2020–21 in Lebanese football

Football in Lebanon
Season	2020–21
Men's football
Premier League	Ansar
Second Division	AC Sporting
Third Division	Sporting Qlaileh
FA Cup	Ansar
Women's football
Football League	Safa
FA Cup	EFP

The 2020–21 season was the 88th season of competitive football in Lebanon. The season officially began on 3 October 2020 with the Lebanese Premier League.^[1]

National teams edit

Lebanon national football team edit

Kits edit

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Results and fixtures edit

Friendlies edit

12 November 2021 Friendly	Bahrain	3–1	Lebanon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+4	Isa 53' Al Aswad 58' Marhoon 82'	Report	Kdouh 44'	Stadium: Police Officers' Club Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmed Al Ali (Kuwait)

24 March 2021 Friendly	Jordan	1–0	Lebanon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
14:45 UTC+4	Al-Taamari 50'	Report		Stadium: Theyab Awana Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

29 March 2021 Friendly	Kuwait	1–1	Lebanon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:45 UTC+4	Al-Khaldi 15'	Report	Kdouh 60'	Stadium: Police Officers' Club Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ammar Ali Al Jneibi (United Arab Emirates)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification edit

Second round: Group H edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	5	1	0	22	1	+21	16	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	2–1	5–0	8–0	~~Canc.~~
2	Lebanon	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–0	—	2–1	3–2	~~0–0~~
3	Turkmenistan	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	9	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	~~3–1~~
4	Sri Lanka	6	0	0	6	2	23	−21	0	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–5	0–3	0–2	—	~~0–1~~
5	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew	~~0–0~~	~~2–0~~	~~Canc.~~	~~Canc.~~	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R2	Lebanon	3–2	Sri Lanka	Goyang, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9	Oumari 11', 44' Kdouh 17'	Report	Razeek 10', 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ahmad Ibrahim (Jordan)

9 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R2	Turkmenistan	3–2	Lebanon	Goyang, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9	Babajanow 59' Annagulyýew 85' Annadurdyýew 90+2'	Report	Ataya 73' Saad 75'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

13 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R2	South Korea	2–1	Lebanon	Goyang, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9	Song Min-kyu 50' Son Heung-min 65' (pen.)	Report	Saad 12'	Stadium: Goyang Stadium Attendance: 4,061 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

2021 FIFA Arab Cup edit

Qualification edit

23 June 2021 2021 FIFA Arab Cup qualification	Lebanon	1–0	Djibouti	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3	El-Helwe 46'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Lebanon women's national football team edit

Results and fixtures edit

Armenia Friendly Tournament edit

8 April 2021 2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Armenia	2–0	Lebanon	Yerevan, Armenia
	Haddad 7' (o.g.) Artin 45'	Report		Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre

10 April 2021 2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Lithuania	7–1	Lebanon	Yerevan, Armenia
	Jonušaitė 5', 16', 43' Vaitukaitytė 12' (pen.), 31' Lazdauskaitė 34' Ruzgutė 57'	Report	El Tayar 32'	Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre

12 April 2021 2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Lebanon	0–6	Jordan	Charentsavan, Armenia
		Report	Jbarah 17', 61' Fraij 20', 48' Al-Masri 38' Al-Btoush 72'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium

Men's football edit

AFC Cup edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AHE	WAH	HID
1	Al-Ahed	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Zonal semi-finals	—	—	2–1
2	Al-Wahda	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2		0–0	—	—
3	Al-Hidd (H)	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1		—	1–1	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Group B edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUH	SAL	ANS	MBA
1	Al-Muharraq	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	—	—	—	2–3
2	Al-Salt (H)	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	0–1	—	—	5–0
3	Al-Ansar	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3^[b]		1–3	1–2	—	—
4	Markaz Balata	3	1	2	3	9	−6	3^[b]		—	—	0–2	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Al-Muharraq 3, Al-Salt 0.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Al-Ansar 3, Markaz Balata 0.

Lebanese Premier League edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Ansar (C)	16	13	1	2	37	8	+29	40	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[b]
2	Nejmeh	16	10	5	1	31	10	+21	35	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[b]
3	Shabab Sahel	16	8	3	5	15	11	+4	27
4	Ahed	16	6	6	4	20	16	+4	24^[c]
5	Safa	16	7	3	6	25	25	0	24^[c]
6	Akhaa Ahli Aley	16	5	5	6	8	12	−4	20

7	Bourj	16	5	8	3	18	13	+5	23^[d]
8	Shabab Bourj	16	6	5	5	22	14	+8	23^[d]
9	Tripoli	16	5	4	7	11	15	−4	19
10	Tadamon Sour	16	3	7	6	7	12	−5	16
11	Chabab Ghazieh (R)	16	3	2	11	12	26	−14	11	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12	Salam Zgharta (R)	16	0	1	15	6	50	−44	1	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division

Source: FA Lebanon
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other once (11 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ No standby team qualified to the 2022 AFC Cup as only Ansar and Nejmeh were granted a license.^[2]
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Ahed 2–1 Safa, Safa 3–3 Ahed.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Shabab Bourj 0–1 Bourj, Bourj 1–1 Shabab Bourj.

