Nejmeh SC
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Nejmeh Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit. 'The Star Sporting Club') is a football club based in Manara, a district in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League. The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and received its license in 1947. Nejmeh's board is affiliated with the Future Movement and the Hariri family.[2][3]
Full name | Nejmeh Sporting Club | |
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Nickname(s) | القلعة النبيذية (The Burgundy Castle)[1] | |
Short name | Nejmeh | |
Founded | 10 March 1945; 79 years ago (1945-03-10) | |
Ground | Rafic Hariri Stadium[lower-alpha 1] | |
Capacity | 5,000 | |
Chairman | Mazen Al Zaani | |
Manager | Dragan Jovanovic | |
League | Lebanese Premier League | |
2022–23 | Lebanese Premier League, 2nd of 12 | |
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Nejmeh have won eight Lebanese Premier League titles, eight Lebanese FA Cups, 12 Lebanese Elite Cups, and seven Lebanese Super Cups. In Asia, Nejmeh were runners-up in the 2005 AFC Cup, where they lost to Al-Faisaly of Jordan. Nejmeh shares a historic rivalry with fellow Beirut-based club Ansar, known as the Beirut derby.