The match between Salam Zgharta -v- Al Hikma on Sunday 31st December 2006 was cancelled.For reasons not known the Salam Zgharta team did not attend the match on Sunday.

The next announced scheduled game for Salam is on Sunday, 7th January 2007, against Tadamon Sour.

On Saturday, 16th December 2006, Salam Zgharta drew 1-1 with Al Ahley Saida at the start of the 2006/2007 season of the First Division of the Lebanese Football League. Both teams are placed joint 4th in the Division, which this season consists of twelve teams. Al Ahley Saida were promoted to the First Division this season.

Salam's next game is on Sunday, 31st December 2006 when they play Tripoli Sports.

Result Correction The final score was Salam Zgharta 0 - Al Ahley Saida 2. The two goals were made in the 40th & 45th minute of the game. Salam is now in 11th place in the First Division.

On Saturday, 9th December 2006 sees the start of the 2006/2007 Lebanese Football League First Division season.

Home team, Salam Zgharta, plays on Saturday against newly promoted, Al Ahley Saida.

This season there will be twelve teams in the First Division, from ten last season. Bottom of the division last year, Racing Club Beirut were demoted. The three new teams promoted from the Second Division this year are Al Ahley Saida, Al Hikma and Shabab Sahel. In the 2005/2006 season Salam Zgharta finished sixth.

Prior to 1971 the Club was called Salam Ashrafieh, before it was taken over by a consortium of Zghartawiens, headed by Sassine Ghazaleh, and renamed.

NEWS UPDATE: The game was postponed due to the current political situation until Saturday, 16th December, to be played at the Tripoli Municipal Stadium at 2.15 p.m.

The website of the Lebanese organisers of the Marathon races mentioned in April 2006 the possibility of a 8Km race at Meziara in July.zgharta.com made contact with the organisers concerning this race and we have today received their reply saying,

"We have completed our wind down from the Tyre International Half Marathon and are now in full preparation for the Beirut Marathon in November. Strategically we have decided that we will not be holding small races in the villages under the banner of the Beirut Marathon Association as each race costs upwards of $100.000 to prepare and execute and this is frequently a figure that exceeds the capability of the smaller areas. We are however working out a scheme whereby we provide logistical support to organizations from the villages who would like to make a race. This means that should there be the interest from the village we will be ready to step in and help out with offering direction and advice on the best way to make a race successful. Thank you again for your email and we do look forward to discussing this further"

Let us know if anyone would like to explore the possibilty of holding a marathon race in their town or village next year.

Salam zgharta won, 1 - 0, over Tadamon Sour this afternoon, in the last game of the First Division 2005/2006 season. The goal was scored by C Kharme. This means that Salam will retain their sixth place with twenty points.

The last game of the season, between the First Division top two placed teams, Al Ansar v Al Nejmeh, on Saturday, 13th May 2006, will not affect Salam's placing.

The Lebanese Football League has announced changes to the final games of the 2005/2006 season.

Salam Zgharta will now play Tadamon Sour on Friday,12th May 2006 at Tripoli. The others games to be played that day will be: Al Ahed v Tripoli Sports Club; Racing Club Beirut v Al Mabarrah; Al Safa v Al Raiyan. On Saturday, 13th May 2003, Al Ansar will play Al Nejmeh.

Salam Zgharta holds sixth place in the First Division.

zgharta.com send their best wishes and support to the Salam Zgharta team.

Salam Zgharta play their last game of the 2005/2006 season of the First Division of the Lebanese League, on Sunday, 14th May 2006, against Tadamon Sour, at the Tripoli "home" ground.

There are only two points separating the teams, with Salam in sixth place with seventeen points and Tadamon in seventh place with fifteen points. When the teams played each other earlier this season in December, Salam lost 1-0.

Whether Salam keeps its sixth place depends on the Tadamom game and also the results of Tripoli Sports Club and Al Raiyan games who are in eight and ninth place with fourteen points each.

Three points are awarded to the winning team and one point to each team is awarded for a draw. Where teams have equal points, "goal difference" ( eg if team A has scored four goals and team B one, the goal difference is three ) will determine their place , Where teams have equal goal difference, the team who has scored more goals will be placed higher. There is also the "away-goal rule" where the team who score more goals in away games are awarded the higher position.

On goal difference, against Salam's minus 14, Al Raiyan has a goal difference of minus 19 with Tripoli Sports Club a goal difference of minus 9 . Next Sunday, Al Raiyan play Al Safa (3rd place) and Tripoli Sports Club play Al Ahed (5th place).

