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Short Name: | BFA |
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Full Name: | Beirut Football Academy |
City: | Beirut |
Colors: | Red and blue |
President: | Ziad Saade |
Beirut Football Academy, 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]
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.
On 29 December 2019, BFA signed an agreement with Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, with the two clubs becoming affiliates.[3]
Clubname: | Beirut Football Academy |
Short Name: | BFA |
Manager: | Samer Berbari |
League: | Lebanese Women's Football League |
Season: | 2022–23 |
Position: | Lebanese Women's Football League, 2nd of 8 |
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Beirut Football Associations women's football club was founded in 2016, and compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League.[4] [5]
BFA were crowned league champions in the 2023–24 season, after finishing first with 18 wins out of 18 matches.[6] They also finished runners-up in the 2020–21 Lebanese Women's FA Cup, losing on penalty shoot-outs to EFP in the final.[7]