{{Short description|Association football league in Lebanon}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox football league | name = Lebanese Premier League | image = | pixels = | organiser = Lebanese Football Association | country = Lebanon | confed = AFC | founded = {{Start date and age|df=y|May 1934}} | relegation = Lebanese Second Division | levels = 1 | teams = 12 | domest_cup = {{ubl|Lebanese FA Cup|Lebanese Super Cup}} | league_cup = Lebanese Federation Cup | confed_cup = AFC Challenge League | champions = Ansar (15th title) | season = 2024–25 | most successful club = Ansar (15 titles) | most appearances = | top goalscorer = Vardan Ghazaryan<br />Hassan Maatouk (129){{efn|name="topscorer"|Vardan Ghazaryan is recognized as the top scorer of the Lebanese Premier League, with a total of 129 goals. Some sources, however, list his tally as 117, excluding the 12 goals scored during the canceled 2000–01 season. Hassan Maatouk has also scored 129 goals, though some sources exclude one from the canceled 2019–20 season and two from a 2021–22 match later awarded to Ahed. Fadi Alloush scored 124 goals, though four goals from the 1987–88 season are excluded in some records due to the withdrawal of Shabiba Mazraa.<ref name="historical" /><ref name="jwaya" />}} | tv = MTV Lebanon, FIFA+ | website = {{URL|https://the-lfa.com/}} | current = 2025–26 Lebanese Premier League }} The '''Lebanese First Division''' ({{langx|ar|الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى}}), commonly known as the '''Lebanese Premier League''' ({{Langx|ar|الدوري اللبناني الممتاز|ad-dawrī al-lubnānī al-mumtāz|links=no}}), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. Established in 1934 and organized by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the Lebanese Premier League is one of the oldest in the Middle East, originally launched under the name Edmond Rubeiz Cup.
As of the 2025–26 season, the league features 12 clubs and employs a split-season format, with a regular season followed by championship and relegation rounds. The league champion qualifies for the AFC Challenge League, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Lebanese Second Division. The league introduced Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in 2023.
Prominent early clubs included Nahda (who won the first edition), Homenetmen, and Homenmen. In recent years, clubs such as Ahed, Ansar, and Nejmeh have dominated the competition. Ansar holds the record for most league titles with 15, including a streak of 11 consecutive championships between 1988 and 1999.{{Efn|The record has since been surpassed by Latvian First League club Skonto.}} Throughout its history, the league has experienced several interruptions due to political instability and conflict.
==History== [[File:2019-20 Nejmeh vs Ansar 21.jpg|thumb|A Beirut derby match between Nejmeh and Ansar during the 2019–20 season.]] On 22 March 1933, representatives of 13 football clubs gathered in the Minet El Hosn district in Beirut to form the Lebanese Football Association (LFA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hawi |first=Grace |date=25 June 2009 |script-title=ar:الإعلام الرياضي في لبنان بين شباك السياسة والإهمال |trans-title=Sports media in Lebanon between politics and neglect |url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/135020 |access-date=20 December 2018 |website=Al Akhbar |language=ar |archive-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230301/https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/135020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ar:لمحة عن الإتحاد |trans-title=About the Federation |url=http://lebanesefootballassociation.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%af/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728023541/http://lebanesefootballassociation.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF/ |archive-date=28 July 2016 |access-date=20 December 2018 |website=Lebanese Football Association |language=ar}}</ref> The Lebanese Premier League began in May 1934 as the Edmond Rubeiz Cup, in honour of Nahda player Edmond Rubeiz who had died of typhoid the previous year.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=21}} The competition was held in a knockout format, with Nahda beating DPHB 7–1 in the final to win the inaugural competition.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=21}}<ref name="champions">{{Cite web |last=Fujioka |first=Atsushi |date= |title=Lebanon – List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebchamp.html |access-date=15 March 2019 |website=RSSSF |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823181738/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebchamp.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Nahda, AUB, and DPHB shared the titles during the first decade of the league.<ref name="champions" /> Between the 1940s and 1960s Armenian clubs, mainly Homenetmen and Homenmen, were the most prominent in the Lebanese footballing scene.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mouawad|first=Jamil|year=2018|title=Lebanese Football: Imagining a Defiant and United Lebanon|url=https://www.academia.edu/37348497|journal=Middle East Critique|volume=27|issue=3|pages=289–302|doi=10.1080/19436149.2018.1485301|access-date=14 March 2019|via=www.academia.edu|s2cid=150228818}}</ref> The two clubs shared 11 titles in 16 seasons between 1943 and 1969.<ref name="champions" /> Following a 12-year interruption of the league due to the Lebanese Civil War, Ansar dominated the league winning 11 consecutive league titles between 1988 and 1999.<ref name="champions" /> They set a Guinness World Record for most consecutive league titles, which has been since broken by Skonto of Latvia in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=29 June 2013 |title=Lebanese Football: From Beirut to Buecker |url=https://terrythetourist.com/2013/06/29/lebanese-football-beirut-bombs-buecker/ |access-date=7 April 2019 |website=Terry The Tourist |archive-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407001232/https://terrythetourist.com/2013/06/29/lebanese-football-beirut-bombs-buecker/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Nejmeh broke Ansar's streak, winning four out of five league titles between 2000 and 2005.