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Lebanese Premier League

FIFA Region

AFC

Season

2025-2026

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 2025-2026 LIB1 season, the LIB1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027 AFC Challenge League - Group Stage:
- 1st place 2025-2026 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
LIB4	Lebanese Fourth Divison	-
LIB5	Lebanese Fifth Divison	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
19 Sep 2025 - 19 Jul 2026			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 2027 AFC Champions League and 2027 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) Fair-play points.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 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
1	Al-Ansar SC	15	12 -1-2	37	-	35	9	26	8	6 -0-2	18	16	6	10	7	6 -1-0	19	19	3	16
2	Nejmeh SC	13	9 -3-1	30	-	28	7	21	6	5 -0-1	15	14	2	12	7	4 -3-0	15	14	5	9
3	Jwaya SC	15	9 -1-5	28	-	24	7	17	6	3 -1-2	10	11	3	8	9	6 -0-3	18	13	4	9
4	Al-Ahed SC	14	9 -1-4	28	-	22	14	8	6	3 -1-2	10	7	9	-2	8	6 -0-2	18	15	5	10
5	Safa Beirut SC	14	6 -2-6	20	-	16	10	6	8	4 -1-3	13	7	4	3	6	2 -1-3	7	9	6	3
6	Shabab Al Sahel FC	14	4 -5-5	17	-	13	14	-1	8	3 -4-1	13	7	5	2	6	1 -1-4	4	6	9	-3
7	Sagesse SC	13	5 -2-6	17	-	15	17	-2	7	4 -0-3	12	11	10	1	6	1 -2-3	5	4	7	-3
8	Tadamon Sour SC	14	3 -7-4	16	-	10	12	-2	6	1 -3-2	6	3	6	-3	8	2 -4-2	10	7	6	1
9	Al Mabarra Club	14	3 -6-5	15	-	7	15	-8	8	3 -3-2	12	7	9	-2	6	0 -3-3	3	0	6	-6
10	Al-Abbassieh	15	3 -4-8	13	-	11	22	-11	7	0 -3-4	3	1	8	-7	8	3 -1-4	10	10	14	-4
11	Racing Beirut	14	0 -1-13	1	-	4	46	-42	7	0 -0-7	0	3	28	-25	7	0 -1-6	1	1	18	-17
2026-2027 AFC Challenge League 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-Ansar SC	15	12 -1-2	37	-	35	9	26	8	6 -0-2	18	16	6	10	7	6 -1-0	19	19	3	16
2	Nejmeh SC	13	9 -3-1	30	-	28	7	21	6	5 -0-1	15	14	2	12	7	4 -3-0	15	14	5	9
3	Jwaya SC	15	9 -1-5	28	-	24	7	17	6	3 -1-2	10	11	3	8	9	6 -0-3	18	13	4	9
4	Al-Ahed SC	14	9 -1-4	28	-	22	14	8	6	3 -1-2	10	7	9	-2	8	6 -0-2	18	15	5	10
5	Safa Beirut SC	14	6 -2-6	20	-	16	10	6	8	4 -1-3	13	7	4	3	6	2 -1-3	7	9	6	3
6	Shabab Al Sahel FC	14	4 -5-5	17	-	13	14	-1	8	3 -4-1	13	7	5	2	6	1 -1-4	4	6	9	-3
7	Sagesse SC	13	5 -2-6	17	-	15	17	-2	7	4 -0-3	12	11	10	1	6	1 -2-3	5	4	7	-3
8	Tadamon Sour SC	14	3 -7-4	16	-	10	12	-2	6	1 -3-2	6	3	6	-3	8	2 -4-2	10	7	6	1
9	Al Mabarra Club	14	3 -6-5	15	-	7	15	-8	8	3 -3-2	12	7	9	-2	6	0 -3-3	3	0	6	-6
10	Al-Abbassieh	15	3 -4-8	13	-	11	22	-11	7	0 -3-4	3	1	8	-7	8	3 -1-4	10	10	14	-4
11	Bourj FC	11	3 -1-7	10	-	8	20	-12	6	3 -1-2	10	7	9	-2	5	0 -0-5	0	1	11	-10
12	Racing Beirut	14	0 -1-13	1	-	4	46	-42	7	0 -0-7	0	3	28	-25	7	0 -1-6	1	1	18	-17
Championship Round Relegation Round