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
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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	Mohammad Hammoud
Al Ansar	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Jamal Taha
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli	Tripoli	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	22,000	Fadi Al Omari
Al Nejmeh	Beirut	Rafic El-Hariri Stadium	5,000	Tita Valeriu
Hekmeh	Beirut	Bourj Hammoud Stadium	8,000	Fouad Hijazi
Nabi Sheet	Zahlé	Nabi Shayth Stadium	1,000	Mohammed Al-Dekka
Racing Beirut	Beirut	Bourj Hammoud Stadium	8,000	Eugen Moldovan
Safa	Beirut	Safa Stadium	4,000	Emile Rustom
Salam Zgharta	Zgharta	Zgharta Stadium	5,000	Louay Salah
Shabab Al-Sahel	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Moussa Hojeij
Shabab Al-Ghazieh	Sidon	Saida International Stadium	22,600	Malek Hassoun
Tripoli SC	Tripoli	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	22,000	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	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division

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:

↑ 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	Lucas Galán	Al Ansar	19
2	Kabiru Musa	Shabab Al-Sahel	16
3	Mamado Drame	Al Ahed	11
4	Alaa al Baba	Safa	10
4	Raúl Tarragona	Salam Zgharta	10
5	Hassan Chaito	Al Ahed	8
	Ahmad Zreik	Al Ahed
	Ali Bazzi	Nabi Sheet
	Octavian Draghici	Racing Beirut
	Aboko Daved	Al Egtmaaey Tripoli
	Feiz Shamsin	Al Egtmaaey Tripoli
7	Mohammad Qasas	Hekmeh	7
7	Khaled Takaji	Al Nejmeh	7
6	Nicolas Kofi	Al Egtmaaey Tripoli	6
	Abbas Ali Atwi	Al Ahed
	Wasim Abdelhady	Shabab Al-Sahel
	Ali Al Saadi	Safa
	Hasan Hazimeh	Safa
	Michael Helegbe	Tripoli SC
	Hussain Ota	Nabi Sheet

References

↑ "Soccerway – Player Stats".

Lebanese Football Seasons

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 1999–00 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

Second Division Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Third Division Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Fourth Division Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Lower Divisions	Lebanese Governorates Division

2015 in Asian Football (AFC)

« 2014 2016 »

Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '14–'15 '15–'16 Bahrain '14–'15 '15–'16 Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei '15–'16 East Timor Guam '14–'15 '15–'16 Hong Kong '14–'15 '15–'16 India '14–'15 '15 ISL '15–'16 Indonesia Iran '14–'15 '15–'16 Iraq '14–'15 '15–'16 Japan Jordan '14–'15 '15–'16 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '14–'15 '15–'16 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '14–'15 '15–'16 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands '14–'15 '15–'16 Oman '14–'15 '15–'16 Pakistan '14–15 '15–16 Palestine '14–'15 '15–'16 Philippines Qatar '14–'15 '15–'16 Saudi Arabia '14–'15 '15–'16 Singapore Sri Lanka '14–'15 '15–'16 Syria '14–'15 '15–'16 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '14–'15 '15–'16 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '14–'15 '15–'16

Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Kings Cup FA Cup Bangladesh Fed Cup Independance Cup Brunei '14–'15 Cambodia China Hong Kong Shield '14–'15 FA Cup '14–'15 League Cup '14–'15 Season Play-off India Fed Cup'14–'15 Shield Durand Cup Indoneisa Piala Cup Iran '14–'15 Iraq '15–'16 Japan League Cup Emperor's Cup Jordan Shield FA Cup '14–'15 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Fed Cup Emir Cup '14–'15 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Elite Cup FA Cup '14–'15 Laos Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives ~~FA Cup~~ President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman League Cup '14–'15 Sultan Qaboos Cup '14–'15 Pakistan Palestine '14–'15 Philippines PFF Championship '14–'15 UFL Cup PFF Championship '15 Qatar Qatar Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup QNB Cup '14–'15 Saudi Arabia King Cup CP Cup '14–'15 '15–'16 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan UAE League Cup '14–'15 President's Cup '14–'15 Uzbekistan Uzbek Cup PFL Cup Vietnam Yemen

Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2015 GCC Champions League 2015 Mekong Club Championship

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

2016 in Asian football (AFC)

« 2015 2017 »

Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '15–'16 '16–'17 Bahrain '15–'16 '16–'17 Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei '15–'16 '16–'17 East Timor Guam '15–'16 '16–'17 Hong Kong '15–'16 '16–'17 India '15–'16 '16–'17 Indonesia Iran '15–'16 '16–'17 Iraq '15–'16 '16–'17 Japan Jordan '15–'16 '16–'17 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '15–'16 '16–'17 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '15–'16 '16–'17 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands '15–'16 '16–'17 Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Pakistan Palestine '15–'16 '16–'17 Philippines Qatar '15–'16 '16–'17 Saudi Arabia '15–'16 '16–'17 Singapore Sri Lanka Syria '15–'16 '16–'17 Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '15–'16 '16–'17

Domestic cups	Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Independence Cup Federation Cup Brunei '15–'16 '16–'17 Cambodia China East Timor Guam Hong Kong '15–'16 '16–'17 India '15–'16 '16–'17 Indonesia Iran '15–'16 '16–'17 Iraq '15–'16 '16–'17 Japan Jordan '15–'16 '16–'17 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '15–'16 '16–'17 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '15–'16 '16–'17 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Pakistan Palestine '15–'16 '16–'17 Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

League cups	Bahrain '15–'16 '16–'17 Hong Kong Shield '15–'16 '16–'17 League Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 India Shield Durand Cup Japan Kuwait KF Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 CP Cup '15–'16 '16–'17 Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Oman '15–'16 '16–'17 Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia '15–'16 '16–'17 Singapore Thailand UAE '15–'16 '16–'17 Uzbekistan

Super Cups	Bahrain East Timor China Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Lebanon Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2016 Mekong Club Championship 2016–17 Arab World Club Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship 2016 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification 2016 AFF Championship 2016 King's Cup 2016 Kirin Cup 2016 AYA Bank Cup

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