2017–18 Lebanese Premier League

The 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League is the 58th season of top-tier football in Lebanon.[1] A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions. After 21 rounds, Al Ahed have won the league for the 6th time in its history.

Lebanese Premier League
Season	2017–18
Champions	Al Ahed
Relegated	Al Shabab Al Arabi, Al Islah
AFC Cup	Al Ahed (Group Stage) Al Nejmeh (Playoff)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	335 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	El Hadji Malick Tall (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al Ahed 6-0 Al Islah
Biggest away win	Al Islah 1-6 Al Ahed
Highest scoring	Salam Zgharta 1-6 Al Nabi Sheet
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Teams

Shabab Al-Sahel and Al Egtmaaey Tripoli were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2017–18 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Al Shabab Al Arabi and Al Islah Al Bourj Al Shimaly who won promotion from the second tier.

Stadia and locations

Beirut

Tripoli SC

Tadamon Sour

Al Islah

Al-Akhaa

Salam Zgharta

Al Nabi Sheet

Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League

Al Ahed

Al Ansar

Al Nejmeh

Safa

Shabab Al-Arabi

Racing Beirut

Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Lebanese Premier League within Beirut

Club	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity	Coach
Al Ahed	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Bassem Marmar
Al Akhaa Al Ahli	Aley	Amin AbdelNour Stadium	3,500	Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
Al Ansar	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Sami El Choum
Al Islah Al Bourj Al Shimaly	Tyre	Sour Stadium	22,000	Khalil Watfa
Al Nejmeh	Beirut	Rafic El-Hariri Stadium	5,000	Armen Sanamyan
Al Nabi Sheet	Al Nabi Sheet	Al-Nabi Shayth Stadium	5,000	Quique Garcia
Racing Beirut	Beirut	Bourj Hammoud Stadium	8,000	Roda Antar
Safa	Beirut	Safa Stadium	4,000	Mohammad Dakka
Salam Zgharta	Zgharta	Zgharta Stadium	5,000	Maher Essederi
Shabab Al-Arabi	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Jalal Rodwan
Tadamon Sour	Tyre	Sour Stadium	6,500	Mohammed Zouheir
Tripoli SC	Tripoli	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	22,000	Theo Bücker

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Al Ahed	22	16	6	0	50	9	+41	54	Qualification to 2019 AFC Cup group stage
2	Al Nejmeh	22	15	2	5	40	22	+18	47	Qualification to 2019 AFC Cup group stage
3	Safa	22	10	6	6	31	25	+6	36
4	Al Ansar	22	9	6	7	33	24	+9	33
5	Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli	22	7	12	3	23	19	+4	33
6	Salam Zgharta	22	9	5	8	30	31	−1	32
7	Tadamon Sour	22	8	5	9	28	27	+1	29
8	Tripoli SC	22	6	7	9	28	33	−5	25
9	Racing Beirut	22	7	4	11	21	29	−8	25
10	Al Nabi Sheet	22	5	5	12	21	35	−14	20
11	Al Shabab Al Arabi	22	4	5	13	16	31	−15	17	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12	Al Islah	22	2	5	15	14	50	−36	11	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 15 April 2018.[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Games Played
1	El Hadji Malick Tall	Ansar	15	22
2	Hassan Maatouk	Nejmeh	13	21
2	Hassan Chaito	Ahed	13	22
4	Lorougnon Christ Remi	Tadamoun	10	20
5	Ahmad Hegazy	Akhaa	9	21
5	Idrisa Kouiaty	Ahed	9	22
7	Omar Zen Al Deen	Zgharta	8	18
7	Mamadou Niass	Zgharta	8	21
9	Alexis Khazzaka	Akhaa	7	15
9	Ernest Thierry Anang	Safa	7	22
11	Ahmad Zreik	Ahed	6	14
	Wasim Abdel Hady	Tadamoun		18
	Musa Kabiru	Nejmeh		20
	Adnan Melhem	Racing Beirut		20

Top assists

As of 15 April 2018.[2]


Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Hassan Maatouk	Nejmeh	14
2	Abbas Ali Atwi	Ansar	12
3	Mohamad Haidar	Ahed	6
	Mamadou Niass	Salam Zgharta
	Mohamad Atwi	Tadamon Sour

