2015–16 Lebanese Premier League Explained

Competition:Lebanese Premier League
Season:2015–16
Winners:Safa
Relegated:Hekmeh
Shabab Al-Ghazieh
Continentalcup1:AFC Champions League
Continentalcup2:AFC Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Safa
Nejmeh
League Topscorer:Lucas Galan (19 goals)
League Topscorer Section:Top goalscorers
Biggest Home Win:Ahed 9-1 Hekmeh
Biggest Away Win:Shabab Al-Ghazieh 1-7 Ansar
Highest Scoring:Ahed 9-1 Hekmeh
Matches:132
Total Goals:376
Highest Attendance:Nejmeh vs. Ahed (10,000)
Average Attendance:630
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17

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

ClubLocationStadiumStadium capacityCoach
Al AhedBeirutBeirut Municipal Stadium22,500 Mohammad Hammoud
Al AnsarBeirutBeirut Municipal Stadium22,500 Jamal Taha
Al Egtmaaey TripoliTripoliTripoli Municipal Stadium22,000 Fadi Al Omari
Al NejmehBeirutRafic El-Hariri Stadium5,000 Tita Valeriu
HekmehBeirutBourj Hammoud Stadium8,000 Fouad Hijazi
Al Nabi SheetZahléAl-Nabi Shayth Stadium5,000 Mohammed Al-Dekka
Racing BeirutBeirutBourj Hammoud Stadium8,000 Eugen Moldovan
SafaBeirutSafa Stadium4,000 Emile Rustom
Salam ZghartaZghartaZgharta Stadium5,000 Louay Salah
Shabab Al-SahelBeirutBeirut Municipal Stadium22,500 Moussa Hojeij
Shabab Al-GhaziehSidonSaida Municipal Stadium22,600 Malek Hassoun
Tripoli SCTripoliTripoli Municipal Stadium22,000 Ismael Qurtam

Table

League table

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Lucas GalánAl Ansar19
2 Kabiru MusaShabab Al-Sahel16
3 Mamado DrameAl Ahed11
4 Alaa al BabaSafa10
Raúl TarragonaSalam Zgharta
5 Hassan ChaitoAl Ahed8
Ahmad ZreikAl Ahed
Ali BazziAl Nabi Sheet
Octavian DraghiciRacing Beirut
Aboko DavedAl Egtmaaey Tripoli
Feiz ShamsinAl Egtmaaey Tripoli
7 Mohammad QasasHekmeh7
Khaled TakajiAl Nejmeh
6 Nicolas KofiAl Egtmaaey Tripoli6
Abbas Ali AtwiAl Ahed
Wasim AbdelhadyShabab Al-Sahel
Ali Al SaadiSafa
Hasan HazimehSafa
Michael HelegbeTripoli SC
Hussain OtaAl Nabi Sheet