History
The club was started in 1945, and decided to establish an association football club. The first provisional committee of Nejmeh Club was formed in 1945 and included:
- Anis Radwan (President)
- Yahia Daroub (Vice-President)
- Noureddine Hamedeh (General Secretary)
- Amin Monzer
- Hamzah Daroub
- Salah Sinno
This committee applied for a license at the Lebanese government in 1945, which was issued on 28 April 1947.
The club qualified for the Lebanese First Division in 1951.
The major breakthrough came in 1970 with the rise of the golden team at Nejmeh Club that included the best players in Lebanon. Mohammad Hatoum, Hassan & Mahmoud Shatila, Habib Kammouneh, Zein Hashem, Jamal El Khatib, Youssef El Ghoul, to mention a few, with the rest of their teammates. This golden team led the way to a decade of glory for Nejmeh. The period of the 70's was the best in the club history. Nejmeh dominated the Lebanese scene, after becoming known worldwide many famous players played matches with Nejmeh as honour guests like: Pele and Bebeto.
In the late 1970s & the 1980s, the Lebanese Civil War prevailed the Lebanese scene. The Lebanese championship was suspended for 12 years (1975–1987). The club won the Lebanese Premier League title in the 1999–2000 and 2008–2009 seasons and earned a place to compete at the 2010 AFC Cup.
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