en 2021%E2%80%9322 in Lebanese football

Football in Lebanon
Season	2021–22
Men's football
Premier League	Ahed
Second Division	Chabab Ghazieh
Third Division	Riyadi Abbasiya
FA Cup	Nejmeh
Elite Cup	Nejmeh
Challenge Cup	Bourj
Super Cup	Ansar
Women's football
Football League	SAS
Super Cup	Safa

The 2021–22 season was the 89th season of competitive football in Lebanon. The season officially began on 12 July 2021 with the Lebanese Elite Cup.^[1]

National teams

Lebanon national football team

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Third round: Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	10	8	1	1	15	4	+11	25	2022 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
2	South Korea	10	7	2	1	13	3	+10	23	2022 FIFA World Cup	2–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
3	United Arab Emirates	10	3	3	4	7	7	0	12	Fourth round	0–1	1–0	—	2–2	2–0	0–0
4	Iraq	10	1	6	3	6	12	−6	9		0–3	0–3	1–0	—	1–1	0–0
5	Syria	10	1	3	6	9	16	−7	6		0–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–3
6	Lebanon	10	1	3	6	5	13	−8	6		1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	—

Source: FIFA, AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R3	United Arab Emirates	0–0	Lebanon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:45 UTC+4		Report		Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

7 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R3	South Korea	1–0	Lebanon	Suwon, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Kwon Chang-hoon 59'	Report		Stadium: Suwon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

7 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Iraq	0–0	Lebanon	Doha, Qatar
17:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

12 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Syria	2–3	Lebanon	Amman, Jordan
19:00 UTC+3	Khribin 20' Al Somah 65'	Report	Kdouh 45+1', 45+3' Saad 53'	Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

11 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Lebanon	1–2	Iran	Sidon, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+2	Saad 37'	Report	Azmoun 90+1' Nourollahi 90+5'	Stadium: Saida Municipal Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

16 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Lebanon	0–1	United Arab Emirates	Sidon, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+2		Report	Mabkhout 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Saida Municipal Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

27 January 2022 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Lebanon	0–1	South Korea	Sidon, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+2		Report	Cho Gue-sung 45+1'	Stadium: Saida Municipal Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

1 February 2022 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Lebanon	1–1	Iraq	Sidon, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+2	Sabra 45+2'	Report	Hussein 39'	Stadium: Saida Municipal Stadium Attendance: 6,341 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

24 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Lebanon	0–3	Syria	Sidon, Lebanon
14:00 UTC+2		Report	Al Dali 14' Mardikian 38' (pen.) Al Marmour 44'	Stadium: Saida Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,422 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

29 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification R3	Iran	2–0	Lebanon	Mashhad, Iran
16:00 UTC+4:30	Azmoun 35' Jahanbakhsh 62'	Report		Stadium: Imam Reza Stadium Attendance: 22,453 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

FIFA Arab Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Algeria	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Sudan	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Fair-play points: Egypt –6, Algeria –11.

1 December 2021 2021 FIFA Arab Cup GS	Egypt	1–0	Lebanon	Doha, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3	Magdy 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

4 December 2021 2021 FIFA Arab Cup GS	Lebanon	0–2	Algeria	Al Wakrah, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Brahimi 69' (pen.) Meziani 90+3'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

7 December 2021 2021 FIFA Arab Cup GS	Lebanon	1–0	Sudan	Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Abu Eshrein 76' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)

Lebanon women's national football team

2021 Arab Women's Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	3	2	1	0	16	2	+14	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	14	3	+11	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Lebanon	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Sudan	3	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

Source: Goalzz.com
(H) Hosts

24 August 2021 2021 Arab Cup GS	Tunisia	0–0	Lebanon	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Police Academy Stadium Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

27 August 2021 2021 Arab Cup GS	Lebanon	0–4	Egypt	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2		Report	Elmitwalli Nadda Abu Al Joud Ghazi	Stadium: Police Academy Stadium Referee: Lamia Athman (Algeria)

30 August 2021 2021 Arab Cup GS	Lebanon	5–1	Sudan	Cairo, Egypt
21:00 UTC+2	Al Kasti 3', 19' Maalouf 6' Salha 26', 44'	Report	Ragab 50'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium

2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar	3	3	0	14	0	+14	9	Final tournament
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	4	4	0	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Guam	3	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

18 October 2021 2022 Asian Cup qualification	Myanmar	4–0	Lebanon	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
12:00 UTC+6	Win Theingi Tun 24' (pen.) Myat Noe Khin 64' San Thaw Thaw 86' July Kyaw 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Referee: Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei)

21 October 2021 2022 Asian Cup qualification	Lebanon	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
12:00 UTC+6	Salha 54'	Report		Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Park Se-jin (South Korea)

24 October 2021 2022 Asian Cup qualification	Guam	0–3	Lebanon	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
17:00 UTC+6		Report	Tamim 29', 61' Iskandar 47'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei)

Men's football

AFC Cup

2021

Zonal semi-finals

20 September 2021 2021 AFC Cup ZSF	Al-Muharraq	3–0	Al-Ahed	Arad, Bahrain
18:15 UTC+3	Jona 67' Al Sherooqi 86' Al-Hayki 90+2'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

2022

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SEB	KSC	JAB	ANS
1	Al-Seeb (H)	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Zonal semi-finals	—	—	1–0	—
2	Al-Kuwait	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5		2–1	—	—	—
3	Jableh	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4		—	0–0	—	1–0
4	Al-Ansar	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1		0–4	1–1	—	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EAR	TIS	NEJ	HAQ
1	East Riffa (H)	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Zonal semi-finals	—	2–0	—	2–2
2	Tishreen	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4^[a]		—	—	3–1	0–0
3	Nejmeh	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4^[a]		1–1	—	—	—
4	Hilal Al-Quds	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2		—	—	0–2	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Tishreen 3, Nejmeh 0.

Lebanese Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Ahed (C)	19	14	5	0	37	6	+31	47	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[b]
2	Ansar	19	10	5	4	34	13	+21	35
3	Bourj	19	9	7	3	22	16	+6	34
4	Shabab Sahel	19	8	3	8	28	32	−4	27
5	Shabab Bourj^[c] (R)	11	4	2	5	15	17	−2	14^[d]	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
6	Tadamon Sour	19	3	5	11	15	28	−13	14^[d]

7	Nejmeh^[e]	21	9	9	3	29	16	+13	30	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage^[b]
8	Tripoli	21	8	5	8	23	24	−1	29
9	Sagesse	21	8	3	10	17	32	−15	27
10	Akhaa Ahli Aley	21	7	4	10	18	24	−6	25
11	Safa^[c]	21	6	4	11	19	29	−10	22
12	Sporting (R)	21	3	2	16	16	36	−20	11	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) Draw.
(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), where each team played the other teams in their group twice (10 matches).
^ ^a ^b Nejmeh qualified for the AFC Cup group stage as 2021–22 Lebanese FA Cup winners.
^ ^a ^b Following Shabab Bourj's withdrawal from the league, all their matches in the championship round were voided. They were relegated instead of 11th-placed Safa.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Shabab Bourj 0–0 Tadamon Sour
^ Nejmeh forfeited in matchday 9 and were deducted 6 points. Ahed were awarded a 3–0 walkover win.

Lebanese Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation^[a]
1	Chabab Ghazieh (C, P)	21	14	4	3	41	21	+20	46	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
2	Salam Zgharta (P)	21	13	4	4	35	16	+19	43	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
3	Racing Beirut	21	13	2	6	36	18	+18	41
4	Nabi Chit	21	9	5	7	27	22	+5	32
5	Nahda Barelias	21	7	4	10	23	33	−10	25
6	Egtmaaey	21	7	1	13	20	38	−18	22

7	Mabarra	21	7	6	8	17	17	0	27
8	Islah Borj Shmali	21	6	7	8	19	26	−7	25
9	Ahli Saida	21	7	4	10	23	30	−7	25
10	Ahli Nabatieh	21	6	6	9	22	24	−2	24
11	Shabab Majdal Anjar (R)	21	6	4	11	18	26	−8	22	Relegation to Lebanese Third Division
12	Sporting Qlaileh (R)	21	4	7	10	17	27	−10	19	Relegation to Lebanese Third 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) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other once (11 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Lebanese Third Division

