Shabab Baalbek Sport Club () is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Baalbek
Baalbek (; ; ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In 1998, the city had a population of 82,608. Most of the population consists of S ...
, Lebanon, that competes in the Founded in 1986 as Nabi Chit Sport Club (), the club was known as Bekaa Sport Club () between 2018 and 2020, and is
primarily supported by the
Shia Muslim community.
History
Nabi Chit Sport Club first played in the
Lebanese Premier League
The Lebanese First Division (), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. Established in 1934 and organized by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the Lebanese Premier Leagu ...
in the
2014–15 season, after winning Group B of the
2013–14 Lebanese Second Division: they became the first team to represent the
Beqaa Governorate
Beqaa ( ') is a governorate in Lebanon and one of the eight districts of the country. It is located in the eastern part of Lebanon and borders with Syria. The capital of the district is the city of Zahlé.
Districts
Since 2014, Beqaa Governorate ...
in the first division. In 2018, the club changed their name to Bekaa SC; they were relegated back to the
Second Division in 2019. In 2020, they changed their name back to Nabi Chit SC.
The club changed its name to Shabab Baalbek SC on 7 June 2022. They were promoted to the first division for the first time, as Shabab Baalbek, after finishing second in the
2023–24 Lebanese Second Division season.
Current squad
Honours
*
Lebanese Second Division
The Lebanese Second Division () is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate in the league play each other twice, once at home and once awa ...
** Winners (1): 2013–14
(Group B)
**''Runners-up (1):'' 2023–24
*
Lebanese Challenge Cup (''defunct'')
**''Runners-up (1):'' 2014
See also
*
List of football clubs in Lebanon
This is a list of Association football, football clubs that compete within the leagues and divisions of the Lebanese football league system as far down as the Lebanese Third Division.
By league and division
* 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League, Leb ...
Notes
References
{{Lebanese Premier League
Football clubs in Lebanon
Shia Islam in Lebanon