<ref name="champions" /> Since the late 2000s, Ahed have emerged as the dominant force in Lebanese football. They won their inaugural league title in 2008 and have since been crowned champions a total of nine times.<ref name="champions" /> After having won the league title in 2019, Ahed became the three-time defending champions, a feat accomplished only one other time, by Ansar in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2019 |script-title=ar:العهد بطل لبنان |trans-title=Ahed champions of Lebanon |url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport/269581 |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=Al Akhbar |language=ar}}</ref> Due to financial and political issues in the country, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, the LFA decided to cancel the ongoing 2019–20 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saad |first=Abdulqader |date=21 January 2020 |script-title=ar:القرار المرّ: نشاط الفوتبول معلّق حتى إشعار آخر |trans-title=Bitter decision: football activity is suspended until further notice |url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/282844 |access-date=27 January 2020 |website=Al Akhbar |language=ar |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724184024/https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/282844 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=28 May 2020 |script-title=ar:رسميا.. إلغاء الموسم الكروي في لبنان |trans-title=Officially.. canceling the football season in Lebanon |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=926397 |access-date=28 May 2020 |website=Kooora |language=ar |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801183128/https://www.kooora.com/?n=926397 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Clear|left}}
==Competition format== There are 12 clubs in the Lebanese Premier League. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss.
Teams are ranked by total points, then head-to-head points, and then head-to-head goal difference. If still equal, the overall goal difference and then the overall goals scored are taken into consideration. If teams are still tied, disciplinary points are considered.<ref name="2021regulations">{{Cite web |last=Abou Diab |first=Rami |date=25 June 2020 |title=The new regulations for the Lebanese Premier League |url=https://www.falebanon.com/new-regulations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627154948/https://www.falebanon.com/new-regulations/ |archive-date=27 June 2020 |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=FA Lebanon}}</ref>
===Split=== Prior to the 2020–21 season, each club played the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 22 games.
Starting from the 2020–21 season, the league adopted a "split" system where each season is divided into two phases.<ref name="2021regulations" /> In the initial phase, each club plays each other once, totaling 11 matchdays. Following this, the league splits into a "top six" and a "bottom six" section. In the 2020–21 season, clubs faced each team in their respective sections once more (5 additional matchdays). From 2021–22 to 2022–23, clubs faced each team in their section twice (10 additional matchdays). Since 2023–24, they play three times against each team in their section (15 additional matchdays).<ref name="2324regulations">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=29 May 2023 |script-title=ar:الاتحاد اللبناني يقر النظام الفني لبطولة الدوري: 4 أجانب و4 مراحل وحسم نصف النقاط |trans-title=The Lebanese Federation approves the technical system for the league championship: 4 foreigners, 4 stages, and a half-point decision |url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/4005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529143147/http://lebanonfg.com/single/4005 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=Lebanon Football Guide |language=ar}}</ref> Points from the first phase carry over to the second, but from the 2022–23 season onward, the carried-over points are halved.<ref name="2223amendments">{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=3 June 2022 |script-title=ar:بالصور: الاتحاد اللبناني يعلن تعديلات بالجملة |trans-title=In pictures: The Lebanese Federation announces wholesale amendments |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1144736 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612222827/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1144736 |archive-date=12 June 2022 |access-date=12 June 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}</ref> The system has been viewed positively by various members of Lebanese football.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=3 June 2022 |script-title=ar:دبوق لكووورة: نظام الدوري الجديد يحد من التلاعب |trans-title=Dabouq to Kooora: "The new league system limits manipulation" |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1144772 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623235257/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1144772 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=22 June 2022 |script-title=ar:هل نجح نظام السداسية في الدوري اللبناني؟ |trans-title=Has the six-way system succeeded in the Lebanese league? |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1150083 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623235256/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1150083 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}</ref>
===Promotion and relegation=== A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Lebanese Premier League and the Lebanese Second Division since 1935. In April 1935, Second Division clubs requested a promotion system to be implemented.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=25}} It was proposed that, at the end of the season, every Second Division team that wanted to be promoted to the First Division had to play against three teams from the First Division, winning all three.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=25}} The teams from the First Division had to have at least 7 players from their squad in the previous season.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=25}}
The two lowest placed teams in the Lebanese Premier League are relegated to the Second Division, and the top two teams from the Second Division promoted to the Lebanese Premier League.