Lebanese Second Division edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation^[a]
1	Sporting (C, P)	16	10	5	1	38	12	+26	35	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
2	Sagesse (P)	16	9	5	2	24	10	+14	32	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
3	Ahli Nabatieh	16	9	2	5	25	14	+11	29
4	Islah Borj Shmali	16	7	4	5	28	18	+10	25
5	Ahli Saida	16	7	4	5	28	24	+4	25
6	Nahda Barelias	16	4	7	5	14	20	−6	19

7	Racing Beirut	16	8	5	3	29	19	+10	29
8	Egtmaaey	16	5	4	7	20	33	−13	19
9	Nabi Chit	16	5	3	8	26	30	−4	18
10	Mabarra	16	4	4	8	19	24	−5	16
11	Nasser Bar Elias (R)	16	2	5	9	17	31	−14	11	Relegation to Lebanese Third Division
12	Ansar Howara (R)	16	1	2	13	21	54	−33	5	Relegation to Lebanese Third Division

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other once (11 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Lebanese Third Division edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shabab Majdal Anjar	12	7	2	3	25	5	+20	23	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Ittihad Haret Naameh	12	7	2	3	17	7	+10	23
3	Homenmen	12	6	2	4	25	22	+3	20
4	Wahda Marj	12	4	3	5	18	17	+1	15
5	Zamalek Beirut	12	4	3	5	17	24	−7	15
6	Nojoom Beirut (R)	12	4	0	8	16	28	−12	12	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division
7	Homenetmen (R)	12	4	0	8	9	24	−15	12	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Group B edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Irshad Chehim	12	9	2	1	38	13	+25	29	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Salam Sour	12	6	3	3	25	15	+10	21
3	Raya	12	6	2	4	17	16	+1	20
4	Taqadom Anqoun	12	4	3	5	20	16	+4	15
5	Hilal Haret Naameh	12	4	3	5	19	27	−8	15
6	Ahli Sarba (R)	12	4	3	5	21	19	+2	15	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division
7	Sharq (R)	12	1	0	11	8	42	−34	3	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Group C edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sporting Qlaileh	12	8	2	2	24	7	+17	26	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Riyadi Abbasiya	12	7	2	3	22	15	+7	23
3	Nahda Ain Baal	12	5	2	5	27	24	+3	17
4	Harouf	12	5	2	5	17	20	−3	17
5	Bint Jbeil	12	4	3	5	17	21	−4	15
6	Okhwa Kharayeb (R)	12	4	1	7	13	16	−3	13	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division
7	Amal Maaraka (R)	12	3	0	9	13	30	−17	9	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Group D edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ansar Mawadda	12	10	1	1	27	6	+21	31	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	Shabab Tripoli	12	9	0	3	26	10	+16	27
3	Riada Wal Adab	12	5	2	5	18	16	+2	17
4	Achbal Mina'a	12	4	4	4	17	16	+1	16
5	Mahabbe Tripoli	12	4	3	5	17	16	+1	15
6	Majd Tripoli (R)	12	3	1	8	20	38	−18	10	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division
7	Amal Salam Zgharta (R)	12	1	1	10	13	36	−23	4	Relegation to Lebanese Fourth Division

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sporting Qlaileh	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Promotion to Lebanese Second Division
2	Shabab Majdal Anjar	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Promotion to Lebanese Second Division
3	Ansar Mawadda	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Irshad Chehim	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.

