Lebanon 1999/2000


Final Table:

 1.Al-Nijmeh            22 13  8  1 34-15 47  Champions
 2.Al-Ansar             22 12  8  2 38-17 44
 3.Al-Akha'a-Ahly       22  9  6  7 32-24 33
 4.Al-Tadamon Tyre      22  7  8  7 28-26 29
 5.Safa                 22  7  8  7 24-26 29
 6.La Sagesse           22  6 10  6 25-23 28  [aka Al-Hikmeh]
 7.Salam Zghorta        22  7  6  9 32-30 27
 8.Homenmen             22  6  9  7 26-27 27
 9.Shabab Al-Sahel      22  6  8  8 18-23 26
10.Homenetmen           22  7  5 10 25-34 26
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11.Al-Ahed              22  7  3 12 29-42 24  Relegated
12.Al-Majd              22  2  7 13 20-44 13  Relegated

Round 1
[Sep 25]
Ahed         1-3 Nijmeh
  [Gholam Ghader (31') - Erol McPharlane (23'; 64), Moussa Hojeij (62')]
[Sep 26]
Homenmen     1-1 Tadamon
  [Abdullatif Al-Helou (25' pen.) - Ibrahim Manassri (79')]
Ansar        1-1 Homenetmen
  [Toninho Santos (53') - Didier Tanboura (28')]
Majd         0-2 Shabab
  [Mahmoud Majid (21'), Mohamed Qassas (46')]
Safa         0-3 Akha-Ahly
  [Zaher Al-Indari (15'; 86' ), Mazhar Khalaf (69')]
Salam        1-1 Sagesse
  [Artach (10' pen.) - Nestoroski (88')]

Round 2
[Oct 2]
Homenetmen   1-2 Safa
  [Mhair Barbarian (71'); Marius Pietnick (76'), Jean Koukir (82')]
Sagesse      0-0 Shabab
[Oct 3]
Tadamon      4-1 Ahed
  [Nabiou Torai (12'), Haytham Zein (26'; 41'; 90') - Youssouf Al-Jawhari (45')]
Nijmeh       2-0 Ansar
  [Erol McPharlane (67'; 81')]
Homenmen     4-4 Majd       
  [Abdullatif Al-Helou (47'; 62'), Garabet Krekorian (57'), Gaghik 
   Simonian (71') - Abdulhamid Karaki (19'), Ghassan Showaikh (40'; 77'; 79')]
Akha-Ahly    2-0 Salam
  [Mazhar Khalaf (30'; 85')]

Round 3
[Oct 6]
Salam        3-1 Homenetmen
  [Rabih Othman (1'), Saheb Abbas (14'; 35') - Anas Sari (19')]
Shabab       0-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Salman Abdulkhaleq (22')]
Safa         0-3 Nijmeh
  [Erol McPharlane (54'), Mahmoud Karnib (60'), Mohamed Halawi (83')]
[Oct 7]
Ahed         1-3 Ansar
  [Abdulqader Al-Rifayi (45' pen.) - Jamal Taha (37'), Habib Ja'afar (62'),
   Fadi Ghosn (65')]
Majd         0-2 Tadamon
  [Haytham Zein (15'; 90')]
Homenmen     0-1 Sagesse
  [Vartan Ghazarian (38')]

Round 4
[Oct 9]
Nijmeh       2-2 Salam
  [Edimola Ekodaissi (37'; 87') - Saheb Abbas (46'; 66')]
[Oct 10]
Ahed         1-1 Majd
  [Abou Al-Aynain Al-Ashmawi (41') - Ghassan Showaikh (25')]
Ansar        1-1 Safa
  [Ahmed Saqsouq (41') - Walid Dahrouj (54')]
Tadamon      2-2 Sagesse
  [Rida Antar (2'), Nabiouh Torai (47') - Salomon Salha (20' pen.), 
   Vartan Ghazarian (72')]
Akha-Ahly    0-0 Homenmen 
Homenetmen   0-1 Shabab
  [Yasser Mansour (76')]

