Lebanese Football Association

In 1931 Khalil Hilmi, a member of Riyadi Beirut, attempted to form a federation.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=35}} However, the proposal failed as Nahda opposed its formation.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=35}} On 22 March 1933, representatives of thirteen football clubs gathered in the Minet El Hosn district in Beirut to form the Lebanese Football Association (LFA).{{Cite web|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/135020|script-title=ar:الإعلام الرياضي في لبنان بين شباك السياسة والإهمال|website=الأخبار|language=ar|trans-title=Sports media in Lebanon between politics and neglect|access-date=20 December 2018}} Hussein Sejaan was the LFA's first president.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=17}} Lebanon was one of the first nations in the Middle East to establish an administrative body for association football.{{efn|The FA's of Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and Israel are older.}}{{sfn|Henshaw|1979|p=420}} The LFA joined FIFA in 1936 and the AFC in 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://lebanesefootballassociation.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%af/|script-title=ar:لمحة عن الإتحاد|last=عساف|first=فراس ابو|website=الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم|language=ar|trans-title=Lebanese Football Federation|access-date=20 December 2018}} In 2001, the LFA joined the WAFF as one of its founding members.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2785928|title=Jordanian Prince Ali re-elected as president of WAFF|website=Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)|access-date=6 June 2019}}

In 1985, in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War, the LFA was divided into two administrations: Western, headed by Nabil Al Raei, and Eastern, headed by Hamid Khoury. FIFA froze Lebanon's membership until 5 February 1987, when FIFA president Sepp Blatter sent a telex letter to the LFA recognizing the elections of 2 May 1985, which had elected Al Raei as the LFA president.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-07|script-title=ar:شرعية إتحاد كرة القدم|url=https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/18405-%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85|access-date=2020-08-30|website=نداء الوطن|language=en}}

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{{Updated|11 December 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/LBN|title=Lebanese Football Association|website=FIFA|access-date=18 August 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Lebanese Football Association|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/west/lebanon.html|access-date=18 August 2022|website=Asian Football Confederation}}{{Cite web|script-title=ar:اللجنة التنفيذية|trans-title=Executive Committee|url=https://the-lfa.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b0%d9%8a%d8%a9/|access-date=12 December 2020|website=Lebanese Football Association}}

• Lebanon national football team
• Lebanese Premier League
• Lebanese FA Cup
• Lebanese Federation Cup
• 2013 Lebanese match fixing scandal

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• {{cite book|last=Henshaw|first=Richard|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000hens_z1k7|title=The Encyclopedia of World Soccer|publisher=New Republic Books|year=1979|isbn=0-915220-34-2|location=Washington, D.C.|url-access=registration}}
• {{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}}

• {{Official website|https://the-lfa.com.lb/}} {{in lang|ar}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212015/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/LBN/ Lebanon] at FIFA.com (archived 2 February 2019)
• [http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-associations/west/lebanese-football-assoc.html Lebanon] at the-AFC.com
• [http://www.the-waff.com/eng/team/lebanon Lebanon] at the-WAFF.com

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