Girls Football Academy

Girls Football Academy, or simply GFA, is a women's football academy based in Beirut, Lebanon. They were founded in 2011 as the first exclusively female football academy in the Middle East.[1]

GFA
Full nameGirls Football Academy
FoundedNovember 2011
Dissolved31 August 2017 (31 August 2017)
LeagueLebanese Women's Football League

GFA's senior team were runners up three times in a row in the Lebanese Women's Football League, between 2012 and 2014, as well as in the 2015–16 Lebanese Women's FA Cup.[2] They withdrew their team in 2017, prior to the 2017–18 season.[3]

History

GFA was founded in November 2011 by former international footballer Nadia Assaf and her friend Walid Arakii,[4] as the first private football academy for girls in the Middle East.[5]

Honours

See also

References

  1. "First football academy exclusively for girls opens in Lebanon | Sports , Football | THE DAILY STAR". www.dailystar.com.lb. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. "Lebanon - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Lebanon (Women) 2017/18". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. "Haytham Pictures Agency | Football girls of Beirut". www.haythampictures.com (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. "DISCOVER FOOTBALL: Nadia Assaf Lebanon". www.discoverfootball.de. Retrieved 17 December 2020.


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