===Video assistant referee=== Video assistant referee (VAR), was introduced to the Lebanese Premier League in the second half of the 2023–24 season. It uses technology and officials to assist the referee in making decisions on the pitch. The match between Ahed and Racing Beirut in the first matchday, on 6 August 2023, was the first to test the use of VAR.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=26 July 2023 |script-title=ar:تقنية الفيديو حاضرة في لقاء العهد والراسينغ |trans-title=Video technology will be present in the match between Ahed and Racing |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1257135 |access-date=27 July 2023 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}</ref>
==Clubs== {{Main|List of football clubs in Lebanon}}
===Champions=== {{anchor|Previous winners}}<span id="Previous winners"></span> {| |+'''Wins by season''' |- | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! {{Abbr|Ed.|Edition}} ! Season ! Champion |- |style="text-align:center;"|1||style="text-align:center;"|1933–34||Nahda {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|2||style="text-align:center;"|1934–35||AUB {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|3||style="text-align:center;"|1935–36||DPHB {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|4||style="text-align:center;"|1936–37||AUB {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|5||style="text-align:center;"|1937–38||AUB {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|6||style="text-align:center;"|1938–39||DPHB {{small|(2)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1939–40||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|The league's 1939–40 season was canceled before it began due to the outbreak of World War II.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|7||style="text-align:center;"|1940–41||DPHB {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|8||style="text-align:center;"|1941–42||Nahda {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|9||style="text-align:center;"|1942–43||Nahda {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|10||style="text-align:center;"|1943–44||Homenetmen {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|11||style="text-align:center;"|1944–45||Homenmen {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|12||style="text-align:center;"|1945–46||Homenetmen {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|13||style="text-align:center;"|1946–47||Nahda {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|14||style="text-align:center;"|1947–48||Homenetmen {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|15||style="text-align:center;"|1948–49||Nahda {{small|(5)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1949–50||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|The league did not operate during the 1949–50 season.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|16||style="text-align:center;"|1950–51||Homenetmen {{small|(4)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1951 to 1953||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|The league did not operate between 1951 and 1953.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|17||style="text-align:center;"|1953–54||Homenmen {{small|(2)}} |} | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. ! Season ! Champion |- |style="text-align:center;"|18||style="text-align:center;"|1954–55||Homenetmen {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|19||style="text-align:center;"|1955–56||Racing Beirut {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|20||style="text-align:center;"|1956–57||Homenmen {{small|(3)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1957 to 1960||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|The league did not operate between 1957 and 1960.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|21||style="text-align:center;"|1960–61||Homenmen {{small|(4)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1961–62||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|Between 1960 and 1968, the league had one season every two calendar years.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|22||style="text-align:center;"|1962–63||Homenetmen {{small|(6)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1963–64||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|Between 1960 and 1968, the league had one season every two calendar years.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|23||style="text-align:center;"|1964–65||Racing Beirut {{small|(2)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1965–66||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|Between 1960 and 1968, the league had one season every two calendar years.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|24||style="text-align:center;"|1966–67||Shabiba Mazraa {{small|(1)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1967–68||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|Between 1960 and 1968, the league had one season every two calendar years.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|25||style="text-align:center;"|1968–69||Homenetmen {{small|(7)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|26||style="text-align:center;"|1969–70||Racing Beirut {{small|(3)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1970 to 1972||{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|The league did not operate between 1970 and 1972.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|27||style="text-align:center;"|1972–73||Nejmeh {{small|(1)}} |- |||style="text-align:center;"|1973–74||{{tooltip|''Not contested''|The league did not operate during the 1973–74 season.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|28||style="text-align:center;"|1974–75||Nejmeh {{small|(2)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1975 to 1987||{{tooltip|''Not contested''|The league did not operate between 1975 and 1987 due to the Lebanese civil war.