Amchit Club ( ar, نادي عمشيت Nadi Amchit) is a

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multi-sports club best known for its

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team which competes in the

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Description

Amchit Club was founded in 1955 and has a long history of achievements in sports, cultural and social activities. Today, it is still one of Lebanon's most active clubs. The latest achievement was reaching the 1st division basketball league in Lebanon with a result of 21 wins and 0 losses with the club competing in the 2012–13 season against the big teams. Center

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would later be a part of that team with its record-breaking result. Besides the various sports schools for all age groups (basketball, soccer, table tennis...), the club offers artistic and intellectual training programs (acting classes, dancing classes, language schools) and organizes social events every year. In addition, it is also the house of a
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group that has been continuously active for more than 15 years. The club worked to renovate the stadium, form a professional basketball team and grow at all levels. 2013–14 season after the previous season was folded, Amchit club was forced to make massive changes to the team with 6 new players being added to the roster, including

Fadi El Khatib Fadi El Khatib ( ar, فادي الخطيب; born January 1, 1979), nicknamed "the Lebanese Tiger", is a Lebanese professional basketball player who plays in the Lebanese Basketball League for Sagesse. El Khatib played for several teams in the L ...

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Ali Fakhreddine Ali Fakhreddine (born in Lebanon on April 3, 1983) is a retired professional Lebanese basketball player who most recently played for the team Sagesse Club ''Sagesse'' (literal trans. "Wisdom") is a volume of French poetry by Paul Verlaine. F ...

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, and including the signing of coach

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. Team captain

led the rebuilding effort Amchit, who would finish 3rd in their season and would face the team Homenetmen, 3–0 after swiping Homenetmen they would face

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in the playoffs semi finals which will end there series 3–0. 2014–15 season the team merged with city rivals

Byblos Club Byblos Club is a multi sports club based in Byblos, Lebanon. The franchise was established in 1981, and such notable stars played as Jay Youngblood, Michael Fraser, Bassel Bawji, Ali Mahmoud, Rodrigue Akl, Ratko Varda, Steven Burtt, Joseph Voge ...

forming UBA Basketball club, many superstars left the team including El Khatib, Sarkis, Massey and coach Sarkis, during the regular season they signed coach

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, under the guidance of Nenad they finished 3rd and would face at the playoffs against Mouttahed. By beating Mouttahed they would face at the playoff semi-finals against the

, which they would swipe them to 4–0. For the first time in their franchise history they would reach the Finals. UBA will face the defending champions Riyadi, which Riyadi will win the series 4–1. In the summer of 2015 Amchit Club departs from Byblos Club and due to financial reasons the club would be relegated to 4th Division.

Squad

*Team roster in 2014

Depth chart

References

{{Lebanese Basketball League Basketball teams in Lebanon Basketball teams established in 2012 2012 establishments in Lebanon