Full name | Beirut Football Academy |
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Short name | BFA |
Founded | March 2004 |
Based in | Beirut |
Colors | Red and blue |
President | Ziad Saade |
Website | www |
Beirut Football Academy (Arabic: أكاديمية بيروت), or simply BFA, is a football academy based in Forn El Chebbak, a district in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 2004 as the first football academy in the country, they play their games at the Al Sharq Stadium.[1]
Beirut Football Academy (BFA) was founded in March 2004 as Lebanon's first football academy.[2] It has five branches: Furn el Shebbek, Hazmieh, Ain Saadeh, Mansourieh and Batroun.[2]
On 29 December 2019, BFA signed an agreement with Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, with the two clubs becoming affiliates.[3]
Short name | BFA | ||
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Founded | 2016 | ||
Manager | Samer Berbari | ||
League | Lebanese Women's Football League | ||
2023–24 | Lebanese Women's Football League, Champions | ||
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Beirut Football Association's women's football club was founded in 2016, and compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League.[4][5]
BFA were crowned league champions in the 2023–24 season, after finishing first with 18 wins out of 18 matches.[6] They also finished runners-up in the 2020–21 Lebanese Women's FA Cup, losing on penalty shoot-outs to EFP in the final.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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