The 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League is the 56th season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Safa the defending champions. After 21 rounds, Al Ahed have won the league for the 5th time in its history. At the 21st round, Al Ahed needed a win against rivals Nejmeh SC to win the League but Nejmeh SC had forfeited and Al Ahed automatically won the match and became the champions of the Lebanese Premier League.
Teams Hekmeh FC and Shabab Al-Ghazieh were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2015–16 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by Tadamon Sour and Al Akhaa Al Ahli who won promotion from the second tier.
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Stadium capacity Coach Al Ahed Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Robert Jaspert Al Akhaa Al Ahli Aley Amin Abdelnour Stadium 3,500 Hussein Afash Al Ansar Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Zoran Pešić Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Iyad Abd Al Kareem Al Nejmeh Beirut Rafic El-Hariri Stadium 5,000 Jamal Al Haj Al Nabi Sheet Zahlé Al-Nabi Shayth Stadium 5,000 Mahmoud Hammoud Racing Beirut Beirut Bourj Hammoud Stadium 8,000 Moussa Hojaij Safa Beirut Safa Stadium 4,000 Emile Rustom Salam Zgharta Zgharta Zgharta Stadium 5,000 Tareq Jaraya Shabab Al-Sahel Beirut Beirut Municipal Stadium 22,500 Samir Saad Tadamon Sour Tyre Sour Stadium 6,500 Mohammed Zouheir Tripoli SC Tripoli Tripoli Municipal Stadium 22,000 Fadi Al Omari
Table
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoalsGames played1 Abou Bakr Al-MelTripoli SC16202 Akram MoghrabiAl Nejmeh12213 Cofie BekoeAl Egtmaaey Tripoli1120 Élio MartinsAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli4 Ahmed HegazyAl-Akhaa Al-Ahli9215 Mamadou NiassSalam Zgharta8216 Mohamad KdouhAl Ahed717 Mohammad JaafarRacing Beirut18 Ali Al SaadiSafa20 Feiz ShamsinTripoli SC2110 Rabih Ataya Al Ansar69 Roda AntarTadamon Sour16 Lamine FanéTadamon Sour17 Abdelrazaq Al-HussainAl Nejmeh19 Dominique MendySafa Michael HelegbeTadamon Sour20 Mohammad SalemShabab Al-Sahel22
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