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Lebanese Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates20 September 2024 – 19 July 2025
ChampionsAnsar (15th title)
RelegatedShabab Baalbek
Chabab Ghazieh
2025–26 AFC Challenge LeagueAnsar
Safa
Matches played156
Goals scored430 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerHassan Maatouk (17 goals)
Biggest winShabab Sahel 1–8 Ahed
(30 March 2025)
Highest scoringShabab Sahel 1–8 Ahed
(30 March 2025)

The 2024–25 Lebanese Premier League was the 63rd season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese league for football clubs since its establishment in 1934.

It was the fifth season to feature a "split" format, following its introduction in the 2020–21 season, in which the season was divided into two phases. Ansar won their 15th title, after defeating Tadamon Sour 2–0 in the penultimate matchday.[1] Chabab Ghazieh and Shabab Baalbek were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division.

On 26 September 2024, the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) suspended the season due to the escalation of the conflict in the south with Israel.[2] Following the ceasefire agreement with Israel on 27 November 2024, the LFA announced that the season would resume on 25 January 2025.[3]

Summary

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Regulations

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Each club had to involve one player under the age of 21 for at least 750 minutes, and two players for 1,200 combined minutes.[4] In case a club was not able to meet the required number of minutes at the end of the season, they would have had three points deducted from their total in the league.[4]

Since the 2023–24 season, each club was able to have four foreign players under contract, an increase from the previous limit of three.[5] Furthermore, video assistant referee (VAR), was introduced to the Lebanese Premier League in the second half of the 2023–24 season. It used technology and officials to assist the referee in making decisions on the pitch.[6]

Format

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Following its introduction in the 2020–21 season, the 2024–25 season consisted of two phases: in the first phase, each team played against one another once.[7] In the second phase, the 12 teams were divided into two groups based on their position in the first phase. As introduced in the 2022–23 season, teams only carried over half of their point tally from the first phase.[8] After the first phase was completed, clubs could not move out of their own half in the league, even if they had achieved more or fewer points than a higher or lower ranked team, respectively.[9]

The top six teams played against each other three times,[7] with the champion automatically qualifying to the AFC Challenge League.[10] The bottom six teams also played against each other three times, with the bottom two teams being relegated to the Lebanese Second Division.[7]

Teams

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See also: List of football clubs in Lebanon

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Lebanese Second Division. The promoted teams were Riyadi Abbasiyah, who played their first season in the Lebanese Premier League, and Shabab Baalbeck, who returned to the top flight after an absence of five years. They replaced Tripoli and Ahly Nabatieh, who were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division after respective spells of 12 and one years in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2024–25 Lebanese Premier League teams
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Shabab Sahel
Sagesse
Safa
Racing
Nejmeh
Bourj
Ansar
Ahed
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Beirut Lebanese Premier League clubs
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Ahed Beirut (Ouzai) Al Ahed Stadium[note 1] 2,000
Ansar Beirut (Tariq El Jdideh) Ansar Stadium[note 1] —
Bourj Beirut (Bourj el-Barajneh) Bourj el-Barajneh Stadium[note 1] 1,500
Chabab Ghazieh Ghazieh Kfarjoz Municipal Stadium 2,000
Nejmeh Beirut (Ras Beirut) Rafic Hariri Stadium[note 1] 5,000
Racing Beirut Beirut (Achrafieh) Fouad Chehab Stadium 5,000
Riyadi Abbasiyah Aabbassiyeh Abbass Kazem Nasser Stadium —
Safa Beirut (Wata El Msaytbeh) Safa Stadium 4,000
Sagesse Beirut (Achrafieh) Sin El Fil Stadium[note 1] —
Shabab Baalbeck Baalbek Baalbek Municipal Stadium 8,500
Shabab Sahel Beirut (Haret Hreik) Shabab Al Sahel Stadium[note 1] —
Tadamon Sour Tyre Sour Municipal Stadium 6,500

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ahed Lebanon Jamal Al Haj Lebanon Hussein Dakik Spain Kelme
Ansar Lebanon Youssef Al Jawhari Lebanon Nassar Nassar Spain Kelme Green Glory
Bourj Lebanon Fouad Hijazi Lebanon Youssef Anbar Spain Kelme Royal
Chabab Ghazieh Lebanon Rami Fakih Lebanon Imad Ghaddar United States Nike Energizer
Nejmeh Egypt Mahmoud Fathalla Lebanon Kassem El Zein Spain Kelme BetArabia
Racing Beirut Sudan Osama Sakr Lebanon Ali Ayoub Spain Joma Libano-Suisse Insurance
Riyadi Abbasiyah Lebanon Mohamad Zheir Lebanon Fadel Ajami Spain Kelme La Fabrica
Safa Lebanon Bassem Marmar Lebanon Khalil Khamis Spain Kelme Tawfeer
Shabab Sahel Lebanon Fadi El Kakhi Lebanon Haytham Faour Germany Jako Xglobal Group
Sagesse Lebanon Paul Rustom Lebanon Hatem Eid United States Capelli Sport OMT Pay
Shabab Baalbek Lebanon Hussein Mashour Lebanon Hussein Outa Germany Jako La Vie
Tadamon Sour Lebanon Hussein Hassoun Lebanon Hussein Mhaydle Germany Jako GCB Exchange

