# Safa WFC
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{{short description|Lebanese women's football club}}
{{About|the Lebanese women's football club||Safa (disambiguation){{!}}Safa}}
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| dissolved = {{Start date and age|31 July 2022}}
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'''Safa Women's Football Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الصفاء الرياضي للسيدات}}), or simply '''Safa''', was a [women's football](/source/women's_association_football) club based in Wata El-Museitbeh, [Beirut](/source/Beirut), Lebanon, section of the [homonymous](/source/Safa_SC) football club. Founded in 2019, they competed in the [Lebanese Women's Football League](/source/Lebanese_Women's_Football_League), which they won in [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Lebanese_Women's_Football_League). They were disbanded following the [2021–22 season](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Lebanese_Women's_Football_League).
== History ==
[[File:Safa WFC airport after WAFF 2022.jpg|thumb|Safa after returning as victors from the [2022 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship](/source/2022_WAFF_Women's_Clubs_Championship)]]
Founded on 14 May 2019,[{{Cite news|title=Circular No. 2019/29|date=14 May 2019|work=[Lebanese Football Association](/source/Lebanese_Football_Association)}}] Safa debuted in the [2019–20 season](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Lebanese_Women's_Football_League)[{{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}}] and finished in second place.[{{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}}] They won their only league title in the [2020–21 season](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Lebanese_Women's_Football_League), after beating [ÓBerytus](/source/%C3%93Berytus) 6–1 in the final matchday of the season.[{{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}}] Having won the league, Safa qualified to compete in the [2022 edition](/source/2022_WAFF_Women's_Clubs_Championship) of the [WAFF Women's Clubs Championship](/source/WAFF_Women's_Clubs_Championship) for the first time.[{{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}}] They became the first Lebanese team to win the competition, after beating [Orthodox](/source/Orthodox_Club) of Jordan 3–1 in the final.[{{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}}]
On 31 July 2022, Safa announced the dissolution of its women's team.[{{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}}]
==Honours==
=== Domestic ===
* '''[Lebanese Women's Football League](/source/Lebanese_Women's_Football_League)'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Lebanese_Women's_Football_League)
* '''[Lebanese Women's Super Cup](/source/Lebanese_Women's_Super_Cup)'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Lebanese_Women's_Super_Cup)
=== Regional===
* '''[WAFF Women's Clubs Championship](/source/WAFF_Women's_Clubs_Championship)'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [2022](/source/2022_WAFF_Women's_Clubs_Championship)
==See also==
* [Women's football in Lebanon](/source/Women's_football_in_Lebanon)
* [List of women's association football clubs in Lebanon](/source/List_of_women's_association_football_clubs_in_Lebanon)
==References==
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{{reflist}}
{{Lebanese Women's Football League}}
Category:Safa SC
Category:Football clubs in Beirut
Category:Defunct football clubs in Lebanon
Category:Women's football clubs in Lebanon
Category:2019 establishments in Lebanon
Category:2022 disestablishments in Lebanon
Category:Association football clubs established in 2019
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2022
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