Lebanese Second Division

The Lebanese Second Division (Arabic: الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association.^[1] The 12 teams that participate in the league play each other twice, once at home and once away, with the champions and the second placed team qualifying to the Lebanese Premier League to replace the bottom two teams.

Lebanese Second Division

Organising body	Lebanese Football Association (LFA)
Founded	1933; 92 years ago (1933)
Country	Lebanon
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Lebanese Premier League
Relegation to	Lebanese Third Division
Domestic cup(s)	Lebanese FA Cup
Current champions	Jwaya (1st title) (2024–25)
Broadcaster(s)	FIFA+
Website	the-lfa.com
Current: 2024–25 Lebanese Second Division

History

Salam Achrafieh won the inaugural edition of the Second Division, in 1933–34, after beating Ararad 2–0 in the final.^[2] There was no promotion or relegation system at the time, so Salam Achrafieh remained in the Second Division.^[2] In April 1935, Second Division clubs requested a promotion system to be implemented.^[3] It was proposed that, at the end of the season, every Second Division team that wanted to be promoted to the First Division had to play against three teams from the First Division, one match each, winning all three.^[3] The teams from the First Division had to have at least seven players from their previous season's squad.^[3]

Clubs

Champions

The following is a list of Lebanese Second Division champions.^[3][4]

No. Season Champion(s) 1 1933–34 Salam Achrafieh 2 1934–35 International 3 1935–36 International 4 1936–37 Salam Achrafieh 5 1937–38 Hilmi-Sport 6 1938–39 Racing Beirut 1939–40 Canceled 7 1940–41 Antranik B 8 1941–42 Shabiba Mazraa 9 1942–43 10 1943–44 Sagesse 11 1944–45 12 1945–46 Club de Gaulle 13 1946–47 Pagramian 14 1947–48 Sagesse 15 1948–49 1949–50 Canceled 16 1950–51 Nejmeh 1951 to 1953 Not in operation 17 1953–54

No. Season Champion(s) 18 1954–55 19 1955–56 Sagesse 20 1956–57 1957 to 1960 Not in operation 21 1959–60 Various[a] 22 1960–61 Various[b] 23 1961–62 24 1962–63 Various[c] 25 1963–64 Various 26 1964–65 Homenetmen BH 27 1965–66 Istiklal 28 1966–67 Istiklal 1967–68 Not contested 29 1968–69 30 1969–70 1970 to 1972 Not in operation 31 1972–73 1973–74 Canceled 32 1974–75 1975 to 1987 Not in operation

No. Season Champion(s) 33 1987–88 Mabarra 1988 to 1990 Not in operation 34 1990–91 Bourj 35 1991–92 Egtmaaey 36 1992–93 Akhaa Ahli Aley 37 1993–94 Harakat Shabab 38 1994–95 Riada Wal Adab 39 1995–96 Shabiba Mazraa 40 1996–97 Ahli Saida 41 1997–98 Salam Zgharta 42 1998–99 Sagesse 43 1999–2000 Racing Beirut 44 2000–01 Bourj 45 2001–02 Olympic Beirut 46 2002–03 Homenetmen 47 2003–04 Akhaa Ahli Aley 48 2004–05 Salam Zgharta 49 2005–06 Shabab Sahel 50 2006–07 Racing Beirut 51 2007–08 Salam Zgharta

No. Season Champion 52 2008–09 Ahli Saida 53 2009–10 Salam Sour 54 2010–11 Tripoli 55 2011–12 Egtmaaey 56 2012–13 Various[d] 57 2013–14 Various[e] 58 2014–15 Egtmaaey 59 2015–16 Tadamon Sour 60 2016–17 Shabab Arabi 61 2017–18 Shabab Sahel 62 2018–19 Bourj 63 2019–20 Not awarded 64 2020–21 Sporting 65 2021–22 Chabab Ghazieh 66 2022–23 Racing Beirut 67 2023–24 Riyadi Abbasiyah 68 2024–25 Jwaya

2024–25 season

The following 12 clubs competed in the Lebanese Second Division during the 2024–25 season.^[5]

Team	Home city	Position in 2023–24
Ahly Nabatieh	Nabatieh	11th in the Premier League
Akhaa Ahli Aley	Aley	6th
BFA Sporting	Beirut	8th
Irshad Chehim	Shheem	9th
Jwaya	Jwaya	4th
Mabarra	Beirut	3rd
Nahda Barelias	Bar Elias	10th
Okhwa Kharayeb	Al-Kharayeb	2nd in the Third Division
Rissala Toura	Toura	1st in the Third Division
Salam Zgharta	Zgharta	7th
Tripoli	Tripoli	12th in the Premier League
Wehda Saadnayel	Saadnayel	5th

Media coverage

In 2019, Mycujoo stream a selection of Lebanese Second Division games weekly.^[6] In October 2022, the LFA and FIFA signed an agreement to broadcast all matches in the Lebanese Second Division, Lebanese Super Cup and Lebanese Women's Football League, and some Lebanese Premier League, games through the FIFA+ platform.^[7][8]

See also

• List of second division football clubs in AFC countries

Notes

1. Mount Lebanon: Nejmet Sahra
   Beirut: unknown
   South: unknown
   North: unknown
2. Mount Lebanon: Chark
   Beirut: Safa
   South: Tadamon Sour
   North: Amal
3. Mount Lebanon: Nejmet Sahra
   Beirut: unknown
   South: unknown
   North: unknown
4. Group A: Salam Zgharta
   Group B: Mabarra
5. Group A: Chabab Ghazieh
   Group B: Nabi Chit