Athletico SC (Lebanon)

Athletico Sports Club (Arabic: نادي اتلتيكو الرياضي), known as Athletico Beirut or simply Athletico, is a football academy based in Dbayeh, Lebanon.

Athletico
Full nameAthletico Sports Club
Founded2006 (2006)
Based inBeirut
Colors    Blue and yellow
PresidentRobert Paoli[1]
Websitewww.athleticosc.com

History

Founded in 2006, the academy has eight branches across the country.[2] Since 2011, Athletico has been partnered with French club Olympique Lyonnais.[3] In particular, Lyon provide the academy with training expertise and facilities.[3] Athletico graduate Philippe Paoli moved to Lyon's B team in 2013.[4] In 2019, Athletico became the first football academy in the Middle East to receive the "One-Star" label from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[5] In 2021, the AFC approved Athletico as an elite one-star academy after meeting the 20 criteria in the AFC's Elite Youth Scheme.[6]

The women's team was founded in 2010 as one of the first in Lebanon. They were league runners up in the 2009–10 season,[7] and cup finalists in 2010–11.[8] They withdrew their team prior to the 2012–13 season.[9]

The men's senior team won the Lebanese Fourth Division Beirut in 2021–22, and were promoted to the Third Division.[10]

Honours

Men

Women

See also

References
  1. "نادي اتلتيكو كرّم ابطاله بكرة القدم". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. "Athletico SC - About Us". Athletico Sports Club. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. "موقع المنار الرياضي » تجديد الشراكة بين ليون واتلتيكو اللبناني". sport.almanar.com.lb. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. "رئيسا ناديي الراسينغ واتلتيكو يتحدثان عن انتقال باولي". Elsport News (in Arabic). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. lookcharms (29 July 2021). "Athletico Sport Club Lebanon, links beyond football". US Sports (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. "LFA endorsed as full member of the AFC Elite Youth Scheme". the-AFC. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  7. "Lebanon - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. "Lebanon - List of Women Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. "Lebanon (Women) 2013". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. اللواء, جريدة. "اتلتيكو يتوج بطلاً لدوري الدرجة الرابعة في بيروت". جريدة اللواء (in Arabic). Retrieved 23 May 2022.


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