Homenetmen Beirut F.C.
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| Full name | Homenetmenen Beirut Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Homenetmen |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Ground | Bourj Hammoud Stadium, Beirut |
| Capacity | 10,500 |
| Head Coach | Joe Mjaaes |
| League | Lebanese Second Division |
| 2015–16 | Lebanese Second Division, 4th |
Homenetmen Beirut Football Club (Arabic: نادي هومنتمن بيروت لكرة القدم Armenian: Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն (ՀՄԸՄ) translated as "Armenian General Union of Body Culture") is the association football department of a Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club based in Beirut. Homenetmen Beirut is part of the pan-Armenian worldwide Homenetmen organization. The club competes in the Lebanese Second Division in football. Homenetmen Beirut was established in 1924, just 6 years after establishment of Homenetmen in Constantinople, i.e. Istanbul in modern Turkey in 1918. The club have participated AFC Champions League by finishing third. They have also won 7 League titles, 3 FA Cups, though they are yet to win a Lebanese Premier League title since 1969, having finished in second place on several occasions during the 90s since.
Wartan Ghazarian arrived from Armenia at age 20 as an foreign player, quickly adapted the culture the fans loved him and became as a cult hero, scoring unbelievable goals long range, header, left foot, right foot he took the league by storm the club would finish 3rd. The following season Homentmen would finish 7th after a poor start of the season. During this period Homenetmen never won a championship but had an amazing games against Ansar, Nejmeh and Homenmen, and beating them in a 7-1 match. In the late 90's the club started to play poorly and started to sell some of the best players due to time the club was struggling finically, but every year the club would survive on the final day. In the year 2001 the club would finish 2 win out of 22 and it was their worst season, but the Lebanese football federation would withheld the season due to match fixing scandals.
In the 2000–01 season the Homenetmen FC would be relegated for the first time in the clubs history, Homenetmen would loan out some of its star players. The team would finish first in the Lebanese Second Division with record of without losing any single match and with one draw in the final day, the club would be back in the following next season but would be relegated again with there Armenian rivals.
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