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{{short description|Second tier of the football pyramid of professional football league in Lebanon}}
{{Infobox football league
| name                 = Lebanese Second Division
| image                = 
| pixels               = 
| caption              = 
| organiser            = [[Lebanese Football Association]] (LFA)
| country              = Lebanon
| confed               = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=y|1933}}
| promotion            = [[Lebanese Premier League]]
| relegation           = [[Lebanese Third Division]]
| levels               = 2
| teams                = [[List of football clubs in Lebanon|12]]
| domest_cup           = [[Lebanese FA Cup]]
| league_cup           = 
| confed_cup           = 
| champions            = [[Jwayya SC|Jwayya]] (1st title)
| season               = [[2024–25 Lebanese Second Division|2024–25]]
| most successful club = 
| most appearances     = 
| top goalscorer       = 
| tv                   = [[FIFA+]]
| website              = {{URL|https://the-lfa.com/}}
| current              = [[2024–25 Lebanese Second Division]]
}}
The '''Lebanese Second Division''' ({{langx|ar|الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية}}) is the second division of [[Football in Lebanon|Lebanese football]]. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the [[Lebanese Football Association]].{{sfn|Henshaw|1979|p=420}} 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.

==History==
[[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Achrafieh]] won the inaugural edition of the Second Division, in [[1933–34 Lebanese Second Division|1933–34]], after beating [[Ararad SA|Ararad]] 2–0 in the final.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=21}} There was no [[Promotion and relegation|promotion or relegation system]] at the time, so Salam Achrafieh remained in the Second Division.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=21}} In April 1935, Second Division clubs requested a promotion system to be implemented.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=25}} It was proposed that, at the end of the season, every Second Division team that wanted to be promoted to the [[Lebanese Premier League|First Division]] had to play against three teams from the First Division, one match each, winning all three.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=25}} The teams from the First Division had to have at least seven players from their previous season's squad.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=25}} 

