The 2021 Lebanese Super Cup was the 21st Lebanese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Lebanese Premier League and Lebanese FA Cup. As Ansar won both competitions in 2021, their opponents were the 2020–21 league runners-up Nejmeh.
The match was played at the Fouad Chehab Stadium on 7 August 2021. Ansar won their sixth title, defeating rivals Nejmeh on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after regular time.
Match Summary Mahdi Zein of Nejmeh opened the scoring in the 39th minute, assisted by Khalil Bader. In the 42nd minute, Nejmeh were close to doubling the lead through a free kick by Khaled Takaji, which was saved by Ansar's goalkeeper Nazih Assaad. In the second half, despite Ansar coming close to scoring the equalizer, Nejmeh made it 2–0 in the 59th minute thanks to Takaji's goal. In the 68th minute, Ahmad Hijazi of Ansar reduced the deficit, scoring a backheel goal via a pass from Hassan Maatouk. Ansar equalized in stoppage time, after Jihad Ayoub scored in the fourth minute of added time. The game went directly to a penalty shoot-out; after Ansar scored all five of their penalties, Nejmeh's fifth penalty, taken by Mohamad Ghaddar, was saved by Assaad: Ansar were crowned Super Cup champions for the sixth time.
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GK 91 Nazih Assaad DF 3 Mootaz El Jounaidi (c) DF 5 Nassar Nassar DF 27 Hussein El Dor MF 6 Jihad Ayoub MF 7 Majed Osman MF 8 Youssef Barakat FW 9 Karim Darwich FW 10 Hassan Maatouk FW 24 Hassan Kaafarani FW 99 Ahmad Hijazi Substitutes:GK 31 Hadi Mortada DF 4 Anas Abou Saleh DF 19 Ahmad Mansour DF 21 Khaled Ali MF 11 Youssef Al Haj MF 20 Ali Tneich MF 45 Ahmad Zein El Dinne MF 77 Ahmad Hamed FW 22 Mahmoud Kojok Manager: Robert Jaspert GK 90 Ali Hallal DF 2 Ali Al Saadi DF 18 Kassem El Zein DF 24 Maher Sabra DF 33 Andrew Sawaya MF 14 Hassan Annan MF 20 Hassan Kourani MF 77 Mahdi Zein FW 11 Khaled Takaji (c) FW 17 Mahmoud Siblini FW 27 Khalil Bader Substitutes:GK 71 Karim Salame DF 5 Mostafa Al Shamaa DF 12 Abdallah Aich MF 6 Hassan Chaito MF 7 Mahmoud Kaawar MF 8 Moustafa Kanso MF 10 Abbas Ahmad Atwi FW 9 Ali Alaaeddine FW 22 Mohamad Ghaddar Manager: Youssef Al Jawhari Assistant referees: Hassan Kanso Bilal Orfi Fourth official: Mohammad Issa Video assistant referee: Bahaa Nasr Assistant video assistant referee: Mohammad Al MawlaMatch rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level Seven named substitutes, of which five may be used
See also Beirut derby
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