Lebanese Premier League |
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File:Lebanon FA.png |
Founded |
1934 |
Nation |
Template:LIB |
Confederation |
AFC |
Relegation To |
Lebanese Second Division |
Number of Teams |
12 |
Domestic Cups |
Lebanese FA Cup Lebanese Super Cup Lebanese Elite Cup |
International Cups |
AFC Cup |
Current Champions (2009) |
Al Ahed |
Most Successful Club |
Al-Ansar (13) |
Current Season |
File:Current sport.svg 2010-11 Lebanese Premier League |
Lebanese Premier League (French: Championnat du Liban de Football; Arabic: الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم) is the highest division of the Federation Libanaise de Football football league competitions. It was created in 1934 and its confederation is the AFC. There are 12 teams competing, but only 10 survive a season, which sees two teams getting relegated to the Lebanese Second Division. The two remaining places are taken by the promoted teams of the second highest division. The most successful club in the history of the league is Al-Ansar, topping with 13 league wins, while Homenetmen Beirut have and Nejmeh have 7. A world record was broken by Al-Ansar by going on a long run in division titles. They got the title in 1988 and kept on winning the title, all the way until 2000 inclusively. Nejmeh stopped the record by winning in 2000.
Nejmeh SC are the current champions.
Overview[]
The Lebanese Premier League's fixtures are based upon home and away fixtures. For example, Team A will host eleven games against eleven different visitors (everyone else in the league). For the remaining eleven games, Team A will be hosted by the teams that visited their home ground. This wraps up the twenty-two games played. The points system is the international and most used system:
- Win: 3 points
- Draw: 1 point
- Loss: 0 points
- Entering Administration: 9 points deduction
Ranking Structure[]
The clubs are ranked by points, and tie breakers are, in the following order:
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Head-to-head results
- Disciplinary points
Total Championships[]
The number of national championships that clubs in Lebanon have attained.
Club |
Number of Championships |
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Al Ansar Beirut | 13 |
Homenetmen Beirut | 7 |
Al Nejmeh Beirut | 7 |
Al Nahda | 5 |
Homenmen Beirut | 4 |
American University of Beirut | 3 |
Racing Beirut | 3 |
Sikka (Railways) | 3 |
Al Ahed | 2 |
Salam Zgharta | 1 |
Al-Shabiba Mazraa | 1 |
Olympic Beirut | 1 |
Lebanese Premier League Clubs - 2010/11[]
- Main article: 2010-11 Lebanese Premier League
The map shows the locations of the Lebanese Premier League 2010-11 teams. The current season consists of the following teams:
Club | Location | Stadium |
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Al Ahed | Beirut | Beirut Municipal Stadium |
Al-Ansar | Beirut | Beirut Municipal Stadium |
Al Islah | Tyre | |
Al-Mabarrah | Beirut | Mabarra Stadium |
Al-Nejmeh | Beirut | Rafic El-Hariri Stadium |
Al-Tadamon | Tyre | Sour Stadium |
Racing | Beirut | Fouad Shehab Stadium |
Safa | Beirut | Safa Stadium |
Shabab Al-Sahel | Beirut | Beirut Municipal Stadium |
Shabab Al-Ghazieh | Sidon | |
Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli | Aley | |
Salam Sour | Tyre |
This season, the teams come from only 4 districts in Lebanon. Most of them come from the capital, Beirut, with other teams from Tyre, Sidon and Aley
Most of the champions or title-holders of Lebanese Premier League seasons come from Beirut. Al-Ansar (13), Nejmeh (7) and Homenetmen Beirut (7) are all from Beirut.
Relegated in 2010/11[]
Not yet determined
Media coverage[]
Broadcasting[]
Future Television is the official television station designated to broadcast Lebanese Premier League matches.
