Full name | Super Girls Football Club | ||
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Founded | 29 April 2019 | ||
Chairman | Sahar Dbouk | ||
Manager | Sahar Dbouk | ||
League | Lebanese Women's Football League | ||
2022–23 | Lebanese Women's Football League, 8th of 8 (withdrew) | ||
Super Girls Football Club (Arabic : نـادي سـوبـر غـيـرلـز) is a women's association football club based in Tyre, Lebanon. Founded in 2018, they compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League. [1]
Super Girls was established by Sahar Dbouk on 29 April 2019 as the first women's football academy in Southern Lebanon. [2] Despite the Lebanese liquidity crisis, which began in that year, the club received support from the local community and UNIFIL who donated a team bus, and various football and medical equipment. [2]
Super Girls made their debut in the 2019–20 Lebanese Women's Football League, [3] finishing in 6th place in Group A. [4] On 22 April 2023, the team withdrew from the 2022–23 season after the first matchday. [5]
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