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
WebsiteClub website
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.