Southern Stars Club

This article is about the Lebanese women's football club. For other uses, see Southern Stars.

Southern Stars

Full name	Southern Stars Club
Nickname(s)	Stars of South
Short name	SSFC
Founded	1 August 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-01), as Terdeba Stars
Chairman	Mohamed Ezzedine[1]
Manager	Hassan Chour[2]
League	Lebanese Women's Football League
2019–20	Lebanese Women's Football League, 6th of 16
Home colours Away colours

Southern Stars Club (Arabic: نادي نجوم الجنوب), also known as Stars of South or Noujoum Al Janoub, is a women's association football club based in Tayr Debba, Lebanon. Founded in 2018 as Terdeba Stars, they compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League.

History

Southern Stars were founded on 1 August 2018 as Terdeba Stars (Arabic: نجوم طير دبّا, romanized: Noujoum Terdeba),[1] and first competed in the 2018–19 Lebanese Women's Football League; they finished in fourth place in Group A in their debut season.[3] The following season, the club changed its name to Southern Stars (Arabic: نجوم الجنوب, romanized: Noujoum Al Janoub), to appeal to a larger fanbase.[1] They finished third in Group B, qualifying to the Final Eight where they finished sixth.[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 20 July 2020[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LBN Aya Kobaissi 2 DF  LBN Aya Massarah 3 DF  LBN Raneem Nabulsi 4 DF  LBN Kinda Maarouf 5 DF  LBN Banin Mazeh 6 DF  LBN Rana Kaawar 7 FW  LBN Fidaa Fakih 8 MF  LBN Maria Sleem 9 FW  LBN Israa Tfaily 10 MF  LBN Sherin Khalil 11 FW  LBN Rim Kawtharani 12 DF  LBN Darin Khalil 13 MF  LBN Aya Roumie 14 DF  LBN Nour Awada 15 MF  LBN Sarah Roumani

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  LBN Sandra Al Youssef 17 FW  LBN Léa Hachem 18 MF  LBN Batoul Badran 19 MF  LBN Zainab Fakih 20 FW  LBN Doaa Kobaissi 21 MF  LBN Aya Hamzeh 22 FW  LBN Natalie Hallal 23 MF  LBN Carla Hussein 30 DF  LBN Fatima Hallal 40 GK  LBN Rawan Ayash 44 DF  LBN Sarah Atwi 70 FW  LBN Mariana Bdeir 77 MF  LBN Aya K Assi 99 GK  LBN Mariana Charafieh

See also

• Women's football in Lebanon
• List of women's association football clubs in Lebanon

References

1. "بيان لمؤسس ومدير نادي نجوم الجنوب محمد عزالدّين". football-lebanon.com. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
2. "SSFC⚽️ on Instagram: "الجهاز الفني لنادي نجوم الجنوب لدوري الشابات موسم ٢٠٢٠/٢٠١٩: حسن شور - مدير فني غالب قرعوني- مساعد مدير فني اشرف محجوب- مدرب حراس اسيل…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
3. "Lebanon (Women) 2018/19". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
4. "Lebanon (Women) 2019/20". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
5. "SSFC⚽️ (@starsofsouth) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.