Foreign players

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Lebanese clubs were permitted to have up to four foreign players registered in their squad at any given time.[5] In addition, clubs were allowed to include an unlimited number of Palestinian players on their matchday squad; however, only one Palestinian player could be fielded among the eleven starting players during a match.[4] For clubs participating in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competitions, two additional foreign players could be registered exclusively for continental fixtures. This was in accordance with AFC regulations, which allow a maximum of six foreign players in a starting lineup – one of whom must hold citizenship from an AFC member nation.[11]

  • Players in bold were registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players in italics left the club during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Palestinian player(s) AFC player(s) Former player(s)
Ahed Angola Ito Egypt Ibrahim Abu El Yazeed Nigeria Seyi Olawoyin Republic of the Congo Yann Makombo Palestine Mohammad Ayoub — Nigeria Andrew Ikefe
Mauritania Mamadou Niass
Palestine Samer Zubaida
Ansar Tunisia Rafik Mednini Algeria Hichem Houssam Eddine Morocco Ayoub Nanah Cameroon Daniel Kamy Palestine Mohamad Hebous — Senegal Elhadji Malick Tall
Palestine Hamza Hussein
Bourj Ghana Ibrahim Abdulai Senegal Abdoulaye Fall Ghana Francis Yaghr Senegal Ibrahima Sene Palestine Qossay Battat — Ivory Coast Chris Calvin Nawatta
Syria Abbas Shahine
Chabab Ghazieh Ghana Philip Larbi Mali Aboubacar Bemba Sangaré Nigeria Abiodun Ayinde Nigeria Adama Diaw Palestine Ayman Abou Sahyoun —
Nejmeh Mali Aboubacar Sidiki Touré England Gozie Ugwu Democratic Republic of the Congo Ciel Ebengo Cameroon Franklin Kuete Talla Palestine Mounas Abo Amsha Ghana Collins Opare
Ghana Nyanteh Kwabena Darko
Ghana Baba Abdulai Musah
Racing Beirut Nigeria Cheikh Tidiane Coly Nigeria Eze Okeuhie Nigeria Raphael Onwrebe Nigeria Emmanuel Okorie Palestine Jehad Abou El Aynein — Ivory Coast Carter Ahiro
Republic of the Congo David Molinga
Republic of the Congo Julfin Ondongo
Riyadi Abbasiyah Ghana Ezra Amelinsa Ghana Edward Atadana Kwame Ghana Samuel Konney Ghana Shaibu Taufiq Palestine Zaher Al Samahi — Lesotho Masoabi Synous Nkoto
Nigeria Francis Amos Anointed
Ghana Ali Issah
Safa Sierra Leone Rodney Michael Montenegro Boban Đorđević Syria Yasin Al Samya Ivory Coast Inters Gui Palestine Islam Batran — Cameroon Guy Claude Eke
Tunisia Houssem Louati
Cameroon Jerome Etame
Kenya Benson Omala
Sagesse Senegal Papa Sidibe Senegal Papa Laye Dieng Senegal Alioune Faye Senegal Baffa Diop — Tunisia Hamza Zaak
Shabab Baalbek Rwanda Isaac Mitima Syria Kamel Koaeh Syria Mohamad Asaad Senegal Manoumbé Wade Palestine Yazan Iwaiwi — Sierra Leone Sulaiman Abdulai Keita
Guinea Ibrahima Sauma
Sierra Leone Ibrahim Sorie Kamara
Nigeria Collins Anigbo
Shabab Sahel Nigeria Samad Kadiri Nigeria Reuben Gabriel Ghana Abbey Agbodzie Palestine Hadi Dakwar —
Tadamon Sour Senegal Baye Daour Badji Ghana Amissah Anfoh Assan Ghana Godfred Yeboah Palestine Mohammad Ismail
Palestine Jihad Hallak
Palestine Amin Idriss 		— Brazil Guilherme

