# AS DPHB

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{{Distinguish|El Sekka El Hadid SC}}
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{{short description|Defunct Lebanese multi-sports club}}
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| image = Sika Club Beirut, 1935.jpg
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| 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](/source/L'Orient-Le_Jour)|url=|access-date=}}</ref>
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'''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](/source/multi-sports_club) based in [Forn El Chebbak](/source/Forn_El_Chebbak), a district in [Beirut](/source/Beirut), Lebanon.

DPHB, which was the sports club of the [Lebanese railways](/source/Rail_transport_in_Lebanon) company, was mainly known for their [football](/source/Association_football) team. They also used to practice [basketball](/source/basketball), [volleyball](/source/volleyball), [table tennis](/source/table_tennis), and [swimming](/source/Swimming_(sport)).<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](/source/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](/source/RSSSF)}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1935, DPHB played at the inaugural game of the [Beirut Municipal Stadium](/source/Beirut_Municipal_Stadium) with players such as [Camille Cordahi](/source/Camille_Cordahi) and [Joseph Nalbandian](/source/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](/source/Lebanon_national_football_team)'s lineup during their [first international match](/source/1940_Mandatory_Palestine_v_Lebanon_football_match) against [Mandatory Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine_national_football_team) in 1940: [Yeghishe Darian](/source/Yeghishe_Darian), [Antoine Sakr](/source/Antoine_Sakr), [Toufic Barbir](/source/Toufic_Barbir), [Nercesse](/source/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](/source/Lebanese_Premier_League)'''
** '''Winners (3):''' 1935–36, 1938–39, 1940–41
*'''[Lebanese FA Cup](/source/Lebanese_FA_Cup)'''
**''Runners-up (1):'' 1939–40

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Lebanese Football Association}}

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Category:DPHB
Category:Defunct football clubs in Lebanon
Category:Football clubs in Lebanon
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1942

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