Cup competitions

Lebanese FA Cup

Final

11 June 2022

15:30 UTC+3

Ansar (1)	1–2	Nejmeh (1)
Diarra 61'	Report	Alaaeddine 38' Ghaddar 84'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Abdulhadi Al Asmar Al Ruaile (Qatar)

Lebanese Elite Cup

Final

31 July 2021

17:00 UTC+3

Nejmeh	3–3	Ahed
Zein 29', 50' Takaji 42'	Report	Nasser 34' Kdouh 58' Khamis 64'
Penalties
Al Saadi Annan Kourani Chehade Bader	5–4	Kdouh Monzer Zein Farran Dakik

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Hussein Abou Yehia

Lebanese Challenge Cup

Final

1 August 2021

17:00 UTC+3

Tripoli	4–2	Bourj
El Outa 6', 75' Al-Mel 71', 83'	Report	Korhani 80', 88'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Lebanese Super Cup

7 August 2021

16:00 UTC+3

Ansar	2–2	Nejmeh
Hijazi 68' Ayoub 90+4'	Report	Zein 39' Takaji 59'
Penalties
Maatouk Ayoub Tneich Al Haj Darwich	5–4	Al Saadi El Zein Kanso Kourani Ghaddar

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Ali Reda

Women's football

Lebanese Women's Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS	13	11	1	1	45	10	+35	34	Champions
2	Safa	13	10	2	1	59	7	+52	32
3	EFP	13	8	2	3	61	17	+44	26
4	BFA	13	7	3	3	45	16	+29	24
5	Super Girls	13	3	1	9	24	42	−18	10
6	ÓBerytus	13	3	1	9	25	46	−21	10
7	Taadod Mazraat Chouf^[a]	7	1	1	5	4	34	−30	4	Withdraw
8	United Tripoli	13	0	1	12	4	95	−91	1

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

^ Taadod Mazraat Chouf withdrew and their matches from the second half of the season were annulled.^[2]

Cup competitions

Lebanese Women's Super Cup

References

^ Hijazi, Alloffs (1 July 2021). "قرعة متوازنة في كأس النخبة". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ Nehme, Ale; Schöggl, Hans. "Lebanon (Women) 2021/22". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[table_hth_EGY0.50147696607815-2] Fair-play points: Egypt –6, Algeria –11.

[table_hth_TIS0.27418371768397-3] Head-to-head points: Tishreen 3, Nejmeh 0.

[4] Teams played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six), where each team played the other teams in their group twice (10 matches).

[table_note_res_ACCGS10.47502561401344-5] Nejmeh qualified for the AFC Cup group stage as 2021–22 Lebanese FA Cup winners.

[table_note_SHB0.47502561401344-6] Following Shabab Bourj's withdrawal from the league, all their matches in the championship round were voided. They were relegated instead of 11th-placed Safa.

[table_hth_SHB0.47502561401344-7] Head-to-head results: Shabab Bourj 0–0 Tadamon Sour

[table_note_NEJ0.47502561401344-8] Nejmeh forfeited in matchday 9 and were deducted 6 points. Ahed were awarded a 3–0 walkover win.

[9] Teams play each other once (11 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_TAA0.59015618664685-11] Taadod Mazraat Chouf withdrew and their matches from the second half of the season were annulled.^[2]

[1] Hijazi, Alloffs (1 July 2021). "قرعة متوازنة في كأس النخبة". El Maestro Sport (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[10] Nehme, Ale; Schöggl, Hans. "Lebanon (Women) 2021/22". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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2021–22 in Lebanese football

National teams

Lebanon national football team

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Third round: Group A

FIFA Arab Cup

Group D

Lebanon women's national football team

2021 Arab Women's Cup

Group A

2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Group D

Men's football

AFC Cup

2021

Zonal semi-finals

2022

Group stage

Group A

Group C

Lebanese Premier League

Lebanese Second Division

Lebanese Third Division

Cup competitions

Lebanese FA Cup

Final

Lebanese Elite Cup

Final

Lebanese Challenge Cup

Final

Lebanese Super Cup

Women's football

Lebanese Women's Football League

Cup competitions

Lebanese Women's Super Cup

References