Homenetmen Lebanon
Full nameHomenetmen Sports Association Lebanon
Founded1924 (1924)
Based inBeirut, Lebanon
Colors    Orange and blue
Active departments of Homenetmen Lebanon
Beirut
(football)		 Beirut
(basketball)
Bourj Hammoud Antelias

Homenetmen Sports Association Lebanon (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية هومنتمن لبنان; Armenian: Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն (ՀՄԸՄ), lit. 'Armenian General Athletic Union (HMƏM)') is a Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club and scouting movement. Established in 1924, it is part of the worldwide pan-Armenian Homenetmen organization.

Homenetmen Lebanon has had teams in various national leagues, most notably in association football, basketball, track and field, table tennis, and cycling, among others.[1]

History

Lebanon's branch of the Homenetmen organisation was founded in 1924 in Beirut. They first established a football team, who first won the Lebanese Premier League in the 1943–44 season.[1] Homenetmen was closely affiliated with the Tashnag party.[2] Homenetmen Beirut were one of the most prominent football teams, winning the league title seven times.[2]

Following the Lebanese Civil War, the club fell into dismay; they were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division for the first time in 2002, and to the Lebanese Third Division in 2005.[2] Ever since, the organisation shifted its focus away from football to indoor sports.[2]

Branches

The organisation has eight branches in different locations in Lebanon: Beirut, Tripoli, Jounieh, Bourj Hammoud, Anjar, Zahlé, and Jdeideh.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "الهومنتمن: تاريخٌ من "العراقة والمجد".. ومستقبلٌ قاتم". أحوال ميديا (in Arabic). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "أندية دمغت تاريخ اللعبة... في طريـق الاندثار". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 February 2022.


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