{{Distinguish|El Sekka El Hadid SC}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{short description|Defunct Lebanese multi-sports club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = DPHB | image = Sika Club Beirut, 1935.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = DPHB in 1935 | fullname = Association Sportive DPHB | nickname = ''Les Cheminots'' (The Railway Workers)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Frem|first=Joseph|date=21 January 1941|title=Les "cheminots" vainqueurs probables du championnat|work=L'Orient|url=|access-date=}}</ref> | founded = | dissolved = | ground = DPHB Stadium | capacity = | chairman = | manager = | league = | season = | position = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _white collar with band | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _hoops black | leftarm1 = 40E0D0 | body1 = 40E0D0 | rightarm1 = 40E0D0 | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = }}
'''Association Sportive DPHB''',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Khadra|first=A.|date=2 July 1947|title=Une demi-heure avec M. Mouchati, president de l'A.S. DPHB|language=fr|trans-title=Half an hour with M. Mouchati, president of A.S. DPHB}}</ref>{{efn|Also sometimes shortened to '''DHP''' ({{langx|fr|Damas-Hamah et Prolongements}})<ref name=":0" />}} known as '''Al Sikkat Al Hadid Wal Marfa'''' in Arabic ({{langx|ar|نادي السكة الحديد والمرفأ|lit=Railway and Port Club}}),<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=918435|date=22 April 2020|website=كووورة|language=ar|script-title=ar:رحلة القمة إلى القاع: 5 أندية تاهت بين طيات الزمن بلبنان|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>{{efn|Or simply '''Sikka''' ({{langx|ar|السكة}})}} was a multi-sports club based in Forn El Chebbak, a district in Beirut, Lebanon.
DPHB, which was the sports club of the Lebanese railways company, was mainly known for their football team. They also used to practice basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and swimming.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=نادي السكة بيروت|url=http://abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/al%20sikki%20beirut%20football.html|access-date=18 March 2019|website=abdogedeon.com|archive-date=25 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225084556/http://abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/al|url-status=dead}}</ref> DPHB won the Lebanese Premier League three times: in 1935–36, 1938–39, and 1940–41.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanon - List of Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebchamp.html|access-date=18 March 2019|website=RSSSF}}</ref>
== History == In 1935, DPHB played at the inaugural game of the Beirut Municipal Stadium with players such as Camille Cordahi and Joseph Nalbandian.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=KAMIL KORDAHI |url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/kamil%20kordahi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214010528/https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/kamil%20kordahi.html |archive-date=14 December 2019 |access-date=18 March 2019 |website=www.abdogedeon.com}}</ref> Five DPHB players were present in Lebanon's lineup during their first international match against Mandatory Palestine in 1940: Yeghishe Darian, Antoine Sakr, Toufic Barbir, Nercesse, and Cordahi.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=PLS%2F1940%2F04%2F30&id=Ar00900&sk=E28D5529|title=Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected|date=30 April 1940|work=The Palestine Post|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
==Honours== * '''Lebanese Premier League''' ** '''Winners (3):''' 1935–36, 1938–39, 1940–41 *'''Lebanese FA Cup''' **''Runners-up (1):'' 1939–40
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{{Lebanese Football Association}}
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