Shabab Rafah Sports Club ( ar, نادي شباب رفح الرياضي) or simply Shabab Rafah is a
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
professional
football club from the city of
Rafah
Rafah ( ar, رفح, Rafaḥ) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate, located south of Gaza City. Rafah's population of 152,950 (2014) is overwhelmingly made up of former Palesti ...
that plays in the
Gaza Strip League, co-existing top flight competition with the
West Bank Premier League.
History
The club was founded in 1953 under the name of Al-Shoaba Club. In 1960, it changed the name to Al-Oruba Club. In 1962, the Egyptian administration in the Gaza Strip founded a Youth Care Foundation and sponsored the club who changed the name to Nadi Markaz Reayat Al-Shabab (Youth Care Center Club).
After the
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
of 1967, the club's activities stopped until 1973, the year when some of the loyal club members worked for the reconstruction and the revival of the club under the new name of the Shabab Rafah Sports Club and it formed the first administrative body headed by Ali Mehdi.
Achievements
*
Gaza Strip League
** Winners (2): 2008–09, 2013–14
*
Palestine Cup
** Winners (1):
2016–17
*
Gaza Strip Cup
The Palestine Cup is the main national association football competition in Palestine. It is sanctioned by the Palestinian Football Association. Past competitions were more expansive including clubs from all tiers of Palestinian football. For the ...
** Winners (4): 2002–03, 2005–06, 2012,
2016–17
*
Gaza Strip Super Cup
** Winners (4): 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
References
External links
Team profile- ''Soccerway.com''
Football clubs in the State of Palestine
Establishments in All-Palestine (Gaza)
1953 establishments in Asia
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