Round 5 
[Oct 16]
Homenmen     3-0 Homenetmen
  [Sami Qleit (50'), Samir Bakri (58'), Viken Abrahimian (69')]
Shabab       1-1 Nijmeh
  [Mahmoud Tahhan (90') - Moussa Hojeij (32')]
[Oct 17]
Safa         1-0 Ahed
  [Issam Moussa (5')]
Sagesse      4-0 Majd
  [Vartan Ghazarian (3'), Khalil Watfa (65'), Salomon Salha (86'), 
   Fouad Hijazi (90')]
Salam        1-2 Ansar
  [Youssouf Barakat (90') - Salim Hamzé (54' pen.), Toninho Santos (77')
Akha-Ahly    0-1 Tadamon
  [Haytham Zein (58')]

Round 6
[Oct 23]
Ahed         3-2 Sagesse
  [Ali Kazem (75'), Ali Darwish (86'), Abou Al-Aynain Al-Ashmawi (90') -
   Karen Keusherian (77'; 88')]
Nijmeh       1-1 Homenmen 
  [Edimola Ekodaissi (88') - Viken Abrahimian (4')]
[Oct 24]
Safa         1-0 Salam
  [Walid Dahrouj (90')]
Majd         1-4 Akha-Ahly
  [Sila Lansana (70') - Zaher Al-Indari (30'), Abdulwahhab Abou Al-Heil (43'),
   Salman Abdulkhaleq (45'), Maher Hamze (69')]
Tadamon      3-2 Homenetmen
  [Mohannad Lewis (37'), Nasrat Al-Jamal (69'), Haytham Zein (79') - 
   Tanios Merhej (47"), Didier Tanboura (55')]
[Oct 27]
Ansar        5-1 Shabab
  [Habib Ja'afar (25'; 58'), Ahmed Saqsouq (45'), Salim Hamzé (68' pen.),
   Leith Hussein (72') - Mohamed Sbeih (46')]

Round 7
[Oct 30]
Homenetmen   2-1 Majd
  [Didier Tanboura (56'; 68' - Levon Khatshadorian (70' og)]
[Oct 31]
Akha-Ahly    1-1 Sagesse
  [Zaher Al-Indari (86') - Vartan Ghazarian (62')]
Shabab       2-2 Safa
  [Jihad Qassab (36'; 43') - Marius Pietnick (20'; 33')]
Ansar        2-1 Homenmen 
  [Toninho Santos (38'; 44') - Samir Bakri (68')]
Salam        4-1 Ahed
  [Tony Bou-Francis (15'), Claude Kharma (37'), Rabih Othman (48'), 
   Ilia Sivada (90') - Mohamed Mortada (22')]
[Nov 4]
Nijmeh       2-1 Tadamon
  [Mohamed Halawi (45'), Edimola Ekodaissi (48') - Ridha Antar (11')]

Round 8
[Nov 6]
Shabab       1-0 Salam
  [Hassan Nashabe (36')]
Sagesse      0-3 Homenetmen
  [Anas Sari (25'), Didier Tanboura (35'; 85')]
[Nov 7]
Ahed         2-5 Akha-Ahly
  [Ali Kazem (12'), Abdulqader Al-Rifayi (87') - Salman Abdulkhaleq (36'; 86'), 
   Ahmed Mansour (77'), Tareq Saadoun (83'), Zaher Al-Indari (89')]
Safa         1-4 Homenmen 
  [Marius Pietnick (26' pen.) - Ibrahim Hammoud (24'; 30'), 
   Abdullatif Al-Helou (32'), Samir Bakri (79')]
Majd         1-2 Nijmeh
  [Ghassan Showaikh (81') - Moussa Hojeij (56'), Mohamed Halawi (84')]
[Nov 11]
Tadamon      0-2 Ansar
  [Fadi Ghosn (47'; 81')]

Round 9
[Nov 13]
Nijmeh       1-0 Sagesse
  [Mohamed Halawi (45')]
Salam        5-2 Homenmen 
  [Ilia Sivada (6'), Rabih Othman (16'), Saheb Abbas (70'; 90' pen.),
   Mohsen Nassif (73' pen.) - Samir Bakri (26'), Tony Bou-Francis (63' og).]
[Nov 14]
Ahed         0-1 Shabab
  [Hassan Nashabe (36')]
Akha-Ahly    3-1 Homenetmen
  [Salman Abdulkhaleq (4'), Sadeq Saadoun (51'), Abdulwahhab Abou Al-Heil (68') 
   - Didier Tanboura (82')]
Safa         0-0 Tadamon
[Nov 17]
Ansar        1-2 Majd
  [Peter Prospar (16') - Ghassan Showaikh (48'; 56')]

