2011–12 Lebanese Premier League

The 2011–12 Lebanese Premier League was Lebanon's 51st season of top-tier football. Twelve teams competed in the league, with Al Ahed being the defending champion.

Lebanese Premier League

Season	2011–12
Champions	Safa
AFC Cup	Safa Al-Ansar
UAFA Cup	Al Nejmeh
Matches played	264
Goals scored	343 (1.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohamad Haidar (12)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Teams

Shabab Al-Ghazieh and Al Islah were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places. Promoted from the second level were Al-Ahli Saida and Tripoli SC

Stadia and locations

Beirut

Tyre

Aley

Tripoli

Sidon

Locations of teams in the 2011–12 Lebanese Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
Al Ahed	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500
Al-Ansar	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500
Tripoli SC	Tripoli	Tripoli Municipal Stadium	22,000
Al-Mabarrah	Beirut	Mabarra Stadium	5,000
Al-Nejmeh	Beirut	Rafic El-Hariri Stadium	15,000
Al-Tadamon	Tyre	Sour Stadium	6,500
Racing	Beirut	Fouad Shehab Stadium	5,000
Safa	Beirut	Safa Stadium	4,000
Shabab Al-Sahel	Beirut	Beirut Municipal Stadium	22,500
Al-Ahli Saida	Sidon	Saida Municipal Stadium	22,600
Al-Akhaa	Aley	Amin AbdelNour Stadium	3,500
Salam Sour	Tyre	Sour Stadium	6,500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahed	Ousama Helbawi	Mohamad Al Sahel	Abbas Kanaan	Lotto	Al-Manar
Al-Ansar	Karim Diab	Jamal Taha	Sami Al Shoum	Lotto
Tripoli SC			Ibrahim Sweidan	Lotto
Al-Mabarrah	Ahmad Fadallah	Assaf	Ismail Kassem	Lotto	Bahman Hospital
Al-Nejmeh	Mohammad Amin Daouk	Moussa Hojeij	Abbas Ahmed Atwi	Joma	Banque de la Méditerranée
Al-Tadamon	Nassir Basma	Mohammad Zheir	Bilal Hajjo	Adidas	Yasour.org
Racing	George Farah	David Nakhid	Hassan Koleit	Adidas
Safa	Issam Al-Sayegh	Akram Ahmad Salman	Khodor Salameh	Joma	Net-Gaz
Shabab Al-Sahel	Samir Dbooq	Hajj Hammoud	Ali Mtairik	Adidas	S.G.H
Al-Ahli Saida	Ahmad Harriri		Ahmad Atwi	Adidas
Al-Akhaa	Ali Abdl Lateef	Samir Saad	Ahmad Diab	Lotto
Salam Sour	Bilal Bittar	Foad Saad	Ousama Haidar	Adidas

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Safa	22	17	4	1	50	15	+35	55	2013 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Al Nejmeh	22	16	3	3	37	16	+21	51
3	Al Ahed	22	14	6	2	40	17	+23	48
4	Al Ansar	22	13	5	4	38	18	+20	44	2013 AFC Cup Group stage[a]
5	Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley	22	8	4	10	28	32	−4	28
6	Shabab Al-Sahel	22	7	6	9	25	26	−1	27
7	Tripoli SC	22	5	9	8	26	26	0	24
8	Racing Beirut	22	5	8	9	18	25	−7	23
9	Salam Sour	22	5	6	11	28	38	−10	21
10	Al-Tadamon Tyre	22	3	11	8	14	26	−12	20
11	Al-Mabarrah (R)	22	3	4	15	21	44	−23	13	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12	Al-Ahli Saida (R)	22	2	4	16	18	53	−35	10

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2012. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. via 2011–12 Lebanese FA Cup

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	AHD	ALS	AKA	ANS	AMB	NJM	TAD	RCB	SFA	SLS	SAS	TSC
Al Ahed			3–0	2–2		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2
Al-Ahli Saida	0–2		1–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	3–3	1–1	2–1
Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Aley	1–5	4–1		0–1	3–3	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1
Al Ansar	1–0	4–2	1–2		3–2	0–0	0–1	1–0		3–1	2–3	2–0
Al-Mabarrah	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–1		2–4	0–2	1–4	1–3	3–2	0–2	1–3
Al Nejmeh	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–0		3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0
Al-Tadamon Tyre	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1			1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0
Racing Beirut	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1		2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1
Safa	2–0		2–1		2–0	0–1	5–1	0–0		3–1	3–0	2–1
Salam Sour		2–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–3		0–2	0–0
Shabab Al-Sahel	0–2	3–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3		1–3
Tripoli SC	2–2	5–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2012. Source: FIFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• League Table