2013–14 Lebanese Premier League

The 2013–14 Lebanese Premier League is the 54th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Safa the defending champions. The season kicked off on 21 September 2013 and will finish around June 2014.

Lebanese Premier League
Season2013–14
Top goalscorer Adnan Milhem (10 goals)

Teams

Shabab Al-Ghazieh and Salam Sour were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2012–13 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Al-Mabarrah, back after one campaign away after relegation in the 2011–12 league campaign. Salam Zgharta were also promoted and back for the first time since relegation in 2008–09.

Stadia and locations

Beirut
Tyre
Aley
Tripoli
Sidon
Zgharta
Locations of teams in the 2013–14 Lebanese Premier League
Club Location Stadium Stadium capacity
Al Ahed Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500
Al Akhaa Al Ahli Aley Amin AbdelNour Stadium 3,500
Al Ansar Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000
Al Mabarrah Beirut Municipal Stadium
Al Nejmeh Beirut Rafic El-Hariri Stadium 15,000
Racing Beirut Beirut Fouad Shehab Stadium 5,000
Safa Beirut Safa Stadium 4,000
Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium
Shabab Al-Sahel Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500
Tadamon Sour Tyre Sour Stadium 6,500
Tripoli SC Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa Foreign1 Former Players2
Al Ahed Boubacar Diallo Marcelo Dias Rodolfo Soares David Střihavka Mohamad Abu Ateeq None
Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Tarek Omrati Diego Santos Joziel None Alexis Khazzaka None
Al-Ansar Tião Fahd Aodi Rodrigo López Prince Abedi None None
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Afrane Yeboah Frank Boateng None None Mohammad Ghannam None
Al-Mabarrah Alaa Baidoun Mohammed Mansour Mohammad Hamad None None None
Al Nejmeh Abd Al Naser Hasan Ahmed Abdelaziz Cheikha Sy None None None
Racing Beirut Admil Precious Mba Derick Ebi Lassana Zorro Haitham Khadoj Hagob Donabedian None
Safa Ibrahim Touré Tamer Haj Mohamad Georgian Tobă None None None
Salam Zgharta Khaled Naamani Ahmad Haj Mohamad Saleem Cissé None None None
Shabab Al-Sahel Wasim Abdelhady Ali Ghalioum Daniel Odafin Ali Asaad None None
Tadamon Sour Zadi Serg Didier Dogi Jean Kone Ladgi Tiezan Konan Rishmond None None
Tripoli SC Jehad Al Baour Ammar Zakour Abdulrahman Akkari Ibrahim Swidan None None
  • ^1 Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Lebanon Residency.
  • ^2 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Nejmeh 22 12 8 2 48 24 +24 44 2015 AFC Cup Group stage
2 Safa 22 10 9 3 42 23 +19 39
3 Racing Beirut 22 11 5 6 38 31 +7 38
4 Al Ahed 22 10 7 5 30 26 +4 37
5 Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley 22 7 10 5 36 26 +10 31
6 Tripoli SC 22 8 7 7 23 26 3 31
7 Shabab Al-Sahel 22 6 12 4 40 26 +14 30
8 Al Ansar 22 7 9 6 27 23 +4 30
9 Al-Tadamon Tyre 22 5 7 10 22 31 9 22
10 Salam Zgharta 22 6 4 12 27 46 19 22
11 Al-Mabarrah 22 5 3 14 21 50 29 18
12 Al-Egtmaaey Tripoli 22 2 4 16 26 48 22 10
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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