Lebanese Premier League
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| Lebanese Premier League |
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| Founded |
| 1934 |
| Nation |
 Lebanon |
| Confederation |
| AFC |
| Relegation To |
| Lebanese Second Division |
| Number of Teams |
| 12 |
| Cups |
| Lebanese FA Cup Lebanese Super Cup Lebanese Elite Cup Lebanese Federation Cup |
| Current Champions (2007) |
| Al-Ansar |
| Current Season |
 2007/08 |
| Most Successful Club |
| Al-Ansar (13) Homenetmen Beirut (7) Nejmeh (6) |
Lebanese Premier League (French: Championnat du Liban de Football) is the top division of the Federation Libanaise de Football in Lebanon. It was created in 1934 and its confederation is the AFC. There are 12 teams competing, but only 10 survive a season, which sees to team getting relegated to the Lebanese Second Division to be replaced by the top two of the Lebanese Second Division. The most successful club is Al-Ansar, topping with 13 league wins, while Homenetmen Beirut have 7 and Nejmeh have 6.
A world record was broken by Al-Ansar by going on a long run in division titles. In 1988, 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.
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[edit] Lebanese Premier League Clubs - 2007/08
The 2007/2008 Lebanese Premier League has 12 competitors. Al-Rayyan and Salam Zgharta were the two teams relegated to the Lebanese Second Division, but the rest of the teams stayed.
Al-Irshad and Racing Beirut got promotion from the Second Division (that is why they are in bold).
Last season's champions were Al-Ansar, and Safa Beirut got the runners up spot. Al-Mabarrah got third and Nejmeh got a disappointing 4th place.
- Al Ahed
- Al-Ahli Sidon
- Al Ansar
- Al-Hikma [aka Sagesse]
- Al-Irshad
- Al-Mabarrah
- Al Nejmeh
- Tripoli SC [formerly known as Olympic Beirut]
- Al-Tadamon Tyre
- Racing Beirut
- Safa Beirut
- Shabab Al-Sahel
Relegated in 2007
Salam Zgharta were at 3 points in the league table before 6 point deduction gave them -3 points as a final league point amount.
[edit] Previous Winners
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[edit] Total Championships
The number of national championships that clubs in Lebanon have attained.
| Club |
Number of Championships |
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| Al Ansar Beirut | 13 |
| Homenetmen Beirut | 7 |
| Al Nejmeh Beirut | 6 |
| Al Nahda | 5 |
| Homenmen Beirut | 4 |
| American University of Beirut | 3 |
| Racing Beirut | 3 |
| Sika (Railways) | 3 |
| Olympic Beirut | 1 |
| Al-Shabiba Mazra | 1 |
[edit] Top Scorer
[edit] By Season
This is a list of top scorers by season. Correct as of May 14, 2008. [1]
| Season | Name | Club | Goals |
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| 60/61 | Mardek Chabarian |
Homenmen Beirut | 15 |
| 61/62 | Levon Altonian |
Homenetmen Beirut | 14 |
| 62/63 | Joseph Abou Murad |
Racing Beirut | 18 |
| 64/65 | Levon Altonian |
Homenetmen Beirut | 19 |
| 66/67 | Muhaddin Ayatani |
Nejmeh | 15 |
| 69/70 | Hani Abdul Fattah |
Safa Sporting Club | 19 |
| 72/73 | Youssef Al-Ghoul |
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) | 8 |
| 73/74 | Jamal El-Khatib |
Nejmeh | 13 |
| 87/88 | Fouad Saad |
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) | 6 |
| 88/89 | Jamal El-Hajj |
Nejmeh | 12 |
| 90/91 | Fadi Alloush |
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) | 32 |
| 91/92 | Wahid Dahrouj |
Safa Sporting Club | 20 |
| 92/93 | Fadi Alloush |
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) | 27 |
| 93/94 | Mahmoud Hamoud |
Nejmeh | 15 |
| 94/95 |  Vitali Aghassian |
Homenmen Beirut | 16 |
| 95/96 |  Assef Khalifa |
Nejmeh | 19 |
| 96/97 |  Peter Prospar |
Al-Ansar | 22 |
| 97/98 | Ahmad Jaradi |
Nejmeh | 13 |
| 98/99 | Haitham Zein |
Tadamon Sour | 15 |
| 99/00 |  Toninho Santos |
Al-Ansar | 14 |
| 00/01 | Errol McFarlane |
Nejmeh | 21 |
| 01/02 |  Mahmoud Majeed |
Shabab Al-Sahel | 24 |
| 02/03 | Silvio Costa |
Tripoli SC | 18 |
| 03/04 | Mohammad Kassas |
Nejmeh | 22 |
| 04/05 | Mohammad Kassas |
Nejmeh | 21 |
| 05/06 | Ali Nasseredine |
Nejmeh | 17 |
| 06/07 | Mohammed Ghaddar |
Nejmeh | 25 |
[edit] Current Season
This is a list of top scorers of the 2007/2008 season[2]. Mohammed Ghaddar is currently leading.
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | Mohammed Ghaddar |
Nejmeh | 21 |
| 2 | Ghassan Shaweekh |
Tadamon Sour | 12 |
| 3 | Salih Sadeer |
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) | 12 |
| 4 | Errol McFarlane |
Al-Mabarrah | 9 |
| 5 | Ahmad Jaradi |
Shabab Al-Sahel | 9 |
| 6 | Abbas Ahmed Atwi |
Nejmeh | 9 |
| 7 | Fadi Ghoson |
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) | 8 |
| 8 | Issam Makka |
Al-Irshad | 7 |
| 9 | Carniro Sandro |
Al-Ahed | 7 |
| 10 | Moustafa Al-Kasaa' |
Tripoli SC | 7 |
[edit] Goal of the Season
| Season | Player's name | Nationality | Club |
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| 1997/1998 | Malek Hassoun | Lebanon |
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) |
[edit] References
[edit] See also
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Lebanese Premier League 2007-08
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