2015–16 Lebanese Premier League

Lebanese Premier League
Season 2015–16
Champions Safa
Relegated Hekmeh, Shabab Al-Ghazieh
AFC Champions League Safa
Matches played 132
Goals scored 376 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Lucas Galan (19 goals)
Biggest home win Ahed 9-1 Hekmeh
Biggest away win Shabab Al-Ghazieh 1-7 Ansar
Highest scoring Ahed 9-1 Hekmeh
Highest attendance Nejmeh vs. Ahed (10,000)
Average attendance 630

The 2015–16 Lebanese Premier League is the 68th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions.

Teams

Tadamon Sour and Al Akhaa Al Ahli were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2014–15 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Hekmeh FC and Al Egtmaaey Tripoli who won promotion from the second tier. Six of the twelve member clubs play in the country's capital, Beirut.

Stadia and locations

Beirut
Nabi Sheet
Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Lebanese Premier League
Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Lebanese Premier League within Beirut

Club Location Stadium Stadium capacity Coach
Al Ahed Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Lebanon Mohammad Hammoud
Al Ansar Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Lebanon Jamal Taha
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Lebanon Fadi Al Omari
Al Nejmeh Beirut Rafic El-Hariri Stadium 5,000 Romania Tita Valeriu
Hekmeh Beirut Bourj Hammoud Stadium 8,000 Lebanon Fouad Hijazi
Nabi Sheet Zahlé Nabi Shayth Stadium 1,000 Lebanon Mohammed Al-Dekka
Racing Beirut Beirut Bourj Hammoud Stadium 8,000 Romania Eugen Moldovan
Safa Beirut Safa Stadium 4,000 Lebanon Emile Rustom
Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium 5,000 Venezuela Louay Salah
Shabab Al-Sahel Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Lebanon Moussa Hojeij
Shabab Al-Ghazieh Sidon Saida International Stadium 22,600 Lebanon Malek Hassoun
Tripoli SC Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 State of Palestine Ismael Qurtam

Table

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Safa (C) 22 16 4 2 46 18 +28 52 Qualification to 2017 AFC Cup
2 Al Ahed 22 16 3 3 54 14 +40 51 Qualification to 2016–17 Arab Club Championship preliminary round 1
3 Al Nejmeh 22 13 6 3 35 19 +16 45
4 Al Ansar 22 12 6 4 37 20 +17 42
5 Shabab Al-Sahel 22 10 5 7 37 27 +10 35
6 Tripoli SC 22 7 6 9 28 31 3 27
7 Racing Beirut 22 7 5 10 19 27 8 26
8 Nabi Sheet[lower-alpha 1] 22 9 2 11 31 30 +1 23
9 Al Egtmaaey Tripoli 22 6 5 11 29 43 14 23
10 Salam Zgharta 22 4 4 14 25 44 19 16
11 Shabab Al-Ghazieh (R) 22 0 10 12 18 41 23 10 Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12 Hekmeh (R) 22 1 6 15 17 62 45 9
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Lost 6 points due to an incident in their game on the 13th May which led to the FA awarding a 2-0 win to Nejmeh and the docking of 6 points.

Top scorers

As of matches played on 21 May 2016[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Lucas GalánAl Ansar19
2 Nigeria Kabiru MusaShabab Al-Sahel16
3 Senegal Mamado DrameAl Ahed11
4 Lebanon Alaa al BabaSafa10
Uruguay Raúl TarragonaSalam Zgharta
5 Lebanon Hassan ChaitoAl Ahed8
Lebanon Ahmad ZreikAl Ahed
Lebanon Ali BazziNabi Sheet
Romania Octavian DraghiciRacing Beirut
Ghana Aboko DavedAl Egtmaaey Tripoli
Lebanon Feiz ShamsinAl Egtmaaey Tripoli
7 Lebanon Mohammad QasasHekmeh7
Lebanon Khaled TakajiAl Nejmeh
6 Ghana Nicolas KofiAl Egtmaaey Tripoli6
Lebanon Abbas Ali AtwiAl Ahed
State of Palestine Wasim AbdelhadyShabab Al-Sahel
Lebanon Ali Al SaadiSafa
Lebanon Hasan HazimehSafa
Ghana Michael HelegbeTripoli SC
Lebanon Hussain OtaNabi Sheet

References

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