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News - Headlines - April 2003 |
A great defensive Lebanese side gains a
point and the qualification.
Lebanon
drew Jordan to the point that gave the Lebanese side qualification
to the second round of the Asian qualifications for Athens 2004. The
match was an exciting one, with two goals for both sides in the
first half and with an excellent defense for Lebanon in front of the
massive attacks for the Jordanian side in the second.
Sublime goal:
The first half of the match witnessed a sublime goal by Abbas
Atwi in the 14th minute when Khudor Najdi played a throw
in to Abbas who broke through Jordan’s defense and stroke the ball
to hit the goal declaring that Lebanon was on the right track to
qualification.
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Lebanon Goal By Abass Atoui 1.75MB
April 19, 2003 |
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Mr. Haidar: the final
decision regarding the participation in the Arab Club Championship
will be taken next Monday
The President of the Lebanese
Football Federation confirmed that the final decision of the
participation of Lebanon in the qualifications of the 4th group for
the finals of the 2nd Arab Club championship will be taken next
Monday in light of Mr. Georges Soulage’s report who represented
Lebanon in the meetings of the Arab Football Federation’s secretary
Generals in Cairo.
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April 17, 2003 |
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A
“positive” point ahead of the National Olympic team to qualify.
The
Lebanese Olympic Team went to Amman on Wednesday 16 April evening to
meet his Jordanian rival on April 19th in the second leg
match of the Asian qualifications for Athens 2004.
The first leg match – which was played on Saturday, April 5th
on Beirut Municipality stadium – finished with a goalless draw. So,
the Lebanese team has the advantage of winning or getting a positive
draw in order to qualify, while a goalless draw means that both
teams will have to play penalty kicks to determine who will qualify.
more...
April 17, 2003 |
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The importance of being
Earnest...
By Mohammad Hallal
It's not Oscar Wilde's
Novel, but it is what we - Lebanese football fans - should be. We
should be earnest about the fact that Lebanese football needs a
great push to be rated as a first if not a second class football.
People would think that with money we will be able to have
professional footballers. No body can deny the importance of money
in making any job successful, but Lebanese football needs more than
money
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President Harriri meets Haidar and Abu
Hamzi.
The P.M Rafik Harriri met on
Tuesday 15th of April the LFA’s president Mr. Hashim
Haidar and the Secretary General Mr. Bahij Abu Hamzi and they
discussed the LFA’s current situation.
April 17, 2003 |
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In a friendly match
that took place on Wednesday15 203 at Ahed stadium Olympic
Beirut tied with Mabarrah [1-1] the game played for one half due
of the bad weather goals socred by Mouhamad Kassas 6' for
Olympic Beirut and Mario Konati 28' for Mabarrah
In other friendly match too, Tadamoun Sour defeated Shabab Sahel
1-0 at Sour Municipality goal scored by Bilal Bourji
April 16, 2003
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 An Interview with Roda Antar
Edited by Mohamad Hallal and
Translated by Phil
The
following interview was made with Roda Antar, the Lebanese
professional player who played for the German team Hamburg SV.
Unfortunately Roda now is recovering from an ankle injury. He
undergone a surgery last week. Pray for
Roda to return as soon as possible.
more...
April 16, 2003 |
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Nejmeh 2 Lebanese Olympic Team 1
 In
a friendly match that took place on Saturday 12, 2003 at Sports City
Nejmeh defeated Lebanese Olympic Team 2-1 goals scored by Paul
Restom for Olympic team and Hasan Husseineh, Ali Nasr Eldine for
Nejmeh this match came within the preparation of Olympic National
Team for the qualification of Athena 2004
April 12, 2003 |
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No
pain, No Gain
By
Mohammad Hallal
If
there is No pain...certainly there would be No gain...a fact which
is fulfilled by a young person who
is a talented footballer and who is really worthy of being named
"The deer" for his elegant play and
for his special style
in the field...This player is Roda Antar.
Roda, a 22 years old
guy, was born in
Africa (Sierra Leone
particularly) due to the harsh
circumstances that
Lebanon was
passing through. When he returned
to
Lebanon, he started
his football
career playing for Tadamon Sour
where his family lived and his football career was very extinguished
for many reasons.
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Olympic
Beirut 2 - Safa 1
In a friendly match
that took place on Thursday 10 2003 at Safa Stadium Olympic Beirut defeated
Safa 2-1 goal scored by Moustafa Zaiter for Safa and Silvio,
Suleiman Salha for Olympic Beirut.
April 11, 2003 |
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Olympic
National Team against Nejmeh FC in a Friendly Match
Lebanese
Olympic National Team will face Nejmeh Club in a friendly match
on April 12, 2003 at 6:00pm Beirut Municipality Stadium.
This match is
within the extensive team’s preparation plan to meet the
Jordanian team in Asian qualification for Athens 2004 at
Amman-Jordan on the 19th of April.
April 10, 2003
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Inclement Weather Puts Damper On Chaaban's Big Debut..
By
Stuart White
Ali
Chaaban's dream shot of international football was ruined by
weather. The leatherhead striker was called up by the Lebanese
Olympic team to play in a friendly against Syria.
But torrential rain prevented a ball being kicked as two attempts to
play the game failed. "I was gutted", said Chaaban, "I couldn't
believe that both games were called off, I was fired up and ready to
play."
more....
April 10, 2003 |
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Homentmen is back in the 1st division
Homentmen Beirut made his
way to the 1st division to be among the Elite clubs after
defeated Nahda Ber Elias 5-0 in their delayed match from
the 17th round from the Lebanese Football Championship
for the 2nd division, Homenmen defeated Islah Borj El
Shmali 2-1 on the match that took place on April 8, 2003 from the
Round 22 of the Second division Championship .