Cup competitions edit

Lebanese FA Cup edit

Final edit

12 May 2021

15:40 UTC+3

Ansar (1)	1–1	Nejmeh (1)
Matar 23'	Report	Hamam 84'
Penalties
Maatouk Ayoub Nassar	3–1	Atwi Chehade Kourani Alaaeddine

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mohamad Issa

Lebanese Elite and Challenge Cup edit

The 2020 Lebanese Elite and Challenge Cup was intended to be the first, and only, edition of the tournament.^[3] Due to the 2019–20 Lebanese Premier League being canceled, the tournament was supposed to feature a joint-qualifying tournament for the Lebanese Elite Cup and Lebanese Challenge Cup between the 12 Lebanese Premier League teams, to decide which six teams would have played in the Elite Cup, and which six in the Challenge Cup.^[3] The 12 Lebanese Premier League teams were divided in three groups of four: the top two teams of each group would qualify to the Elite Cup, whereas the bottom two would qualify to the Challenge Cup.^[4]

The Lebanese Elite and Challenge Cup was supposed to kick off on 22 August 2020 with the preparatory tournament. Initially scheduled to begin on 29 July,^[5] the tournament was first postponed to 1 August,^[6] then to 10 August in order to raise preventive measures towards the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7] The starting date was finally postponed to 22 August following the 2020 Beirut explosions.^[8] On 19 August, the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) cancelled the tournament altogether as part of preventive measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.^[9]

Women's football edit

Lebanese Women's Football League edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	EFP	4	3	1	0	27	4	+23	10	Qualification to the final six
2	Safa	4	3	0	1	28	3	+25	9
3	BFA	4	2	1	1	18	7	+11	7
4	United Tripoli	4	1	0	3	5	34	−29	3
5	Montada North Lebanon	4	0	0	4	4	34	−30	0

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Group B edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS	5	5	0	47	0	+47	15	Qualification to the final six
2	Super Girls	5	4	1	28	10	+18	12
3	ÓBerytus	5	3	2	16	11	+5	9
4	Sakafi Chhim	5	2	3	14	25	−11	6
5	Taadod Mazraat Chouf	5	1	4	4	19	−15	3
6	Primo	5	0	5	5	49	−44	0

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Final six edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Safa (C)	5	4	1	0	17	2	+15	13	Qualification for WAFF Clubs Championship
2	EFP	5	3	1	1	12	3	+9	10
3	SAS	5	2	3	0	7	5	+2	9
4	BFA	5	2	1	2	7	12	−5	7
5	ÓBerytus	5	1	0	4	4	13	−9	3
6	Super Girls	5	0	0	5	1	13	−12	0

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Cup competitions edit

Lebanese Women's FA Cup edit

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References edit

^ "The 2020-2021 Lebanese Premier League schedule has been revealed". FA Lebanon. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ "List of Licensed Clubs for the 2022 AFC Cup" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Mahfoud, Maroun (18 June 2020). "The new technical system for Elite and Challenge Cup". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "بالصور: كووورة يحضر سحب قرعة الدوري اللبناني". كووورة. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "September kick off for new Lebanese season | Football News |". the-AFC. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "الاتحاد اللبناني يعلن مواعيد مباريات كأس النخبة والتحدي". كووورة. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "أندية لبنان تغطي أول رواتب الموسم الجديد رغم تأجيل النخبة". كووورة. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ "عودة النشاط للكروي في ٢٢ آب الجاري". football-lebanon.com. 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Mahfoud, Maroun (19 August 2020). "LFA cancels all on-going tournaments and postpone the Premier League". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[table_hth_MUH0.97576807158802-3] Head-to-head points: Al-Muharraq 3, Al-Salt 0.

[table_hth_ANS0.97576807158802-4] Head-to-head points: Al-Ansar 3, Markaz Balata 0.

[5] Teams play each other once (11 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_res_ACCGS0.18121684537326-7] No standby team qualified to the 2022 AFC Cup as only Ansar and Nejmeh were granted a license.^[2]

[table_hth_AHD0.18121684537326-8] Head-to-head results: Ahed 2–1 Safa, Safa 3–3 Ahed.

[table_hth_BRJ0.18121684537326-9] Head-to-head results: Shabab Bourj 0–1 Bourj, Bourj 1–1 Shabab Bourj.

[10] Teams play each other once (11 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[COVID-2] Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

[1] "The 2020-2021 Lebanese Premier League schedule has been revealed". FA Lebanon. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

[afc-license-afc-6] "List of Licensed Clubs for the 2022 AFC Cup" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[:0-11] Mahfoud, Maroun (18 June 2020). "The new technical system for Elite and Challenge Cup". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[12] "بالصور: كووورة يحضر سحب قرعة الدوري اللبناني". كووورة. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[13] "September kick off for new Lebanese season | Football News |". the-AFC. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[14] "الاتحاد اللبناني يعلن مواعيد مباريات كأس النخبة والتحدي". كووورة. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[15] "أندية لبنان تغطي أول رواتب الموسم الجديد رغم تأجيل النخبة". كووورة. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[16] "عودة النشاط للكروي في ٢٢ آب الجاري". football-lebanon.com. 12 August 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[17] Mahfoud, Maroun (19 August 2020). "LFA cancels all on-going tournaments and postpone the Premier League". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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