Safa SC

Founded in 1933 at an amateur level in the Wata El-Museitbeh of Beirut, Safa Sporting Club was officially established in 1939 by seven people: Maher Wahab, Anis Naaim, Hasib Al-Jerdi, Amin Haidar, Chafik Nader, Toufik Al-Zouhairy and Adib Haidar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kooora.com/?team=1273|title=فريق: الصفاء بيروت|website=www.kooora.com|access-date=2019-07-20|archive-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405052734/http://www.kooora.com/?team=1273|url-status=live}}

On 23 December 1948, Safa obtained the official membership and license from the government as a private association. In the same year, the club was affiliated to the Lebanese Football Association and was ranked within the Second Division.{{Cite web|title=منتديات كووورة|url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=25817126|access-date=2020-12-27|website=forum.kooora.com|archive-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902173133/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=25817126|url-status=live}} In 1961, Safa was promoted to the First Division.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

On 4 May 2012, after defeating Nejmeh, Safa were crowned Lebanese Premier League champions for the first time in 2011–12.{{Cite tweet |number=198448344224374784 |user=annahar |title=نادي "الصفاء" بطل لبنان في كرة القدم بعد فوزه على نادي "النجمة" |date=4 May 2012}} They were crowned league champions for the second consecutive time in 2012–13, after defeating Ahed 3–1 on 19 May 2013.{{Cite web |title=الصفاء بطلا لدوري لبنان للمرة الثانية |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/sport/2013/5/19/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=الجزيرة نت |language=ar}} Safa also won the 2012–13 Lebanese FA Cup, following a 2–1 win against Shabab Sahel in the final, achieving a domestic double for the first time.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-10 |title=الصفاء يقهر شباب الساحل ويتوج بكأس لبنان ويحرز الثنائية للمرة الأولى في تاريخه |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=252998 |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=كووورة |language=ar}}

After finishing the 2021–22 Lebanese Premier League in 11th place, Safa were due to be relegated to the Second Division for the first time.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-17 |title=بالصور: الصفاء اللبناني يهبط لأول مرة في تاريخه |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1139850 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=كووورة |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517164516/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1139850 |url-status=live }} However, following Shabab Bourj's withdrawal from the league, they were relegated in place of Safa.{{Cite web |title=شطب كافة نتائج شباب البرج وإسقاطه إلى الدرجة الثانية |url=https://www.elsport.com/news/show/650578/%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%A8-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D9%88%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%87-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86 |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Elsport News |language=ar |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717105418/https://www.elsport.com/news/show/650578/%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%A8-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D9%88%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%87-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86 |url-status=live }} Safa also narrowly avoided relegation the following season, finishing 10th above Salam Zgharta on account of their positive head-to-head record.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-22 |title=اتحاد كرة القدم اللبناني يصدر قرارات حاسمة |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1225628 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=كووورة |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529133117/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1225628 |url-status=live }}

The following is a list of kit manufacturers worn by Safa.

{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Safa Stadium

| native_name = ملعب نادي الصفاء الرياضي

| native_name_lang = ar

| coordinates = {{Coord|33|52|29|N|35|29|31|E}}

| location = Wata El-Museitbeh

| opened = 1948

| seating_capacity = 4,000

}}

{{Main|Safa Stadium}}

The Safa Stadium opened in 1948, and has a capacity of 4,000 spectators. Located in the Wata El-Museitbeh district of Beirut, the stadium is five minutes from the Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. While the stadium is of Safa's property, the club plays in various other stadiums around the country.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Safa has important rivalries with Ansar and Nejmeh, both being based in Beirut. Safa also plays the Mountain derby with Akhaa Ahli,{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljoumhouria.com/news/index/460751|title=جولة دربي الجبل... وملامسة اللقب|website=Al-Joumhouria|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=19 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619192650/http://www.aljoumhouria.com/news/index/460751|url-status=dead}} as Akhaa is based in Aley, a city in Mount Lebanon, and Safa's support comes from the Druze community in Lebanon, who mainly live in Chouf and Aley districts.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

{{updated|10 April 2025}}{{Cite web|title=Safa SC|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/safa-sc/16377/|access-date=8 October 2022|website=Global Sports Archive|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928002136/https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/safa-sc/16377/|url-status=live}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=LBN|name=Ali Hallal}}