Round 10
[Nov 20]
Akha-Ahly    0-0 Nijmeh
Sagesse      0-0 Ansar
[Nov 21]
Homenetmen   2-0 Ahed
  [Hisham Ali (20'), Didier Tanboura (85')]
Shabab       2-1 Homenmen 
  [Mahmoud Majid (3'), Hassan Nashabe (14') - Abdullatif Al-Helou (34')]
Tadamon      2-0 Salam
  [Ibrahim Manassri (51'; 53')]
Majd         1-3 Safa
  [Ghassan Showaikh (22') - Marius Pietnick (18'), Walid Al-Miri (70'), 
   Nabil Shaikho (78')]

Round 11
[Nov 24]
Shabab       1-1 Tadamon
  [Mahmoud Majid (34') - Nasrat Al-Jamal (12')]
Nijmeh       4-1 Homenetmen
  [Hisham Ali (3' own goal), Moussa Hojeij (24'; 38'), Jamal Al-Hajj (68') -
   Didier Tandoura (60')]
[Nov 25]
Salam        0-1 Majd
  [Ali Moussa (41')]
Safa         1-1 Sagesse
  [Marius Pietnick ( 70' pen.) - Vartan Ghazarian (45')]
Homenmen     0-3 Ahed
  [Youssouf Farhat (51'), Ahmed Itani (54'; 69')]
Ansar        1-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Mohamed Jawad (83') - Salman Abdulkhaleq (32')]

Round 12
[Dec 11]
Akha-Ahly    1-1 Safa
  [Mazhar Khalaf (54') - Walid Dahrouj (85')]
[Dec 12]
Nijmeh       4-2 Ahed
  [Mohamed Halawi (26'), Moussa Hojeij (58'), Tero Kehyeyan (62'; 63) -
   Wissam Al-Hakim (40'), Abou Al-Aynain Al-Ashmawi (88')]
Homenetmen   1-4 Ansar
  [Anas Sari (61') - Toninho Santos (33'; 40'), Leith Hussein (43'; 69')]
Tadamon      1-2 Homenmen
  [Haytham Zein (26') - Samir Bakri (46'; 80')]
Shabab       0-0 Majd
Sagesse      1-1 Salam
  [Vartan Ghazarian (12') - Saheb Abbas (19')]

Round 13
[Jan 8]
Shabab       0-2 Sagesse
  [Florian Nistoroschi (41'), Vartan Ghazarian (90')]
Majd         2-2 Homenmen
  [Ibrahima Camara (29'), Hashem Kandoura (56'); Gaghik Simonian (9'), 
   Garabet "Garo" Krekorian (57')]
[Jan 9]
Safa         2-0 Homenetmen
  [Nabih Al-Jurdi (72'), Marius Pietnick (77')]
Ansar        0-0 Nijmeh
Salam        2-4 Akha-Ahly
  [Artach (25'), Saheb Abbas (73' pen.); Salman Abdulkhaleq (45'), 
   Sadeq Saadoun (69'), Zaher Al-Indari (76'; 83')]
[Feb 2]
Ahed         2-2 Tadamon
  [Ahmed Itani (), Bassem Marmar (); Haytham Zein (), Mohannad Lewis ()]

Round 14
[Jan 15]
Sagesse      0-0 Homenmen
Nijmeh       2-1 Safa
  [Tero Kehyeyan (44'), Moussa Hojeij (56') - Shadi Karnib (47')]
[Jan 16]
Homenetmen   1-0 Salam
  [Didier Tanboura (45')]
Akha-Ahly    0-2 Shabab   
  [Mahmoud Majid (66'), Mohamed Qassas (87')]
Tadamon      1-0 Majd
 [Mohannad Lewis (50')]
Ansar        3-1 Ahed
  [Peter Prospar (17'), Toninho Santos (81'), Mohamed Jawad (90') -
   Abou Al-Ainain Al-Ashmawi (4')]

