Al-Manar Football Festival Explained

The Al-Manar Football Festival was an event organised by the Al-Manar television station between the 1996–97 and 2018–19 seasons in order to award players, managers, referees and teams who were considered to have performed the best over the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Between the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, the referendum to decide the winners of the awards was held online.

Lebanese forward Hassan Maatouk was awarded the Best Player award a record four times. Salih Sadir from Iraq is the foreign player with the most Best Player awards, having won it three times in a row. Lebanese coach Adnan Al Sharqi holds the most Best Coach awards, with four.

Awards

Main categories

SeasonCategory
Best Player Best Young PlayerTop ScorerBest Coach
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02 Haidar Mahmoud
2002–03 Sílvio
2003–04 Mohammad Kassas
2004–05
2005–06 Hassan Tahmaz Ali Nasseredine
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09 Salih Sadir
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13 Imad Ghaddar
2013–14 Adnan Melhem
Lassina Soro
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19 Houssem Louati

Other categories

SeasonCategory
Best GoalBest SaveBest Referee Fair Play Award
1996–97
1997–98Nejmeh
1998–99Ansar
1999–2000Homenetmen
2000–01Nejmeh
2001–02Nejmeh
2002–03 Talaat Najm Haidar KleitAhed
2003–04 Nabil Ayyad Haidar KleitNejmeh
2004–05Nejmeh
2005–06 Talaat Najm Haidar Kleit
2006–07 Talaat Najm Haidar KleitSagesse
2007–08 Talaat Najm Haidar KleitAhed
2008–09 Talaat Najm Hussein IssaSalam Zgharta
2009–10 Ali Sabbagh Ahmad KawasSagesse
2010–11 Bashir Awasa Hadi KassarNejmeh
2011–12 Radwan Ghandour Hussein IssaAnsar
2012–13 Radwan Ghandour Mohamad RammalAhed
2013–14 Radwan Ghandour Bilal ZeinNejmeh
2014–15 Radwan Ghandour Ali Serhal
2015–16Nabi Chit
2016–17Ahed
2017–18Ahed
2018–19Shabab Sahel

Special awards

The following awards were awarded only in one or a few editions:

CategorySeasonRecipient
Fan's Best Player1998–99
2000–01
2002–03
Best Fans1998–99Ahed
Best Goalkeeper2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
Player of the Week2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
Most Appearances2009–10
2010–11
Best Foreign Player2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
Best Futsal Player2017–18 Ahmed Khairuddin

Team of the Season

SeasonCategory
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
1996–97[1]
1997–98[2]
1998–99[3]
1999–2000[4]
2000–01[5]
2001–02[6]
2002–03[7]
2003–04[8]
2004–05[9]
2005–06[10]
2006–07[11]
2007–08[12]
2008–09[13]
2009–10[14]
2010–11[15]
2011–12[16]
2012–13[17] [18]
2013–14[19]
2014–15[20]
2015–16[21]
2016–17[22]
2017–18[23]
2018–19[24]

See also

References

Notes and References

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  2. News: 8 June 1998. ar:مهرجان كرة المنار. ar. 232. 4. Shoot.
  3. News: 5 July 1999. ar:مهرجان كرة المنار. ar. 288. 8. Shoot.
  4. News: 10 April 2000. ar:مهرجان كرة المنار. ar. 328. 13. Shoot.
  5. News: 30 April 2001. ar:مهرجان كرة المنار. ar. 383. 15. Shoot.
  6. News: 3 June 2002. ar:مهرجان كرة المنار. ar. 440. 23. Shoot.
  7. News: 4 July 2003. ar:مهرجان كرة المنار. ar. 498. 16. Shoot.
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  9. News: 20 June 2005. ar:مهرجان كرة المنار. ar. 599. 13. Shoot.
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