{{Fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Hussein El Dor}}

{{Fs player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Mohammed Hayek}}

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

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

{{Fs player|no=7|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Jihad Ayoub}}

{{Fs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Ghazi Honeine}}

{{Fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=MNE|name=Boban Djordjevic}}

{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=SLE|name=Rodney Michael}}

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

{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Karim Jaafar}}

{{Fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Abdallah Doueik}}

{{Fs player|no=16|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Hassan Chaitou}}

{{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=LBN|name=Felix Michel Melki}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=SYR|name=Yassin Samia}}

{{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=ALG|name=Issad Lakdja}}

{{Fs player|no=21|pos=FW|nat=PLE|name=Islam Batran}}

{{Fs player|no=24|pos=MF|nat=TUN|name=Houssem Louati}}

{{Fs player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Hussein Zein}}

{{Fs player|no=30|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name= Hussein Sharafeddine}}

{{Fs player|no=33|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Andrew Sawaya}}

{{Fs player|no=43|pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Ali Haidar}}

{{Fs player|no=50|pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Khaled Takaji}}

{{Fs player|no=70|pos=DF|nat=LBN|name=Abbas Assi}}

{{Fs player|no=77|pos=FW|nat=LBN|name=Hussein Haydar}}

{{Fs player|no=81|pos=MF|nat=CIV|name=Inters Gui}}

{{Fs player|no=95|pos=GK|nat=LBN|name=Mostafa Matar}}

{{Fs player|no=99|pos=FW|nat=LIB|name=Ali El Fadl}}

{{Fs end}}

{{see also|Category:Safa SC players}}

• Lebanese Premier League
• Winners (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16
• Lebanese FA Cup
• Winners (3): 1964–65, 1986–87, 2012–13
• Runners-up (8): 1970–71, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2016–17
• Lebanese Elite Cup (defunct)
• Winners (2): 2009, 2012
• Runners-up (3): 2011, 2014, 2015
• Lebanese Super Cup
• Winners (1): 2013
• Runners-up (3): 2011, 2012, 2016
• Lebanese Second Division
• Winners (1): 1960–61 (Beirut)

• AFC Cup
• Runners-up (1): 2008

• Lebanese Challenge Cup (defunct)
• Runners-up (1): 2022

• AFC Cup: 5 appearances

::2008: Final

::2009: Round of 16

::2012: Group stage

::2013: Group stage

::2014: Round of 16

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

::1992–93: Withdrew in first round

::2000–01: Withdrew in first round

{{Expand list|date=March 2019}}

• {{flagicon|LBN}} Walid Zeineddine
• {{flagicon|EGY}} Mahmoud Saad
• {{flagicon|IRQ}} Akram Salman
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Ghassan Abou Diab
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Samir Saad
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Emile Rustom
• {{flagicon|ROM}} Valeriu Tița (2013–2014)
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Emile Rustom (2015–2018)
• {{flagicon|ROM}} Valeriu Tița (2018–2019)
• {{flagicon|TUN}} Tarek Jarraya (2019)
• {{flagicon|GER}} Robert Jaspert (2019–2020)
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Emile Rustom (2020)
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Mohammad Dakka (2020–2021){{Cite web|last=Diab|first=Rami Abou|date=2020-11-09|title=Safa SC appoint new coach|url=https://www.falebanon.com/safa-sc-appoint-new-coach/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-GB|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109164702/https://www.falebanon.com/safa-sc-appoint-new-coach/|url-status=live}}
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Fadi Oumari (2021–22)
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Malek Hassoun (2022)
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Youssef Jawhari (2022–2023)
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Moussa Hojeij (2023)
• {{flagicon|NED}} Johnny Jansen (2023)
• {{flagicon|NED}} Jan de Jonge (2023)
• {{flagicon|LBN}} Bassem Marmar (2023–present)

• Safa WFC, defunct women's team
• List of football clubs in Lebanon

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• {{Official website|https://safasc.com/}}
• [http://stats.the-afc.com/tournament/153/teams/603/profile Safa SC] at the AFC
• [http://www.falebanon.com/team/safa/ Safa SC] at FA Lebanon

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Category:Association football clubs established in 1939

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