2016–17 Lebanese Premier League


The 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League is the 57th 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.

Teams

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



ClubLocationStadiumStadium capacityCoach
Al AhedBeirutBeirut Municipal Stadium22,500 Robert Jaspert
Al Akhaa Al AhliAleyAmin AbdelNour Stadium3,500 Hussein Afash
Al AnsarBeirutBeirut Municipal Stadium22,500 Zoran Pešić
Al Egtmaaey TripoliTripoliTripoli Municipal Stadium22,000 Iyad Abd Al Kareem
Al NejmehBeirutRafic El-Hariri Stadium5,000 Jamal Al Haj
Al Nabi SheetZahléAl-Nabi Shayth Stadium5,000 Mahmoud Hammoud
Racing BeirutBeirutBourj Hammoud Stadium8,000 Moussa Hojaij
SafaBeirutSafa Stadium4,000 Emile Rustom
Salam ZghartaZghartaZgharta Stadium5,000 Tareq Jaraya
Shabab Al-SahelBeirutBeirut Municipal Stadium22,500 Samir Saad
Tadamon SourTyreSour Stadium6,500 Mohammed Zouheir
Tripoli SCTripoliTripoli Municipal Stadium22,000 Fadi Al Omari

Table

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoalsGames Played
1 Abou Bakr Al-MelTripoli SC1620
2 Akram MoghrabiAl Nejmeh1221
3 Cofie BekoeAl Egtmaaey Tripoli1120
3 Élio MartinsAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli1120
4 Ahmed HegazyAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli921
5 Mamadou NiassSalam Zgharta821
6 Mohamad KdouhAl Ahed717
6 Mohammad JaafarRacing Beirut718
6 Ali Al SaadiSafa720
6 Feiz ShamsinTripoli SC721
10 Rabih AtayaAl Ansar69
10 Roda AntarTadamon Sour616
10 Lamine FanéTadamon Sour617
10 Abdelrazaq Al-HussainAl Nejmeh619
10 Dominique MendySafa619
10 Michael HelegbeTadamon Sour620
10 Mohammad SalemShabab Al-Sahel622