Beirut Football Academy (Arabic: أكاديمية بيروت), or simply BFA, is a football academy based in Forn El Chebbak, a district in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 2004 as the first football academy in the country, they play their games at the Al Sharq Stadium.[1]
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Full name | Beirut Football Academy |
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Short name | BFA |
Founded | March 2004; 18 years ago (2004-03) |
Based in | Beirut |
Colors | Red and blue |
President | Ziad Saade |
Website | www |
Beirut Football Academy (BFA) was founded in March 2004 as Lebanon's first football academy.[2] It has five branches: Furn el Shebbek, Hazmieh, Ain Saadeh, Mansourieh and Batroun.[2]
On 29 December 2019, BFA signed an agreement with Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, with the two clubs becoming affiliates.[3]
Short name | BFA | ||
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Founded | 2016; 6 years ago (2016) | ||
Manager | Said Wehbe | ||
League | Lebanese Women's Football League | ||
2021–22 | Lebanese Women's Football League, 4th of 8 | ||
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BFA's women's football club was founded in 2016, and compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League.[4][5] They finished runners-up in the 2020–21 Lebanese Women's FA Cup, losing on penalty shoot-outs to EFP in the final.[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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