Tadamon Sporting Club Sour (), known as Tadamon Sour or simply Tadamon, is a

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club based in Tyre, Lebanon, that competes in the , and is primarily supported by the Shia Muslim community. They play their home matches at the Tyre Municipal Stadium, and have won one

Lebanese FA Cup The Lebanon Cup (), commonly known as the Lebanese FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic Lebanese football. In the first FA Cup final, held on 26 June 1938, Nahda beat Hilmi-Sport 3–2 in the replay (after drawing 1� ...

and two Lebanese Challenge Cups.

History

In 1939, a group of students from Tyre, Lebanon, established a football team, which officially received its license in 1947. Due to the

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, a number of Palestinian players joined Tadamon Sour. The team played numerous games in Syria and Jordan, and hosted Egyptian club

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in Tyre. In 1991 Tadamon Sour finished runners-up in the

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 ...

, and were promoted to the

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. In 2000–01 they won the

, beating Ansar 2–1 in the final.

Club rivalries

Tadamon Sour plays Salam Sour in the Tyre derby. The club also plays the

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derby with Ghazieh, based on their location.

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Honours

**Winners (1): 2000–01 * Lebanese Challenge Cup (''defunct'') **Winners (2; joint record): 2013, 2018 **''Runners-up (1):'' 2017 *

** Winners (2): 1960–61 (South), 2015–16 *

Lebanese Federation Cup The Lebanese Federation Cup () is an annual cup competition in men's domestic football in Lebanon. Organised by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), it serves as the domestic league cup to the Lebanese Premier League and is contested before ...

** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1999 *

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () was a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was played by the top five finisher ...

(''defunct'') ** ''Runners-up (2):'' 2000, 2001

References

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