Round 15
[Jan 22]
Majd         0-1 Ahed
  [Mahmoud Shahoud (51')]
[Jan 23]
Salam        1-1 Nijmeh
  [Rabih Othman (83') - Erol McPharlane (23')]
Sagesse      1-1 Tadamon
  [Vartan Ghazarian (81') - Hawila (31')]
Homenmen     1-0 Akha-Ahly
  [Abdullatif Al-Helou (90')]
Shabab       3-3 Homenetmen
  [Hassan Nashabe (12'), Yasser Mansour (75'), Stepan Bagdsarian (90' og) -
   Didier Tanboura (33'), Krekor Alozian (49'), Mheir Barbarian (79')]
[Jan 24]
Safa         0-0 Ansar

Round 16
[Jan 29]
Ahed         2-1 Safa
  [Mahmoud Shahoud (3'), Ali Kazem (61') - Lawrence Ozoma (51')]
Nijmeh       1-0 Shabab   
  [Moussa Hojeij (16')]
[Jan 30]
Homenetmen   1-0 Homenmen
Majd         1-1 Sagesse
  [Hashem Kandoura (6'); Papken Malikijan (74')]
Tadamon      0-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Shakreddine Giwa (58')]
Ansar        4-1 Salam
  [Salim Hamze (54'), Toninho Santos (64'; 71'; 79') - Rabih Othman (39')]

Round 17
[Feb 5]
Homenetmen   2-1 Tadamon
  [Didier Tanboura (58'; 71') - Haytham Zein (51')]
Shabab       0-1 Ansar
  [Jamal Taha (24')]
[Feb 6]
Sagesse      0-3 Ahed
  [Ali Kazem (24'; 54'), Ahmed Itani (86')]
Homenmen     0-1 Nijmeh
  [Bilal Flayfel (81')]
Akha-Ahly    3-2 Majd
  [Mahmoud Nasser (19'), Abdulwahhab Abou Al-Heil (27'), Zaher Al-Indari (85') -
   Ghassan Showaikh (21' pen.), Ali Diab (81' own goal)]
Salam        0-0 Safa

Round 18
[Feb 12]
Ahed         0-3 Salam
  [Saheb Abbas (8'; 25'), Fadi Al-Omari (48')]
Homenmen     0-0 Ansar
[Feb 13]
Majd         1-1 Homenetmen
  [Hashem Kandoura (51') - Stepan (90')]
Tadamon      2-1 Nijmeh
  [Ali Hawila (14'), Ridha Antar (33') - Erol McPharlane (77')]
Sagesse      3-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Vartan Ghazarian (19'), Florin Nistoroschi (30'), Salomon Salha (39') -
   Sadeq Saadoun (86')]
Safa         1-1 Shabab   
  [Youssouf Mohamed (71') - Adnan Mohamed (64')]

Round 19
[Feb 19]
Homenmen     1-0 Safa
  [Samir Bakri (89')]
Ansar        1-1 Tadamon
  [Ahmed Saqsouq (64') - Al-Hawila (27')]
[Feb 20]
Salam        2-0 Shabab   
  [Saheb Abbas (31'; 45' pen.)]
Homenetmen   0-1 Sagesse
  [Salomon Salha (74')]
Akha-Ahly    0-2 Ahed
  [Ali Kazem (53'), Mahmoud Shahoud (56')]
Nijmeh       0-0 Majd

Round 20
[Mar 4]
Sagesse      1-2 Nijmeh
  [Robert Dani-Barna (36') - Tero Kehyeyan (34'; 44')]
Akha-Ahly    1-1 Homenetmen
  [Abdulwahhab Abou Al-Heil (31') - Hisham Ali (48')]
[Mar 5]
Homenmen     0-0 Salam
Shabab       0-1 Ahed
  [Abdulqader Al-Rifayi (90')]
Tadamon      0-2 Safa
  [Walid Dahrouj (68'; 77')]
Majd         0-3 Ansar
  [Malek Hassoun (38'), Toninho Santos (55'; 61' pen.)]