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|29||style="text-align:center;"|1987–88||Ansar {{small|(1)}} |} | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. ! Season ! Champion |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|1988–89||{{tooltip|''Not contested''|The league's 1988–89 season was canceled due to the Lebanese civil war.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|30||style="text-align:center;"|1989–90||Ansar {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|31||style="text-align:center;"|1990–91||Ansar {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|32||style="text-align:center;"|1991–92||Ansar {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|33||style="text-align:center;"|1992–93||Ansar {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|34||style="text-align:center;"|1993–94||Ansar {{small|(6)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|35||style="text-align:center;"|1994–95||Ansar {{small|(7)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|36||style="text-align:center;"|1995–96||Ansar {{small|(8)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|37||style="text-align:center;"|1996–97||Ansar {{small|(9)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|38||style="text-align:center;"|1997–98||Ansar {{small|(10)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|39||style="text-align:center;"|1998–99||Ansar {{small|(11)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|40||style="text-align:center;"|1999–2000||Nejmeh {{small|(3)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|2000–01||{{Tooltip|''Abandoned''|The LFA abandoned the 2000–01 season after seven teams were implicated in a match-fixing scandal.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|41||style="text-align:center;"|2001–02||Nejmeh {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|42||style="text-align:center;"|2002–03||Olympic Beirut {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|43||style="text-align:center;"|2003–04||Nejmeh {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|44||style="text-align:center;"|2004–05||Nejmeh {{small|(6)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|45||style="text-align:center;"|2005–06||Ansar {{small|(12)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|46||style="text-align:center;"|2006–07||Ansar {{small|(13)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|47||style="text-align:center;"|2007–08||Ahed {{small|(1)}} |} | valign="top" | {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. ! Season ! Champion |- |style="text-align:center;"|48||style="text-align:center;"|2008–09||Nejmeh {{small|(7)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|49||style="text-align:center;"|2009–10||Ahed {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|50||style="text-align:center;"|2010–11||Ahed {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|51||style="text-align:center;"|2011–12||Safa {{small|(1)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|52||style="text-align:center;"|2012–13||Safa {{small|(2)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|53||style="text-align:center;"|2013–14||Nejmeh {{small|(8)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|54||style="text-align:center;"|2014–15||Ahed {{small|(4)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|55||style="text-align:center;"|2015–16||Safa {{small|(3)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|56||style="text-align:center;"|2016–17||Ahed {{small|(5)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|57||style="text-align:center;"|2017–18||Ahed {{small|(6)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|58||style="text-align:center;"|2018–19||Ahed {{small|(7)}} |- | ||style="text-align:center;"|2019–20||{{Tooltip|''Abandoned''|The 2019–20 season was abandoned in January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic, due to financial and political instability in Lebanon.}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|59||style="text-align:center;"|2020–21||Ansar {{small|(14)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|60||style="text-align:center;"|2021–22||Ahed {{small|(8)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|61||style="text-align:center;"|2022–23||Ahed {{small|(9)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|62||style="text-align:center;"|2023–24||Nejmeh {{small|(9)}} |- |style="text-align:center;"|63||style="text-align:center;"|2024–25||Ansar {{small|(15)}} |} |}
{| class="wikitable" |+Wins by club |- !Club !Wins !Winning seasons |- |Ansar {{rating|1|1|size=15px}}||style="text-align:center;"|15 |1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2020–21, 2024–25 |- |Ahed||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |9 |2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 |- |Nejmeh |1972–73, 1974–75, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2023–24 |- |Homenetmen||style="text-align:center;"|7 |1943–44, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1962–63, 1968–69 |- |Nahda||style="text-align:center;"|5 |1933–34, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47, 1948–49 |- |Homenmen||style="text-align:center;"|4 |1944–45, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1960–61 |- |AUB||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" |3 |1934–35, 1936–37, 1937–38 |- |DPHB |1935–36, 1938–39, 1940–41 |- |Racing Beirut |1955–56, 1964–65, 1969–70 |- |Safa |2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16 |- |Shabiba Mazraa||style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |1 |1966–67 |- |Olympic Beirut |2002–03 |}
