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LFA Committee


Foundation of LFA

LFA was founded on March 22, 1933 when 13 clubs met and decided to establish a body that governs the ever expanding game. The first LFA committee included the following officials: Hussein Saja'an (President / Sporting Club); Pierre Gemayel (First Vice-President); Maurice Massot (Second Vice-President / French Authority Representative) Rashad El-Barbir (General Secretary), & Edmond Rbeiz Treasurer). The newly born federation joined the FIFA two years later (1935), and the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) in 1964.

List of Presidents
Hussein Saja'an (1934-35)
Pierre Ejmayyel (1935-39)
Farid A'ammoun (1939)
Jameel Sawaya (1939-42)
Gabriel Ejmayyel (1942-44)
Baheej Salem (1944-46)
Naseef Majdalani (1946-49)
Fouad Abd Elmalak (1949-54)
Fouad Shamo'oun (1954-55)
Izzat Turk (1955-58)
Pierre Iddeh (1958-62)
George Dabbas (1962-64)
Albert Kheir (1964-67)
Hamid Khouri (1967-85)
Nabeel El-Raei (1985-2001)
Hashem Haidar (2001- ...)

List of General Secretaries
Izzat Turk (1946-67)
Joseph Nalbandian (1967-85)
Raheef Alameh (1985-2001)
Baheej Abou Hamzeh (2001- ...)


LFA Committee

Consists of 12 officials elected by the general assembly of the LFA that includes voting clubs of all divisions. This committee manages the affairs of the federation, organizes the local competitions, & supervise the national team.




Mr. Raheef Alameh, former
LFA general secretary (1985-2001)


The Infamous crisis

On June 28, 2001, Mr. Siboh Hovnanian, Minister of Sports & Youth suspended the LFA committee for violating its internal rules & regulations by not relegating the 7 teams involved into the infamous conspiracy to the second division. The LFA committee in return carried the case to the FIFA who intervened, and sent a 3-member delegation to Beirut, Lebanon between July 24 & 27, the delegation met with conflicting parties including the Minister of Sports & Youth, the LFA committee, & Tadamoun Sour. As a result of these meetings, FIFA suspended the Minister's decision regarding the LFA committee, and called for a general assembly to be held in the second part of September 2001 to elect a new LFA committee, this election would be under the supervision of FIFA, and 3-member committee assigned by FIFA to organize the event that includes (General Director of Sports & Youth Mr. Zaid Khiami, Chairman of Lebanese Olympic Committee General Suheil Khouri, & the president of the former LFA committee Dr. Nabeel El-Raei). The date was recently set as September 23, 2001 for the general assembly.





H.E. Mr. Siboh Hovnanian
Minister of Sports & Youth


New Committee.. End of Era
The judgment day arrived.. The long waited September 23, 2001. Under the supervision of FIFA members Mr. Assad Taki, Farouk Bozo, Ram Rouhi, & Vincent Moinier, the LFA committee election took place at UNESCO palace with the participation of 143 voting club out of 146 eligible clubs, 3 clubs were absent: Racing Beirut, Riadah Wal Adab, & Salam Sour. The process went smoothly in a democratic atmosphere. The final results led to a great victory for the 11 members of The Reform & Change list who triumphed over the members of The Dignity & Reform (led by the former LFA general secretary Raheef Alameh)  by a margin of 36 votes. Mr. Alameh was eliminated for the first time in 16 years out of the LFA committee namely since May 5, 1985. 

The full results:
Baheej Abou Hamzeh - 98 votes
Hashem Haidar - 95 votes
Haitham Shaaban - 94 votes
Mustafa Hamdan - 93 votes
Kabalan Yammine - 93 votes
Moussa Makki - 92 votes
Raymond Semaan - 92 votes
Gerard Habibian - 92 votes
Fouad Jaroudi - 92 votes
George Solage - 91 votes
Adel Bissar - 91 votes
Antoine Finianos - 55 votes
Salim Abou Shabakeh - 51 votes
Hassan Sabra - 50 votes
Mahmoud Al Rabaa - 49 votes
Yazbek Yazbek - 49 votes
Hmada Hmada - 49 votes
Raheef Alameh - 48 votes
Hassan Ghandour - 48 votes
Krikor Koshkarian - 47 votes
Afif Dahrouj - 46 votes 



Mr. Hashem Haidar,
president of the newly elected
LFA committee (23-09-01)












LFA Committee 23-09-2001
The newly elected LFA Committee memorial 
picture on 23-09-2001

First Meeting.. Assignment of Duties
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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