Al Mabarra Club

Mabarra

Full name	Al Mabarra Club[1]
Founded	1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Chairman	Ali Haidar
Manager	Mohammad Dakka
League	Lebanese Second Division
2023–24	Lebanese Second Division, 3rd of 12
Home colours Away colours

Al Mabarra Club (Arabic: نادي المبرة الرياضي) is a football club based in Tarik Al-Matar, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Second Division.^[2] Established in 1987, they won one Lebanese FA Cup in 2008.^[3]

The club had promoted gradually along the different divisions, before reaching the Lebanese Premier League for the first time in 1989. Mabarra have Shia ties.^[4]

History

Founded in 1980 by Mohammad Hussein Fadallah, Mabarra officially received their license in 1987.^[5] In 1993–94 Mabarra were relegated to the Lebanese Fourth Division, and were able to gain promotion to the Third Division, then the Second Division, and finally to the Premier League.^[5]

Current squad

As of 4 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  LBN Ahmad Taktouk — GK  LBN Hadi Saad — GK  LBN Adam Tarraf — DF  LBN Mohamad Zein Tahan — DF  LBN Mohammed Baker Ayoub — DF  LBN Baker Ali Haidar — DF  LBN Ali Siblini — DF  LBN Ali Kiki — DF  LBN Saad Youssef — MF  LBN Hussein Ibrahim — MF  LBN Kassem El Choum

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  LBN Hussein Bajouk — MF  LBN Moussa Al Taweel — MF  PLE Adnan Salloum — MF  LBN Khalil Hamieh — FW  LBN Karim Fadel — FW  PLE Wasim Abdalhadi — FW  GHA Bismark Asante —  LBN Ali Ibrahim —  LBN Mohammad Sleiman

Honours

• Lebanese FA Cup
  • Winners (1): 2007–08
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10
• Lebanese Second Division
  • Winners (1): 1987–88, 2012–13 (Group B)
• Lebanese Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2008

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2009: Group stage

See also

• List of football clubs in Lebanon

References

1. "Team info: Al Mabarra Club". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
2. "فريق: المبرة". kooora.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
3. "Lebanon 2007/08". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
4. Alami, Mona (1 September 2009). "Religious about football". NOW Lebanon. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
5. "منتديات كووورة". forum.kooora.com. Retrieved 2020-12-27.

External links

• AFC team profile