Salah Falah

Salah Falah (Arabic: صلاح فلاح) was a Lebanese football player, coach, and referee. Falah played as a midfielder for the Lebanon national team in their first official international match.

Salah Falah
Personal information
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1940 Hilmi-Sport
1941 DPHB
1943–1947 Sagesse
International career
1940–1942 Lebanon 2 (0)
Managerial career
1946–1947 Sagesse
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Falah played for Hilmi-Sport, DPHB, and Sagesse during the 1940s.[1][2][3]

In 1934 the midfielder captained the Lebanon national team in their first unofficial match, against Romanian club CA Timișoara (T.A.C.).[4] Falah also represented Lebanon in their first official international match, in 1940 against Mandatory Palestine.[2][5]

Managerial and referee career

In 1946–47 Falah coached Sagesse while a player.[6] He was a referee during the 1960–61 season.

See also

References
  1. "hilmi sport". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. "هكذا تأسّس نادي الحكمة بيروت". نداء الوطن. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. "Lebanon - International Results - Early History". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. "La vie sportive". Le Jour. 18 October 1946. p. 2.


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