2016–17 Lebanese Premier League

The 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League is the 57th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Safa the defending champions. After 21 rounds, Al Ahed have won the league for the 5th time in its history. At the 21st round, Al Ahed needed a win against rivals Nejmeh SC to win the League but Nejmeh SC had forfeited and Al Ahed automatically won the match and became the champions of the Lebanese Premier League.

Lebanese Premier League
Season2016–17
ChampionsAl Ahed
RelegatedShabab Al-Sahel, Al Egtmaaey Tripoli
Matches played131
Goals scored365 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerAbou Bakr Al-Mel (16 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Safa 6-0 Salam Zgharta
Biggest away winAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli 1-6 Nejmeh SC
Highest scoringAl Egtmaaey Tripoli 3-6 Tripoli SC

Teams

Hekmeh FC and Shabab Al-Ghazieh were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2015–16 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Tadamon Sour and Al Akhaa Al Ahli who won promotion from the second tier.

Stadia and locations

Beirut
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli
Tripoli SC
Tadamon Sour
Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli
Salam Zgharta
Al Nabi Sheet
Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League
Al Ahed
Al Ansar
Al Nejmeh
Safa
Shabab Al-Sahel
Racing Beirut
Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League within Beirut
Club Location Stadium Stadium capacity Coach
Al Ahed Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Robert Jaspert[1]
Al Akhaa Al Ahli Aley Amin AbdelNour Stadium 3,500 Hussein Afash[2]
Al Ansar Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Zoran Pešić[3]
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Iyad Abd Al Kareem[4]
Al Nejmeh Beirut Rafic El-Hariri Stadium 5,000 Jamal Al Haj[5]
Al Nabi Sheet Zahlé Al-Nabi Shayth Stadium 5,000 Mahmoud Hammoud[6]
Racing Beirut Beirut Bourj Hammoud Stadium 8,000 Moussa Hojaij[7]
Safa Beirut Safa Stadium 4,000 Emile Rustom
Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium 5,000 Tareq Jaraya[8]
Shabab Al-Sahel Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Samir Saad[9]
Tadamon Sour Tyre Sour Stadium 6,500 Mohammed Zouheir
Tripoli SC Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Fadi Al Omari[10]

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Al Ahed 22 15 4 3 41 14 +27 49 Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
2 Salam Zgharta 22 12 4 6 35 29 +6 40 Qualification to Arab Champions League 2018
3 Al Nejmeh[lower-alpha 1] 22 11 6 5 36 22 +14 33
4 Al Ansar 22 9 5 8 35 40 −5 32
5 Al Nabi Sheet 22 9 4 9 26 24 +2 31
6 Tadamon Sour 22 9 3 10 25 25 0 30
7 Racing Beirut 22 8 6 8 26 30 −4 30
8 Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli 22 9 2 11 34 36 −2 29
9 Tripoli SC 22 8 4 10 34 31 +3 28
10 Safa[lower-alpha 2] 22 8 7 7 32 32 0 28
11 Shabab Al-Sahel 22 7 4 11 20 22 −2 25 Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12 Al Egtmaaey Tripoli 22 2 2 18 21 60 −39 8
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Nejmeh SC had forfeited in the round of 21 and lost 6 other points.
  2. Had 3 points deducted

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals Games Played
1 Abou Bakr Al-MelTripoli SC1620
2 Akram MoghrabiAl Nejmeh1221
3 Cofie BekoeAl Egtmaaey Tripoli1120
Élio MartinsAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli
4 Ahmed HegazyAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli921
5 Mamadou NiassSalam Zgharta821
6 Mohamad KdouhAl Ahed717
Mohammad JaafarRacing Beirut18
Ali Al SaadiSafa20
Feiz ShamsinTripoli SC21
10 Rabih AtayaAl Ansar69
Roda AntarTadamon Sour16
Lamine FanéTadamon Sour17
Abdelrazaq Al-HussainAl Nejmeh19
Dominique MendySafa
Michael HelegbeTadamon Sour20
Mohammad SalemShabab Al-Sahel22

References
  1. "Germany - R. Raspert". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  2. "Syria - Hussein Afash". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  3. "Serbia - Z. Pešić". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  4. "Syria - Iyad Abd Al Kareem". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  5. "Lebanon - Jamal Al Haj". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  6. "Lebanon - Mahmoud Hammoud". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  7. "Lebanon - Mousa Hojaij". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  8. "Tunisia - T. Jaraya". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  9. "Lebanon - Samir Saad". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  10. "Lebanon - Fadi Al Omari". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
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