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Samir Georges Nassib Hammam (Arabic: سمير همام, romanized: Samīr Hammām; born 17 July 1947) is a Lebanese businessman, well known for his high-profile involvement in British football clubs, and who most recently relinquished the life presidency of Cardiff City in March 2022 following a legal dispute.
Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam assumed control of the club in 2000 and replaced Ayre with Bobby Gould, who had managed Hammam's previous club Wimbledon. Gould enjoyed a positive start, remaining unbeaten in his opening nine games, but was replaced by Alan Cork after suffering two consecutive defeats in October 2000. Cork won promotion to the ...
[35] [36] In July, Vincent Tan had reached an agreement with Sam Hammam over the £15 million debt owed to Langston, where Hammam would become Honorary Life President of the club, this was considered as the first step of becoming a debt-free club. [37] Cardiff went on to win the first ever Premier League South Wales derby against Swansea City.
Sam Hammam – former owner and president of Cardiff City F.C. [4] [5] Hind Hariri (born 1984) – entrepreneur, billionaire; Nicolas Hayek – former owner of Swatch Group [6] Ziad Raphael Nassar – celebrity wedding designer and entrepreneur, owner of Ziad Rapahel Nassar holding. Carlos Slim – investor, formerly the richest person in the world
It competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., the club changed its name to Cardiff City in 1908 and entered the Southern Football League in 1910 before joining the English Football League in 1920. The team has spent 17 seasons in the top tier of English football ...
Sam Hammam (until December) Peter Ridsdale: Manager: Dave Jones: Championship: 13th: FA Cup: Third Round: League Cup: First Round: Top goalscorer: League: Michael Chopra (22) All: Michael Chopra (22) Highest home attendance: 20,376 vs Tottenham Hotspur (7 January 2006) Lowest home attendance: 11,549 vs Barnsley (2 February 2006) Average home ...
They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two. During the season the club was taken over by Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam, whose investment in the club would later see Cardiff win two promotions in the next four years.
Sam Hamm (born November 19, 1955) is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. [1] Hamm is known for writing the initial drafts of the screenplay for the 1989 Batman movie before those duties were handed over to Warren Skaaren . [ 2 ]