Sagesse SC (football)

Sagesse Sports Club (French: Club Sportif La Sagesse, lit. 'The Wisdom Sports Club'), known as Hekmeh (Arabic: الحكمة) in Arabic, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League.[3]

Sagesse
Full nameSagesse Sports Club
Nickname(s)القَلعَة الخَضراء (The Green Castle)[1]
Founded14 October 1943 (1943-10-14), as Cercle de la Sagesse
ChairmanElie Yahchouchi[2]
ManagerPaul Rustom
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2022–23Lebanese Premier League, 9th of 12
WebsiteClub website

The club was founded in 1943 as Cercle de la Sagesse. Although they haven't won any major title, Sagesse came second twice in the Lebanese Premier League 2002, and were finalists in both the Lebanese FA Cup, in 2006, and the Lebanese Federation Cup, in 2004. The club is mostly known for its basketball program,[3] and mainly has Maronite Christian ties.[4]

History

Early history

The Collège de la Sagesse school had a football club with their own students; at the end of each season, graduated players would go on to play for other senior teams, mainly Salam Achrafieh.[5]

Sagesse's senior team were formed in 1942 under the patronage of Father Boulos Kik, the general director of the Sagesse Institute, supported by Monseigneur Jean Maroun.[6] The club received their official license on 14 October 1943,[6] and were formed as Cercle de la Sagesse by a group of former students, namely Edward Tyan, Camille Cordahi, Elie Khalife, and Negib Hobeika.[5] Toutoungi was the club's first president.[5]

The team first played in the 1943–44 Lebanese Second Division; initially formed of former students, the club later also accepted other players.[5] They won the Second Division in their first season, and were due to be promoted to the Lebanese Premier League after beating Shabiba Mazraa 4–0 in the promotion play-offs.[5] However, due to a technicality, Sagesse were allocated in the Second Division for the 1944–45 season.[5] From the 1945–46 season, the club were known as Club de la Sagesse.[5]

Recent history

In 2006 Sagesse reached the final of the Lebanese FA Cup, but lost against the cup holder Ansar 3–1.[7] Sagesse finished second in the 2020–21 Lebanese Second Division, and were promoted back to the Lebanese Premier League after five years.[8]

Club rivalries

Sagesse plays the Achrafieh derby with Racing Beirut.[9]

Players

Current squad
As of 3rd of September 2023[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Lebanon LBN Hussein Madi
2 DF Lebanon LBN Ali Al Saadi
3 MF Lebanon LBN Ahmad Zein El Dinne
4 DF Senegal SEN Sayed Payet
6 MF Lebanon LBN Zaher Hasan
7 MF Lebanon LBN Moustafa Baydoun
8 MF Lebanon LBN Hassan Hammoud
10 MF Brazil BRA Vinicius Calamari
12 GK Lebanon LBN Ali Al Hares
13 MF Lebanon LBN Martin Bou Youness
14 MF Lebanon LBN Paul Khater
15 MF Lebanon LBN Maher Madi
17 MF Lebanon LBN Omar El Kurdi
18 DF Lebanon LBN Mootaz El Jounaidi (captain)
19 FW Lebanon LBN Ali Karaki
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Lebanon LBN Michel Feghaly
24 DF Lebanon LBN Taylor Khaddaj
30 Lebanon LBN Rami Abu Al Nasr
32 Lebanon LBN Samer Haidar
33 MF Lebanon LBN Hatem Eid
45 FW Senegal SEN Boucounta Sarr
80 MF Senegal SEN Mansa Konate
99 FW Senegal SEN Adramé Diallo
— MF Lebanon LBN Ahmad Jalloul
— MF Lebanon LBN Adnan Melhem
— MF Lebanon LBN Ali Manaa
— DF Lebanon LBN Mohammad Khalife
— FW Lebanon LBN Hussein Mrad
— GK Lebanon LBN Ahmad Kaawar
— DF Lebanon LBN Hassan Hussein Hazime
— DF Lebanon LBN Mohamad Al-Moussawi

Notable players
Players in international competitions
Competition Player National team
2000 AFC Asian Cup Ali Fakih  Lebanon
Vardan Ghazaryan  Lebanon
Fouad Hijazi  Lebanon

Honours

Managerial history

See also

References
  1. almaghribtoday. "almaghribtoday". Almaghribtoday (in Arabic). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. Khaled, Nasser (17 April 2021). "الاستقرار وراء تأهل سبورتينغ والحكمة للدرجة الأولى". Kooora. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. "فريق: الحكمة". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. Alami, Mona (1 September 2009). "Religious about football". NOW Lebanon. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  5. Khadra, A. (3 August 1946). "Le Cercle de la Sagesse". Le Jour.
  6. "هكذا تأسّس نادي الحكمة بيروت". نداء الوطن. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. "SAGESSE". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. "سبورتينغ بطل الدرجة الثانية والحكمة يعود الى دوري الأضواء". The LFA (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  9. "مبارتا دربي اﻷشرفية!". Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  10. "CS Sagesse". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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