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

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

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. 1 2 "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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