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Homenmen Beirut
Full nameHomenmen Beirut Football Club
Nickname(s)Homenmen
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
GroundBeirut
LeagueLebanese Third Division
20078th

Homenmen Beirut (Arabic: نادي الهومنمن بيروت, Armenian: Հայ Մարզական Միութիւն (ՀՄՄ)) is a Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club including football, table tennis, cycling as well as a Scouting program. The club is based in Beirut and is part of the international Homenmen organization that has clubs in many countries of the Armenian diaspora and more recently in Armenia.

Homenmen denotes the "Armenian Athletic Union". Lebanon's Homenmen is one of the pioneering sports organizations in Lebanon and was founded in 1921. It has branches all over the country. The main branch is the one of Beirut.

History

Homentmen Beirut's football squad competes in the Lebanese Third Division after having won the Lebanese Football Championship several times and being a pioneer team in the Lebanese Football League for many years.

Current squad

As of October 7, 2015:
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 Mahamoud Masri
2 DF Lebanon LBN Ahmed Abdallah
3 DF Lebanon LBN Ziad Balhawan .
5 MF Lebanon LBN Karim Ghattas
6 MF Lebanon LBN Abbas Ibrahim .
7 MF Lebanon LBN Abbas Katesh
8 MF Lebanon LBN Riad Kobeissi
10 MF Lebanon LBN Mohamad Hamad .
11 FW Lebanon LBN Ahmad Ayoub .
12 MF Lebanon LBN Ali Ayoub .
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Lebanon LBN vartan varjabedian
15 MF Lebanon LBN Ali Fahes .
16 MF Lebanon LBN Nareg Yacoubian .
19 FW Lebanon LBN Sako Tahazian .
20 FW Lebanon LBN Ahmad Hjeij .
21 FW Lebanon LBN Mohamad Chamas .
22 FW Lebanon LBN Ismail Ismail
23 FW Lebanon LBN Hrag Beuyukian .
GK Lebanon LBN Ali Wehbe .
69 MF Lebanon LBN Garen Garabedian .

Achievements

1945, 1954, 1957, 1961
1999

Performance in AFC competitions

1995/96: Second Round
1999/00: First Round

• Total Trophies: 5 ☆

Rivals

Homenmen longest-established rivalry is with fellow Armenian team Homenetmen Beirut, against whom the club contest the Armenian derby. The rivalry between Homenetmen and Homenmen is political. The Armenian derby is usually sold out. Since the mid-1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s the rivalry has intensified both on and off the field.

Other sports

Homenmen Beirut has a prominent position in Lebanese Championships most particularly in cycling and in table tennis.