2022–23 in Lebanese football

Football in Lebanon
Season	2022–23
Men's football
Premier League	Ahed
Second Division	Racing Beirut
Third Division	Irshad Chehim
FA Cup	Nejmeh
Elite Cup	Ahed
Challenge Cup	Akhaa Ahli Aley
Super Cup	Cancelled
Women's football
Football League	SAS

The 2022–23 season was the 90th season of competitive football in Lebanon. The season officially began on 12 July 2021 with the Lebanese Elite Cup.^[1]

National teams edit

Lebanon national football team edit

2023 Intercontinental Cup edit

Round robin edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advances to Final
2	Lebanon	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advances to Final
3	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: AIFF
(H) Hosts

Final edit

18 June 2023

19:30

India	2–0	Lebanon
Chhetri 46' Chhangte 65'	Report

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 12,600

Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

2023 SAFF Championship edit

Group B edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lebanon	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Qualified for Semi-finals
2	Bangladesh	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Qualified for Semi-finals
3	Maldives	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Bhutan	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: Global Sports Archive

Semi-final edit

1 July 2023 2023 SAFF Championship SF	Lebanon	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	India	Bangalore, India
19:30 UTC+5:30		Report		Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 19640 Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)
	Penalties
	Hassan Maatouk Walid Shour Mohamad Omar Sadek Khalil Bader		Sunil Chhetri Anwar Ali Mahesh Singh Udanta Singh

Lebanon women's national football team edit

2022 WAFF Women's Championship edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan (H, C)	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
Lebanon	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Syria	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1
Palestine	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: Global Sports Archive
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament edit

First round edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	9	1	+8	6	Second round
2	Lebanon (H)	2	1	1	6	5	+1	3
3	Indonesia	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Men's football edit

Lebanese Premier League edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Ahed (C)	21	14	6	1	39	11	+28	36	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[b]
2	Nejmeh	21	13	6	2	34	14	+20	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[b]
3	Ansar	21	13	6	2	45	16	+29	32
4	Shabab Sahel	21	10	5	6	28	23	+5	23
5	Bourj	21	9	5	7	25	26	−1	21
6	Chabab Ghazieh	21	3	3	15	16	39	−23	6

7	Tadamon Sour	21	8	6	7	30	24	+6	25
8	Tripoli	21	5	8	8	19	35	−16	21
9	Sagesse	21	6	3	12	18	26	−8	18
10	Safa	21	4	8	9	18	30	−12	15^[c]
11	Salam Zgharta (R)	21	4	6	11	15	26	−11	15^[c]	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12	Akhaa Ahli Aley (R)	21	4	4	13	20	37	−17	13	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division

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

^ Teams played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Teams carried over half their point tally from the first phase into the second phase.
^ Nejmeh qualified for the AFC Cup group stage as 2022–23 Lebanese FA Cup winners.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Salam Zgharta 0–0 Safa; Salam Zgharta 0–1 Safa; Safa 1–1 Salam Zgharta

Lebanese Second Division edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation^[a]
1	Racing Beirut (C, P)	20	14	4	2	42	15	+27	34	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
2	Ahli Nabatieh (P)	20	11	5	4	26	12	+14	29	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
3	Islah Borj Shmali	20	11	2	7	30	24	+6	27
4	Sporting	20	9	1	10	26	24	+2	20
5	Shabab Baalbeck	20	7	4	9	26	35	−9	17
6	Bint Jbeil	20	5	5	10	21	27	−6	13

7	Riyadi Abbasiyah	18	10	4	4	32	16	+16	27
8	Nahda Barelias	18	7	1	10	15	25	−10	16
9	Egtmaaey	18	6	3	9	21	28	−7	15
10	Mabarra	18	3	6	9	24	33	−9	13
11	Ahli Saida (R)	18	3	3	12	16	40	−24	9	Relegation to Lebanese Third Division
12	Shabab Bourj^[b] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw

Source: Global Sports Archive
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 played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Teams carried over half their point tally from the first phase into the second phase.
^ Shabab Bourj withdrew and their matches from the first half of the season were annulled.

