{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{short description|Lebanese-Armenian association football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Antranik | image = Antranik logo.png | image_size = | fullname = Antranik Youth Association | nickname = | short name = AYA | founded = {{Start date and age|1931}} | ground = AGBU-AYA Field<br />Naccache, Antelias, Lebanon | capacity = | chairman = | manager = | league = | season = | position = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = C80F1D | body1 = C80F1D | rightarm1 = C80F1D | shorts1 = C80F1D | socks1 = 26368B | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = 26368B | socks2 = 26368B | website = [https://agbulebanon.org/programs/football/ agbulebanon.org] }}
The '''Antranik Youth Association''' ('''AYA''') ({{langx|ar|جمعية شباب الأنترانيك}}; {{Langx|hyw|Անդրանիկ Երիտասարդաց Ընկերակցութիւն}}), or simply '''Antranik''' ({{Langx|ar|الأنترانيك}}; {{Langx|hyw|Անդրանիկ}}), is a football club based in Antelias, Lebanon. {{Lebanese football updater|Antrani}} The club was founded in 1931 as the football section of the Antranik Youth Association, the Lebanese chapter of the Armenian Youth Association.
==History== With the establishment of Antranik Youth Association in 1931, Antranik formed its football team. The team, represented by Shavarsh Pakrian, participated in the Lebanese Football Association's first meeting on 22 March 1933, as one of its founding members.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sakr|first=Ali Hamidi|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/bdp3nc78sp4h4is/%25D9%2585%25D9%2588%25D8%25B3%25D9%2588%25D8%25B9%25D8%25A9_%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A9_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D8%25AF%25D9%2585_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2584%25D8%25A8%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A9_1991-1992.pdf/file|publisher=مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع|year=1992|isbn=0000281247|pages=17|language=ar|script-title=ar:موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991-1992|trans-title=1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia|format=PDF}}</ref> In 1940–41, Antranik's reserve team – Antranik B – won the Lebanese Second Division with 15 wins and one draw.<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 May 1941|title=L'A.J. Andranik (B) champion de 2e catégorie|trans-title=A.J. Andranik (B) 2nd category champion|work=L'Orient}}</ref>
In the 2020–21 season, Antranik's football team finished second in the Lebanese Fourth Division Beirut group, qualifying for the general finals;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanese league- 4'th division - beirut 2020/2021|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=22126|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=www.goalzz.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827092027/https://www.goalzz.com/?c=22126 |archive-date=27 August 2021 }}</ref> they finished second in their group, and were promoted to the Lebanese Third Division.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanese league- 4'th division - General Finals 2020/2021|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=22436|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=www.goalzz.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827092310/https://www.goalzz.com/?c=22436 |archive-date=27 August 2021 }}</ref>
== Honours == * '''Lebanese Second Division''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1940–41{{Efn|As "Antranik B"|name=bteam}}
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://agbulebanon.org/programs/football/}}
{{Lebanese Third Division}} {{Lebanese Football Association}} {{Portal bar|Football|Lebanon}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Antanik}} Category:Antranik Youth Association Category:1931 establishments in Lebanon Category:Association football clubs established in 1931 Category:Football clubs in Lebanon Category:Armenian association football clubs outside Armenia Category:Armenian football clubs in Lebanon Category:Diaspora association football clubs Category:Sport in Beirut