Lebanese_Second_Division

Lebanese Second Division

Second tier of the football pyramid of professional football league in Lebanon

The Lebanese Second Division (Arabic: الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association.^[1] The 12 teams that participate in the league play each other twice, once at home and once away, with the champions and the second placed team qualifying to the Lebanese Premier League to replace the bottom two teams.

Quick Facts Organising body, Founded ...

Lebanese Second Division
Organising body	Lebanese Football Association (LFA)
Founded	1933; 91 years ago (1933)
Country	Lebanon
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Lebanese Premier League
Relegation to	Lebanese Third Division
Domestic cup(s)	Lebanese FA Cup
Current champions	Riyadi Abbasiyah (2023–24)
TV partners	FIFA+
Website	the-lfa.com
Current: 2023–24 Lebanese Second Division

History

Salam Achrafieh won the inaugural edition of the Second Division, in 1933–34, after beating Ararad 2–0 in the final.^[2] There was no promotion or relegation system at the time, so Salam Achrafieh remained in the Second Division.^[2] In April 1935, Second Division clubs requested a promotion system to be implemented.^[3] It was proposed that, at the end of the season, every Second Division team that wanted to be promoted to the First Division had to play against three teams from the First Division, one match each, winning all three.^[3] The teams from the First Division had to have at least seven players from their previous season's squad.^[3]

Clubs

Champions

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2019)

The following is a list of Lebanese Second Division champions.^[3]^[4]

More information No., Season ...

No.	Season	Champion(s)
1	1933–34	Salam Achrafieh
2	1934–35	International
3	1935–36	International
4	1936–37	Salam Achrafieh
5	1937–38	Hilmi-Sport
6	1938–39	Racing Beirut
	1939–40	Canceled
7	1940–41	Antranik B
8	1941–42	Shabiba Mazraa
9	1942–43
10	1943–44	Sagesse
11	1944–45
12	1945–46	Club de Gaulle
13	1946–47	Pagramian
14	1947–48	Sagesse
15	1948–49
	1949–50	Canceled
16	1950–51	Nejmeh
	1951 to 1953	Not in operation

No.	Season	Champion(s)
17	1953–54
18	1954–55
19	1955–56	Sagesse
20	1956–57
	1957 to 1960	Not in operation
21	1959–60	Various^{[lower-alpha 1]}
22	1960–61	Various^{[lower-alpha 2]}
23	1961–62
24	1962–63	Various^{[lower-alpha 3]}
25	1963–64	Various
26	1964–65	Homenetmen BH
27	1965–66	Istiklal
28	1966–67	Istiklal
	1967–68	Not contested
29	1968–69
30	1969–70
	1970 to 1972	Not in operation
31	1972–73
	1973–74	Canceled

No.	Season	Champion(s)
32	1974–75
	1975 to 1987	Not in operation
33	1987–88	Mabarra
	1988 to 1990	Not in operation
34	1990–91	Bourj
35	1991–92	Egtmaaey
36	1992–93	Akhaa Ahli Aley
37	1993–94	Harakat Shabab
38	1994–95	Riada Wal Adab
39	1995–96	Shabiba Mazraa
40	1996–97	Ahli Saida
41	1997–98	Salam Zgharta
42	1998–99	Sagesse
43	1999–2000	Racing Beirut
44	2000–01	Bourj
45	2001–02	Olympic Beirut
46	2002–03	Homenetmen
47	2003–04	Akhaa Ahli Aley
48	2004–05	Salam Zgharta

No.	Season	Champion
49	2005–06	Shabab Sahel
50	2006–07	Racing Beirut
51	2007–08	Salam Zgharta
52	2008–09	Ahli Saida
53	2009–10	Salam Sour
54	2010–11	Tripoli
55	2011–12	Egtmaaey
56	2012–13	Various^{[lower-alpha 4]}
57	2013–14	Various^{[lower-alpha 5]}
58	2014–15	Egtmaaey
59	2015–16	Tadamon Sour
60	2016–17	Shabab Arabi
61	2017–18	Shabab Sahel
62	2018–19	Bourj
63	2019–20	Not awarded
64	2020–21	Sporting
65	2021–22	Chabab Ghazieh
66	2022–23	Racing Beirut
67	2023–24	Riyadi Abbasiyah

2023–24 season

The following 12 clubs will compete in the Lebanese Second Division during the 2023–24 season.^[5]

More information Team, Home city ...

Team	Home city	Position in 2022–23
Akhaa Ahli Aley	Aley	12th in the Premier League
BFA Sporting	Beirut	4th
Bint Jbeil	Bint Jbeil	6th
Egtmaaey	Tripoli	9th
Irshad Chehim	Shheem	1st in the Third Division
Islah Borj Shmali	Tyre	3rd
Mabarra	Beirut	10th
Nahda Barelias	Bar Elias	8th
Riyadi Abbasiyah	Aabbassiyeh	7th
Salam Zgharta	Zgharta	11th in the Premier League
Shabab Baalbeck	Baalbek	5th
Wehda Saadnayel	Saadnayel	2nd in the Third Division

Media coverage

In 2019, Mycujoo stream a selection of Lebanese Second Division games weekly.^[6] In October 2022, the LFA and FIFA signed an agreement to broadcast all matches in the Lebanese Second Division, Lebanese Super Cup and Lebanese Women's Football League, and some Lebanese Premier League, games through the FIFA+ platform.^[7]^[8]

Notes

Mount Lebanon: Nejmet Sahra
Beirut: unknown
South: unknown
North: unknown
Mount Lebanon: Chark
Beirut: Safa
South: Tadamon Sour
North: Amal
Mount Lebanon: Nejmet Sahra
Beirut: unknown
South: unknown
North: unknown
Group A: Salam Zgharta
Group B: Mabarra
Group A: Chabab Ghazieh
Group B: Nabi Chit

References

[1]
Henshaw 1979, p. 420.
[2]
Sakr 1992, p. 21.
[3]
Sakr 1992, p. 25.
[4]
Nehme, Ale. "Lebanon – List of Second Level Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
[5]
"Lebanese Second Division 2021/2022 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
[6]
"mycujoo live football streaming: Watch Football Online". mycujoo.tv. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
[7]
Khaled, Nasser (26 October 2022). اتفاقية تعاون بين الفيفا والاتحاد اللبناني [A cooperation agreement between FIFA and the Lebanese Football Association]. Kooora (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
[8]
الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم وFIFA+ يلتزمان بالنقل الحي للمباريات والمزيد من الفعاليات لجماهير كرة القدم حول العالم [The Lebanese Football Association and FIFA+ commit to live broadcasts of matches and more events for football fans around the world]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

Bibliography

Henshaw, Richard (1979). The Encyclopedia of World Soccer. Washington, D.C.: New Republic Books. ISBN 0915220342.
Sakr, Ali Hamidi (1992). موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991–1992 [1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia] (PDF) (in Arabic). مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع. ISBN 0000281247.

External links

Lebanese Second Division at Goalzz.com

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