Bourj FC

Bourj
Full nameBourj Football Club
Nickname(s)زعيم الضاحية (Leader of Dahieh)[1]
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
GroundBourj el-Barajneh Stadium[a]
Capacity1,500
ChairmanVacant
ManagerFouad Hijazi
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2023–24Lebanese Premier League, 5th of 12
Current season

Bourj Football Club (Arabic: نادي البرج الرياضي, lit.'Tower Sporting Club') is a football club based in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League.[2] Founded in 1967, the club has won one Lebanese FA Cup and two Lebanese Challenge Cups.[3][4]

Nicknamed "the Leader of Dahieh" (Arabic: زعيم الضاحية), the club earned promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 2019, for the first time in 16 years.[1]

  1. ^ a b ""زعيم الضاحية" يعود". lebanonfg.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ "فريق: البرج". kooora.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Lebanon 1992/93". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. ^ Haroun, Ali (24 August 2019). "البرج ب"جدارة " بطل كأس التحدي السابعة". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 August 2019.


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