Nejmeh is primarily supported by the Sunni Muslim community with a minority of Shiites and Druzes,[2] and shares a historic rivalry with fellow Beirut-based club Ansar, known as the Beirut derby.

[6] The choice of club's name is said to have came on 11 October 1945, when a meeting was held at Radwan's house at night to discuss the affairs of the team.

[5] On 25 July 1950, Nejmeh won the Lebanese Second Division, but were only officially promoted in 1951,[7] during which Papken Poyajian was appointed president of the club.

[7] Nejmeh finished runners-up in the Lebanese FA Cup twice: in 1951 and 1964, losing in the finals to Shabiba Mazraa and Safa respectively.

[9] During the 1970s, Brazilian international players Pelé[10][11][12][13] and Bebeto[14][15][16] played matches with Nejmeh as honorary guests.

Other minor changes have also been made such as the enlargement of the width of the white border, and the shift of the text "BEIRUT 1945", which moved from the center of the star to underneath it.

[21] The old club stadium first consisted of a sand training field over the land number 704 in Ras Beirut area with no facilities or fences.

The 1,500 "adopted" ultras wore maroon t-shirts with "Qatar" stamped on front, sang the Qatari national anthem and beat drums while singing chants.

[29] Most noticeably, in the 2016–17 season, Nejmeh refused to play against Ahed in the league title decider and were sanctioned six points by the federation.

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