bankruptcy and were forced to fold.
Stadium
Nahda established their stadium in 1927, in the Mar Elias district of Beirut, Lebanon. In 1930, the club added wooden stands for 2,000 fans. On 22 December 1946, the club's president Ibrahim Saad put the first cornerstone for a new stadium at the Al Manara district of Ras Beirut, Beirut. The stadium cost £L300,000, or around £stg.34,000.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-29|script-title=ar:تدشين ملعب النهضة|url=https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/19883-%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-1%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B6%D8%A9|access-date=2020-08-30|script-website=ar:نداء الوطن|language=en|archive-date=13 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613090836/https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/19883-%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-1%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B6%D8%A9|url-status=live}}
Chairmen history
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Name{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=452}} !Years |
| Georges Al Roumi
|1926–1927 |
| Salim Raffoul Boutrous
|1927–1928 |
| Emile Khalil Boutrous
|1928–1929 |
| Bahij Salem
|1929–1931 |
| Georges Rubeiz
|1931–1933 |
| Michel Tedrous
|1933–1934 |
| Farid Ammoun
|1934–1935 |
| Jamil Sawaya
|1936 |
| Hassib Moussawer
|1936–1940 |
| Bahij Salem
|1940–1944 |
| Ibrahim Saad
|1944–1990s |
Honours
= Domestic =
- Lebanese Premier League
- Winners (5): 1933–34, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1948–49
- Lebanese FA Cup
- Winners (4): 1937–38, 1940–41, 1944–45, 1946–47
- Runners-up (1): 1942–43
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book|last=Sakr|first=Ali Hamidi|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/bdp3nc78sp4h4is/%25D9%2585%25D9%2588%25D8%25B3%25D9%2588%25D8%25B9%25D8%25A9_%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A9_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D8%25AF%25D9%2585_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2584%25D8%25A8%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A9_1991-1992.pdf/file|publisher=مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع|year=1992|isbn=0000281247|language=ar|script-title=ar:موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991–1992|trans-title=1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia|format=PDF}}
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