==Clubs==

===Champions===
{{Expand list|date=March 2019}}
The following is a list of Lebanese Second Division champions.{{Sfn|Sakr|1992|p=25}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nehme|first=Ale|title=Lebanon – List of Second Level Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/leb2champ.html|access-date=7 November 2020|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=30 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730080336/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/leb2champ.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
{|
|-
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
!'''No.'''
!Season
!Champion(s)
|-
|'''1'''
|[[1933–34 Lebanese Second Division|1933–34]]
|[[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Achrafieh]]
|-
|'''2'''
|[[1934–35 Lebanese Second Division|1934–35]]
|[[International SC (Lebanon)|International]]
|-
|'''3'''
|[[1935–36 Lebanese Second Division|1935–36]]
|[[International SC (Lebanon)|International]]
|-
|'''4'''
|[[1936–37 Lebanese Second Division|1936–37]]
|[[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Achrafieh]]
|-
|'''5'''
|[[1937–38 Lebanese Second Division|1937–38]]
|[[AS Hilmi-Sport|Hilmi-Sport]]
|-
|'''6'''
|[[1938–39 Lebanese Second Division|1938–39]]
|[[Racing Club Beirut|Racing Beirut]]
|-
|
|1939–40
|{{Tooltip|''Canceled''|The league's 1939–40 season was canceled before it began due to the outbreak of World War II.}}
|-
|'''7'''
|[[1940–41 Lebanese Second Division|1940–41]]
|[[Antranik Youth Association (football)|Antranik B]]
|-
|'''8'''
|[[1941–42 Lebanese Second Division|1941–42]]
|[[Al Shabiba Mazraa Beirut|Shabiba Mazraa]]
|-
|'''9'''
|[[1942–43 Lebanese Second Division|1942–43]]
|
|-
|'''10'''
|[[1943–44 Lebanese Second Division|1943–44]]
|[[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]]
|-
|'''11'''
|[[1944–45 Lebanese Second Division|1944–45]]
|
|-
|'''12'''
|[[1945–46 Lebanese Second Division|1945–46]]
|[[Club de Gaulle]]
|-
|'''13'''
|[[1946–47 Lebanese Second Division|1946–47]]
|[[Pagramian SC|Pagramian]]
|-
|'''14'''
|[[1947–48 Lebanese Second Division|1947–48]]
|[[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]]
|-
|'''15'''
|[[1948–49 Lebanese Second Division|1948–49]]
|
|-
|
|1949–50
|{{tooltip|''Canceled''|The league did not operate during the 1949–50 season.}}
|-
|'''16'''
|[[1950–51 Lebanese Second Division|1950–51]]
|[[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]]
|-
|
|1951 to 1953
|{{Tooltip|''Not in operation''|The league did not operate between 1951 and 1953.}}
|-
|'''17'''
|[[1953–54 Lebanese Second Division|1953–54]]
|
|}
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Season
!Champion(s)
|-
|'''18'''
|[[1954–55 Lebanese Second Division|1954–55]]
|
|-
|'''19'''
|[[1955–56 Lebanese Second Division|1955–56]]
|[[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]]
|-
|'''20'''
|[[1956–57 Lebanese Second Division|1956–57]]
|
|-
|
|1957 to 1960
|{{Tooltip|''Not in operation''|The league did not operate between 1957 and 1960.}}
|-
|'''21'''
|[[1959–60 Lebanese Second Division|1959–60]]
|''Various''{{Efn|Mount Lebanon: [[Nejmet Al Sahra SC|Nejmet Sahra]]<br />Beirut: ''unknown''<br />South: ''unknown''<br />North: ''unknown''}}
|-
|'''22'''
|[[1960–61 Lebanese Second Division|1960–61]]
|''Various''{{Efn|Mount Lebanon: [[Al Chark SC|Chark]]<br />Beirut: [[Safa SC|Safa]]<br />South: [[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]]<br />North: [[Al Amal SC|Amal]]}}
|-
|'''23'''
|[[1961–62 Lebanese Second Division|1961–62]]
|
|-
|'''24'''
|[[1962–63 Lebanese Second Division|1962–63]]
|''Various''{{Efn|Mount Lebanon: [[Nejmet Al Sahra SC|Nejmet Sahra]]<br />Beirut: ''unknown''<br />South: ''unknown''<br />North: ''unknown''}}
|-
|'''25'''
|[[1963–64 Lebanese Second Division|1963–64]]
|''Various''
|-
|'''26'''
|[[1964–65 Lebanese Second Division|1964–65]]
|[[Homenetmen Bourj Hammoud|Homenetmen BH]]
|-
|'''27'''
|[[1965–66 Lebanese Second Division|1965–66]]
|[[Istiklal SC|Istiklal]]
|-
|'''28'''
|[[1966–67 Lebanese Second Division|1966–67]]
|[[Istiklal SC|Istiklal]]
|-
|
|1967–68
|{{Tooltip|''Not contested''|Between 1960 and 1968, the league had one season every two calendar years.}}
|-
|'''29'''
|[[1968–69 Lebanese Second Division|1968–69]]
|
|-
|'''30'''
|[[1969–70 Lebanese Second Division|1969–70]]
|
|-
|
|1970 to 1972
|{{Tooltip|''Not in operation''|The league did not operate between 1970 and 1972.}}
|-
|'''31'''
|[[1972–73 Lebanese Second Division|1972–73]]
|
|-
|
|1973–74
|{{tooltip|''Canceled''|The league did not operate during the 1973–74 season.}}
|-
|'''32'''
|[[1974–75 Lebanese Second Division|1974–75]]
|
|-
|
|1975 to 1987
|{{tooltip|''Not in operation''|The league did not operate between 1975 and 1987.}}
|}
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Season
!Champion(s)
|-
|'''33'''
|[[1987–88 Lebanese Second Division|1987–88]]
|[[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]]
|-
|
|1988 to 1990
|{{Tooltip|''Not in operation''|The league did not operate between 1951 and 1953.}}
|-
|'''34'''
|[[1990–91 Lebanese Second Division|1990–91]]
|[[Bourj FC|Bourj]]
|-
|'''35'''
|[[1991–92 Lebanese Second Division|1991–92]]
|[[Al Egtmaaey SC|Egtmaaey]]
|-
|'''36'''
|[[1992–93 Lebanese Second Division|1992–93]]
|[[Akhaa Ahli Aley FC|Akhaa Ahli Aley]]
|-
|'''37'''
|[[1993–94 Lebanese Second Division|1993–94]]
|[[Harakat Al Shabab SC|Harakat Shabab]]
|-
|'''38'''
|[[1994–95 Lebanese Second Division|1994–95]]
|[[Riada Wal Adab Club|Riada Wal Adab]]
|-
|'''39'''
|[[1995–96 Lebanese Second Division|1995–96]]
|[[Al Shabiba Mazraa Beirut|Shabiba Mazraa]]
|-
|'''40'''
|[[1996–97 Lebanese Second Division|1996–97]]
|[[Al Ahli Saida SC|Ahli Saida]]
|-
|'''41'''
|[[1997–98 Lebanese Second Division|1997–98]]
|[[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]]
|-
|'''42'''
|[[1998–99 Lebanese Second Division|1998–99]]
|[[Sagesse SC (football)|Sagesse]]
|-
|'''43'''
|[[1999–2000 Lebanese Second Division|1999–2000]]
|[[Racing Club Beirut|Racing Beirut]]
|-
|'''44'''
|[[2000–01 Lebanese Second Division|2000–01]]
|[[Bourj FC|Bourj]]
|-
|'''45'''
|[[2001–02 Lebanese Second Division|2001–02]]
|[[Olympic Beirut]]
|-
|'''46'''
|[[2002–03 Lebanese Second Division|2002–03]]
|[[Homenetmen Beirut (football)|Homenetmen]]
|-
|'''47'''
|[[2003–04 Lebanese Second Division|2003–04]]
|[[Akhaa Ahli Aley FC|Akhaa Ahli Aley]]
|-
|'''48'''
|[[2004–05 Lebanese Second Division|2004–05]]
|[[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]]
|-
|'''49'''
|[[2005–06 Lebanese Second Division|2005–06]]
|[[Shabab Al Sahel FC|Shabab Sahel]]
|-
|'''50'''
|[[2006–07 Lebanese Second Division|2006–07]]
|[[Racing Club Beirut|Racing Beirut]]
|-
|'''51'''
|[[2007–08 Lebanese Second Division|2007–08]]
|[[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]]
|}
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
! Season
! Champion
|-
|'''52'''
|[[2008–09 Lebanese Second Division|2008–09]]
|[[Al Ahli Saida SC|Ahli Saida]]
|-
|'''53'''
|[[2009–10 Lebanese Second Division|2009–10]]
|[[Salam Sour SC|Salam Sour]]
|-
|'''54'''
|[[2010–11 Lebanese Second Division|2010–11]]
|[[AC Tripoli|Tripoli]]
|-
|'''55'''
|[[2011–12 Lebanese Second Division|2011–12]]
|[[Al Egtmaaey SC|Egtmaaey]]
|-
|'''56'''
|[[2012–13 Lebanese Second Division|2012–13]]
|''Various''{{Efn|Group A: [[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]]<br />Group B: [[Al Mabarra FC|Mabarra]]}}
|-
|'''57'''
|[[2013–14 Lebanese Second Division|2013–14]]
|''Various''{{Efn|Group A: [[Chabab Ghazieh SC|Chabab Ghazieh]]<br />Group B: [[Al Nabi Chit SC|Nabi Chit]]}}
|-
|'''58'''
|[[2014–15 Lebanese Second Division|2014–15]]
|[[Al Egtmaaey SC|Egtmaaey]]
|-
|'''59'''
|[[2015–16 Lebanese Second Division|2015–16]]
|[[Tadamon Sour SC|Tadamon Sour]]
|-
|'''60'''
|[[2016–17 Lebanese Second Division|2016–17]]
|[[Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Beirut|Shabab Arabi]]
|-
|'''61'''
|[[2017–18 Lebanese Second Division|2017–18]]
|[[Shabab Al Sahel FC|Shabab Sahel]]
|-
|'''62'''
|[[2018–19 Lebanese Second Division|2018–19]]
|[[Bourj FC|Bourj]]
|-
|'''63'''
|[[2019–20 Lebanese Second Division|2019–20]]
|{{Tooltip|''Not awarded''|The 2019–20 season was canceled in January 2020, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Lebanon; the Federation cited financial and political issues affecting the country as the main concern.}}
|-
|'''64'''
|[[2020–21 Lebanese Second Division|2020–21]]
|[[AC Sporting|Sporting]]
|-
|'''65'''
|[[2021–22 Lebanese Second Division|2021–22]]
|[[Chabab Ghazieh SC|Chabab Ghazieh]]
|-
|'''66'''
|[[2022–23 Lebanese Second Division|2022–23]]
|[[Racing Club Beirut|Racing Beirut]]
|-
|'''67'''
|[[2023–24 Lebanese Second Division|2023–24]]
|[[Al Riyadi Al Abbasiyah Club|Riyadi Abbasiyah]]
|-
|'''68'''
|[[2024–25 Lebanese Second Division|2024–25]]
|[[Jwayya SC|Jwayya]]
|}
|}

