Lebanese Second Division


The Lebanese Second Division is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate in the league play each other twice, once at home and once away, with the champions and the second placed team qualifying to the Lebanese Premier League to replace the bottom two teams.

History

won the inaugural edition of the Second Division, in 1933–34, after beating Ararat 2–0 in the final. There was no promotion or relegation system at the time, so Salam Achrafieh remained in the Second Division. In April 1935, Second Division clubs requested a promotion system to be implemented. It was proposed that, at the end of the season, every Second Division team that wanted to be promoted to the First Division had to play against three teams from the First Division, one match each, winning all three. The teams from the First Division had to have at least 7 players from their previous season's squad.

Clubs

Champions

The following is a list of Lebanese Second Division champions.

2019–20 season

The following 20 clubs are competing in the Lebanese Second Division during the current 2019–20 season.
TeamHome cityPosition in 2018–19
AC SportingBeirut1st in the Lebanese Third Division
Ahli NabatiehNabatieh6th in the Lebanese Second Division
Ahli SaidaSidon3rd in the Lebanese Second Division
Ansar HowaraZgharta2nd in the Lebanese Third Division
BekaaAl-Nabi Shayth12th in the Lebanese Premier League
EgtmaaeyTripoli5th in the Lebanese Second Division
Islah Borj ShmaliTyre9th in the Lebanese Second Division
MabarraBeirut10th in the Lebanese Second Division
Nahda BareliasBarelias7th in the Lebanese Second Division
Nasser Bar EliasBarelias8th in the Lebanese Second Division
Racing BeirutBeirut11th in the Lebanese Premier League
SagesseBeirut4th in the Lebanese Second Division

Television rights

stream a selection of Lebanese Second Division games weekly.
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