NEWS UPDATE The Lebanese Football League has announced that Salam's game against Tadamon Sour will be played on Friday, 12th May 2006 at Tripoli.

Supporters of Salam Zgharta are hoping that when the team play in the Quarterfinals of the Lebanese Cup this weekend they will be able to forget their recent troubles on and off the field.

In their 35th Anniversary year, Salam, will play away in the Quarterfinals against Al Mabarrah on Sunday, 19th March 2006. In the home game both teams drew 0-0. When they last played against each other in First Division this season, Al Mabarrah won only by one goal, scored in the twenty-first minute. Such scores show that Salam is able to hold its own against them.

It would be a fantastic fillip to Salam if they got through to the semi-finals, as we hear team morale is low. Issues such as yearly changes in the team, preventing long term cohesion and commitment; absence of investment both in players and resources and salary issues are the areas spoken of.

It is said that some in the Club are relying on the fact that only one team will be relegated this season from the First Division and that Salam will be able to avoid the bottom slot. Before last weekend there were three teams beneath Salam. Now there are only two beneath them, with only four points separating Salam from the bottom team.

There are five more First Division matches to the end of the season in May. When Salam played the teams before they won one game, lost two and drew two.

Some supporters are questioning whether the Club will soon replace its Zgharta name and in the long term its Zghartawien connection. Prior to 1971 the Club was called Salam Ashrafieh, before it was taken over by a consortium of Zghartawiens, headed by Sassine Ghazaleh, and renamed. In the intervening thirty-five years Salam Zgharta has become part of our lives, indeed many who read this will have been players or the sons and daughters of players. We at zgharta.com feel that part of a town is its local football club, so we hope that Salam Zgharta will remain so called and that Zgharta Zawie will be its main recruiting ground and fan base.

NEWS UPDATE The game was decided on penalties, with Salam Zgharta losing 5-4. At the end of normal play the score line was 0-0, the same result as the first game between the teams.

On Sunday, 12th March 2006, Salam Zgharta play Al Ansar in the thirteenth leg of the Lebanese Football League. The game starts at 2.30 pm ( Zgharta Time) and will be on Future TV.

Salam are currently in seventh place with Al Ansar in first place.

In the Lebanese Cup competition, Salam are in the Quarterfinals.

Visit the website of Salam Zgharta Fan Club created by zgharta.com at www.salamzgharta.org
 

NEWS UPDATE: Final score - Salam Zgharta 1: Al Ansar 4 (Half time score 0-2).

The results so far for the knockout stage of the Lebanese Cup are:

Al Mabarrah v Al Raiyan: 3-1
Al Ansar v Al Ahley Saida: 3-1
Al Ahed v Hommentmen: 3-1
Al Safa v Al Hikma: 1-2
Al Neimeh v Tripoli Sports Club:1-0

The remaining games to be played on Wednesday, 1st February are:

Salam Zgharta v Al Moheba Tripoli
Racing Club Beirut v Alnajmah
Tadamon Sour v Shabab Sahel

It is reported that the winners of the Salam Zgharta v Al Moheba Tripoli game will play Al Mabarrah in the Quarter Finals, who are third in the current First Division. When they played Salam on 20th November 2005 in the Lebanese Championships, Al Mabarrah, won 1-0.

On Wednesday, 1st February 2006 Salam Zgharta takes part in the 16th Lebanese Cup Tournament. They will play Second Division Al Moheba Tripoli at the Tripoli Municipal Stadium.

The First Division of the Lebanese Championships starts again at the weekend of 4th and 5th February 2006.

At the end of the ninth leg of the Lebanese Championships, Salam was in seventh place in the First Division, where there are ten teams playing.

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On Saturday,7th January, Salam Zgharta will play against Al Nejmeh in front of the television cameras. The match will be shown live on Future TV at 4.45pm

Salam, having been promoted to the First Division of the Lebanese League this season, stand sixth in the division.

For the last two seasons we have reported Salam's news on our site. To encourage a greater fan base we have created an unofficial fan club website. It can be access through www.salamzgharta.org. Subject to the Club's own plans it may become "official".

We wish expand the site so that it becomes the focal point for Salam's fans - reporting matches, profiling the players, exchanging comments and ideas, arranging away game support, whatever the fans want. If you have any old photographs of the Club please post them on the site. If you know where past players are tell us so we can seek to interview them. We want to make it a source of reference and of pride.

NEWS UPDATE: Al Nejmeh won 2-0.