Homenmen Beirut

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Homenmen Sports Association Beirut ({{Langx|ar|الجمعية الرياضية هومنمن بيروت}};{{Cite web|title=الجامعة اللبنانية {{!}} مركز المعلوماتية القانونية :: التشريعات النافذة :: إضافة لعبة "الترياتلون" الى "الجمعية الرياضية هومنمن" - بيروت|url=http://www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb/PrintArticle.aspx?LawArticleID=0&LawID=241060&Law_Tree_Section_ID=243298|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb}} {{Langx|hy|Հայ Մարզական Միութիւն (ՀՄՄ)|lit=Armenian Sports Union (HMM)}}), or simply Homenmen, is a Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club based in Beirut, Lebanon, section of the pan-Armenian sports and scouting organisation of the same name.

Founded in 1921,{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - List of Foundation Dates|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebfound.html|access-date=2019-07-30|website=RSSSF}} the football club competes in the {{Lebanese football updater|Homenme}}, having won the Lebanese Premier League four times, and the Lebanese Elite Cup once. Homenmen's activities also include table tennis, cycling, as well as a scouting program.

History

File:2020-21 Homenmen vs Homenetmen 06.jpg (blue) in the 2020–21 Lebanese Third Division]]Following the foundation of Homenmen on 27 January 1921, the Lebanese branch was formed in 1924.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-30|title=الهومنمن: مسيرة متنوعة وتحولات دراماتيكية.. ونجومه علامة فارقة في المنتخب|url=https://ahwal.media/archives/26211|access-date=2021-10-14|website=أحوال ميديا|language=ar}} The club was among the founding members of the Lebanese Football Association in 1933. They were affiliated with the Hunchak party.{{Cite web|title=أندية دمغت تاريخ اللعبة... في طريـق الاندثار|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/116091|access-date=2022-02-22|website=الأخبار|language=ar}}

Homenmen played various clubs worldwide, most notably Hajduk Split in Yugoslavia in 1945, Al Ahly and Zamalek in Egypt in 1969, as well as multiple trips to Armenia. In 1995, they represented Lebanon at the Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and were eliminated in the second round. Homenmen participated once more, in 1999, where they were eliminated in the first round.

Homenmen's football team have won the Lebanese Premier League four times, in 1945, 1954, 1957 and 1961, and the Lebanese Elite Cup in 1999.{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - List of Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebchamp.html|access-date=2019-07-30|website=RSSSF}} They have also finished runners-up in the Lebanese FA Cup four times (1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999), and in the Lebanese Super Cup in 1999.

Among the most prominent historical players of Homenmen are Mardik Tchaparian, Babken Melikyan, Ahmad Sakr and Gevorg Karapetyan.

Rivalries

Homenmen have a historic rivalry with fellow-Lebanese-Armenian club Homenetmen.{{Cite web|title=Lebanon's Armenian talent pool|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.comlebanon-s-armenian-talent-pool-2767227|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.fifa.com|language=en}}