Lebanese Women's Football League

The Lebanese Women's Football League (Arabic: الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the only league of women's football in Lebanon.^[1][2][3] It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams participating in the debut season. As of the 2024–25 season, nine teams participate in the league.

Lebanese Women's Football League

Organising body	Lebanese Football Association
Founded	1 June 2008; 16 years ago (1 June 2008)
Country	Lebanon
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	9
Domestic cup(s)	Lebanese Women's FA Cup Lebanese Women's Super Cup
International cup(s)	WAFF Women's Clubs Championship
Current champions	BFA (1st title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Sadaka SAS (7 titles each)
Top goalscorer	Syntia Salha (132)
TV partners	FIFA+
Website	the-lfa.com
Current: 2024–25 Lebanese Women's Football League

History

See also: Women's football in Lebanon § History

The first edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League was played in 2007–08.^[4] The first matchday began on 1 June 2008 and six teams participated; Sadaka won the first edition.^[5]

Clubs

Main article: List of women's football clubs in Lebanon

Champions

No. Season Champion 1 2007–08 Sadaka 2 2008–09 Sadaka 3 2009–10 Sadaka 4 2010–11 Sadaka 5 2011–12 Sadaka 6 2012–13 Sadaka 7 2013–14 Sadaka 8 2014–15 SAS 9 2015–16 SAS

No. Season Champion 10 2016–17 SAS 11 2017–18 Zouk Mosbeh 12 2018–19 SAS 13 2019–20 SAS 14 2020–21 Safa 15 2021–22 SAS 16 2022–23 SAS 17 2023–24 BFA

Wins by club

Club	Wins	Winning years
Sadaka	7	2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
SAS	7	2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
Zouk Mosbeh	1	2017–18
Safa	1	2020–21
BFA	1	2023–24

2024–25 season

The following nine clubs are competing in the 2024–25 season.^[6]

Club	Home city	First season	League titles	Last league title
Akhaa Ahli Aley	Aley	2016–17	0	n/a
FC Beirut	Beirut	2010–11	0	n/a
BFA	Beirut	2016–17	1	2023–24
EFP	Zouk Mosbeh	2019–20	0	n/a
Jounieh	Jounieh	2024–25	0	n/a
No Limits	Jdeideh	2023–24	0	n/a
ÓBerytus	Beirut	2016–17	0	n/a
Salam Zgharta	Zgharta	2015–16	0	n/a
Southern Stars	Tyre	2018–19	0	n/a

Seasons in the Lebanese Women's Football League

There are 36 teams that have taken part in 18 Lebanese Women's Football League championships from the 2007–08 season until the 2024–25 season. The teams in bold compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League currently. The year in parentheses represents the most recent year of participation.

• 11 seasons: SAS (2024)
• 10 seasons: FC Beirut (2025)
• 9 seasons: BFA (2025), ÓBerytus (2025)
• 8 seasons: United Tripoli (2022)
• 7 seasons: Sadaka (2014), Salam Zgharta (2025)
• 6 seasons: Girls (2017), EFP (2025)
• 5 seasons: Shabab Arabi (2012), Arabi (2015), Super Girls (2024), Akhaa Ahli Aley (2025)
• 4 seasons: Southern Stars^[a] (2025)
• 3 seasons: Adab W Riyada Kfarchima (2010), Shabab Tripoli (2010), Athletico Beirut (2013), Shooters (2013), Sporting High (2019), Zouk Mosbeh (2019), Sakafi Chhim (2021), Safa (2022), Helium (2024)
• 2 seasons: Ansar (2009), Homenmen (2009), Jabal Sheikh (2019), Hoops (2020), Kfarchima (2020), Montada North Lebanon (2021), Primo (2021), Taadod Mazraat Chouf (2022), No Limits (2025)
• 1 season: Phoenicia (2012), Nasr Hadath (2017), Jabal (2023), Jounieh (2025)

Players

Top scorers by season

Season	Player(s)	Nationality	Club(s)	Goals
2007–08[b]	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	18
2008–09	Sara Haidar Gayane Kostanyan	Lebanon  Armenia	Sadaka Homenmen	13
2009–10	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	16
2010–11	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	22
2011–12	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	25
2012–13	Diakiese Kaluzodi	DR Congo	Sadaka	11
2013–14	Maysa Jbarah	Jordan	SAS	25
2014–15	Sara Bakri	Lebanon	SAS	7
2015–16	Nadia Assaf	Lebanon	GFA	9
2016–17	Nancy Tchaylian	Lebanon	Zouk Mosbeh	20
2017–18	Alice Kusi	Ghana	Zouk Mosbeh	26[7]
2018–19	Mariam Camara	Ivory Coast	SAS	18[8]
2019–20	Melanie Ghanime	Lebanon	EFP	20[9]
2020–21	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	Safa	13[10]
2021–22	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	Safa	20[11]
2022–23	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	BFA	29[12]
2023–24	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	BFA	40[13]

All-time top scorers

Syntia Salha is the highest goalscorer in Lebanese Women's Football League history with 132 goals.

As of 11 August 2024^[14]

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Syntia Salha	132
2	Sara Bakri	120
3	Nancy Tchaylian	111
4	Sara Haidar	103
5	Reem Chalhoub	80
6	Yara Bou Rada	76
7	Christy Maalouf	69
8	Sally Mjarkash	62
9	Yara Srour	56
10	Cybelle Al Ghoul	54
	Nathalie Matar
	Nadia Assaf

Bold denotes players still playing in the Lebanese Women's Football League.

Media coverage

In October 2022, the LFA and FIFA signed an agreement to broadcast all matches in the Lebanese Women's Football League, Lebanese Second Division and Lebanese Super Cup, and some Lebanese Premier League games, through the FIFA+ platform.^[15][16]

Transfer regulations

Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the Lebanese Football Association. The two transfer windows run from 1 February to 16 March and from 5 to 25 May.^[17]

See also

• Lebanon women's national football team
• Lebanese Premier League
• Lebanese football league system

Notes

1. Terdeba Stars in 2019, Southern Stars in 2020, Montada Sour Sakafi in 2023
2. Gayane Kostanyan could also be joint top scorer.