===2024–25 season===
The following 12 clubs competed in the Lebanese Second Division during the [[2024–25 Lebanese Second Division|2024–25]] season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanese Second Division 2021/2022 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/lebanese-second-division-2021-2022/relegation-round/60538/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=globalsportsarchive.com |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615235050/https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/lebanese-second-division-2021-2022/relegation-round/60538/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Home city
!Position in [[2023–24 Lebanese Second Division|2023–24]]
|-
|[[Al Ahly SC Nabatieh|Ahly Nabatieh]]
|[[Nabatieh]]
|{{ntsh|1}}11th in the [[2022–23 Lebanese Premier League|Premier League]]
|-
|[[Akhaa Ahli Aley FC|Akhaa Ahli Aley]]
|[[Aley]]
|{{ntsh|6}}6th
|-
|[[BFA Sporting]]
|[[Beirut]]
|{{ntsh|8}}8th
|-
|[[Al Irshad Club Chehim|Irshad Chehim]]
|[[Shheem]]
|{{ntsh|9}}9th
|-
|[[Jwayya SC|Jwayya]]
|[[Jwaya]]
|{{ntsh|4}}4th
|-
|[[Al Mabarra Club|Mabarra]]
|[[Beirut]]
|{{ntsh|3}}3rd
|-
|[[Nahda Club Barelias|Nahda Barelias]]
|[[Bar Elias]]
|{{ntsh|10}}10th
|-
|[[Al Okhwa Al Kharayeb Club|Okhwa Kharayeb]]
|[[Al-Kharayeb]]
|{{ntsh|12}}2nd in the [[Lebanese Third Division|Third Division]]
|-
|[[Al Rissala SC Toura|Rissala Toura]]
|[[Toura, Lebanon|Toura]]
|{{ntsh|11}}1st in the [[Lebanese Third Division|Third Division]]
|-
|[[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]]
|[[Zgharta]]
|{{ntsh|7}}7th
|-
|[[AC Tripoli|Tripoli]]
|[[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]
|{{ntsh|2}}12th in the [[2023–24 Lebanese Premier League|Premier League]]
|-
|[[Al Wehda Club Saadnayel|Wehda Saadnayel]]
|[[Saadnayel]]
|{{ntsh|5}}5th
|}

