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Lebanese Premier League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2023-2024

Location

Lebanon

Abbreviation

LIB1

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Summary

The Lebanese Premier League (LIB1) is the top football league in the Lebanese football system. At the end of the 2023-2024 LIB1 season, the LIB1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2025 AFC Challenge Cup:
- 1st place 2023-2024 LIB1 Championship Round team

Leagues Pyramid - Lebanon

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
LIB1	Lebanese Premier League	12
LIB2	Lebanese Second Divison	12
LIB3	Lebanese Third Divison	28
LIB3	Lebanese Fourth Divison	-
LIB3	Lebanese Fifth Divison	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
3 Aug 2023 - 26 May 2024			12: LIB1 (10), LIB2 (2)

Season Format

The LIB1 season consists of 2 phases. In the first phase, each LIB1 team plays matches with the other 11 LIB1 teams once for a total of 11 league matches per team. The second phase consists of the Championship Round and the Relegation Round. In the Championship Round, the top six teams play each other twice (10 more matches) to determine final rankings for 2025 AFC Champions League and 2025 AFC Cup placements. In the Relegation Round, the bottom six teams play each other twice (10 more matches) to determine the relegation placements. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) total goal difference, (4) total goals scored, then (5) disciplinary points.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2023-2024 Regular season, the 5th and 6th place Relegation Round LIB1 teams will be relegated directly to the LIB2.

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2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	Al-Ansar SC	23	14 -7-2	39	-10	47	21	26	11	8 -2-1	26	23	7	16	12	6 -5-1	23	24	14	10
2	Nejmeh SC	23	16 -3-4	37	-14	39	18	21	12	8 -1-3	25	18	13	5	11	8 -2-1	26	21	5	16
3	Al-Ahed SC	23	13 -5-5	30	-14	47	19	28	10	5 -2-3	17	22	11	11	13	8 -3-2	27	25	8	17
4	Safa Beirut SC	23	8 -9-6	25	-8	33	31	2	8	3 -3-2	12	12	9	3	15	5 -6-4	21	21	22	-1
5	Bourj FC	23	8 -7-8	21	-10	24	28	-4	11	3 -4-4	13	13	12	1	12	5 -3-4	18	11	16	-5
6	Racing Beirut	23	3 -10-10	12	-7	26	42	-16	14	1 -7-6	10	14	22	-8	9	2 -3-4	9	12	20	-8
Relegation
1	Shabab Al Sahel FC	26	10 -9-7	32	-7	30	23	7	13	4 -4-5	16	17	14	3	13	6 -5-2	23	13	9	4
2	Tadamon Sour SC	26	7 -7-12	26	-2	16	28	-12	14	5 -3-6	18	12	16	-4	12	2 -4-6	10	4	12	-8
3	Sagesse SC	26	7 -6-13	24	-3	21	30	-9	12	4 -2-6	14	12	15	-3	14	3 -4-7	13	9	15	-6
4	Chabab Ghazieh SC	26	6 -7-13	23	-2	22	41	-19	13	2 -6-5	12	9	15	-6	13	4 -1-8	13	13	26	-13
5	Al Ahli Nabatiya	26	5 -10-11	22	-3	16	32	-16	13	3 -5-5	14	9	15	-6	13	2 -5-6	11	7	17	-10
6	AC Tripoli	26	7 -6-13	21	-6	21	29	-8	16	4 -4-8	16	14	18	-4	10	3 -2-5	11	7	11	-4
2024-2025 AFCCUP Relegation to LIB2

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Al-Ahed SC	11	9 -1-1	28	-	31	6	25	5	4 -0-1	12	15	3	12	6	5 -1-0	16	16	3	13
2	Nejmeh SC	11	9 -1-1	28	-	25	11	14	5	4 -0-1	12	10	7	3	6	5 -1-0	16	15	4	11
3	Bourj FC	11	6 -3-2	21	-	17	11	6	5	2 -2-1	8	10	6	4	6	4 -1-1	13	7	5	2
4	Al-Ansar SC	11	5 -5-1	20	-	20	13	7	5	2 -2-1	8	6	5	1	6	3 -3-0	12	14	8	6
5	Safa Beirut SC	11	4 -5-2	17	-	22	17	5	5	2 -2-1	8	11	7	4	6	2 -3-1	9	11	10	1
6	Racing Beirut	11	3 -6-2	15	-	19	19	0	5	1 -3-1	6	8	6	2	6	2 -3-1	9	11	13	-2
7	Shabab Al Sahel FC	11	3 -5-3	14	-	11	15	-4	5	0 -3-2	3	3	9	-6	6	3 -2-1	11	8	6	2
8	AC Tripoli	11	3 -3-5	12	-	11	13	-2	11	3 -3-5	12	11	13	-2	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
9	Sagesse SC	11	2 -1-8	7	-	9	18	-9	5	1 -0-4	3	5	10	-5	6	1 -1-4	4	4	8	-4
10	Al Ahli Nabatiya	11	0 -6-5	6	-	5	15	-10	5	0 -3-2	3	3	8	-5	6	0 -3-3	3	2	7	-5
11	Tadamon Sour SC	11	1 -2-8	5	-	5	16	-11	5	1 -1-3	4	4	7	-3	6	0 -1-5	1	1	9	-8
12	Chabab Ghazieh SC	11	1 -2-8	5	-	5	26	-21	5	1 -1-3	4	4	9	-5	6	0 -1-5	1	1	17	-16
Championship Round Relegation Round