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.

Southern Stars
Full nameSouthern Stars Club
Nickname(s)Stars of South
Short nameSSFC
Founded1 August 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-01), as Terdeba Stars
ChairmanMohamed Ezzedine[1]
ManagerHassan Chour[2]
LeagueLebanese Women's Football League
2019–20Lebanese Women's Football League, 6th of 16

History

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Southern Stars were founded on 1 August 2018 as Terdeba Stars (Arabic: نجوم طير دبّا, romanizedNoujoum 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, romanizedNoujoum 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

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Current squad

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As of 20 July 2020[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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.