Standing for the
Second Division Championship.
April 08, 2003
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Wehbe honored Fanj in Sour Nejmeh & Tadomoun Sour to continue
the championship
The
President of Tadamoun Sour & Nejmeh clubs have unified their
position towards the rejection of the cancellation of the national
championship, confirming that the maximum limit that they are ready
to accept is its postponement in agreement with the Lebanese
Football Federation and that they will abide by any position in the
interest of the game.
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April 07, 2003 |
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Olympic
Beirut 1 Ikhaa Ahley Aley 0
In a friendly match
that took place on Saturday 05 2003 Olympic Beirut defeated
Ikhaa Ahley Aley 1-0 goal scored by Ali Hawila
April 06, 2003 |
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Athens 2004 -Asian
Preliminary Round Lebanon - Jordan 0-0
Lebanese Olympic National Team tied with Jordan Olympic Team 0-0 for
the qualifications of Olympic games in Athena 2004.
A cold
performance in a hot weather
Jordan frustrated Lebanon yesterday to grab an important draw on
Lebanese soil and opened their Athens 2004 qualifying campaign in
positive fashion. Despite this fact, both teams played a match of an
average rating with the Lebanese Olympic team having the upper hand
with an approximate ball possession of 49% while the Jordanian team
had 35%.
more...
April 6, 2003 |
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Another meeting for the alliance of the clubs'
supporters, to support the Lebanese Olympic Team
The
organization which emerged from the alliance of the clubs'
supporters called the clubs' attention to the meeting which will be
held on Friday April 4, 2003 afternoon at 5:00 P.M at the L.F.A's
headquarters, to study all the procedures which should be taken
during next Saturday's match between the Lebanese Olympic team and
his Jordanian rival.
The gathering called upon all the clubs' fans to attend the match
and support the Lebanese players because they are Lebanon's
representatives in this important event, especially that the match
against Jordan is the first debut for a Lebanese team on his home
ground since two years.
The gathering also hoped that the educational and the advertising
institutions can participate in this national event to unite all the
efforts in supporting the national team.
Another meeting was held yesterday's evening at Nejmeh's and Olympic
Beirut's headquarters in Tarik Al Jadida by the special committees
which were formed in the fields of reception, discipline and
support. The committee had put the final touches on the procedures
and the arrangements which will be taken to provide a suitable
support for the national team next Saturday.
Note that the match's entrance fee will be free of charge so be
there.
April 03, 2003 |
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Roda Antar Suffers a debilitating injury.
Next
Tuesday, Roda Antar will have a surgery after he picked an injury in
his ankle and will be sidelined for three months.
Roda was ruled out of Hamburg SV for at least three months because
of this injury. He played with HSV's amateur team two months ago as
a starter in one of the matches and then played for 45 minutes
in another match. Since then, Roda couldn't play either for the
first or the Amateure team because of this cursed injury.
This Injury setback had its major effect and Roda was released from
the contract with HSV because after a three-month injury lay off, it
will be the end of the season.
April 2, 2003 |
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Guidelines
for the rehabilitation of Nejmeh Club playground have been set
The “Ojeh Lebanon” has established the
guidelines for the rehabilitation project of Nejmeh club’s
playground at Manara.
A meeting to this end was held between the president of Nejmeh
Club Mohammad Fanj Mohib Itani and the architectures of “Ojeh
Lebanon
“. They also discussed all the details with Mr. Baha’a Eddine
Hariri who gave his direct instructions to start the project
after completing all legal procedures with the proper
authorities.
April 03, 2003 |
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Olympic Beirut defeated Salam
Zgharta
In a friendly
match that took place on 01 of April 2003 at 4:00 p.m in Tripoli
Municipality, Olympic Beirut defeated Salam Zgharta 2-0 the first
goal scored by Mouhamad Kassas 30' the second by Adilson 86'
April 2, 2003 |
M.Kassas celebrating his 1st goal |
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A
legation from Olympic Club visits the Literature College in the
Lebanese University.
A
legation from Olympic Beirut club made a visit to the Literature and
Humanities College in the Lebanese University. The group of: Pierre
Issa, Faisal Antar, Imad el Miri, and Silvio, in addition to the
director Mr. Shafiq Taher held a meeting with the students about
football especially the local sport here in Lebanon. At the end of
the meeting, Mr. Taher invited everyone to support the Lebanese
National Olympic Team in his match against his Jordanian rival next
Saturday.
April 01, 2003 |
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The Lebanese Olympic National team is having a camp
in Tripoli preparing for the match against his Jordanian rival on
Saturday.
The
Lebanese Olympic National team started yesterday a camp in Tripoli,
and this camp will last till the evening of next Friday as a
preparation for the match against his Jordanian rival which will be
played next Saturday at 08:30 PM on
Beirut Municipality stadium in
the first leg of the Asian qualifications for Athens 2004.
The coach, Mr. Tardi will put his final touches on his special plan
regarding that match during this camp. Note that the preparations
have started months ago and it included two camps in Qatar and U.A.E,
in addition to heavy trainings and a series of Friendlies played
against local teams.
Mr. Tardi called 22 players for the camp and they are as follows:
Mohammad Santina, George Sadik, Abed el Karim Mansour, Hassan Mizher,
Abbas Kina’an, Sami el Shoum, Khalil Ali, Khalid Hamie, Khuder Najdi,
Ahmed el Shoum, Mohammad Shahrour, Yihya Hashem, Mahmoud Wihbe, Ali
el Atat, Abbas Atwi, Agob Donabidian, Adham Ghaddar, Rony Azar,
Hassan Nasr Allah, Paul Rustum, Husein Tahan, Hamza el Masri.
April 01, 2003 |
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