Lebanese Third Division edit

Cup competitions edit

Lebanese FA Cup edit

Final edit

30 April 2023

14:00 UTC+3

Ahed (1)	0–0	Nejmeh (1)
	Report
Penalties
Haidar Mansour Melki Al Haj Erwin	3–4	Jefinho Barata Kourani Zein

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Mohamad Issa

Lebanese Elite Cup edit

Final edit

20 August 2022

16:30 UTC+3

Ahed	2–1	Ansar
Nasser 26' Ataya 60'	Report	Maatouk 35' (pen.)

Amin AbdelNour Stadium, Bhamdoun

Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia

Lebanese Challenge Cup edit

Final edit

21 August 2022

16:30 UTC+3

Safa	0–1	Akhaa Ahli Aley
	Report	Abboud 6'

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: Ali Reda

Lebanese Super Cup edit

The 2022 Lebanese Super Cup was due to be the 22nd Lebanese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Lebanese Premier League and Lebanese FA Cup. The match was scheduled on 28 August 2022, at Amin AbdelNour Stadium in Bhamdoun, between league winners Ahed and FA Cup winners Nejmeh. Due to violence between opposing fans before the encounter, the match was scrapped altogether.^[2]

Women's football edit

Lebanese Women's Football League edit

Regular season edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS	10	9	1	0	46	6	+40	28	Qualification to the final four
2	EFP	10	7	1	2	49	7	+42	22
3	BFA	10	7	0	3	48	15	+33	21
4	Helium	10	3	0	7	13	27	−14	9^[a]
5	ÓBerytus	10	3	0	7	8	49	−41	9^[a]
6	FC Beirut	10	0	0	10	0	60	−60	0
7	Jabal^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw
8	Super Girls^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Disciplinary points.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: ÓBerytus 1–0 Helium; ÓBerytus 1–2 Helium
^ ^a ^b Super Girls withdrew after matchday 1,^[3] while Jabal withdrew after matchday 5.^[4] All their results were annulled.

Final four edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16	Champions
2	BFA	6	3	2	1	20	7	+13	11
3	EFP	6	2	1	3	13	12	+1	7
4	Helium	6	0	0	6	1	28	−27	0

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

References edit

^ "سحب قرعة كأسي النخبة والتحدي ودوري الدرجتين الأولى والثانية وكأس لبنان". The LFA (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ Alhadeethi, Ayoob (28 August 2022). فوضى الجماهير تتسبب بإلغاء قمة السوبر اللبناني [Chaos between fans causes the cancellation of the Lebanese Super Cup]. alaraby (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 June 2023.
^ Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen] (22 April 2023). "نادي سوبر غيرلز ينسحب من دوري السيدات" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.
^ Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen] (23 May 2023). "نادي الجبل مجدلبعنا ينسحب من دوري السيدات" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.

[2] Teams played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Teams carried over half their point tally from the first phase into the second phase.

[table_note_res_ACCGS10.73063324099902-3] Nejmeh qualified for the AFC Cup group stage as 2022–23 Lebanese FA Cup winners.

[table_hth_ZGH0.73063324099902-4] Head-to-head results: Salam Zgharta 0–0 Safa; Salam Zgharta 0–1 Safa; Safa 1–1 Salam Zgharta

[5] Teams played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Teams carried over half their point tally from the first phase into the second phase.

[table_note_SHB0.13539557724045-6] Shabab Bourj withdrew and their matches from the first half of the season were annulled.

[table_hth_HEL0.40004156222569-8] Head-to-head results: ÓBerytus 1–0 Helium; ÓBerytus 1–2 Helium

[table_note_JAB0.40004156222569-11] Super Girls withdrew after matchday 1,^[3] while Jabal withdrew after matchday 5.^[4] All their results were annulled.

[1] "سحب قرعة كأسي النخبة والتحدي ودوري الدرجتين الأولى والثانية وكأس لبنان". The LFA (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[7] Alhadeethi, Ayoob (28 August 2022). فوضى الجماهير تتسبب بإلغاء قمة السوبر اللبناني [Chaos between fans causes the cancellation of the Lebanese Super Cup]. alaraby (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 June 2023.

[9] Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen] (22 April 2023). "نادي سوبر غيرلز ينسحب من دوري السيدات" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.

[10] Lebanese Football Association [@thelfawomen] (23 May 2023). "نادي الجبل مجدلبعنا ينسحب من دوري السيدات" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.

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