Safa WFC
{{short description|Lebanese women's football club}}
{{About|the Lebanese women's football club||Safa (disambiguation){{!}}Safa}}
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| dissolved = {{Start date and age|31 July 2022}}
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Safa Women's Football Club ({{langx|ar|نادي الصفاء الرياضي للسيدات}}), or simply Safa, was a women's football club based in Wata El-Museitbeh, Beirut, Lebanon, section of the homonymous football club. Founded in 2019, they competed in the Lebanese Women's Football League, which they won in 2020–21. They were disbanded following the 2021–22 season.
History
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Founded on 14 May 2019,{{Cite news|title=Circular No. 2019/29|date=14 May 2019|work=Lebanese Football Association}} Safa debuted in the 2019–20 season{{Cite web|url=https://anbaaonline.com/news/15112/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%b6%d9%85-%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%a9|title=الصفاء ينضم لعائلة الكرة النسائية|date=22 April 2019|website=جريدة الأنباء الإلكترونية|language=ar-LB|access-date=28 February 2020}} and finished in second place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.falebanon.com/sas-champions-the-2019-20-lebanese-womens-football-league/|title=SAS champions the 2019–20 Lebanese Women's Football League!|date=2020-03-01|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}} They won their only league title in the 2020–21 season, after beating ÓBerytus 6–1 in the final matchday of the season.{{Cite web|title=الصفاء يتوّج بلقب بطولة لبنان للسيدات|url=https://the-lfa.com/safa-wl-champion/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=The LFA|language=ar}} Having won the league, Safa qualified to compete in the 2022 edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship for the first time.{{Cite web |title=الصفاء في غرب اسيا |url=https://www.elsport.com/news/show/633359/الصفاء-غرب-اسيا |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Elsport News |language=ar}} They became the first Lebanese team to win the competition, after beating Orthodox of Jordan 3–1 in the final.{{Cite web |date=20 July 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:بالصور: سيدات الصفاء اللبناني يحصدن لقب بطولة غرب اسيا |trans-title=Lebanese club Safa win the WAFF Championship title |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1157295 |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}
On 31 July 2022, Safa announced the dissolution of its women's team.{{Cite web |last=أحوال |date=2022-08-01 |title=فريق الصفاء يعلن حل كافة الأجهزة الفنية والإدارية لفريق السيدات |url=https://ahwal.media/archives/79908 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=أحوال ميديا |language=ar}}
Honours
= Domestic =
- Lebanese Women's Football League
- Winners (1): 2020–21
- Lebanese Women's Super Cup
- Winners (1): 2021–22
= Regional=
- WAFF Women's Clubs Championship
- Winners (1): 2022
See also
References
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{{Lebanese Women's Football League}}
Category:Football clubs in Beirut
Category:Defunct football clubs in Lebanon
Category:Women's football clubs in Lebanon
Category:2019 establishments in Lebanon
Category:2022 disestablishments in Lebanon
Category:Association football clubs established in 2019
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2022
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