The 2013–14 Lebanese Premier League is the 53rd season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Safa the defending champions. The season kicked off on 21 September 2013 and will finish around June 2014.
Teams Shabab Al-Ghazieh and Salam Sour were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2012–13 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Al-Mabarrah, back after one campaign away after relegation in the 2011–12 league campaign. Salam Zgharta were also promoted and back for the first time since relegation in 2008–09.
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Stadium capacity Al Ahed Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Al Akhaa Al Ahli Aley Amin Abdelnour Stadium 3,500 Al Ansar Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Al Mabarrah Beirut Municipal Stadium Al Nejmeh Beirut Rafic El-Hariri Stadium 15,000 Racing Beirut Beirut Fouad Shehab Stadium 5,000 Safa Beirut Safa Stadium 4,000 Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium Shabab Al-Sahel Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Tadamon Sour Tyre Sour Stadium 6,500 Tripoli SC Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000
Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa Foreign Former Players Al Ahed Boubacar Diallo Marcelo Dias Rodolfo Soares David Střihavka Mohamad Abu Ateeq None Al-Akhaa Al-Ahli Tarek Omrati Diego Santos Joziel None Alexis Khazzaka None Al-Ansar Tião Fahd Aodi Rodrigo López Prince Abedi None None Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Afrane Yeboah Frank Boateng None None Mohammad Ghannam None Al-Mabarrah Alaa Baidoun Mohammed Mansour Mohammad Hamad None None None Al Nejmeh Abd Al Naser Hasan Ahmed Abdelaziz Cheikha Sy None None None Racing Beirut Admil Precious Mba Derick Ebi Lassana Zorro Haitham Khadoj Agop Donabidian None Safa Ibrahim Touré Tamer Haj Mohamad Georgian Tobă None None None Salam Zgharta Khaled Naamani Ahmad Haj Mohamad Saleem Cissé None None None Shabab Al-Sahel Wasim Abdelhady Ali Ghalioum Daniel Odafin Ali Asaad None None Tadamon Sour Zadi Serg Didier Dogi Jean Kone Ladgi Tiezan Konan Rishmond None None Tripoli SC Jehad Al Baour Ammar Zakour Abdulrahman Akkari Ibrahim Swidan None None
Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Lebanon Residency. Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.
League table
References