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LFA
Decisions
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LFA committee
held its weekly meeting and made the following decisions
December
8, 2001
1. Inviting the French Coach
Michael Hildago to visit Lebanon for the purpose of gaining from
his technical & managerial experience.
2. LFA committee studied the financial debts on Homenmen & Ikhaa
Ahley Aley clubs, and decided to allow multi installments.
3. Nominating Mr. Raymond Semaan for the board of Western-Asian
Federation and as a head of the competitions committee.
4. Rejecting Al-Ansar club request to play a friendly match with
Salam Zgharta for having debts outstanding for LFA.
5. Allowing 2nd. division clubs to sign 2 foreign players on their
list, on the basis of 1 player located on the field with the
possibility of being substituted with the other foreign player.
6. Asking all the clubs to submit to the general secretary the
colors adapted for their jerseys in the season, with 2 colors
minimum per club.
7. Inviting all the former players of the national teams who want
to attend the official matches organized by LFA to submit 2 photos
and 1 copy of the identity card to receive special attendance
cards for the matches.
8. Setting the fixtures for the first round of the 2nd. division
championship for the 2001/2002 season.
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LFA
committee held its weekly meeting and made the following
decisions October
31, 2001
1. Confirming the matches results of the preliminary round of
Viceroy Cup for the Elites 2001: Shabab Sahel defeated Homenmen
[4-1], Nejmeh defeated Homentmen [2-0], Ikhaa Ahley Aley
defeated Ahley Saida [2-1], & Safa defeated Salam Zgharta
[4-0].
2. Suspending Homentmen player Krikor Alozian for the first 2
matches his team play starting October 28, 2001 for his
roughness.
3. Confirming the 2 final groups of Viceroy Cup for the Elites
2001 as such:
First Group: Tadamoun Sour, Nejmeh, Shabab Sahel.
Second Group: Al-Ansar, Ikhaa Ahley Aley, Safa.
Announcing the final schedule of the tournament as such:
First Round:
03-11-01: Tadamoun Sour x Shabab Sahel, 5:45 p.m.,
Beirut Sports City.
04-11-01: Al-Ansar x Safa, 5:45 p.m., Beirut Sports City.
05-11-01: Nejmeh x Shabab Sahel, 5:45 p.m., Beirut Sports
City.
06-11-01: Ikhaa Ahley Aley x Safa, 5:45 p.m., Beirut
Sports City.
07-11-01: Tadamoun Sour x Nejmeh, 5:45 p.m., Beirut
Sports City.
08-11-01: Al-Ansar x Ikhaa Ahley Aley, 5:45 p.m., Beirut
Sports City.
Semi Finals:
10-11-01: First of group (1) x Second of group (2), 8:30
p.m., Beirut Sports City.
11-11-01: First of group (2) x Second of group (1), 8:30
p.m., Beirut Sports City.
3rd. place:
13-11-01: Losing teams of semi finals, 8:30 p.m., Beirut
Sports City.
Final Match:
14-11-01: Winning teams of semi finals, 8:30 p.m., Beirut
Sports City.
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LFA general
assembly approved most of the committee's propositions October
21, 2001
LFA general assembly took
place on October 21, 2001 at Marriott Hotel, Beirut with the
attendance of 108 clubs out of 146.
The assembly started with the Lebanese national anthem, and a
speech for LFA president Hashem Haidar, then the general
secretary Baheej Abou Hamzeh read the LFA regulations items
related to the assembly.
Just before the beginning of the voting process, the
representative of Al-Liwaa Tripoli Club Hassan Khayyal objected
on the legitimacy of this assembly due to the lack of submitting
the propositions to the clubs at least 15 days before the
assembly date, and suggested canceling this assembly, or only
voting on the general pardon. After short discussions with the
representative of the Sports & Youth ministry, Al-Liwaa
representative withdrew from the assembly.
The voting process started with the LFA committee announcing its
propositions, and the assembly voting on each item separately.
All of the proposed items were approved except for the item
related to relegation of 3 teams to the second division, and the
promotion of 1 team to the first division at the end of the
2001/2002 season. This item, which was supported by all the
first division teams except for Al-Ansar, was rejected by a 55
votes against it. In return, LFA committee announced a new
proposal to relegate 4 teams to the second division, and promote
2 teams at the end of the 2001/2002 season. This new item was
approved by 75 votes majority.
The new approved modifications are as follow:
1. Accepting the applications of all players over the year up to
10 days period before the start of the championship or the cup,
separate procedure for other competitions will be determined by
the LFA committee.