===2025–26 season=== The following 12 clubs will compete in the Lebanese Premier League during the 2025–26 season. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !Club !Home city !Position in 2024–25 !Top division titles !Most recent top division title |- | style="text-align:left;" |Ahed | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Ouzai)}} |{{ntsh|3}}3rd |9 |2022–23 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Ansar | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Tariq el-Jdideh)}} |{{ntsh|1}}1st |15 |2024–25 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Bourj | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Bourj el-Barajneh)}} |{{ntsh|7}}7th |0 |{{N/a}} |- | style="text-align:left;" |Jwaya | style="text-align:left;" |Jwaya |{{ntsh|11}}1st in the Second Division |0 |{{N/a}} |- | style="text-align:left;" |Mabarra | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Tariq el-Matar)}} |{{ntsh|12}}2nd in the Second Division |0 |{{N/a}} |- | style="text-align:left;" |Nejmeh | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Ras Beirut)}} |{{ntsh|4}}4th |9 |2023–24 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Racing Beirut | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Achrafieh)}} |{{ntsh|9}}9th |3 |1969–70 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Riyadi Abbasiyah | style="text-align:left;" |Al-Aabbassiyah |{{ntsh|10}}10th |0 |{{N/a}} |- | style="text-align:left;" |Safa | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Wata el-Msaytbeh)}} |{{ntsh|2}}2nd |3 |2015–16 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Sagesse | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Achrafieh)}} |{{ntsh|5}}5th |0 |{{N/a}} |- | style="text-align:left;" |Shabab Sahel | style="text-align:left;" |Beirut {{small|(Haret Hreik)}} |{{ntsh|8}}8th |0 |{{N/a}} |- | style="text-align:left;" |Tadamon Sour | style="text-align:left;" |Tyre |{{ntsh|6}}6th |0 |{{N/a}} |}
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==Media coverage== Broadcasting rights for the Lebanese Premier League were distributed to MTV Lebanon starting from the 2016–17 season, on a five-year contract worth $600,000 per season;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=31 May 2020 |script-title=ar:كووورة يكشف مصير النقل التلفزيوني للدوري اللبناني |trans-title=Kooora reveals the fate of the TV transmission of the Lebanese League |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=927096 |access-date=1 June 2020 |website=Kooora |language=ar |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814201747/https://www.kooora.com/?n=927096%2F |url-status=live }}</ref> the contract was renewed in 2022 for a further four seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=29 August 2022 |script-title=ar:رسميا.. الاتحاد اللبناني يجدد اتفاقية النقل التلفزيوني |trans-title=Officially.. the Lebanese Federation renews the TV transmission agreement |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1168255&pg=1&o=nclb |access-date=30 August 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232833/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1168255&pg=1&o=nclb |url-status=live }}</ref> Live coverage of three games is broadcast each week, and weekly highlights of each match are produced once a week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ALFA Lebanese Football League |url=https://www.mtv.com.lb/vod/en/program/562 |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=MTV |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814201745/https://www.mtv.com.lb/vod/en/program/562/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The LFA broadcast the other weekly games on its YouTube channel between 2020 and 2022.<ref name="progres">{{Cite web |last=Hatem |first=Khalil |date=15 August 2022 |title=Football : Des progrès dans un contexte de crise (2/2) |url=https://icibeyrouth.com/sport/111665 |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=Ici Beyrouth |language=fr |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815183040/https://icibeyrouth.com/sport/111665 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lebanese Football Association|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdjasUjbULVpCG4rt3Hr3A|access-date=2021-04-27|website=YouTube|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628180728/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdjasUjbULVpCG4rt3Hr3A|url-status=live}}</ref>
In October 2022, the LFA and FIFA signed an agreement to show all matches in the Lebanese Second Division, Lebanese Super Cup and Lebanese Women's Football League through the FIFA+ platform;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=26 October 2022 |script-title=ar:اتفاقية تعاون بين الفيفا والاتحاد اللبناني |trans-title=A cooperation agreement between FIFA and the Lebanese Football Association |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1183614 |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028182819/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1183614 |url-status=live }}</ref> FIFA+ also replaced the LFA YouTube channel in transmitting the remaining Lebanese Premier League games not covered by MTV.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 October 2022 |script-title=ar:الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم وFIFA+ يلتزمان بالنقل الحي للمباريات والمزيد من الفعاليات لجماهير كرة القدم حول العالم |trans-title=The Lebanese Football Association and FIFA+ commit to live broadcasts of matches and more events for football fans around the world |url=https://the-lfa.com/lfa-fifa-plus/ |access-date=29 October 2022 |website=Lebanese Football Association |language=ar |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029084054/https://the-lfa.com/lfa-fifa-plus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Stadiums== {{Main|List of football stadiums in Lebanon}} [[File:Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium 2018 - Beirut derby (Nejmeh fans).png|thumb|The Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in 2018]] At the start of the 2005–06 season, the Lebanese government imposed a ban on spectators due to fears of political and sectarian-inspired violence in the stadiums.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khodr |first=Zeina |date=20 November 2007 |title=Lebanon's empty football stadiums |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2007/11/2008525185111758319.html |access-date=25 April 2019 |website=Al Jazeera |archive-date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425143356/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2007/11/2008525185111758319.