- Template:Flagicon Future Television (Domestic Broadcasting) Official Television Station
- Template:Flagicon Al-Manar (Domestic Broadcasting) Selected Matches
- Template:Flagicon Future America (North American Broadcasting) Official Satellite Channel Dedicated to Lebanese in North America
- Template:Flagicon Future Australia (Oceanic Broadcasting) Official Satellite Channel Dedicated to Lebanese in Australia and New Zealand
Previous winners[]
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- 1934 : Al Nahda[1]
- 1935 : American University of Beirut (unofficial)[1]
- 1936 : Sika (Railways) (Beirut)[1]
- 1937 : American University of Beirut (unofficial)[1]
- 1938 : American University of Beirut (unofficial)[1]
- 1939 : Sika (Railways) (Beirut)[1]
- 1940 : No competition[1]
- 1941 : Sika (Railways) (Beirut)[1]
- 1942 : Al Nahda[1]
- 1943 : Al Nahda[1]
- 1944 : Homenetmen Beirut[1]
- 1945 : Homenmen Beirut[1]
- 1946 : Homenetmen Beirut[1]
- 1947 : Al Nahda[1]
- 1948 : Homenetmen Beirut[1]
- 1949 : Al Nahda[1]
- 1950 : No competition[1]
- 1951 : Homenetmen Beirut[1]
- 1952-53 : No competition[1]
- 1954 : Homenmen Beirut[1]
- 1955 : Homenetmen Beirut[1]
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- 1956 : Racing Beirut[1]
- 1957 : Homenmen Beirut[1]
- 1958-60 : No competition[1]
- 1961 : Homenmen Beirut[1]
- 1962 : No competition[1]
- 1963 : Homenetmen Beirut[1]
- 1964 : No competition[1]
- 1965 : Racing Beirut[1]
- 1966 : No competition[1]
- 1967 : Al-Shabiba Mazraa[1]
- 1968 : No competition[1]
- 1969 : Homenetmen Beirut[1]
- 1970 : Racing Beirut[1]
- 1971-72 : No competition
- 1973 : Nejmeh (unofficial)[1]
- 1974 : No competition[1]
- 1975 : Nejmeh (unofficial)[1]
- 1976-86 : No competition[1]
- 1987 : Salam Zgharta[1]
- 1988 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1989 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1990 : Al Ansar[1]
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- 1991 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1992 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1993 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1994 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1995 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1996 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1997 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1998 : Al Ansar[1]
- 1999 : Al Ansar[1]
- 2000 : Nejmeh[1]
- 2001 : Withheld[1]
- 2002 : Nejmeh[1]
- 2003 : Olympic Beirut[1]
- 2004 : Nejmeh[1]
- 2004-05 : Nejmeh[1]
- 2005-06 : Al Ansar[1]
- 2006-07 : Al Ansar[1]
- 2007-08 : Al Ahed[1]
- 2008–09 : Nejmeh[1]
- 2009–10 : Al Ahed[1]
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Players[]
Expatriate Footballers[]
A number of expatriates currently play in the competition. Mostly, formerBrazilian footballers have played for clubs that competed in the competition. Currently, Brazil ( Edílson José da Silva; Andréziño ), Cameroon ( Joël Tchami; Alphonse Tchami ), Ghana ( Emmanuel Duah; Daniel Nana Yeboah ) and many other countries have their players as formerly or currently registered in the Lebanese Premier League.
List by continent[]
This is a list of selected players former and current that have played in the competition by continent. Players in bold are currently playing the Lebanese Premier League. Template:Col-begin-small Template:Col-4 Asia
- Template:Flagicon Buddy Farah
- Template:Flagicon Bassim Abbas
- Template:Flagicon Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
- Template:Flagicon Sahib Abbas
- Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Majeed
- Template:Flagicon Salih Sadir
- Template:Flagicon Khaled Saad
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Gilberto Dos Santos
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Salomão
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Luís Fernandez
- Template:Flagicon Mohamad Abu Ateeq
- Template:Flagicon Mohammad Hamad
- Template:Flagicon Remy Assaad
- Template:Flagicon Wassim Abdel Hadi
- Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Al Basat
- Template:Flagicon Ali Saadeh
- Template:Flagicon Assef Khalifa
- Template:Flagicon Ahmad Ayoub
- Template:Flagicon Wael Nazha
- Template:Flagicon Khaled Afarah
Template:Col-4 Americas
- Template:Flagicon Evandro Russo Ramos
- Template:Flagicon Tomi Jarmakani
- Template:Flagicon Fábio Santos da Silva
- Template:Flagicon Toninho Santos
- Template:Flagicon Sílvio Costa
- Template:Flagicon Edílson José da Silva
- Template:Flagicon Andrezinho
- Template:Flagicon Sebastião Ramos Junior
- Template:Flagicon Agripino Serafim da Silva Júnior
- Template:Flagicon Rafael Litty
- Template:Flagicon Joao Alfredo
- Template:Flagicon George Da Silva
- Template:Flagicon Mohaméd Karanouh
- Template:Flagicon Randolph Jerome
- Template:Flagicon Kendall Velox
- Template:Flagicon Errol McFarlane
- Template:Flagicon David Nakhid
