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Lebanese Football Association

The Lebanese Football Association (LFA; Arabic: الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم, romanizedAl-Ittiḥād Al-Lubnānī Likurat Al-Qadam; French: Fédération Libanaise de Football) is the governing body of association football in Lebanon. Formed in 1933, it is a member of both FIFA and the AFC. It is also one of the founding members of the WAFF, joining in its inception in 2001.

AFC

LFA

22 March 1933 (1933-03-22)

Lebanon

1936

1964

2001

Hachem Haidar

the-lfa.com.lb (in Arabic)

History[edit]

In 1931 Khalil Hilmi, a member of Riyadi Beirut, attempted to form a federation.[1] However, the proposal failed as Nahda opposed its formation.[1] On 22 March 1933, representatives of thirteen football clubs gathered in the Minet El Hosn district in Beirut to form the Lebanese Football Association (LFA).[2] Hussein Sejaan was the LFA's first president.[3] Lebanon was one of the first nations in the Middle East to establish an administrative body for association football.[a][4] The LFA joined FIFA in 1936 and the AFC in 1964.[5] In 2001, the LFA joined the WAFF as one of its founding members.[6]


In 1985, in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War, the LFA was divided into two administrations: Western, headed by Nabil Al Raei, and Eastern, headed by Hamid Khoury.[7] FIFA froze Lebanon's membership until 5 February 1987, when FIFA president Sepp Blatter sent a telex letter to the LFA recognizing the elections of 2 May 1985, which had elected Al Raei as the LFA president.[7]

Lebanon national football team

Lebanese Premier League

Lebanese FA Cup

Lebanese Federation Cup

2013 Lebanese match fixing scandal

Henshaw, Richard (1979). . Washington, D.C.: New Republic Books. ISBN 0-915220-34-2.

The Encyclopedia of World Soccer

Sakr, Ali Hamidi (1992). [1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia] (PDF) (in Arabic). مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع. ISBN 0000281247.

موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991–1992

(in Arabic)

Official website

at FIFA.com (archived 2 February 2019)

Lebanon

at the-AFC.com

Lebanon

at the-WAFF.com

Lebanon