Lebanese Premier League

Lebanese Premier League
Founded
1934
Nation
Confederation
AFC
Relegation To
Lebanese Second Division
Number of Teams
12
Domestic Cups
Lebanese FA CupLebanese Super CupLebanese Elite Cup
International Cups
AFC Cup
Current Champions (2009)
Al Ahed
Most Successful Club
Al-Ansar (13)
Current Season
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
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==
The map shows the locations of the Lebanese Premier League 2010-11 teams.
The current season consists of the following teams:
Club 	Location	Stadium
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.
* Future Television (Domestic Broadcasting) Official Television Station
* Al-Manar (Domestic Broadcasting) Selected Matches
* Future America (North American Broadcasting) Official Satellite Channel Dedicated to Lebanese in North America
* Future Australia (Oceanic Broadcasting) Official Satellite Channel Dedicated to Lebanese in Australia and New Zealand
==Previous winners==
*1934 : Al Nahda
*1935 : American University of Beirut (unofficial)
*1936 : Sika (Railways) (Beirut)
*1937 : American University of Beirut (unofficial)
*1938 : American University of Beirut (unofficial)
*1939 : Sika (Railways) (Beirut)
*1940 : No competition
*1941 : Sika (Railways) (Beirut)
*1942 : Al Nahda
*1943 : Al Nahda
*1944 : Homenetmen Beirut
*1945 : Homenmen Beirut
*1946 : Homenetmen Beirut
*1947 : Al Nahda
*1948 : Homenetmen Beirut
*1949 : Al Nahda
*1950 : No competition
*1951 : Homenetmen Beirut
*1952-53 : No competition
*1954 : Homenmen Beirut
*1955 : Homenetmen Beirut
*1956 : Racing Beirut
*1957 : Homenmen Beirut
*1958-60 : No competition
*1961 : Homenmen Beirut
*1962 : No competition
*1963 : Homenetmen Beirut
*1964 : No competition
*1965 : Racing Beirut
*1966 : No competition
*1967 : Al-Shabiba Mazraa
*1968 : No competition
*1969 : Homenetmen Beirut
*1970 : Racing Beirut
*1971-72 : No competition
*1973 : Nejmeh (unofficial)
*1974 : No competition
*1975 : Nejmeh (unofficial)
*1976-86 : No competition
*1987 : Salam Zgharta
*1988 : Al Ansar
*1989 : Al Ansar
*1990 : Al Ansar
*1991 : Al Ansar
*1992 : Al Ansar
*1993 : Al Ansar
*1994 : Al Ansar
*1995 : Al Ansar
*1996 : Al Ansar
*1997 : Al Ansar
*1998 : Al Ansar
*1999 : Al Ansar
*2000 : Nejmeh
*2001 : Withheld
*2002 : Nejmeh
*2003 : Olympic Beirut
*2004 : Nejmeh
*2004-05 : Nejmeh
*2005-06 : Al Ansar
*2006-07 : Al Ansar
*2007-08 : Al Ahed
*2008–09 : Nejmeh
*2009–10 : Al Ahed
==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.
Asia
* Buddy Farah
* Bassim Abbas
* Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
* Sahib Abbas
* Mahmoud Majeed
* Salih Sadir
* Khaled Saad
* Gilberto Dos Santos
* Salomão
* Luís Fernandez
* Mohamad Abu Ateeq
* Mohammad Hamad
* Remy Assaad
* Wassim Abdel Hadi
* Mahmoud Al Basat
* Ali Saadeh
* Assef Khalifa
* Ahmad Ayoub
* Wael Nazha
* Khaled Afarah
Americas
* Evandro Russo Ramos
* Tomi Jarmakani
* Fábio Santos da Silva
* Toninho Santos
* Sílvio Costa
* Edílson José da Silva
* Andrezinho
* Sebastião Ramos Junior
* Agripino Serafim da Silva Júnior
* Rafael Litty
* Joao Alfredo
* George Da Silva
* Mohaméd Karanouh
* Randolph Jerome
* Kendall Velox
* Errol McFarlane
* David Nakhid
* Peter Prospar
* Esteban Dutra
* Victor Hugo La Luz
Europe
* Hagob Donabedian
* Armen Shahgeldyan
* Krikor Alosian
* Artur Kocharyan
* Hamlet Mkhitaryan
* Sergey Erzrumyan
* Boris Lučić
* Mario Ivanković
* Ferris Scandar
* Saïd Scandar
* Spiridon Daskalakis
* Mario Sader
* Mustepa Tosca
* Roman Lenski
* Vasile Caciureac
* Seyran Osipov
* Sergey Khomutov
* Mirko Teodorović
* Dejan Lučić
* Milan Bogunović
Africa
* Alphonse Tchami
* Milat Pierre Polycarpe
* Guy Charles Jimgou
* Othman Safani
* Ahmad Jaradi
* Mahmoud Saad
* Emmanuel Duah
* Daniel Nana Yeboah
* Daniel Addo
* Samuel Akonkon
* Mohsen Saleh
* Hamid Termina
* Hisham Shleikh
* Sunday Oko
* Robert Akaruye
* Mba Derick Ebi
* Moussa Gueye
* Papa Cisse
* Makethe Diop
* Madiou Konate
* Mohamed Kallon
* Kemokai Kallon
* Abu Bakar Bah
* Donald Minitir
* Nizar Khalfan
===Top Scorer===
====By Season====
This is a list of top scorers by season. Correct as of June 11, 2009.Lebanon - List of Topscorers
Season 	Name 	Club 	Goals
1960/61	Mardek Chabarian 	Homenmen Beirut 	15
1961/62	Levon Altonian 	Homenetmen Beirut 	14
1962/63	Joseph Abou Murad 	Racing Beirut 	18
1964/65	Levon Altonian 	Homenetmen Beirut 	19
1966/67	Muhaddin Ayatani 	Nejmeh 	15
1969/70	Hani Abdul Fattah 	Al Safa 	19
1972/73	Youssef Al-Ghoul 	Al Ansar 	8
1973/74	Jamal El-Khatib 	Nejmeh 	13
1987/88	Fouad Saad 	Al Ansar 	6
1988/89	Jamal El-Hajj 	Nejmeh 	12
1990/91	Fadi Alloush 	Al Ansar 	32
1991/92	Wahid Dahrouj 	Al Safa 	20
1992/93	Fadi Alloush 	Al Ansar 	27
1993/94	Mahmoud Hamoud 	Nejmeh 	15
1994/95	Vitali Aghassian 	Homenmen Beirut 	16
1995/96	Assef Khalifa 	Nejmeh 	19
1996/97	Peter Prospar 	Al Ansar 	22
1997/98	Ahmad Jaradi 	Nejmeh 	13
1998/99	Haitham Zein 	Al-Tadamon Tyre 	15
1999/00	Toninho Santos Sahib Abbas	Al Ansar Salam Zgharta	14
2000/01	Errol McFarlane 	Nejmeh 	21
2001/02	Mahmoud Majeed 	Shabab Al-Sahel 	24
2002/03	Silvio Costa 	Tripoli SC 	18
2003/04	Mohammad Kassas 	Nejmeh 	22
2004/05	Mohammad Kassas 	Nejmeh 	21
2005/06	Ali Nasseredine 	Nejmeh 	17
2006/07	Mohammed Ghaddar 	Nejmeh 	25
2007/08	Mohammed Ghaddar 	Nejmeh 	22
2008/09	Salih Sadir 	Al Ahed 	20
==Goal of the Season==
Season 	Player's name	Nationality	Club
1997/98	Malek Hassoun	 	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==
Category:Leagues