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sectarian">{{Cite web |last=Neumann |first=Jeff |date=1 March 2012 |title=Sectarian Violence Makes Getting in to Lebanese Soccer Games a Real Bitch |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/no-fans-allowed-at-lebanese-soccer-games/ |access-date=25 April 2019 |website=Vice |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518122658/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7bex9x/no-fans-allowed-at-lebanese-soccer-games |url-status=live }}</ref> After six years, in 2011, the ban was lifted and fans were allowed to regularly attend matches.<ref name="sectarian" /> While attendance was initially scarce, spectators started to show up more regularly season after season. Indeed, in 2018 ultras groups started to form, with Nejmeh's "Ultras Supernova" being the first.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2019 |script-title=ar:المدرجات لا تعترف إلا بالشجعان |trans-title=The stands only recognize the brave |url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/1995 |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=Lebanon Football Guide |language=ar |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173357/https://lebanonfg.com/single/1995 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=21 March 2018 |title=Ultras Supernova: Lebanon's First Ultras Group |url=https://www.facebook.com/COPA90/videos/1672583962826738/ |access-date=23 February 2019 |publisher=COPA90 |via=Facebook |archive-date=5 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005181820/https://www.facebook.com/COPA90/videos/1672583962826738// |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="round10">{{Cite web |last=Zeineddine |first=Ali |date=7 December 2018 |script-title=ar:مباريات قويّة في الجولة العاشرة |trans-title=Strong matches in the 10th round |url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/262782 |access-date=23 February 2019 |website=Al Akhbar |language=ar |script-website=ar:الأخبار |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224002154/https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/262782 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other teams quickly followed, such as Ansar, Ahed and Bourj.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeineddine |first=Ali |date=20 September 2018 |script-title=ar:البداية من «المدينة» والختام فيها |trans-title=Beginning with "the city" and ending with it |url=https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/258278 |access-date=21 April 2019 |website=Al Akhbar |language=ar |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421114612/https://al-akhbar.com/Sport_Lebanon/258278 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="round10" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2018 |script-title=ar:"معركة" في جونية و"ألتراس" في برج البراجنة |trans-title="Battle" in Jounieh and "Ultras" in Bourj el-Barajneh |url=http://www.yasour.org/2016/list.php?go=fullnews&newsid=141819 |access-date=28 March 2019 |website=Yasour.org |language=ar |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214174656/http://www.yasour.org/2016/list.php?go=fullnews&newsid=141819 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Players== ===Foreign players and transfer regulations=== Prior to the 2023–24 season, Lebanese clubs were permitted three foreign players on the field simultaneously.<ref name="1819squads">{{Cite web |last=Abou Diab |first=Rami |date=21 September 2018 |title=2018/2019 Lebanese Premier League Squads confirmed |url=https://www.falebanon.com/13858/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001215058/https://www.falebanon.com/13858/ |archive-date=1 October 2022 |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=FA Lebanon}}</ref> Additionally, up to two extra Palestinian players born in Lebanon could be listed on a match sheet, but only one Palestinian player was allowed among the eleven players on the field.<ref name="1819squads" /> Furthermore, each club competing in an AFC competition could field one additional foreign player exclusively for continental matches, as the AFC permitted four foreign players in the starting eleven, one of whom from an AFC country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gineprini |first=Nicholas |date=20 March 2019 |title=Is a limit on foreign players, a limit for the development of Asian Football? |url=http://www.calcio8cina.it/is-a-limit-on-foreign-players-a-limit-for-the-development-of-asian-football/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711162307/http://www.calcio8cina.it/is-a-limit-on-foreign-players-a-limit-for-the-development-of-asian-football/ |archive-date=11 July 2019 |access-date=11 July 2019 |website=Calcio8Cina}}</ref>
Starting from 2023–24, the foreign player limit increased to four,<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2023 |script-title=ar:84 ألف دولار دخل جديد للاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم |trans-title=USD84,000: new income for the Lebanese Football Association |url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/4087 |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=Lebanon Football Guide |language=ar |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620221655/http://lebanonfg.com/single/4087 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Palestinian players on a team sheet became unlimited, with the field restriction remaining.<ref name="2324regulations" /> Following an alteration in AFC regulations, allowing six foreign players in the starting eleven, including one from an AFC country, clubs in AFC competitions are now allowed two extra foreign players to be only fielded in continental competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFC Competitions Committee recommends strategic reforms to elevate Asian club football |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/more/afc_competitions/news/afc_competitions_committee_recommends_strategic_reforms_to_elevate_asian_club_football.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=the-AFC |language=en}}</ref>
