{{short description|Lebanese women's football club}} {{About|the Lebanese women's football club||Safa (disambiguation){{!}}Safa}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date = February 2020}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Safa | image = Al-Safa' SC.png | image_size = | fullname = Safa Women's Football Club | nickname = | short name = SWFC | founded = {{Start date|2019|05|14|df=y}} | dissolved = {{Start date and age|31 July 2022}} | ground = | capacity = | chairman = | chrtitle = | manager = | league = | season = | position = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | leftarm1 = 0000FF | body1 = FFF000 | rightarm1 = 0000FF | shorts1 = 0000FF | socks1 = 0000FF | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | leftarm2 = 00008B | body2 = 0000FF | rightarm2 = 00008B | shorts2 = 00008B | socks2 = 00008B }} {{Squads sidebar |main=Safa |team1=Safa SC |league1=Men's |team2=Safa WFC |league2=Women's<br>(''defunct'') }} '''Safa Women's Football Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الصفاء الرياضي للسيدات}}), or simply '''Safa''', was a women's football club based in Wata El-Museitbeh, Beirut, Lebanon, section of the homonymous football club. Founded in 2019, they competed in the Lebanese Women's Football League, which they won in 2020–21. They were disbanded following the 2021–22 season.
== History == [[File:Safa WFC airport after WAFF 2022.jpg|thumb|Safa after returning as victors from the 2022 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship]] Founded on 14 May 2019,<ref name=LFA>{{Cite news|title=Circular No. 2019/29|date=14 May 2019|work=Lebanese Football Association}}</ref> Safa debuted in the 2019–20 season<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://anbaaonline.com/news/15112/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%b6%d9%85-%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%a9|title=الصفاء ينضم لعائلة الكرة النسائية|date=22 April 2019|website=جريدة الأنباء الإلكترونية|language=ar-LB|access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref> and finished in second place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.falebanon.com/sas-champions-the-2019-20-lebanese-womens-football-league/|title=SAS champions the 2019–20 Lebanese Women's Football League!|date=2020-03-01|website=FA Lebanon|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> They won their only league title in the 2020–21 season, after beating ÓBerytus 6–1 in the final matchday of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=الصفاء يتوّج بلقب بطولة لبنان للسيدات|url=https://the-lfa.com/safa-wl-champion/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=The LFA|language=ar}}</ref> Having won the league, Safa qualified to compete in the 2022 edition of the WAFF Women's Clubs Championship for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=الصفاء في غرب اسيا |url=https://www.elsport.com/news/show/633359/الصفاء-غرب-اسيا |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Elsport News |language=ar}}</ref> They became the first Lebanese team to win the competition, after beating Orthodox of Jordan 3–1 in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:بالصور: سيدات الصفاء اللبناني يحصدن لقب بطولة غرب اسيا |trans-title=Lebanese club Safa win the WAFF Championship title |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1157295 |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}</ref>
On 31 July 2022, Safa announced the dissolution of its women's team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=أحوال |date=2022-08-01 |title=فريق الصفاء يعلن حل كافة الأجهزة الفنية والإدارية لفريق السيدات |url=https://ahwal.media/archives/79908 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=أحوال ميديا |language=ar}}</ref>
==Honours== === Domestic === * '''Lebanese Women's Football League''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 2020–21 * '''Lebanese Women's Super Cup''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 2021–22
=== Regional=== * '''WAFF Women's Clubs Championship''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 2022
==See also== * Women's football in Lebanon * List of women's association football clubs in Lebanon
==References== {{commons category}} {{reflist}}
{{Lebanese Women's Football League}}
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