Al-Ansar SC

Ansar SC

Full name	Al-Ansar Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Greens
Founded	1951
Ground	Beirut Municipal Stadium Beirut, Lebanon
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Nabil Bader
Manager	Zoran Pešić
League	Lebanese Premier League
2014–15	Lebanese Premier League, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Al-Ansar Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الأنصار الرياضي‎‎) is a Lebanese association football club based in Beirut. Formed in 1951, the club did not win its first Lebanese Premier League until 1988. They went on to set a world record by winning the league 11 seasons in a row. They have won more Lebanese FA Cup and Lebanese Premier League titles than any other club and has been funded by Rafic Hariri.^[1][2]

Honours

Lebanese Premier League: 13

• 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007 (record)

Lebanese FA Cup: 13

• 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012 (record)

Lebanese Super Cup: 5

• 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012 (record)

Lebanese Federation Cup: 2

• Winners: 1999, 2000

Lebanese Elite Cup: 2

• Winners: 1997, 2000

Performance in AFC Competitions

AFC Champions League: 11 appearances

1989: Qualifying Stage

1990: Qualifying Stage

1992: Qualifying Stage

1994: Group Stage

1995: Group Stage

1996: Second Round

1998: Group Stage

1999: Second Round

2000: Second Round

2001: First Round

2002: Qualifying Stage

AFC Cup: 4 appearances

2007: Group Stage

2008: Group Stage

2011: Group Stage

2013: Group Stage

AFC Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1992: First Round

1997: First Round

Current squad

Senior Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Hassan Moghnieh 3 DF Mootaz Jounaidi 4 DF Anas Abousaleh 5 DF Hussein El-Sayed 6 DF Abbas Awad 7 MF Mahmoud Zoghbi 8 DF Mohamad Korhani 10 MF Mohamad Atwi 11 FW Ibrahim Sweidan 17 FW alaa al baba

No. Position Player 16 DF Shibriko 17 MF Hussein Ibrahim 18 DF Hamzeh Abboud 19 FW Imad Ghaddar 20 MF Amir Lhaf 21 FW Cheikha Sy 22 GK Larry Mehanna 23 DF Mohamad Hamoud 26 DF Wissam Saleh 30 MF Rabih Ataya

Presidents

• Mustafa El-Shami (1948–50)
• Ameen Itani (1950–54)
• Fouad Rustom (1954–56)
• Abdul Jalil Al-Sabra (1956–63)
• Jemil Haspny (1963–65)
• Abed El-Jamil Ramadan (1965–67)
• Khaled Kabbani (1967–75)
• Said Wanid (1975–77)
• Salim Diab (1977–08)
• Karim Diab (2008–12)
• Nabil Badr (2012–)

References

1. Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. Alami, Mona (1 September 2009). "Religious about football". Retrieved 15 October 2010.

External links

• Al-Ansar Official website (Arabic)
• Fans website (Arabic)