Lebanese Second Division

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Lebanese Second Division (Template:Langx) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association.Template:Sfn 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 Achrafieh won the inaugural edition of the Second Division, in 1933–34, after beating Ararad 2–0 in the final.Template:Sfn There was no promotion or relegation system at the time, so Salam Achrafieh remained in the Second Division.Template:Sfn In April 1935, Second Division clubs requested a promotion system to be implemented.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn The teams from the First Division had to have at least seven players from their previous season's squad.Template:Sfn

Clubs

Champions

Template:Expand list The following is a list of Lebanese Second Division champions.Template:Sfn[1]

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
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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
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16 1950–51 Nejmeh
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17 1953–54
No. Season Champion(s)
18 1954–55
19 1955–56 Sagesse
20 1956–57
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21 1959–60 VariousTemplate:Efn
22 1960–61 VariousTemplate:Efn
23 1961–62
24 1962–63 VariousTemplate:Efn
25 1963–64 Various
26 1964–65 Homenetmen BH
27 1965–66 Istiklal
28 1966–67 Istiklal
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29 1968–69
30 1969–70
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31 1972–73
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32 1974–75
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No. Season Champion(s)
33 1987–88 Mabarra
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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 VariousTemplate:Efn
57 2013–14 VariousTemplate:Efn
58 2014–15 Egtmaaey
59 2015–16 Tadamon Sour
60 2016–17 Shabab Arabi
61 2017–18 Shabab Sahel
62 2018–19 Bourj
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64 2020–21 Sporting
65 2021–22 Chabab Ghazieh
66 2022–23 Racing Beirut
67 2023–24 Riyadi Abbasiyah
68 2024–25 Jwayya

2024–25 season

The following 12 clubs competed in the Lebanese Second Division during the 2024–25 season.[2]

Team Home city Position in 2023–24
Ahly Nabatieh Nabatieh Template:Ntsh11th in the Premier League
Akhaa Ahli Aley Aley Template:Ntsh6th
BFA Sporting Beirut Template:Ntsh8th
Irshad Chehim Shheem Template:Ntsh9th
Jwayya Jwaya Template:Ntsh4th
Mabarra Beirut Template:Ntsh3rd
Nahda Barelias Bar Elias Template:Ntsh10th
Okhwa Kharayeb Al-Kharayeb Template:Ntsh2nd in the Third Division
Rissala Toura Toura Template:Ntsh1st in the Third Division
Salam Zgharta Zgharta Template:Ntsh7th
Tripoli Tripoli Template:Ntsh12th in the Premier League
Wehda Saadnayel Saadnayel Template:Ntsh5th

Media coverage

In 2019, Mycujoo stream a selection of Lebanese Second Division games weekly.[3] 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.[4][5]

See also

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

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