2022–23 in Lebanese football

The 2022–23 season was the 90th season of competitive football in Lebanon. The season officially began on 12 July 2021 with the Lebanese Elite Cup.

National teams

Lebanon national football team

Main article: Lebanon national football team

2023 Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 2023 Intercontinental Cup (India)

Round robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advances to Final
2	Lebanon	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advances to Final
3	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: AIFF
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).

Final

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)19:30

India	2–0	Lebanon
Chhetri 46' Chhangte 65'	Report

Kalinga Stadium, BhubaneswarAttendance: 12,600Referee: Virendha Rai (Bhutan)

2023 SAFF Championship

Main article: 2023 SAFF Championship

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lebanon	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Qualified for Semi-finals
2	Bangladesh	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Qualified for Semi-finals
3	Maldives	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Bhutan	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: Global Sports Archive

Semi-final

Lebanon

India

1 July 2023 2023 SAFF Championship SF	Lebanon	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	India	Bangalore, India
19:30 UTC+5:30		Report		Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 19640 Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)
	Penalties
	Hassan Maatouk Walid Shour Mohamad Omar Sadek Khalil Bader		Sunil Chhetri Anwar Ali Mahesh Singh Udanta Singh

Lebanon women's national football team

Main article: Lebanon women's national football team

2022 WAFF Women's Championship

Main article: 2022 WAFF Women's Championship

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordan (H, C)	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
Lebanon	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Syria	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1
Palestine	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: Global Sports Archive
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Main article: 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	9	1	+8	6	Second round
2	Lebanon (H)	2	1	1	6	5	+1	3
3	Indonesia	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Men's football

Lebanese Premier League

Main article: 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ahed (C)	21	14	6	1	39	11	+28	36	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
2	Nejmeh	21	13	6	2	34	14	+20	34	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	Ansar	21	13	6	2	45	16	+29	32
4	Shabab Sahel	21	10	5	6	28	23	+5	23
5	Bourj	21	9	5	7	25	26	−1	21
6	Chabab Ghazieh	21	3	3	15	16	39	−23	6

7	Tadamon Sour	21	8	6	7	30	24	+6	25
8	Tripoli	21	5	8	8	19	35	−16	21
9	Sagesse	21	6	3	12	18	26	−8	18
10	Safa	21	4	8	9	18	30	−12	15
11	Salam Zgharta (R)	21	4	6	11	15	26	−11	15	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division
12	Akhaa Ahli Aley (R)	21	4	4	13	20	37	−17	13	Relegation to Lebanese Second Division

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Teams played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) where each team played the other teams in their group twice (10 matches). Teams carried over half their point tally from the first phase into the second phase.
Nejmeh qualified for the AFC Cup group stage as 2022–23 Lebanese FA Cup winners.
^ Head-to-head results: Salam Zgharta 0–0 Safa; Salam Zgharta 0–1 Safa; Safa 1–1 Salam Zgharta

Lebanese Second Division

Main article: 2022–23 Lebanese Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Racing Beirut (C, P)	20	14	4	2	42	15	+27	34	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
2	Ahli Nabatieh (P)	20	11	5	4	26	12	+14	29	Promotion to Lebanese Premier League
3	Islah Borj Shmali	20	11	2	7	30	24	+6	27
4	Sporting	20	9	1	10	26	24	+2	20
5	Shabab Baalbeck	20	7	4	9	26	35	−9	17
6	Bint Jbeil	20	5	5	10	21	27	−6	13

7	Riyadi Abbasiyah	18	10	4	4	32	16	+16	27
8	Nahda Barelias	18	7	1	10	15	25	−10	16
9	Egtmaaey	18	6	3	9	21	28	−7	15
10	Mabarra	18	3	6	9	24	33	−9	13
11	Ahli Saida (R)	18	3	3	12	16	40	−24	9	Relegation to Lebanese Third Division
12	Shabab Bourj (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Teams played each other once (11 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six). Teams carried over half their point tally from the first phase into the second phase.
Shabab Bourj withdrew and their matches from the first half of the season were annulled.

Lebanese Third Division

Main article: 2022–23 Lebanese Third Division

Cup competitions

Lebanese FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Lebanese FA Cup

Final

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30)14:00 UTC+3

Ahed (1)	0–0	Nejmeh (1)
	Report
Penalties
Haidar Mansour Melki Al Haj Erwin	3–4	Jefinho Barata Kourani Zein

Fouad Chehab Stadium, JouniehReferee: Mohamad Issa

Lebanese Elite Cup

Main article: 2022 Lebanese Elite Cup

Final

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)16:30 UTC+3

Ahed	2–1	Ansar
Nasser 26' Ataya 60'	Report	Maatouk 35' (pen.)

Amin AbdelNour Stadium, BhamdounReferee: Hussein Abo Yehia

Lebanese Challenge Cup

Main article: 2022 Lebanese Challenge Cup

Final

21 August 2022 (2022-08-21)16:30 UTC+3

Safa	0–1	Akhaa Ahli Aley
	Report	Abboud 6'

Tripoli Municipal Stadium, TripoliReferee: Ali Reda

Lebanese Super Cup

The 2022 Lebanese Super Cup was due to be the 22nd Lebanese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Lebanese Premier League and Lebanese FA Cup. The match was scheduled on 28 August 2022, at Amin AbdelNour Stadium in Bhamdoun, between league winners Ahed and FA Cup winners Nejmeh. Due to violence between opposing fans before the encounter, the match was scrapped altogether.

Women's football

Lebanese Women's Football League

Main article: 2022–23 Lebanese Women's Football League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS	10	9	1	0	46	6	+40	28	Qualification to the final four
2	EFP	10	7	1	2	49	7	+42	22
3	BFA	10	7	0	3	48	15	+33	21
4	Helium	10	3	0	7	13	27	−14	9
5	ÓBerytus	10	3	0	7	8	49	−41	9
6	FC Beirut	10	0	0	10	0	60	−60	0
7	Jabal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw
8	Super Girls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Disciplinary points.
Notes:

^ Head-to-head results: ÓBerytus 1–0 Helium; ÓBerytus 1–2 Helium
^ Super Girls withdrew after matchday 1, while Jabal withdrew after matchday 5. All their results were annulled.

Final four

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SAS	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	16	Champions
2	BFA	6	3	2	1	20	7	+13	11
3	EFP	6	2	1	3	13	12	+1	7
4	Helium	6	0	0	6	1	28	−27	0

Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Disciplinary points.

References

"سحب قرعة كأسي النخبة والتحدي ودوري الدرجتين الأولى والثانية وكأس لبنان". The LFA (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
Alhadeethi, Ayoob (28 August 2022). فوضى الجماهير تتسبب بإلغاء قمة السوبر اللبناني [Chaos between fans causes the cancellation of the Lebanese Super Cup]. alaraby (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 June 2023.
Lebanese Football Association (22 April 2023). "نادي سوبر غيرلز ينسحب من دوري السيدات" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.
Lebanese Football Association (23 May 2023). "نادي الجبل مجدلبعنا ينسحب من دوري السيدات" (in Arabic) – via Instagram.

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National teams

Men	Senior (2023 Intercontinental Cup finals), (2023 SAFF Championship finals) U23 (2022 WAFF U-23 Championship finals) U20 (2022 Arab Cup U-20 finals), (2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualifying) U17 (2022 Arab Cup U-17 finals), (2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifying)
Women	Senior (2022 WAFF Women's Championship finals), (2024 Women's Olympic Tournament qualifying) U20 (2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship finals), (2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualifying) U17 (2022 WAFF U-18 Girls Championship finals), (2022 WAFF U-16 Girls Championship finals), (2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualifying)

League competitions

Men

Level 1	Lebanese Premier League
Level 2	Lebanese Second Division
Level 3	Lebanese Third Division

Women

Lebanese Women's Football League

Cup competitions

v t e 2022–23 in Asian football (AFC)
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Domestic cups	Australia '22 '23 Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan '22 '23 Brunei '22 '23 Cambodia '22 '23 China '22 '23 Chinese Taipei '22 '23 East Timor '22 '23 Guam '22 '23 Hong Kong India '22 '23 Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan '22 '23 Jordan '22 '23 Korea DPR '22 '23 Korea Republic '22 '23 Kuwait Kyrgyszstan '22 '23 Laos '22 '23 Lebanon Macau '22 '23 Malaysia '22 '23 Maldives '22 '23 Mongolia '22 '23 Myanmar '22 '23 Nepal '22 '23 Oman Pakistan '22 '23 Palestine Philippines '22 '23 Qatar '22 '23 Saudi Arabia Singapore '22 '23 Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan '22 '23 Thailand Turkmenistan '22 '23 United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan '22 '23 Vietnam '22 '23 Yemen '22 '23
League cups	Bahrain Bangladesh Hong Kong Shield India '22 '23 Japan '22 '23 Jordan '22 '23 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup Federation Cup Lebanon Elite Cup Challenge Cup Malaysia Cup Challenge Cup Maldives '22 '23 Oman Philippines Qatar Syria Thailand Uzbekistan United Arab Emirates
Super Cups	Bahrain East Timor Iran Japan Saudi Arabia Tajikistan '22 '23 Thailand UAE '22 '23 Uzbekistan '22 '23 Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2022 ASEAN Club Championship 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2022 AFF Championship (Final) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup (Final) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 25th Arabian Gulf Cup 2023 WAFF Championship 2023 SAFF Championship

v t e 2022 in association football
AFC	Australia 21'−22' 22'−23' China India Indonesia Iran Japan 22' 22'−23' Lebanon 21'–22' 22'–23' Philippines Saudi Arabia South Korea Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
CAF	Nigeria
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Mexico United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Brazil Ecuador Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Belgium Croatia England France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Scotland Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

v t e 2023 in association football
AFC	Australia 22'−23' 23'−24' China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Lebanon 22'–23' 23'–24' South Korea Thailand
CONCACAF	Canada United States
CONMEBOL	Brazil Paraguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Belgium Croatia England France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Scotland Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

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