Round 21
[Mar 18]
Homenmen     1-0 Shabab
  [Fadi Alloush (75')]
Nijmeh       1-0 Akha-Ahly
  [Ali Hassoun (88' own goal)]
Safa         4-1 Majd
  [Marius Pietnick (16'; 61'), Walid Dahrouj (71'), Shadi Al-Shami (75') -
   Hashem Kandoura (70' pen.)]
[Mar 19]
Ansar        2-1 Sagesse
  [Peter Prospar (4'; 21') - Vartan Ghazarian (12')]
Salam        3-2 Tadamon           [in Tripoli]
  [Ilia Sivada (8'; 13'), Rahih Othman (66') - Faysal Antar (6'), Ridha Antar (90')]
Ahed         0-1 Homenetmen
  [Stepan Bagdsarian (35')]

Round 22
[Mar 25]
Akha-Ahly    1-2 Ansar             [in Tyr]
  [Zaher Al-Indari (6') - Toninho Santos (16'; 83')]
[Mar 26]
Tadamon      0-0 Shabab   
Homenetmen   0-0 Nijmeh
Majd         1-3 Salam
  [Abdulhamid Karaki (45') - Saheb Abbas (13'; 64'), Rabih Othman (26')]
Sagesse      2-0 Safa
  [Florin Nistoroschi (69'; 89')]
Ahed         2-2 Homenmen
  [Abdulqader Al-Rifayi (11' pen.), Ali Kazem (45') - Fadi Alloush (51'), 
   Abdullatif Al-Helou (88')]

Final Table:

 1.Al-Nijmeh            22 13  8  1 34-15 47  Champions
 2.Al-Ansar             22 12  8  2 38-17 44
 3.Al-Akha'a-Ahly       22  9  6  7 32-24 33
 4.Al-Tadamon Tyre      22  7  8  7 28-26 29
 5.Safa                 22  7  8  7 24-26 29
 6.La Sagesse           22  6 10  6 25-23 28  [aka Al-Hikmeh]
 7.Salam Zghorta        22  7  6  9 32-30 27
 8.Homenmen             22  6  9  7 26-27 27
 9.Shabab Al-Sahel      22  6  8  8 18-23 26
10.Homenetmen           22  7  5 10 25-34 26
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11.Al-Ahed              22  7  3 12 29-42 24  Relegated
12.Al-Majd              22  2  7 13 20-44 13  Relegated

Topscorers:

 1.Saheb Abbas (Al-Salam Zghorta)        14
   Toninho Santos (Al-Ansar)             14
 3.Didier Tanboura (Homenetmen)          13
 4.Vartan Ghazarian (La Sagesse)         10
   Haytham Zein (Al-Tadamon Tyr)         10
 6.Zaher Al-Indari (Akha-Ahly)            9
   Marius Pietnick (Safa)                 9
   Ghassan Showaikh (Al-Majd)             9
 9.Moussa Hojeij (Al-Nijmeh)              8
10.Salman Abdulkhaleq (Akha-Ahly)         7
   Samir Bakri (Homenmen)                 7
   Abdullatif Al-Helou (Homenmen)         7
   Ali Kazem (Al-Ahed)                    7
   Erol McPharlane (Al-Nijmeh)            7
   Rabih Othman (Al-Salam Zghorta)        7


Cup Competitions 1999/2000


Pepsi National Cup

1/16 Finals
[Nov 23]
Al-Mabarra (2)         2-1 Al-Ijtimayi Tripoli (2)
  [Issam Ayyoub (58'), Hassan Baz (72') - Ahmed Hawshar (19')]
[Nov 24]
Shabibe Al-Mazraa (2)  6-2 Racing Club Hazmiyeh (3)              [aet]
  [Khaled Al-Miri (68'), Abbas Ayyashe (91'; 98'), Khaled Al-Saghir (107'),
   Prince Pingora (110'; 115') - Richard Koussa (35'), George Al-Mir (120' pen.)]
Al-Ahly Sidon (2)      1-0 Al-Horriya Anjar (2)
  [Boubacar Bah (89' pen.)]
Shekka (2)             5-0 Harouf (3)
  [Johnny Boutros (15'; 30'), John Sherri (26'), Zaher Harb (41' og), 
   Shadi Al-Dowaihi (58')]
Shabab Al-Sahel        awd Al-Raya (3) [withdrew]                [awarded 2-0]
Al-Majd                awd Al-Riyada Wal-Adab (2) [forfeit]      [awarded 2-0]
[Nov 27]
Homenetmen             1-2 Al-Mahabba Tripoli (3)
  [Levon Khatshadorian (3') - Adel Al-Saeedi (43'; 46')]
Al-Ansar               7-0 Al-Ahly Nabatiyyeh (3)
  [Salim Hamze (2' pen.), