2016–17 Lebanese Premier League

The 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League is the 56th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Safa the defending champions. After 21 rounds, Al Ahed have won the league for the 5th time in its history. At the 21st round, Al Ahed needed a win against rivals Nejmeh SC to win the League but Nejmeh SC had forfeited and Al Ahed automatically won the match and became the champions of the Lebanese Premier League.

Lebanese Premier League
Season2016–17
ChampionsAl Ahed
RelegatedShabab Al-Sahel, Al Egtmaaey Tripoli
Matches played131
Goals scored365 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerAbou Bakr Al-Mel (16 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Safa 6-0 Salam Zgharta
Biggest away winAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli 1-6 Nejmeh SC
Highest scoringAl Egtmaaey Tripoli 3-6 Tripoli SC

Teams

Hekmeh FC and Shabab Al-Ghazieh were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2015–16 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Tadamon Sour and Al Akhaa Al Ahli who won promotion from the second tier.

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League
Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League within Beirut
Club Location Stadium Stadium capacity Coach
Al Ahed Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Germany Robert Jaspert[1]
Al Akhaa Al Ahli Aley Amin AbdelNour Stadium 3,500 Syria Hussein Afash[2]
Al Ansar Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Serbia Zoran Pešić[3]
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Syria Iyad Abd Al Kareem[4]
Al Nejmeh Beirut Rafic El-Hariri Stadium 5,000 Lebanon Jamal Al Haj[5]
Al Nabi Sheet Zahlé Al-Nabi Shayth Stadium 5,000 Lebanon Mahmoud Hammoud[6]
Racing Beirut Beirut Bourj Hammoud Stadium 8,000 Lebanon Moussa Hojaij[7]
Safa Beirut Safa Stadium 4,000 Lebanon Emile Rustom
Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium 5,000 Tunisia Tareq Jaraya[8]
Shabab Al-Sahel Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Lebanon Samir Saad[9]
Tadamon Sour Tyre Sour Stadium 6,500 Lebanon Mohammed Zouheir
Tripoli SC Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Lebanon Fadi Al Omari[10]

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Al Ahed 22 15 4 3 41 14 +27 49 Qualification to 2018 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
2 Salam Zgharta 22 12 4 6 35 29 +6 40 Qualification to Arab Champions League 2018
3 Al Nejmeh[lower-alpha 1] 22 11 6 5 36 22 +14 33
4 Al Ansar 22 9 5 8 35 40 −5 32
5 Al Nabi Sheet 22 9 4 9 26 24 +2 31
6 Tadamon Sour 22 9 3 10 25 25 0 30
7 Racing Beirut 22 8 6 8 26 30 −4 30
8 Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli 22 9 2 11 34 36 −2 29
9 Tripoli SC 22 8 4 10 34 31 +3 28
10 Safa[lower-alpha 2] 22 8 7 7 32 32 0 28
11 Shabab Al-Sahel 22 7 4 11 20 22 −2 25 Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12 Al Egtmaaey Tripoli 22 2 2 18 21 60 −39 8
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Nejmeh SC had forfeited in the round of 21 and lost 6 other points.
  2. Had 3 points deducted

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals Games Played
1 Lebanon Abou Bakr Al-MelTripoli SC1620
2 Lebanon Akram MoghrabiAl Nejmeh1221
3 Ghana Cofie BekoeAl Egtmaaey Tripoli1120
Portugal Élio MartinsAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli
4 Egypt Ahmed HegazyAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli921
5 Mauritania Mamadou NiassSalam Zgharta821
6 Lebanon Mohamad KdouhAl Ahed717
Lebanon Mohammad JaafarRacing Beirut18
Lebanon Ali Al SaadiSafa20
Lebanon Feiz ShamsinTripoli SC21
10 Lebanon Rabih AtayaAl Ansar69
Lebanon Roda AntarTadamon Sour16
Senegal Lamine FanéTadamon Sour17
Syria Abdelrazaq Al-HussainAl Nejmeh19
Senegal Dominique MendySafa
Ghana Michael HelegbeTadamon Sour20
Lebanon Mohammad SalemShabab Al-Sahel22

References
  1. "Germany - R. Raspert". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  2. "Syria - Hussein Afash". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  3. "Serbia - Z. Pešić". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  4. "Syria - Iyad Abd Al Kareem". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  5. "Lebanon - Jamal Al Haj". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  6. "Lebanon - Mahmoud Hammoud". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  7. "Lebanon - Mousa Hojaij". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  8. "Tunisia - T. Jaraya". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  9. "Lebanon - Samir Saad". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  10. "Lebanon - Fadi Al Omari". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
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