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Ansar (C) 26 20 3 3 58 15 +43 48 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League group stage
2 Safa 26 18 6 2 59 19 +40 46
3 Ahed 26 14 5 7 55 34 +21 33
4 Nejmeh 26 11 7 8 41 30 +11 32
5 Sagesse 26 8 6 12 28 37 −9 22
6 Tadamon Sour 26 5 5 16 23 52 −29 13
7 Bourj 26 13 3 10 30 32 −2 39
8 Shabab Sahel 26 12 3 11 44 41 +3 33
9 Racing Beirut 26 8 7 11 24 39 −15 27[b]
10 Riyadi Abbasiyah 26 7 10 9 32 27 +5 27[b]
11 Shabab Baalbek (R) 26 4 6 16 17 55 −38 16 Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12 Chabab Ghazieh (R) 26 2 7 17 19 49 −30 10
Source: Global Sports Archive (Regular Season, Championship Round, Relegation Round)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) where each team played the other teams in their group three times (15 matches). Teams carried over half their point tally from the first phase into the second phase.
  2. ^ a b Racing Beirut finished ahead of Riyadi Abbasiyah on head-to-head points: Racing Beirut 0–0 Riyadi Abbasiyah, Riyadi Abbasiyah 0–2 Racing Beirut, Racing Beirut 2–1 Riyadi Abbasiyah, Racing Beirut 1–4 Riyadi Abbasiyah.

Season statistics

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Goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[12]
1 Lebanon Hassan Maatouk Ansar 17
2 Palestine Islam Batran Safa 14
3 Ghana Samuel Konney Riyadi Abbasiyah 11
Algeria Hichem Houssam Eddine Ansar
Lebanon Hassan Bazzi Tadamon Sour
6 Nigeria Samod Kadiri Shabab Sahel 10
Lebanon Zein Farran Ahed
8 Senegal Papa Laye Dieng Sagesse 9
Lebanon Mohammad Nasser Ahed

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Senegal Papa Laye Dieng Sagesse Bourj 3–1[13] 25 January 2025
Algeria Hichem Houssam Eddine Ansar Riyadi Abbasiyah 5–0[14] 1 February 2025
Palestine Islam Batran Safa Bourj 4–0[15] 6 February 2025
Lebanon Hassan Salami Shabab Sahel Shabab Baalbek 5–0[16] 12 February 2025
Lebanon Mohammad Nasser Ahed Tadamon Sour 4–0[17] 13 February 2025
Lebanon Hassan Maatouk Ansar Ahed 4–2[18] 25 February 2025
Lebanon Mohammad Nasser4 Ahed Shabab Sahel 8–1[19] 30 March 2025
Lebanon Ali Al Haj Ahed Tadamon Sour 3–0[20] 24 May 2025
Algeria Hichem Houssam Eddine Ansar Nejmeh 6–1[21] 8 July 2025
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Only used as a training ground

References

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  2. ^ "Lebanon indefinitely postpones all football matches amid Israel's attacks". Aljazeera. 26 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Lebanon FA to resume football tournaments after ceasefire". Reuters. 29 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b c الاتحاد اللبناني يقر النظام الفني لبطولة الدوري: 4 أجانب و4 مراحل وحسم نصف النقاط [The Lebanese Federation approves the technical system for the league championship: 4 foreigners, 4 stages, and a half-point decision]. Lebanon Football Guide (in Arabic). 29 May 2023. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b 84 ألف دولار دخل جديد للاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم [USD84,000: new income for the Lebanese Football Association]. Lebanon Football Guide (in Arabic). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  6. ^ Khaled, Nasser (26 July 2023). تقنية الفيديو حاضرة في لقاء العهد والراسينغ [Video technology will be present in the match between Ahed and Racing]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  7. ^ a b c Abou Diab, Rami (25 June 2020). "The new regulations for the Lebanese Premier League". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ "بالصور: الاتحاد اللبناني يعلن تعديلات بالجملة". كووورة. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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  10. ^ "AFC Club Competitions 2024/25 Slot Allocation" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends strategic reforms to elevate Asian club football". the-AFC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Lebanese First Division 2024/2025". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Bourj SC 1:3 SC Sagesse". Global Sports Archive. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Al Ansar SC 5:0 Al Riyadi Al Abbasiyah Club". Global Sports Archive. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Bourj SC 0:4 Safa SC". Global Sports Archive. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Shabab Al Sahel SC 0:4 Tajamo' Shabab Baalbek SC". Global Sports Archive. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  17. ^ "Al Ahed SC 4:0 Tadamon SC Sour". Global Sports Archive. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  18. ^ "Al Ahed SC 2:4 Al Ansar SC". Global Sports Archive. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Shabab Al Sahel SC 1:8 Al Ahed SC". Global Sports Archive. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  20. ^ "Al Ahed SC 3:0 Tadamon SC Sour". Global Sports Archive. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Nejmeh SC 1:6 Al Ansar SC". Global Sports Archive. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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