BFA Sporting

On 23 October 1963, Al Jihad SC ({{Langx|ar|نادي الجهاد الرياضي}}), based in Hay El Sellom, a district in Beirut, was formally recognized as a non-profit sports and cultural organization.{{Cite web|title=Club History|url=https://sportingbeirut.com/club-history|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-14|website=AC Sporting|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414002541/https://sportingbeirut.com/club-history |archive-date=2021-04-14 }} They played their first official season in 1997, in the Lebanese Fifth Division, which they won in 1999–2000. In 2007–08 they won the Lebanese Third Division, and were promoted to the Lebanese Second Division.{{Cite web|title=Lebanon 2007/08|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/leb08.html|access-date=2021-04-14|website=RSSSF}}

On 2 September 2009, the club relocated to Ghobeiry, and changed their name to Al Khoyol FC ({{langx|ar|نادي الخيول الرياضي}}).{{Cite web|title=الجامعة اللبنانية {{!}} التشريعات {{!}} تعديل اسم جمعية "نادي الجهاد الرياضي"- حي السلم ليصبح جمعية: "نادي الخيول الرياضي"|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/Law.aspx?lawId=224160|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb}}

In 2009–10, Khoyol lost a decisive match for promotion to the Lebanese Premier League against Akhaa Ahli Aley.{{Cite web|title=سبورتينغ في الدرجة الأولى.. من هو؟ وكيف وصل؟|url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/2604|access-date=2021-04-13|website=lebanonfg.com|language=en|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414130615/http://lebanonfg.com/single/2604|url-status=live}} The following season, in 2010–11, Khoyol lost to Ahli Saida in another decisive promotion match. In both instances, Khoyol complained to the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) for supposed match fixing.

In 2014, Khoyol were relegated to the Third Division.

On 24 April 2018, the club changed their name to AC Sporting ({{langx|ar|نادي سبورتينغ الرياضي}}) and moved to Beirut:{{Cite web|title=الجامعة اللبنانية {{!}} التشريعات {{!}} تعديل اسم ونقل مركز جمعية " نادي الخيول الرياضي" - الغبيري ليصبح "نادي سبورتينغ الرياضي" - بيروت|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/Law.aspx?lawId=275740|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb}} they promptly gained promotion to the Lebanese Second Division in 2019, coming first in the Lebanese Third Division.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=16034&stage=1|title=Lebanese League Third Division 2018/2019|website=www.goalzz.com|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602100705/https://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=16034&stage=1|url-status=live}} Sporting won the 2020–21 Lebanese Second Division,{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=بالصور.. سبورتينج والحكمة يتأهلان لدوري الدرجة الأولى|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1022244|access-date=2021-04-16|website=كووورة|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420032748/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1022244|url-status=live}} and gained promotion to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time in their history.{{Cite web|last=Hijazi|first=Alloffs|date=2021-04-12|title=سبورتينغ في دوري الاضواء للمرة الأولى في تاريخه|url=https://elmaestrosport.com/%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%ba-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84%d9%89/|access-date=2021-04-12|website=El Maestro Sport|language=ar|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505170031/https://elmaestrosport.com/%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%ba-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%88%d9%84%d9%89/|url-status=live}} After finishing in last place, Sporting were relegated back to the Second Division.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-04 |title=الصفاء والحكمة أم المعارك في نهاية الدوري |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1136011 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=كووورة |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613173501/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1136011 |url-status=live }}

On 26 June 2023, the club issued a statement announcing that it had been acquired by Australian-Lebanese businessman Joseph Bacha, owner of Telford Civil. They also entered into a partnership with Beirut Football Academy, and renamed the club into BFA Sporting ({{Langx|ar|بي اف اي سبورتينغ}}).{{Cite web |date=27 June 2023 |title= |script-title=ar:بيان اعلامي صادر عن ادارة نادي سبورتينغ الرياضي |url=https://www.facebook.com/acsportingbeirut/posts/pfbid026nUJsttrux9e78Twkk3XJhDna8CJt7cU43JVdP3NLfo4gusiHdnwCDWBFs8Eg7kNl |access-date=5 August 2023 |publisher=BFA Sporting |language=ar |via=Facebook |archive-date=5 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805121309/https://www.facebook.com/acsportingbeirut/posts/pfbid026nUJsttrux9e78Twkk3XJhDna8CJt7cU43JVdP3NLfo4gusiHdnwCDWBFs8Eg7kNl |url-status=live }}

{{For|a list of all former and current AC Sporting players with a Wikipedia article|Category:BFA Sporting players}}

{{updated|1 October 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Players|url=https://sportingbeirut.com/players-1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414000143/https://sportingbeirut.com/players-1|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2021|access-date=19 March 2022|website=AC Sporting}}{{Cite web|title=Sporting AC|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/sporting-ac/38195/|access-date=1 October 2022|website=Global Sports Archive|archive-date=13 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613173357/https://globalsportsarchive.com/|url-status=live}}

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{{Fs player|no=5 |pos=DF|nat=LBN|name= Francis}}

{{Fs player|no=6 |pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Kassem Hnaino}}

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{{Fs player|no=8 |pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Mohammad Zayyat}}

{{Fs player|no=9 |pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Ali Abbas}}

{{Fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Ali Bazzi}}

{{Fs player|no=11|pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Zahreddine}}

{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Ali Mezher}}

{{Fs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Bilal Fakih}}

{{Fs player|no=18|pos=DF|nat=PLE|name=Omar Meshlawi}}

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{{Fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Ali El Miri}}

{{Fs player|no=20|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Hassan Fardous}}

{{Fs player|no=21|pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Christian Nawfal}}

{{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Yasser Dimachek}}

{{Fs player|no=23|pos=GK|nat=LBN|name=Mahdi Mzanar}}

{{Fs player|no=23|pos=GK|nat=LBN|name=Rizk}}

{{Fs player|no=24|pos=GK|nat=LBN|name=Eddy Bashir}}

{{Fs player|no=24|pos=GK|nat=LBN|name=A Nasser}}

{{Fs player|no=25|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Hamza Mahmoud}}

{{Fs player|no=30|pos= |nat=LBN|name=Kawwam}}

{{Fs player|no=77|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Issa Khreis}}

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