- Template:Flagicon Peter Prospar
- Template:Flagicon Esteban Dutra
- Template:Flagicon Victor Hugo La Luz
Template:Col-4 Europe
- Template:Flagicon Hagob Donabedian
- Template:Flagicon Armen Shahgeldyan
- Template:Flagicon Krikor Alosian
- Template:Flagicon Artur Kocharyan
- Template:Flagicon Hamlet Mkhitaryan
- Template:Flagicon Sergey Erzrumyan
- Template:Flagicon Boris Lučić
- Template:Flagicon Mario Ivanković
- Template:Flagicon Ferris Scandar
- Template:Flagicon Saïd Scandar
- Template:Flagicon Spiridon Daskalakis
- Template:Flagicon Mario Sader
- Template:Flagicon Mustepa Tosca
- Template:Flagicon Roman Lenski
- Template:Flagicon Vasile Caciureac
- Template:Flagicon Seyran Osipov
- Template:Flagicon Sergey Khomutov
- Template:Flagicon Mirko Teodorović
- Template:Flagicon Dejan Lučić
- Template:Flagicon Milan Bogunović
Template:Col-4 Africa
- Template:Flagicon Alphonse Tchami
- Template:Flagicon Milat Pierre Polycarpe
- Template:Flagicon Guy Charles Jimgou
- Template:Flagicon Othman Safani
- Template:Flagicon Ahmad Jaradi
- Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Saad
- Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Duah
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Nana Yeboah
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Addo
- Template:Flagicon Samuel Akonkon
- Template:Flagicon Mohsen Saleh
- Template:Flagicon Hamid Termina
- Template:Flagicon Hisham Shleikh
- Template:Flagicon Sunday Oko
- Template:Flagicon Robert Akaruye
- Template:Flagicon Mba Derick Ebi
- Template:Flagicon Moussa Gueye
- Template:Flagicon Papa Cisse
- Template:Flagicon Makethe Diop
- Template:Flagicon Madiou Konate
- Template:Flagicon Mohamed Kallon
- Template:Flagicon Kemokai Kallon
- Template:Flagicon Abu Bakar Bah
- Template:Flagicon Donald Minitir
- Template:Flagicon Nizar Khalfan
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Top Scorer[]
By Season[]
This is a list of top scorers by season. Correct as of June 11, 2009.[2]
Season | Name | Club | Goals |
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1960/61 | Template:Flagicon Mardek Chabarian | Homenmen Beirut | 15 |
1961/62 | Template:Flagicon Levon Altonian | Homenetmen Beirut | 14 |
1962/63 | Template:Flagicon Joseph Abou Murad | Racing Beirut | 18 |
1964/65 | Template:Flagicon Levon Altonian | Homenetmen Beirut | 19 |
1966/67 | Template:Flagicon Muhaddin Ayatani | Nejmeh | 15 |
1969/70 | Template:Flagicon Hani Abdul Fattah | Al Safa | 19 |
1972/73 | Template:Flagicon Youssef Al-Ghoul | Al Ansar | 8 |
1973/74 | Template:Flagicon Jamal El-Khatib | Nejmeh | 13 |
1987/88 | Template:Flagicon Fouad Saad | Al Ansar | 6 |
1988/89 | Template:Flagicon Jamal El-Hajj | Nejmeh | 12 |
1990/91 | Template:Flagicon Fadi Alloush | Al Ansar | 32 |
1991/92 | Template:Flagicon Wahid Dahrouj | Al Safa | 20 |
1992/93 | Template:Flagicon Fadi Alloush | Al Ansar | 27 |
1993/94 | Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Hamoud | Nejmeh | 15 |
1994/95 | Template:Flagicon Vitali Aghassian | Homenmen Beirut | 16 |
1995/96 | Template:Flagicon Assef Khalifa | Nejmeh | 19 |
1996/97 | Template:Flagicon Peter Prospar | Al Ansar | 22 |
1997/98 | Template:Flagicon Ahmad Jaradi | Nejmeh | 13 |
1998/99 | Template:Flagicon Haitham Zein | Al-Tadamon Tyre | 15 |
1999/00 | Template:Flagicon Toninho Santos Template:Flagicon Sahib Abbas |
Al Ansar Salam Zgharta |
14 |
2000/01 | Template:Flagicon Errol McFarlane | Nejmeh | 21 |
2001/02 | Template:Flagicon Mahmoud Majeed | Shabab Al-Sahel | 24 |
2002/03 | Template:Flagicon Silvio Costa | Tripoli SC | 18 |
2003/04 | Template:Flagicon Mohammad Kassas | Nejmeh | 22 |
2004/05 | Template:Flagicon Mohammad Kassas | Nejmeh | 21 |
2005/06 | Template:Flagicon Ali Nasseredine | Nejmeh | 17 |
2006/07 | Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ghaddar | Nejmeh | 25 |
2007/08 | Template:Flagicon Mohammed Ghaddar | Nejmeh | 22 |
2008/09 | Template:Flagicon Salih Sadir | Al Ahed | 20 |
Goal of the Season[]
Season | Player's name | Nationality | Club |
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1997/98 | Malek Hassoun | Template:LIB | Al Ansar |
See also[]
- Football in Lebanon
- Lebanon national football team
- Federation Libanaise de Football
- Lebanese Premiere Division Seasons:
- Lebanese Premier League 2005–06
- Lebanese Premier League 2006–07
- Lebanese Premier League 2007–08
- 2008–09 Lebanese Premier League
- 2009–10 Lebanese Premier League
- 2010–11 Lebanese Premier League
- Lebanese Second Division
- Lebanese Second Division 2005–06
- Lebanese Second Division 2006–07
- Lebanese Second Division 2007–08
- Lebanese Second Division 2008–09
- 2009–10 Lebanese Second Division
- 2010–11 Lebanese Second Division
- Lebanese Third Division
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 Template:Cite web
- ↑ Lebanon - List of Topscorers
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