2019–20 in Lebanese football

Football in Lebanon
Season	2019–20
Men's football
Elite Cup	Shabab Sahel
Challenge Cup	Bourj
Lebanese Super Cup	Ahed
Women's football
Football League	SAS

The 2019–20 season was the 87th season of competitive football in Lebanon.^[1] Due to political and financial issues in the country, on 21 January 2020, the LFA decided to suspend all football leagues until further notice, and cancelled the three match days that were previously played (the last one being on 17 October 2019).^[2] With the COVID-19 pandemic also stopping sporting activities globally, the season was officially cancelled on 28 May 2020.^[3]

National teams

Lebanon national football team

Kits

Home

Away

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

10 September 2019 Friendly	Oman	1–0	Lebanon	Seeb, Oman
19:30 UTC+4	Al-Ghassani 55' Al-Rawahi 68'	Report	Ataya 80' Mansour 89'	Stadium: Al-Seeb Stadium Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

2019 WAFF Championship

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq (H)	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3	10	Advances to final
2	Palestine	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
3	Yemen	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
4	Lebanon	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
5	Syria	4	0	2	2	5	7	−2	2

Source: Goalzz
(H) Hosts

30 July 2019 2019 WAFF Championship GS	Iraq	1–0	Lebanon	Karbala, Iraq
19:30 UTC+3	Ali 58'	Report		Stadium: Karbala Sports City Attendance: 25,125 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

2 August 2019 2019 WAFF Championship GS	Lebanon	2–1	Syria	Karbala, Iraq
22:30 UTC+3	Matar 81' Moni 90+1'	Report	Al Douni 48'	Stadium: Karbala Sports City Attendance: 500 Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

5 August 2019 2019 WAFF Championship GS	Lebanon	0–0	Palestine	Karbala, Iraq
22:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Karbala Sports City Attendance: 500 Referee: Saad Khalefah (Kuwait)

8 August 2019 2019 WAFF Championship GS	Yemen	2–1	Lebanon	Karbala, Iraq
19:30 UTC+3	Mansoor 43' Al-Matari 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Kdouh 26'	Stadium: Karbala Sports City Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Second round: Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	5	1	0	22	1	+21	16	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	—	2–1	5–0	8–0	~~Canc.~~
2	Lebanon	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup	0–0	—	2–1	3–2	~~0–0~~
3	Turkmenistan	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	9	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	~~3–1~~
4	Sri Lanka	6	0	0	6	2	23	−21	0	Asian Cup qualifying third round	0–5	0–3	0–2	—	~~0–1~~
5	North Korea^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew	~~0–0~~	~~2–0~~	~~Canc.~~	~~Canc.~~	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ North Korea withdrew due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings.^[4]^[5]

5 September 2019 2019 World Cup qualification R2	North Korea	2–0	Lebanon	Pyongyang, North Korea
17:30 UTC+9	Jong Il-gwan 7', 56' Kim Chol-bom 62' Jang Kuk-chol 71' Sim Hyon-jin 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Haidar 42' El-Helwe 69'	Stadium: Kim Il-sung Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)

10 October 2019 2019 World Cup qualification R2	Lebanon	2–1	Turkmenistan	Beirut, Lebanon
19:00 UTC+3	El-Helwe 5' Aich 61' Matar 64' Haidar 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Annadurdyýew 62'	Stadium: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Attendance: 7,820 Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

15 October 2019 2019 World Cup qualification R2	Sri Lanka	0–3	Lebanon	Colombo, Sri Lanka
19:30 UTC+5:30	Puslas 26' Fernando 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Maatouk 15' (pen.) El-Helwe 38' (pen.), 81'	Stadium: Colombo Racecourse Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

14 November 2019 2022 World Cup qualification R2	Lebanon	0–0	South Korea	Beirut, Lebanon
15:00 UTC+2	Haidar 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hwang Hee-chan 63'	Stadium: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Attendance: 170^[a] Referee: Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)

19 November 2019 2022 World Cup qualification R2	Lebanon	0–0	North Korea	Beirut, Lebanon
19:00 UTC+2	A. Michel Melki 19' Jradi 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ri Kwang-il 63' Jong Il-gwan 83'	Stadium: Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Attendance: ^[a] Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

AFC competitions

AFC Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	JAI	MAN	AHE	HQU
1	Al-Jaish	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4^[b]	—	0–0	~~29 Oct~~	~~4 Nov~~
2	Manama	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4^[b]	~~1 Nov~~	—	1–0	~~29 Oct~~
3	Al-Ahed	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	~~26 Oct~~	~~4 Nov~~	—	2–1
4	Hilal Al-Quds	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0	0–1	~~26 Oct~~	~~1 Nov~~	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The Lebanon v South Korea and the Lebanon v North Korea matches were played behind closed door due to security reasons regarding the Lebanese protests.^[6]^[7]
^ ^a ^b 2019 AFC association ranking: Syria (Al-Jaish) 22nd, Bahrain (Manama) 27th.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KWT	ANS	WAT	FAI
1	Al-Kuwait	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	—	1–0	~~4 Nov~~	~~29 Oct~~
2	Al-Ansar	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3	~~1 Nov~~	—	~~29 Oct~~	4–3
3	Al-Wathba	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0–0	~~26 Oct~~	—	~~1 Nov~~
4	Al-Faisaly	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1	~~26 Oct~~	~~4 Nov~~	0–0	—

Source: AFC

Men's football

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Lebanese Premier League	Bourj Shabab Bourj	Bekaa Racing Beirut
Lebanese Second Division	AC Sporting Ansar Howara	Shabab Arabi Homenetmen

Lebanese Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ansar	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
2	Bourj	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
3	Nejmeh	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
4	Shabab Sahel	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
5	Akhaa Ahli Aley	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
6	Safa	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
7	Ahed	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
8	Salam Zgharta	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
9	Tripoli	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
10	Shabab Bourj	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
11	Tadamon Sour	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12	Chabab Ghazieh	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.

