Stars Association for Sports

Stars Association for Sports (Arabic: جمعية نجوم الرياضة), or simply SAS, is a women's football club section of the similarly-named sports academy, based in Aley, Lebanon. Founded in 2011 as Stars Academy for Sports, they have competed in the Lebanese Women's Football League since 2014.

SAS
Full nameStars Association for Sports
Nickname(s)The SASers
Short nameSAS
Founded7 July 2011 (2011-07-07), as Stars Academy for Sports
ChairmanSaria Al Sayegh
ManagerFarid Njeim
LeagueLebanese Women's Football League
2021–22Lebanese Women's Football League, 1st of 8 (champions)

SAS have won six league titles, three FA Cup titles, and one Super Cup title, and were runners-up in the inaugural edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship in 2019.

History

Established in 2011 as "Stars Academy for Sports" (SAS),[1] the senior team debuted in the Lebanese Women's Football League in 2013–14. They won the 2014–15 league title after beating Girls Football Academy (GFA) in the final matchday of the season, on 23 July 2015, and won the FA Cup by beating FC Beirut 3–0 in the final, on 28 August 2015.[2] SAS won three consecutive league titles, between the 2014–15 and 2016–17 season.[3]

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, SAS changed their name to "Stars Association for Sports".[4] They achieved their second domestic double in 2018–19 by winning both the league[5] (their fourth in total)[3] and the cup[5] (their second).[6]

In 2019 SAS took part in the inaugural edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship, an international club competition for West Asian (WAFF) clubs, along with four other clubs.[7] After winning their opening two matches, against Arab Orthodox (7–0) and Abu Dhabi (2–1),[8][9] SAS lost against eventual champions Shabab Ordon (3–0),[10] before drawing the last game of the tournament against Riffa (3–3) to finish as runners-up.[11]

On 1 March 2020, SAS won 4–2 against newly-founded Eleven Football Pro (EFP) in the effective final of the 2019–20 season, becoming five-time champions of the league.[12] They won their sixth league title in the 2021–22 season, after defeating defending champions Safa 2–1 in the final matchday.[13]

Players

Current squad
As of 31 July 2022[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Lebanon LBN Reine Alameh
2 MF Lebanon LBN Joyline Chahine
3 MF Lebanon LBN Karly Harfouch
4 DF Lebanon LBN Rida Wahab
5 DF Lebanon LBN Lara Bahlawan
5 DF Lebanon LBN Reem Chalhoub
6 MF Lebanon LBN Latifa Kilani
7 FW Lebanon LBN Hanin Tamim
8 MF Lebanon LBN Rana Al Mokdad
9 FW Lebanon LBN Zahraa Assaf
10 MF Lebanon LBN Nancy Tchaylian (captain)
11 DF Lebanon LBN Waed Raed
13 FW Lebanon LBN Dana Safa
14 DF Lebanon LBN Nibal Hamadeh
15 GK Lebanon LBN Mounia Bazzi
16 DF Lebanon LBN Aya Al Jurdi
17 FW Lebanon LBN Nathalie Al Abed
18 DF Lebanon LBN Celine Al Haddad
20 FW Lebanon LBN Sally Jarkash
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Syria SYR Malak Zreik
24 DF Lebanon LBN Gwen Hanna
25 DF Lebanon LBN Dima Farroukh
26 DF Lebanon LBN Patricia Mezher
27 MF Lebanon LBN Noura El Dawi
28 FW Lebanon LBN Hiba Allouch
32 FW Lebanon LBN Tatianna El Kaym
33 FW Lebanon LBN Mariam Chehab
40 DF Lebanon LBN Marie-Christine Zind
47 DF Lebanon LBN Tima Karanouh
48 GK Lebanon LBN Luciana Bou Ezzeddine
48 GK Lebanon LBN Nour Hammoud
66 MF Lebanon LBN Tatiana Khalil
70 DF Lebanon LBN Kawthar Hammoud
80 MF Lebanon LBN Jocelyne Zayyat
87 DF Lebanon LBN Gaelle Awad
90 MF Lebanon LBN Houda Ghaddar
99 FW Lebanon LBN Reem Mostafa
— GK Lebanon LBN Perla Nasr

Managerial history

Below is a list of SAS managers from 2014 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years
Wael Gharzeddine Lebanon 2014–2017
Said Wehbe[15] Lebanon 2017–2020
Farid Njeim[16] Lebanon 2020–present

Honours

Domestic

Continental

Continental record
2019: Runners-up

See also

References
  1. "ABAAD Official Sponsor of the "Stars Academy for Sports"". ABAAD. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. "Lebanon (Women) 2014/15". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. "Lebanon - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. "ترخيص جمعية رياضية بإسم «جمعية نجوم الرياضة»". Lebanese University. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. "Lebanon (Women) 2018/19". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. "Lebanon - List of Women Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. "Women clubs to vie for West Asian history". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  8. "SAS's magnificent seven, Kusi stars for hosts". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  9. "SAS, Shabab Al Ordon set up blockbuster clash with crucial wins". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. "Shabab Al Ordon within touching distance of title". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  11. "SAS finish second as goals fly in on final day". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  12. "SAS champions the 2019-20 Lebanese Women's Football League!". FA Lebanon. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  13. نجوم الرياضة بطلا لدوري السيدات للمرة السادسة. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  14. "Stars Association for Sports". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  15. توصلت ادارة فريق ستارز اكاديمي للسيدات لاتفاق مع المدرب المميز سعيد وهبي للاشراف على بطلات لبنان للموسم الجديد [The management of the Stars Academy Women's team reached an agreement with the special coach Said Wehbe to supervise the Lebanese champions for the new season] (in Arabic). الدوري اللبناني. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2022 – via Facebook.
  16. "We would like to announce that our new coach for the upcoming season 2020/2021 will be "The One And Only" Farid Njeim". Stars Association for Sports. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2022 – via Facebook.
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