References

Lebanese League 2017/2018
"Lebanese League 2017/2018". lebanonfg.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Lebanese Premier League
Seasons	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950–51 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1960–61 1962–63 1964–65 1966–67 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1974–75 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
2019–20 clubs	Ahed Akhaa Ahli Ansar Bourj Chabab Ghazieh Nejmeh Safa Salam Zgharta Shabab Bourj Shabab Sahel Tadamon Tripoli
Organisations	Lebanese Football Association
Statistics and awards	Al-Manar Football Festival 1990s 2000s 2010s Top scorers
Associated competitions	Lebanese FA Cup Lebanese Elite Cup Lebanese Challenge Cup Lebanese Super Cup Continental AFC Champions League AFC Cup Arab Club Championship

2017 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2016 2018 »
Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '16–'17 '17–'18 Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh '17–'18 Bhutan Brunei '17–'18 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '16–'17 '17–'18 Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India I-League '16–'17 '17–'18 ISL '17–'18 Indonesia Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 '17–'18 Japan Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR '17 '17–'18 Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Malé League Minivan Championship Premier League Mongolia Myanmar Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Palestine West Bank '16–'17 '17–'18 Gaza Strip '16–'17 '17–'18 Philippines Qatar '16–'17 '17–'18 Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 '17–'18 Syria '16–'17 '17–'18 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '16–'17 '17–'18 Bangladesh Brunei '17–'18 Cambodia China East Timor Guam Hong Kong '16–'17 '17–'18 India Iran '16–'17 '17–'18 Iraq '16–'17 Japan '16 (final) '17 Jordan '16–'17 '17–'18 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '16–'17 '17–'18 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon '16–'17 '17–'18 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Oman '16–'17 '17–'18 Pakistan Palestine '16–'17 '17–'18 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka '16–'17 Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '16–'17 '17–'18 Uzbekistan Vietnam
League cups	Hong Kong Shield '16–'17 '17–'18 India Shield Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '16–'17 '17–'18 Fed Cup '17–'18 Malaysia Maldives Qatar '17–'18 Saudi Arabia '16–'17 '17–'18 Singapore Thailand UAE '17–'18
Super Cups	China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Maldives Qatar Tajikistan Thailand
Regional club competitions	2017 GCC Champions League 2017 Mekong Club Championship 2017 Arab Club Championship
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

2018 in Asian football (AFC)
« 2017 2019 »
Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '17–'18 '18–'19 Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh '17–'18 Bhutan Brunei '17–'18 '18–'19 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '17–'18 '18–'19 Hong Kong '17–'18 '18–'19 India I-League '17–'18 '18–'19 ISL '17–'18 '18–'19 Indonesia Iran '17–'18 '18–'19 Iraq '17–'18 '18–'19 Japan Jordan '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea DPR '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea Republic Kuwait '17–'18 '18–'19 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '17–'18 '18–'19 Macau Malaysia Maldives Malé League Minivan Championship Premier League Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '18–'19 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Pakistan '18–'19 Palestine West Bank '17–'18 '18–'19 Gaza Strip '17–'18 '18–'19 Philippines Qatar '17–'18 '18–'19 Saudi Arabia '17–'18 '18–'19 Singapore Sri Lanka '17–'18 '18–'19 Syria '17–'18 '18–'19 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh Brunei '17–'18 '18–'19 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam Hong Kong '17–'18 '18–'19 India Indonesia '18–'19 Iran '17–'18 '18–'19 Iraq '18–'19 Japan '17 (final) '18 Jordan '17–'18 '18–'19 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '17–'18 '18–'19 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '17–'18 '18–'19 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Pakistan Palestine '17–'18 '18–'19 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria '18 '18–'19 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
League cups	Bahrain '17–'18 '18–'19 Bangladesh '17–'18 '18–'19 Hong Kong Shield '17–'18 '18–'19 India Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Japan Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Fed Cup '17–'18 '18–'19 Lebanon Malaysia Malaysia Cup Challenge Cup Maldives Oman '17–'18 '18–'19 Qatar '17–'18 '18–'19 Saudi Arabia '17–'18 Singapore Syria Thailand UAE '17–'18 '18–'19 Uzbekistan
Super Cups	Bahrain China Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Tajikistan Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2018 GCC Champions League 2018 Gulf Cup Winners' Cup 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2018 AFC U-23 Championship 2018 AFC Futsal Championship 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Football at the 2018 Asian Games (Men - Women) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship 2018 AFC U-16 Championship 2018 AFF Championship 2018 CAFA Championship 2018 SAFF Championship 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

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