Nejmeh SC
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.
| Full name | Nejmeh Sporting Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | القلعة النبيذية (The Burgundy Castle) | |
| Founded | 10 March 1945 | |
| Ground | Rafic Hariri Stadium | |
| Capacity | 5,000 | |
| Chairman | Mazen Al Zaani | |
| Manager | Paulo Menezes | |
| League | Lebanese Premier League | |
| 2022–23 | Lebanese Premier League, 2nd of 12 | |
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Historically, the club is second only to their cross-city rivals Ansar in the Lebanese Premier League and the Lebanese FA Cup. Nejmeh, however, lead in Lebanese Elite Cup titles. The rivalry between the two clubs has been dubbed the Beirut derby. In Asia, Nejmeh were runners-up in the 2005 AFC Cup, where they lost to Al-Faisaly of Jordan.
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