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Homenetmen Lebanon

Full name	Homenetmen Sports Association Lebanon
Founded	1924; 102 years ago (1924)
Based in	Beirut, Lebanon
Colors	Orange and blue

Homenetmen Sports Association Lebanon (Arabic: الجمعية الرياضية هومنتمن لبنان; Armenian: Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն (ՀՄԸՄ), lit. 'Armenian General Athletic Union (HMƏM)') is a Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club and scouting movement. Established in 1924, it is part of the worldwide pan-Armenian Homenetmen organization.

Homenetmen Lebanon has had teams in various national leagues, most notably in association football, basketball, track and field, table tennis, and cycling, among others.^[1]

History

Lebanon's branch of the Homenetmen organisation was founded in 1924 in Beirut. They first established a football team, who first won the Lebanese Premier League in the 1943–44 season.^[1] Homenetmen was closely affiliated with the Tashnag party.^[2] Homenetmen Beirut were one of the most prominent football teams, winning the league title seven times.^[2]

Following the Lebanese Civil War, the club fell into dismay; they were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division for the first time in 2002, and to the Lebanese Third Division in 2005.^[2] Ever since, the organisation shifted its focus away from football to indoor sports.^[2]

Branches

The organisation has eight branches in different locations in Lebanon: Beirut, Tripoli, Jounieh, Bourj Hammoud, Anjar, Zahlé, and Jdeideh.^[2]

• Homenetmen Antelias
• Homenetmen Beirut
  • Football
  • Basketball
• Homenetmen Bourj Hammoud

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