Lebanese Premier League

Lebanese Premier League
Founded 1933 (1933)
Country Lebanon
Confederation AFC
Number of teams 12
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
Domestic cup(s) Lebanese Super Cup
Lebanese Elite Cup
League cup(s) Lebanese FA Cup
International cup(s) AFC Cup
Current champions Ahed (6th title)
(2017–18)
Most championships Ansar (13 titles)
TV partners MTV Lebanon
Mycujoo
2018–19 Lebanese Premier League

The Lebanese Premier League (French: Championnat du Liban de Football; Arabic: الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم‎) is the top division of the Lebanese Football Association league competitions; it was founded in 1933 and is part of the AFC confederation. There are 12 teams competing; the bottom two teams are relegated each season to the Lebanese Second Division and are replaced by the top two teams in the second division who are promoted to the Premier League.

Seasons run from September to April with most games played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekdays. The most successful club in the history of the league is Ansar, topping with 13 league titles while Nejmeh and Homenetmen have 7 titles. Al-Ansar FC|Ansar set a Guinness world record by winning 11 consecutive league titles between 1988 and 1999, a record that has since been surpassed by Skonto FC from Latvia.[1]

Overview

The Lebanese Premier League is based upon home and away fixtures. The points system is the international and most used system:

Ranking structure

If teams are level on points, tie-breakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head records (results and points)
  2. Goal difference of head-to-head games
  3. Goal difference overall
  4. Higher number of goals scored
  5. Draw

Media coverage

The Lebanese League broadcasting rights are distributed to MTV Lebanon. Live coverage of each game is broadcast 4 times a week, and weekly highlights of each match are produced once a week. Mycujoo broadcasts some league and futsal games.

Lebanese Premier League clubs

2018–19 members

Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League
Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League within Beirut

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2017–18 season
Ahed Beirut Various 1st in the Lebanese Premier League
Akhaa Ahli Aley Amin AbdelNour Stadium 3,500 5th in the Lebanese Premier League
Ansar Beirut Various 4th in the Lebanese Premier League
Bekaa Sports Al-Nabi Shayth Nabi Chit Stadium 5,000 10th in the Lebanese Premier League
Nejmeh Beirut Various 2nd in the Lebanese Premier League
Racing Beirut Fouad Shehab Stadium 5,000 9th in the Lebanese Premier League
Safa Beirut Various 3rd in the Lebanese Premier League
Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium 3,500 6th in the Lebanese Premier League
Shabab Al Ghazieh Ghazieh Kfarjoz Stadium 2nd in the Lebanese Second Division
Shabab Al Sahel Beirut Various 1st in the Lebanese Second Division
Tadamon Sour Tyre Sour Stadium 6,500 7th in the Lebanese Premier League
Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 8th in the Lebanese Premier League

Previous winners

Season Club
1933–34 Al Nahda
1934–35 AUB(Beirut)
1935–36 Sika Railways (Beirut)
1936–37 AUB (Beirut)
1937–38 AUB (Beirut)
1938–39 Sika Railways (Beirut)
1939–40 Not held
1940–41 Sika Railways (Beirut)
1941–42 Al Nahda
1942–43 Al Nahda
1943–44 Homenetmen
1944–45 Homenmen
1945–46 Homenetmen
1946–47 Al Nahda
1947–48 Homenetmen
1948–49 Al Nahda
1949–50 Not held
1950–51 Homenetmen
1951–1953 Not held
1953–54 Homenmen
1954–55 Homenetmen
1955–56 Racing Beirut
1956–57 Homenmen
1957–1960 Not held
Season Club
1960–61 Homenmen
1961–62 Not held
1962–63 Homenetmen
1963–64 Not held
1964–65 Racing Beirut
1965–66 Not held
1966–67 Al-Shabiba Mazraa (Beirut)
1967–68 Not held
1968–69 Homenetmen
1969–70 Racing Beirut
1970–1972 Not held
1972–73 Nejmeh (Beirut)
1973–74 Not held
1974–75 Nejmeh (Beirut)
1975–1987 Not held
1987–88 Ansar (Beirut)
1988–89 Not held
1989–90 Ansar (Beirut)
1990–91 Ansar (Beirut)
1991–92 Ansar (Beirut)
1992–93 Ansar (Beirut)
1993–94 Ansar (Beirut)
1994–95 Ansar (Beirut)
1995–96 Ansar (Beirut)
Season Club
1996–97 Ansar (Beirut)
1997–98 Ansar (Beirut)
1998–99 Ansar (Beirut)
1999–00 Nejmeh (Beirut)
2000–01 Abandoned
2001–02 Nejmeh (Beirut)
2002–03 Olympic Beirut
2003–04 Nejmeh (Beirut)
2004–05 Nejmeh (Beirut)
2005–06 Ansar (Beirut)
2006–07 Ansar (Beirut)
2007–08 Ahed (Beirut)
2008–09 Nejmeh (Beirut)
2009–10 Ahed (Beirut)
2010–11 Ahed (Beirut)
2011–12 Safa (Beirut)
2012–13 Safa (Beirut)
2013–14 Nejmeh (Beirut)
2014–15 Ahed (Beirut)
2015–16 Safa (Beirut)
2016–17 Ahed (Beirut)
2017–18 Ahed (Beirut)