Since the 1998–99 season, the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) has prevented the acquisition of foreign goalkeepers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 2019 |script-title=ar:أزمة الحراسة اللبنانية.. حاضر لا يمت بصلة للماضي |trans-title=The Lebanese goalkeeper crisis... a present that has nothing to do with the past |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=608192 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814201759/https://www.kooora.com/?n=608192%2F |archive-date=14 August 2020 |access-date=7 April 2020 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=11 June 2020 |script-title=ar:القفاز الذهبي: 22 عاما على منع الحراس الأجانب في لبنان.. والنتيجة مبهمة |trans-title=The Golden Glove: 22 years since the ban on foreign goalkeepers in Lebanon... the result is ambiguous |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=929682 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612152411/https://www.kooora.com/?n=929682 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |access-date=12 June 2020 |website=Kooora |language=ar}}</ref> Due to the economic situation in Lebanon, clubs were barred from fielding foreign players in the league in 2020–21 and the first half of 2021–22.<ref name="2021regulations" />
Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the LFA. The two transfer windows run from 15 May to 25 July and from 1 January to 30 January.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2023 |title=Worldwide registration periods calendar |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/680099dc838c2961/original/Transfer-Window-Calendar_MFA_S_20211201.pdf |access-date=25 July 2023 |website=FIFA |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305122808/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/680099dc838c2961/original/Transfer-Window-Calendar_MFA_S_20211201.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Homegrown players=== Starting from the 2019–20 season, all teams in the Lebanese Premier League and Lebanese Second Division must involve a certain number of under-21 players in both the league and the Lebanese FA Cup.<ref name="LFA19/38">{{Cite news |date=17 July 2019 |title=Circular No. 2019/38 |work=Lebanese Football Association}}</ref> In case a club were to not meet the required number of minutes at the end of the season, they would have three points deducted from their total in the league.<ref name="2324regulations" /><ref name="LFA19/38" /> Initially, the quota was set at a minimum of 1,000 minutes for one under-22 player, a minimum of 1,500 aggregate minutes for two players and a minimum of 2,000 aggregate minutes for three players.<ref name="LFA19/38" />
As the 2019–20 season was cancelled, the player quota was ultimately implemented for the 2020–21 season, with a few amendments.<ref name="2021decisions">{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=24 June 2020 |script-title=ar:الاتحاد اللبناني يعلن عن قرارات حاسمة |trans-title=The Lebanese Federation announces crucial decisions |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=932980 |access-date=24 June 2020 |website=Kooora |language=ar |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625054251/https://www.kooora.com/?n=932980 |url-status=live }}</ref> Each club had to involve one player for at least 600 minutes, two players for at least 800 combined minutes, and three players for at least 1,200 combined minutes.<ref name="2021decisions" /> Also, each club is allowed a maximum of eight players over the age of 30, with only five being able to be fielded in a game.<ref name="2021decisions" /> In the 2022–23 season, the quotas changed to 2,000 combined minutes for two under-21 players and 3,000 combined minuted for three players.<ref name="2223amendments" /> In 2023–24, the quotas changed once again, to 750 minutes for one under-21 player and 1,000 combined minutes for two players.<ref name="2324regulations" />
===Top scorers=== {{See also|List of Lebanese Premier League top scorers|Lebanese Premier League Golden Boot}} [[File:Vartan Ghazarian.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|right|Vardan Ghazaryan is the top scorer in Lebanese Premier League history with 129 goals.]] {{updated|8 November 2025}}<ref name="historical">{{Cite web |date=2 November 2020 |script-title=ar:من هو الهداف التاريخي للدوري اللبناني ؟ .. فادي علوش أم فارطان غازاريان وما حقيقة الجدل؟ |trans-title=Who is the historical top scorer for the Lebanese League? Fadi Alloush or Vardan Ghazaryan, and what is the truth behind the controversy? |url=https://www.facebook.com/aljadeed.sport/videos/3152472248312432/ |access-date=2 November 2020 |publisher=Aljadeed Sport |via=Facebook |language=ar |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206134321/https://www.facebook.com/aljadeed.sport/videos/3152472248312432/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jwaya">{{Cite web |date=26 July 2025 |script-title=ar:حسن معتوق يوقع على كشوفات نادي جويا الرياضي |trans-title=Hassan Maatouk signs for Jwaya SC |url=https://elmaestrosport.com/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84/ |access-date=27 July 2025 |website=El Maestro Sport |language=ar}}</ref>
'''Bold''' indicates a player still active in the Lebanese Premier League. ''Italics'' indicates a player still active outside the Lebanese Premier League. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center" |- ! style="width:30px; scope="col" | Rank ! style="width:175px; scope="col" | Player ! style="width:250px; scope="col" | Club(s) ! style="width:250px; scope="col" | Years active ! style="width:30px; scope="col" | Goals |- | rowspan="2" | 1 ! scope="row" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Vardan Ghazaryan<ref>{{NFT player|13247|name=Vardan Ghazaryan|access-date=21 January 2026}}</ref> | style="text-align:left;" | Homenetmen, Sagesse | style="text-align:left;" | 1992–2002, 2003–2004, 2006–2009||129{{efn|Some sources exclude his 12 goals from the 2000–01 season, which was canceled.}} |- ! scope="row" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''Hassan Maatouk'''<ref>{{NFT player|20269|name=Hassan Maatouk|access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref> | style="text-align:left;" | Ahed, Nejmeh, Ansar, Jwaya | style="text-align:left;" | 2004–2011, 2017–present||129{{efn|Some sources exclude his goal from the canceled 2019–20 season and two from a 2021–22 match later awarded to Ahed.