Salah Falah (Arabic: صلاح فلاح) was a Lebanese football player, coach, and referee. Falah played as a midfielder for the Lebanon national team in their first official international match.

Salah Falah
Personal information
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1940 Hilmi-Sport
1941 DPHB
1943–1947 Sagesse
International career
1940–1942 Lebanon 2 (0)
Managerial career
1946–1947 Sagesse
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Falah played for Hilmi-Sport, DPHB, and Sagesse during the 1940s.[1][2][3]

In 1934 the midfielder captained the Lebanon national team in their first unofficial match, against Romanian club CA Timișoara (T.A.C.).[4] Falah also represented Lebanon in their first official international match, in 1940 against Mandatory Palestine.[2][5]

Managerial and referee career

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In 1946–47 Falah coached Sagesse while a player.[6] He was a referee during the 1960–61 season.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "hilmi sport". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. ^ "هكذا تأسّس نادي الحكمة بيروت". نداء الوطن. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Lebanon - International Results - Early History". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ^ Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. ^ "La vie sportive". Le Jour. 18 October 1946. p. 2.
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