Salam Zgharta FC

Salam Zgharta
Full nameSalam Zgharta Football Club
Short nameSalam
Founded1933; 91 years ago (1933), as Salam Achrafieh SC
15 August 1971; 53 years ago (15 August 1971), as Salam Zgharta FC
GroundZgharta Sports Complex
Capacity5,500
ChairmanEstephan Frangieh
ManagerRicardo Cerqueira
LeagueLebanese Second Division
2023–24Lebanese Second Division, 7th of 12
Websitehttp://www.salamzgharta.com/
Current season

Salam Zgharta Football Club (Arabic: نادي السلام الرياضي زغرتا, lit.'Zgharta Peace Sporting Club'), known as Salam Zgharta or simply Salam, is a football club based in Zgharta, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Second Division.

Founded in 1933 as Salam Achrafieh, the club was renamed Salam Zgharta in 1971; their supporters are primarily Maronites from the Zgharta region and other districts in North Lebanon.[1] The club's traditional kit colours are red and black.[2] In 2014 they won the Lebanese FA Cup, their only major trophy to date.[3]

  1. ^ Maugendre, Axel (31 August 2018), "Ethnography of the Lebanese Football Clubs" (PDF), Athens Journal of Sports, 5 (3): 213–226, doi:10.30958/AJSPO.5-3-3, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019
  2. ^ "Salam Zgharta SC - Lebanon - نادي السلام زغرتا الرياضي - Club Profile, Club History, Club Badge, Results, Fixtures, Historical Logos, Statistics". www.weltfussballarchiv.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Summary - Cup - Lebanon - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.