AS Hilmi-Sport
Defunct Lebanese football club
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Association Sportive Hilmi-Sport (Arabic: حلمي سبور) was a football club based in Beirut, Lebanon. Established in 1936, they won two Lebanese FA Cups in 1939 and 1940, and were finalists in the inaugural Lebanese FA Cup in 1938.
History
Hilmi-Sport was founded in 1936 by Khalil Hilmi, with Imre Zinger from Hungary appointed as the first coach.[2][3] The club was known as "the Red Devils" (Arabic: الشياطين الحمر; French: Les Diables Rouges), and wore a red shirt with black shorts.[2][3] Hilmi-Sport hosted several foreign teams, most notably Austrian clubs First Vienna and Admira Vienna, and Romanian club CFR Cluj, among others.[2][3]
In 1937–38 Hilmi-Sport won the Lebanese Second Division, and were runners up in the Lebanese FA Cup.[2][4] They won the FA Cup twice in a row: in 1938–39 and 1939–40.[2][4] Two players from Hilmi-Sport took part in Lebanon's first official international match in 1940, against Mandatory Palestine:[5] Muhieddine Jaroudi and club captain Salah Falah.[2][3]
Honours
- Lebanese FA Cup
- Winners (2): 1938–39, 1939–40
- Runners-up (1): 1937–38
- Lebanese Second Division
- Winners (1): 1937–38
