Safa SC
Lebanese association football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Safa Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الصفاء الرياضي, lit. 'The Purity Sporting Club') is a football club based in Wata El Msaytbeh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League. Founded in 1939, they have won three league titles, three domestic cups, one Super Cup, and two Elite Cups; they also reached the 2008 AFC Cup final.[2]
This article is about the men's football club from Beirut, Lebanon. For other uses, see Safa.
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Full name | Safa Sporting Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | النسور (The Eagles)[1] | ||
Short name | Safa | ||
Founded | 31 March 1939; 85 years ago (31 March 1939) | ||
Ground | Safa Stadium[lower-alpha 1] | ||
Capacity | 4,000 | ||
Chairman | Riad Atallah | ||
Manager | Bassem Marmar | ||
League | Lebanese Premier League | ||
2023–24 | Lebanese Premier League, 4th of 12 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Safa is primarily supported by the Druze community.[3][4][5] Given their fanbase extends well in Mount Lebanon, including the city of Aley, they play the Mountain derby with Akhaa Ahli Aley.