}} |- | 3 ! scope="row" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Fadi Alloush<ref>{{NFT player|78460|Fadi Alloush|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> | style="text-align:left;" | Ansar, Akhaa Ahli Aley, Homenmen | style="text-align:left;" | 1985–1999||124{{efn|Some sources exclude his four goals from the 1987–88 season against Shabiba Mazraa, as the team withdrew.}} |- | 4 ! scope="row" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Abbas Ahmad Atwi<ref>{{NFT player|13252|name=Abbas Ahmed Atwi|access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref> | style="text-align:left;" | Nejmeh, Shabab Arabi, Shabab Sahel, Akhaa Ahli Aley | style="text-align:left;" | 1997–2012, 2012–2022||114{{efn|Some sources exclude his goal from the canceled 2019–20 season.}} |- | 5 ! scope="row" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Haitham Zein<ref>{{NFT player|3749|name=Haitham Zein|access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="mustaqbal">{{Cite web |last=Saqr |first=Ali Hamidi |date=14 January 2007 |title= |script-title=ar:من منهم ينوي دخول التاريخ من الباب الواسع؟ |trans-title=Which of them aims to make history in a big way? |url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?mode=f&t=3258740 |access-date=7 October 2025 |website=Al-Mustaqbal |language=ar}}</ref> | style="text-align:left;" | Tadamon Sour, Nejmeh, Chabab Ghazieh, Islah Borj Shmali, Salam Sour | style="text-align:left;" | 1995–2006, 2008–2012||112{{efn|Some sources exclude his 16 goals from the 2000–01 season, which was canceled.}} |- | 6 ! scope="row" | {{flagicon|Lebanon}} Mohammad Kassas<ref>{{NFT player|3770|name=Mohammad Kassas|access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="mustaqbal" /> | style="text-align:left;" | Shabab Sahel, Sagesse, Olympic Beirut, Nejmeh, Ahed, Safa | style="text-align:left;" | 1999–2005, 2006–2008, 2008–2011, 2016–2017||107{{efn|Some sources exclude his three goals from the 2000–01 season, which was canceled.}} |}
Vardan Ghazaryan and Hassan Maatouk hold the record for most Lebanese Premier League goals, with 129.{{efn|name="topscorer"}}<ref name="historical" /><ref name="jwaya" /> Seven players were top scorers more than once: Elhadji Malick Tall four times, Hassan Maatouk three times, and Levon Altonian, Fadi Alloush, Mohammad Kassas, Mohammed Ghaddar, and Lucas Galán twice.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mubarak|first=Hassanin|last2=Nehme|first2=Ale|title=Lebanon – List of Topscorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebtops.html|access-date=29 April 2019|website=RSSSF|archive-date=3 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003053941/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lebtops.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Fadi Alloush holds the record for most goals in a season (32) while playing for Ansar.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=20 January 2008 |script-title=ar:هـدافـو الـدوري اللـبـنـانـي عـبـر الـتـاريـخ |trans-title=Lebanese league top scorers through history |url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=7887849 |access-date=9 August 2020 |website= |publisher=LNN Sports |language=ar |via=Kooora |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814202734/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=7887849 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Official match ball== On 30 July 2019, the LFA announced a three-year deal with German sportswear company Jako for €120,000, with the Jako Match 2.0 becoming the league's official match ball starting from the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2019 |script-title=ar:توقيع عقد رعاية JAKO للدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم |trans-title=Signing the JAKO sponsorship contract for the Lebanese Football League |url=http://football-lebanon.com/details.php?id=7011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911151615/http://football-lebanon.com/details.php?id=7011 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=Football Lebanon |language=ar}}</ref> In August 2023, the LFA announced that Spanish sportswear company Kelme will be sponsoring the league.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}
* 2019–2020: Jako Match 2.0 * 2020–2023: Jako Galaxy Match 2.0 * 2023–present: Kelme Professional Pelota de Futbol
==See also== * Football in Lebanon * Lebanese football league system * Lebanese Women's Football League * Lebanon national football team * Al-Manar Football Festival * List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries
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===Bibliography=== * {{Cite book|last=Sakr|first=Ali Hamidi|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/bdp3nc78sp4h4is/%25D9%2585%25D9%2588%25D8%25B3%25D9%2588%25D8%25B9%25D8%25A9_%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A9_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D8%25AF%25D9%2585_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2584%25D8%25A8%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A9_1991-1992.pdf/file|publisher=مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع|year=1992|isbn=0000281247|language=ar|script-title=ar:موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991–1992|trans-title=1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia|format=PDF}}
==External links== {{commons}} * {{Official website|https://the-lfa.com.lb/|name=LFA official website}} {{in lang|ar}} * [https://www.mtv.com.lb/vod/en/program/562 Lebanese Premier League] at MTV Lebanon {{in lang|en|ar}} * [http://www.kooora.com/?g=365 Lebanese Premier League] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127185319/https://www.kooora.com/?g=365 |date=27 November 2020 }} at Kooora {{in lang|ar}} * [https://int.soccerway.com/national/lebanon/premier-league/ Lebanese Premier League] at Soccerway {{Portal bar|Lebanon|Association football}}
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