Antranik Youth Association (football)

The Antranik Youth Association (AYA) (Arabic: جمعية شباب الأنترانيك; Western Armenian: Անդրանիկ Երիտասարդաց Ընկերակցութիւն), or simply Antranik (Arabic: الأنترانيك; Western Armenian: Անդրանիկ), is a football club based in Antelias, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was founded in 1931 as the football section of the Antranik Youth Association, the Lebanese chapter of the Armenian Youth Association.

Antranik
Full nameAntranik Youth Association
Short nameAYA
Founded1931 (1931)
GroundAGBU-AYA Field
Naccache, Antelias, Lebanon
2021–22Lebanese Third Division Group 3, 5th of 6
WebsiteClub website

History

With the establishment of Antranik Youth Association in 1931, Antranik formed its football team. The team, represented by Shavarsh Pakrian, participated in the Lebanese Football Association's first meeting on 22 March 1933, as one of its founding members.[1] In 1940–41, Antranik's reserve team – Antranik B – won the Lebanese Second Division with 15 wins and one draw.[2]

In the 2020–21 season, Antranik's football team finished second in the Lebanese Fourth Division Beirut group, qualifying for the general finals;[3] they finished second in their group, and were promoted to the Lebanese Third Division.[4]

Honours

Notes

  1. As "Antranik B"

References

  1. Sakr, Ali Hamidi (1992). موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991-1992 [1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia] (PDF) (in Arabic). مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع. p. 17. ISBN 0000281247.
  2. "L'A.J. Andranik (B) champion de 2e catégorie" [A.J. Andranik (B) 2nd category champion]. L'Orient. 29 May 1941.
  3. "Lebanese league- 4'th division - beirut 2020/2021". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. "Lebanese league- 4'th division - General Finals 2020/2021". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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