==Media coverage==
In 2019, [[Mycujoo]] stream a selection of Lebanese Second Division games weekly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mycujoo.tv/|title=mycujoo live football streaming: Watch Football Online|website=mycujoo.tv|language=en|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=14 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314195617/https://mycujoo.tv/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=26 October 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:اتفاقية تعاون بين الفيفا والاتحاد اللبناني |trans-title=A cooperation agreement between FIFA and the Lebanese Football Association |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1183614 |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=Kooora |language=ar |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028182819/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1183614 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 October 2022 |title= |script-title=ar:الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم وFIFA+ يلتزمان بالنقل الحي للمباريات والمزيد من الفعاليات لجماهير كرة القدم حول العالم |trans-title=The Lebanese Football Association and FIFA+ commit to live broadcasts of matches and more events for football fans around the world |url=https://the-lfa.com/lfa-fifa-plus/ |access-date=29 October 2022 |website=[[Lebanese Football Association]] |language=ar |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029084054/https://the-lfa.com/lfa-fifa-plus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of second division football clubs in AFC countries]]

==Notes==
{{notelist|2}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Henshaw|first=Richard|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000hens_z1k7|title=The Encyclopedia of World Soccer|publisher=New Republic Books|year=1979|isbn=0915220342|location=Washington, D.C.|url-access=registration}}
* {{Cite book|last=Sakr|first=Ali Hamidi|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/bdp3nc78sp4h4is/%25D9%2585%25D9%2588%25D8%25B3%25D9%2588%25D8%25B9%25D8%25A9_%25D9%2583%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A9_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D8%25AF%25D9%2585_%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2584%25D8%25A8%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A9_1991-1992.pdf/file|publisher=مؤسسة نوفل للتوزيع|year=1992|isbn=0000281247|language=ar|script-title=ar:موسوعة كرة القدم اللبنانية 1991–1992|trans-title=1991–1992 Lebanese Football Encyclopedia|format=PDF}}

==External links==
* [http://www.goalzz.com/?c=15942 Lebanese Second Division] at Goalzz.com

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