Meanwhile, it will be allowed to accept the applications up to
72 hrs. deadline before the start of the championship, or the
cup in by paying a specific fee to be determined by The
committee.
2. On an exclusive basis for the 2001/2002 season, and based on
the result of the First division championship, the 4 last clubs
of the final standings of the championship relegate to the
second division. This item will be cancelled automatically after
the end of the 2001/2002 season.
3. On an exclusive basis for the 2001/2002 season, and based on
the result of the Second division championship, The First 2
clubs of get promoted automatically to the First division, and
the last 2 clubs relegate automatically to the Third division.
4. On an exclusive basis for the 2001/2002 season, the number of
Football associations will be determined as follows:
- First Division associations: 14
- Second Division associations: 12
- Third Division associations: 16
- Fourth Division associations: undefined
This item will be cancelled automatically after the end of the
2001/2002 season.
5. For the purpose of establishing a new period in the Lebanese
Football, setting a general pardon on all players, & club
officials.
LFA committee aims to assures its willingness to implement the
applied rules & regulations, and request all clubs and
associations members of LFA to abide by these regulations.
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LFA
specifies 3 foreign players for each first division club, and
launches the Viceroy Cup October
17, 2001
LFA committee held its
weekly meeting, and made the following decisions:
1. Specifying the number of foreign players approved for each
club of the first division clubs for the 2001/2002 as 3 players,
it is allowed to participate with the 3 players at once during
the match. This decision will be made effective simultaneously
with the upcoming technical regulations for the First division
championship for the coming season 2001/2002 which will be
announced in due time.
2. Specifying the date of November 11, 2001 for the election of
the regional committees, the details will be specified later.
3. Electing the presidents of the derivative committees as
follows:
A. Competitions committee: Fouad Jaroudi.
B. Referees committee: Moussa Makki.
C. National teams committee: Adel Bissar.
D. Stadiums committee: Haitham Shaaban.
The members of these committees will be assigned in the coming
LFA committee.
4. Launching the Viceroy Cup between November 3 & 14, 2001,
according to a specific regulation that will be announced during
the lot party on October 26, 2001.
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Second
meeting.. Launch of the season
September 25, 2001
LFA committee decided in
its weekly meeting to thank the Election's supervising
committee.
1. Thanking all the participating clubs in the general assembly
election for providing democratic & sportsmanship atmosphere
on the election, and for their great faith in the members of the
LFA committee.
2. Naming the LFA committee delegation to the Asian Football
Confederation meetings taking place in Kuala Lumpur (Oct. 8 -11)
of Mr. Hashem Haidar, & Mr. Baheej Abou Hamzeh.
3. Setting the date for receiving the congratulations on the LFA
committee election on Tuesday 02/10/2001 between 6:00 p.m. &
8:00 p.m. at Phoenicia hotel, Beirut.
4. Asking Mr. Hashem Haidar to arrange appointments with the
country Leaders to visit the LFA committee.
5. Writing to The Kuwaiti Football Federation to welcome the
visit of his vice president Mr. Ahmad Youssef Al-Souud Al-Sabah
to Lebanon on 02/10/2001 to meet the LFA committee.
6. Extending the period of accepting the players' applications
and sheets from all the clubs till 20/10/2001.
7. Opening the LFA headquarters' doors for queries all the week
days during the work hours.
8. Naming the members of LFA "Laws Reformation"
committee of Messers Hashem Haidar, Baheej Abou Hamzeh, Mustafa
Hamdan, Gerard Habibian from the LFA; Meanwhile, this committee
shall seek the help of adequate lawyers, & clubs to provide
a project of "New LFA Rules & Regulations" in the
nearest time possible.
9. Setting the new date for LFA general assembly meeting on
Sunday 21/10/2001, the schedule and the location are to be
determined later.
10. Launching the official activities of the Lebanese Football
Association for the 2001/2002 season on the third week of
November 2001, and setting the schedule for these activities.
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First Meeting..
Assignment of Duties
September 23, 2001
LFA committee held its first meeting on Sunday evening
September 23, 2001 in president Haidar's home, the meeting was
directed by Mr. Kabalan Yammine, the oldest member. The duties
were assigned as follows:
Hashem Haidar (President)
Kabalan Yammine (Vice president)
Fouad Jaroudi (Vice president)
Baheej Abou Hamzeh (General secretary)
Moussa Makki (Treasurer)
Haitham Shaaban (Accountant)
George Solage (Public relations director)
Mustafa Hamdan, Raymond Semaan, Gerard Habibian, & Adel
Bissar (consulting members).
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