Champions

# Clubs Championships
1 Ansar13
2 Nejmeh8
3 Homenetmen7
4 Ahed6
5 Al Nahda5
6 Homenmen4
7 Safa3
AUB
Racing Beirut
Sika Railways
11 Al-Shabiba Mazraa1
Tripoli (ex Olympic Beirut)

Top Scorers

Season Top scorer Club Goals
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40 The championship was not held
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50 The championship was not held
1950–51
1951–52 The championship was not held
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58 The championship was not held
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61 Lebanon Mardek Chabarian Homenmen 15
1961–62 The championship was not held
1962–63 Lebanon Joseph Abou Murad Racing 18
1963–64 The championship was not held
1964–65 Lebanon Levon Altonian Homenetmen 19
1965–66 The championship was not held
1966–67 Lebanon Muhaddin Ayatani Nejmeh 15
1967–68 The championship was not held
1968–69
1969–70 State of Palestine Hani Abdul Fattah Safa 19
1970–71 The championship was not held
1971–72
1972–73 Lebanon Youssef Al Ghoul Ansar 8
1973–74 The championship was not held
1974–75
1975–76 The championship was not held
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88 Lebanon Fouad Saad Ansar 6
1988–89 The championship was not held
1989–90
1990–91 Lebanon Fadi Alloush Ansar 32
1991–92 Lebanon Walid Dahrouj Safa 20
1992–93 Lebanon Fadi Alloush Ansar 27
1993–94 Lebanon Mahmoud Hamoud Nejmeh 15
1994–95 Armenia Vitali Aghassian Homenmen 16
1995–96 Syria Assef Khalifa Nejmeh 19
1996–97 Trinidad and Tobago Peter Prospar Ansar 22
1997–98 Lebanon Ahmad Jaradi Ansar 13
1998–99 Lebanon Haitham Zein Tadamon Sour 15
1999–00 Brazil Toninho Santos
Iraq Sahib Abbas		 Ansar
Salam Zgharta		 14
2000–01 Trinidad and Tobago Errol McFarlane Nejmeh 21
2001–02 Iraq Haidar Mahmoud Majeed Shabab Al-Sahel 24
2002–03 Brazil Sílvio Olympic Beirut 18
2003–04 Lebanon Mohammad Kassas Nejmeh 22
2004–05 Lebanon Mohammad Kassas Nejmeh 21
2005–06 Lebanon Ali Nasseredine Nejmeh 17
2006–07 Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Nejmeh 25
2007–08 Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Nejmeh 22
2008–09 Iraq Salih Sadir Ahed 27
2009–10 Senegal Makhete Diop Nejmeh 23
2010–11 Lebanon Hassan Maatouk Ahed 15
2011–12 Lebanon Mohamad Haidar Safa 12
2012–13 Lebanon Imad Ghaddar Shabab Al-Ghazieh 20
2013–14 Lebanon Adnan Melhem Racing Beirut 15
2014–15 Argentina Lucas Galan Salam Zgharta 17
2015–16 Argentina Lucas Galan Salam Zgharta 19
2016-17 Lebanon Abou Bakr Al-Mel Tripoli 16
2017-18 Senegal El Hadji Malick Tall Ansar 15

Lebanese diaspora players

Elrich was given a contract by Nejmeh before he started his career in Australia

By inviting new players from the other nations which had a large Lebanese community from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, (Germany), Colombia, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Ivory Coast, Egypt, France and others, they are hoping for a new beginning of Lebanon's football, since this was becoming popular in Lebanon. The appearance of so many Lebanese players in other countries; like Faryd Mondragon (Colombia), Miguel Layún and Miguel Sabah (Mexico); or legendary players and managers such as Pierre Issa (South Africa), Antonio Mohamed (Argentina) and Ahmad Elrich (Australia) are sending the inspiration to Lebanese people in football.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Season review: Latvia". UEFA. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2012. European-record run of 14 straight championships
  2. ↑ mycujoo.tv. "mycujoo live football streaming: Watch Football Online". mycujoo.tv. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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