2013–14 Lebanese Premier League

The 2013–14 Lebanese Premier League is the 53rd 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

Season	2013–14
Top goalscorer	Adnan Milhem (10 goals)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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	Agop Donabidian	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