2015–16 Lebanese Premier League

Lebanese Premier League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Safa
Relegated	Hekmeh Shabab Al-Ghazieh
AFC Cup	Safa Nejmeh
Matches played	132
Goals scored	376 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lucas Galan (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Ahed 9-1 Hekmeh
Biggest away win	Shabab Al-Ghazieh 1-7 Ansar
Highest scoring	Ahed 9-1 Hekmeh
Highest attendance	Nejmeh vs. Ahed (10,000)
Average attendance	630
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The 2015–16 Lebanese Premier League is the 55th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions.

Teams

Tadamon Sour and Al Akhaa Al Ahli were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2014–15 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Hekmeh FC and Al Egtmaaey Tripoli who won promotion from the second tier. Six of the twelve member clubs play in the country's capital, Beirut.

Stadia and locations

Beirut

Al Egtmaaey Tripoli

Tripoli SC

Hekmeh

Shabab Al-Ghazieh

Salam Zgharta

Nabi Sheet

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Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Lebanese Premier League

Al Ahed

Al Ansar

Al Nejmeh

Safa

Shabab Al-Sahel

Racing Beirut

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Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Lebanese Premier League within Beirut

Club	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity	Coach
Al Ahed	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Mohammad Hammoud
Al Ansar	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Jamal Taha
Al Egtmaaey Tripoli	Tripoli	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	22,000	Fadi Al Omari
Al Nejmeh	Beirut	Rafic El-Hariri Stadium	5,000	Tita Valeriu
Hekmeh	Beirut	Bourj Hammoud Stadium	8,000	Fouad Hijazi
Al Nabi Sheet	Zahlé	Al-Nabi Shayth Stadium	5,000	Mohammed Al-Dekka
Racing Beirut	Beirut	Bourj Hammoud Stadium	8,000	Eugen Moldovan
Safa	Beirut	Safa Stadium	4,000	Emile Rustom
Salam Zgharta	Zgharta	Zgharta Stadium	5,000	Louay Salah
Shabab Al-Sahel	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500	Moussa Hojeij
Shabab Al-Ghazieh	Sidon	Saida Municipal Stadium	22,600	Malek Hassoun
Tripoli SC	Tripoli	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	22,000	Ismael Qurtam

Table

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Safa (C)	22	16	4	2	46	18	+28	52	Qualification to 2017 AFC Cup group stage
2	Al Ahed	22	16	3	3	54	14	+40	51	Qualification to 2016–17 Arab Club Championship preliminary round 1
3	Al Nejmeh	22	13	6	3	35	19	+16	45	Qualification to 2017 AFC Cup group stage
4	Al Ansar	22	12	6	4	37	20	+17	42
5	Shabab Al-Sahel	22	10	5	7	37	27	+10	35
6	Al Nabi Sheet	22	9	2	11	31	30	+1	29
7	Tripoli SC	22	7	6	9	28	31	−3	27
8	Racing Beirut	22	7	5	10	19	27	−8	26
9	Al Egtmaaey Tripoli	22	6	5	11	29	43	−14	23
10	Salam Zgharta	22	4	4	14	25	44	−19	16
11	Shabab Al-Ghazieh (R)	22	0	10	12	18	41	−23	10	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12	Hekmeh (R)	22	1	6	15	17	62	−45	9

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lucas Galán	Al Ansar	19
2	Kabiru Musa	Shabab Al-Sahel	16
3	Mamado Drame	Al Ahed	11
4	Alaa al Baba	Safa	10
	Raúl Tarragona	Salam Zgharta
5	Hassan Chaito	Al Ahed	8
	Ahmad Zreik	Al Ahed
	Ali Bazzi	Al Nabi Sheet
	Octavian Draghici	Racing Beirut
	Aboko Daved	Al Egtmaaey Tripoli
	Feiz Shamsin	Al Egtmaaey Tripoli
7	Mohammad Qasas	Hekmeh	7
	Khaled Takaji	Al Nejmeh
6	Nicolas Kofi	Al Egtmaaey Tripoli	6
	Abbas Ali Atwi	Al Ahed
	Wasim Abdelhady	Shabab Al-Sahel
	Ali Al Saadi	Safa
	Hasan Hazimeh	Safa
	Michael Helegbe	Tripoli SC
	Hussain Ota	Al Nabi Sheet

References