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Nejmeh SC
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This article is about the Lebanese football club. For other similarly named clubs, see Al-Nejmeh.
Nejmeh Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit. 'The Star Sporting Club') is a football club based in Manara, a neighbourhood in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League.
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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 | |
2023–24 | Lebanese Premier League, 1st of 12 (champions) | |
Website | Club website | |
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The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and received its license in 1947. Nejmeh have won nine 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. The club's board is affiliated with the Future Movement political party and the Hariri family.[2][3]