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    Homenetmen Lebanon

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    Homenetmen Lebanon
    Full nameHomenetmen Sports Association Lebanon
    Founded1924; 101 years ago (1924)
    Based inBeirut, Lebanon
    Colors    Orange and blue
    Active departments of Homenetmen Lebanon
    Beirut
    (football)    		 Beirut
    (basketball)
    Bourj Hammoud Antelias

    Homenetmen Sports Association Lebanon (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية هومنتمن لبنان; Armenian: Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն (ՀՄԸՄ), lit. 'Armenian General Athletic Union (HMƏM)') is a Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club and scouting movement. Established in 1924, it is part of the worldwide pan-Armenian Homenetmen organization.

    Homenetmen Lebanon has had teams in various national leagues, most notably in association football, basketball, track and field, table tennis, and cycling, among others.[1]

    History

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    Lebanon's branch of the Homenetmen organisation was founded in 1924 in Beirut. They first established a football team, who first won the Lebanese Premier League in the 1943–44 season.[1] Homenetmen was closely affiliated with the Tashnag party.[2] Homenetmen Beirut were one of the most prominent football teams, winning the league title seven times.[2]

    Following the Lebanese Civil War, the club fell into dismay; they were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division for the first time in 2002, and to the Lebanese Third Division in 2005.[2] Ever since, the organisation shifted its focus away from football to indoor sports.[2]

    Branches

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    The organisation has eight branches in different locations in Lebanon: Beirut, Tripoli, Jounieh, Bourj Hammoud, Anjar, Zahlé, and Jdeideh.[2]

    • Homenetmen Antelias
    • Homenetmen Beirut
      • Football
      • Basketball
    • Homenetmen Bourj Hammoud

    References

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    1. ^ a b "الهومنتمن: تاريخٌ من "العراقة والمجد".. ومستقبلٌ قاتم". أحوال ميديا (in Arabic). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
    2. ^ a b c d e "أندية دمغت تاريخ اللعبة... في طريـق الاندثار". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 February 2022.


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