| Full name | Association Sportive Hilmi-Sport[1] | |
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| Nickname(s) | الشياطين الحمر Les Diables Rouges (The Red Devils) | |
| Founded | 1936 | |
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Association Sportive Hilmi-Sport (Arabic: حلمي سبور) was a football club based in Beirut, Lebanon. Established in 1936, they won two Lebanese FA Cups in 1939 and 1940, and were finalists in the inaugural Lebanese FA Cup in 1938.
History
Hilmi-Sport was founded in 1936 by Khalil Hilmi, with Imre Zinger from Hungary appointed as the first coach.[2][3] The club was known as "the Red Devils" (Arabic: الشياطين الحمر; French: Les Diables Rouges), and wore a red shirt with black shorts.[2][3] Hilmi-Sport hosted several foreign teams, most notably Austrian clubs First Vienna and Admira Vienna, and Romanian club CFR Cluj, among others.[2][3]
In 1937–38 Hilmi-Sport won the Lebanese Second Division, and were runners up in the Lebanese FA Cup.[2][4] They won the FA Cup twice in a row: in 1938–39 and 1939–40.[2][4] Two players from Hilmi-Sport took part in Lebanon's first official international match in 1940, against Mandatory Palestine:[5] Muhieddine Jaroudi and club captain Salah Falah.[2][3]
Honours
- Lebanese FA Cup
- Winners (2): 1938–39, 1939–40
- Runners-up (1): 1937–38
- Lebanese Second Division
- Winners (1): 1937–38
References
- ↑ "Le Homenetmen recevra l'A.S. Hilmi-Sport". L'Orient. 26 February 1939. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sakr 1992, p. 26.
- 1 2 3 4 "hilmi sport". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- 1 2 "Lebanon - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
Bibliography
- Sakr, Ali Hamidi (1992). موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991–1992 [1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia] (PDF) (in Arabic). مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع. ISBN 0000281247.