Beirut Stars
Full nameBeirut Stars Sporting Club
Founded2013 (2013), as Bank of Beirut Sporting Club
8 October 2020 (2020-10-08), as Beirut Stars Sporting Club
PresidentJad Deaibes
Head coachHassan Hammoud

Beirut Stars Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي نجوم بيروت الرياضي), formerly Bank of Beirut Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي بنك بيروت الرياضي) is a futsal club based in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 2020, it is the successor to the futsal club founded in 2013 as Bank of Beirut.[1] The club has won five Lebanese Futsal League titles, four Lebanese Futsal Cups, and three Lebanese Futsal Super Cup, and have came in third place in the 2018 edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship.

History

Founded in 2013, Bank of Beirut SC was sponsored by Bank of Beirut and have won the Lebanese Futsal League five times. They became the first Lebanese futsal team to achieve a treble, winning the League, Cup, and super cup in the 2014–15 season.[2] On 9 July 2020, due to the economic crisis in Lebanon, Bank of Beirut stopped their futsal activities.[3]

On 8 October 2020, Beirut Stars SC bought the license of the dissolved club.[4] Beirut Stars' president, Jad Deaibes, was the General Secretary of Bank of Beirut, and Hassan Hammoud, the club's coach, was the coach of Bank of Beirut.[4]

Chronicle

Chronicle of Beirut Stars SC

Honours

  • Lebanese Futsal Cup
    • Winners (4): 2014–15,[5] 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Lebanese Futsal Super Cup
    • Winners (3): 2014,[5] 2017, 2018

Asian record

2014: Group stage
2015: Quarter-finals
2017: Quarter-finals
2018: Third place
2019: Quarter-finals

References

  1. 1 2 "Lebanon's New Champs !!!!". Bankofbeirut.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "A Historical Triplet for Bank of Beirut Sporting Club". Futsal Planet. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Maulana, Rissalah. "Krisis Ekonomi Buat Klub Lebanon Ini Bubar". Bolalob - Situsnya Anak Futsal! (in Indonesian). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 Abou Diab, Rami (8 October 2020). "Beirut Stars, the successor of Bank of Beirut?". FA Lebanon. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Futsal Planet". Futsalplanet.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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