Lebanese Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sagesse	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
2	Sporting	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
3	Egtmaaey	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
4	Ahli Saida	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
5	Mabarra	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
6	Nahda Barelias	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
7	Bekaa	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
8	Racing Beirut	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
9	Ansar Howara	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
10	Islah Borj Shmali	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
11	Ahli Nabatieh	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	Relegation to Lebanese Third Division
12	Nasser Bar Elias	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1	Relegation to Lebanese Third Division

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2019. Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.

Cup competitions

Lebanese FA Cup

Lebanese Super Cup

15 September 2019

16:00 UTC+3

Ansar	1–2	Ahed
Khamis 24' (o.g.)	Report	Akaïchi 26', 42'

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohammed Darwish

Lebanese Elite Cup

Final

25 August 2019

21:30 UTC+3

Shabab Sahel	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Ansar
A. Atwi 41' Daouda 48' Coulibaly 55'	Report	Onika 18' Maatouk 60' Hadji Malick 65'
Penalties
Onika Coulibaly Assi Kourani Daouda	5–3	Maatouk Louati Hadji Malick Kojok

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ali Reza

Lebanese Challenge Cup

Final

24 August 2019

17:00 UTC+3

Salam Zgharta	0–2	Bourj
	Report	Abou Hamdan 46' Achour 89'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hussein Abu Yahya

Women's football

Lebanese Women's Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS	7	6	1	0	54	2	+52	19	Qualification to the final eight
2	Safa	7	5	1	1	43	2	+41	16
3	BFA	7	3	4	0	41	4	+37	13
4	ÓBerytus	7	4	1	2	28	8	+20	13
5	United Tripoli	7	2	2	3	18	15	+3	8
6	Super Girls	7	2	1	4	15	25	−10	7
7	Primo	7	1	0	6	5	53	−48	3
8	Helium	7	0	0	7	0	95	−95	0

Source: women.football.lb
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	EFP	7	7	0	0	63	3	+60	21	Qualification to the final eight
2	Akhaa Ahli Aley	7	6	0	1	27	9	+18	18
3	Stars of South	7	4	0	3	27	8	+19	12
4	Montada North Lebanon	7	4	0	3	14	23	−9	12
5	Sakafi Chhim	7	3	0	4	17	18	−1	9
6	Salam Zgharta	6	2	0	4	7	31	−24	6
7	Hoops	6	0	1	5	2	32	−30	1
8	Kfarchima	7	0	1	6	4	37	−33	1

Source: women.football.lb
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS (C)	7	6	0	1	35	6	+29	18	Champions
2	Safa	7	5	2	0	26	5	+21	17
3	EFP	7	5	1	1	29	6	+23	16
4	BFA	7	3	1	3	8	13	−5	10
5	Akhaa Ahli Aley	7	1	3	3	8	22	−14	6
6	Stars of South	7	1	1	5	8	21	−13	4
7	ÓBerytus	7	1	1	5	7	26	−19	4
8	Montada North Lebanon	7	1	1	5	4	26	−22	4

Source: women.football.lb
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Notes

References

^ "All the key dates for the new 2019/2020 Lebanese Football Season". FaLebanon. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^ "القرار المرّ: نشاط الفوتبول معلّق حتى إشعار آخر". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-01-27.
^ "رسميا.. إلغاء الموسم الكروي في لبنان". كووورة. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
^ "Latest update on Asian Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ "Latest decision on Asian Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ "Lebanon-Korea Republic match to be played behind closed doors". AFC. 14 November 2019.
^ "Lebanon-DPR Korea match to be played behind closed doors". AFC. 19 November 2019.

External links

RSSSF

[table_note_PRK0.19884484875893-6] North Korea withdrew due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the results of their matches were excluded from the group standings.^[4]^[5]

[closed-9] The Lebanon v South Korea and the Lebanon v North Korea matches were played behind closed door due to security reasons regarding the Lebanese protests.^[6]^[7]

[table_hth_JAI0.48757858271132-10] 2019 AFC association ranking: Syria (Al-Jaish) 22nd, Bahrain (Manama) 27th.

[1] "All the key dates for the new 2019/2020 Lebanese Football Season". FaLebanon. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[:1-2] "القرار المرّ: نشاط الفوتبول معلّق حتى إشعار آخر". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-01-27.

[:2-3] "رسميا.. إلغاء الموسم الكروي في لبنان". كووورة. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

[4] "Latest update on Asian Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[AFC_0527-5] "Latest decision on Asian Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[7] "Lebanon-Korea Republic match to be played behind closed doors". AFC. 14 November 2019.

[8] "Lebanon-DPR Korea match to be played behind closed doors". AFC. 19 November 2019.

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