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Lebanese Premier League
	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.

1 Overview
2 Ranking Structure
3 Total Championships
4 Lebanese Premier League Clubs - 2010/11
- 4.1 Relegated in 2010/11
5 Media coverage
- 5.1 Broadcasting
6 Previous winners
7 Players
- 7.1 Expatriate Footballers
  - 7.1.1 List by continent
- 7.2 Top Scorer
  - 7.2.1 By Season
8 Goal of the Season
9 References

OverviewEdit

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 StructureEdit

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 ChampionshipsEdit

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 - 2010/11Edit

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
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 2010/11Edit

Not yet determined

Media coverageEdit

BroadcastingEdit

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 winnersEdit

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]

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]

PlayersEdit

Expatriate FootballersEdit

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 continentEdit

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 ScorerEdit

By SeasonEdit

This is a list of top scorers by season. Correct as of June 11, 2009.^[2]

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 SeasonEdit

Season	Player's name	Nationality	Club
1997/98	Malek Hassoun	Template:LIB	Al Ansar

ReferencesEdit

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↑ Lebanon - List of Topscorers

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[1] Lebanon - List of Topscorers

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