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Athletico Sports Club (Arabic: نادي اتلتيكو الرياضي), known as Athletico Beirut or simply Athletico, is a football academy based in Dbayeh, Lebanon.

Athletico

Full name	Athletico Sports Club
Founded	2006; 16 years ago (2006)
Based in	Beirut
Colors	Blue and yellow
President	Robert Paoli[1]
Website	www.athleticosc.com

History

Founded in 2006, the academy has eight branches across the country.[2] Since 2011, Athletico has been partnered with French club Olympique Lyonnais.[3] In particular, Lyon provide the academy with training expertise and facilities.[3] Athletico graduate Philippe Paoli moved to Lyon's B team in 2013.[4] In 2019, Athletico became the first football academy in the Middle East to receive the "One-Star" label from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[5] In 2021, the AFC approved Athletico as an elite one-star academy after meeting the 20 criteria in the AFC's Elite Youth Scheme.[6]

The women's team was founded in 2010 as one of the first in Lebanon. They were league runners up in the 2009–10 season,[7] and cup finalists in 2010–11.[8] They withdrew their team prior to the 2012–13 season.[9]

The men's senior team won the Lebanese Fourth Division Beirut in 2021–22, and were promoted to the Third Division.[10]

Honours

Men

• Lebanese Fourth Division Beirut
  • Champions (1): 2021–22

Women

• Lebanese Women's FA Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2010–11

See also

• Lebanese Women's Football League
• Women's football in Lebanon
• List of women's association football clubs in Lebanon

References

External links

• Athletico SC at Kooora

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