{{short description|Governing body of association football in Lebanon}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{National football association | Logo = Lebanese Football Association (LFA) logo.svg | Badge_size = 150px | Founded = {{Nowrap|{{Start date and age|df=yes|1933|03|22}}}} | Location = Lebanon | FIFA affiliation = 1936 | Region = AFC | Region affiliation = 1969 | Subregion = WAFF | Subregion affiliation = 2001 | President = Hachem Haidar | Website = {{URL|https://the-lfa.com.lb/}} {{in lang|ar}} }} The '''Lebanese Football Association''' ('''LFA'''; {{langx|ar|الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم|Al-Ittiḥād Al-Lubnānī Likurat Al-Qadam}}; {{langx|fr|Fédération Libanaise de Football}}) is the governing body of association football in Lebanon. Formed in 1933, it is a member of both FIFA and the AFC. It is also one of the founding members of the WAFF, joining in its inception in 2001.
==History== In 1931 Khalil Hilmi, a member of Riyadi Beirut, attempted to form a federation.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=35}} However, the proposal failed as Nahda opposed its formation.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=35}} On 22 March 1933, representatives of thirteen football clubs gathered in the Minet El Hosn district in Beirut to form the Lebanese Football Association (LFA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/135020|script-title=ar:الإعلام الرياضي في لبنان بين شباك السياسة والإهمال|website=الأخبار|language=ar|trans-title=Sports media in Lebanon between politics and neglect|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> Hussein Sejaan was the LFA's first president.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=17}} Lebanon was one of the first nations in the Middle East to establish an administrative body for association football.{{efn|The FA's of Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and Israel are older.}}{{sfn|Henshaw|1979|p=420}} The LFA joined FIFA in 1936,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lebanesefootballassociation.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%af/|language=ar|script-title=ar:لمحة عن الإتحاد|last=عساف|first=فراس ابو|website=الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم|trans-title=Lebanese Football Federation|access-date=20 December 2018|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227151737/http://lebanesefootballassociation.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and the AFC in 1969 as the 21st member.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/nysp19690503-1.1.23|title=第十二屆亞洲少年杯足球賽明年馬尼拉舉行亞洲冠軍隊足賽今年不主辦改明年假伊朗的德黑蘭舉行泰緬同享本屆亞少錦標詳情|language=Traditional Chinese|date=3 May 1969|newspaper=Nanyang Siang Pau}}</ref> In 2001, the LFA joined the WAFF as one of its founding members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2785928|title=Jordanian Prince Ali re-elected as president of WAFF|website=Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)|access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref>
In 1985, in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War, the LFA was divided into two administrations: Western, headed by Nabil Al Raei, and Eastern, headed by Hamid Khoury.<ref name=":0" /> FIFA froze Lebanon's membership until 5 February 1987, when FIFA president Sepp Blatter sent a telex letter to the LFA recognizing the elections of 2 May 1985, which had elected Al Raei as the LFA president.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-04-07|script-title=ar:شرعية إتحاد كرة القدم|url=https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/18405-%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-3%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85|access-date=2020-08-30|website=نداء الوطن|language=en}}</ref>
==Principals== {{Updated|6 April 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/lebanese_directories_football_federation.html|title=LEBANESE DIRECTORIES FOOTBALL FE|website=www.abdogedeon.com|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=30 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430112741/https://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/lebanese_directories_football_federation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| |- |valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |+ President !Name !Tenure |- |Hussein Sejaan |1934–1935 |- |Pierre Gemayel |1935–1939 |- |Fouad Ammoun |1939 |- |Jamil Sawaya |1939–1942 |- |Gabriel Gemayel |1942–1944 |- |Bahij Salem |1944–1946 |- |Nassif Majdalani |1946–1949 |- |Fouad Chamoun |1949–1955 |- |Izzat Al Turk |1955–1958 |- |Pierre Edde |1958–1962 |- |George Dabbas |1962–1964 |- |Albert Kheir |1964–1967 |- |Hamid Khoury |1967–1985 |- |Nabil Al Raei |1985–2001 |- |Hachem Haidar |2001–present |} |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable" |+ General Secretary !Name !Tenure |- |Elie Bakhaze |1944–1946 |- |Izzat Al Turk |1946–1967 |- |Joseph Nalbandian |1967–1985 |- |Raheef Alameh |1985–2001 |- |Bahij Bou Hamzah |2001–2005 |- |Raheef Alameh |2005–2012 |- |Jihad El Chohof |2012–present |} |}
==Board of directors== {{Updated|11 December 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/LBN|title=Lebanese Football Association|website=FIFA|access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanese Football Association|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/west/lebanon.html|access-date=18 August 2022|website=Asian Football Confederation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ar:اللجنة التنفيذية|trans-title=Executive Committee|url=https://the-lfa.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%86%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b0%d9%8a%d8%a9/|access-date=12 December 2020|website=Lebanese Football Association}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" !Position !Name |- |President |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Hachem Haidar |- |Vice President |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Raymond Semaan |- |General Secretary |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Jihad El Chohof |- |Treasurer |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Mahmoud El Rabaah |- |Technical Director |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Bassem Mohamad |- |National Coach Men |{{Flagicon|Montenegro}} Miodrag Radulović |- |National Coach Women |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Wael Gharzeddine |- |Referee Coordinator |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Talaat Najm |- |Futsal Coordinator |{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Semaan Douaihy |}
==See also== *Lebanon national football team *Lebanese Premier League *Lebanese FA Cup *Lebanese Federation Cup *2013 Lebanese match fixing scandal
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book|last=Henshaw|first=Richard|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000hens_z1k7|title=The Encyclopedia of World Soccer|publisher=New Republic Books|year=1979|isbn=0-915220-34-2|location=Washington, D.C.|url-access=registration}} *{{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|language=ar|script-title=ar:موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991–1992|trans-title=1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia|format=PDF}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://the-lfa.com.lb/}} {{in lang|ar}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212015/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/LBN/ Lebanon] at FIFA.com (archived 2 February 2019) * [http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-associations/west/lebanese-football-assoc.html Lebanon] at the-AFC.com * [http://www.the-waff.com/eng/team/lebanon Lebanon] at the-WAFF.com
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