The 2015–16 Lebanese Premier League is the 55th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions.
Teams Tadamon Sour and Al Akhaa Al Ahli were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2014–15 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Hekmeh FC and Al Egtmaaey Tripoli who won promotion from the second tier. Six of the twelve member clubs play in the country's capital, Beirut.
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Stadium capacity Coach Al Ahed Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Mohammad Hammoud Al Ansar Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Jamal Taha Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Fadi Al Omari Al Nejmeh Beirut Rafic El-Hariri Stadium 5,000 Tita Valeriu Hekmeh Beirut Bourj Hammoud Stadium 8,000 Fouad Hijazi Al Nabi Sheet Zahlé Al-Nabi Shayth Stadium 5,000 Mohammed Al-Dekka Racing Beirut Beirut Bourj Hammoud Stadium 8,000 Eugen Moldovan Safa Beirut Safa Stadium 4,000 Emile Rustom Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium 5,000 Louay Salah Shabab Al-Sahel Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Moussa Hojeij Shabab Al-Ghazieh Sidon Saida Municipal Stadium 22,600 Malek Hassoun Tripoli SC Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Ismael Qurtam
Table
League table
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Lucas GalánAl Ansar192 Kabiru MusaShabab Al-Sahel163 Mamado DrameAl Ahed114 Alaa al BabaSafa10 Raúl TarragonaSalam Zgharta5 Hassan ChaitoAl Ahed8 Ahmad ZreikAl Ahed Ali BazziAl Nabi Sheet Octavian DraghiciRacing Beirut Aboko DavedAl Egtmaaey Tripoli Feiz ShamsinAl Egtmaaey Tripoli7 Mohammad QasasHekmeh7 Khaled TakajiAl Nejmeh6 Nicolas KofiAl Egtmaaey Tripoli6 Abbas Ali AtwiAl Ahed Wasim AbdelhadyShabab Al-Sahel Ali Al SaadiSafa Hasan HazimehSafa Michael HelegbeTripoli SC Hussain OtaAl Nabi Sheet
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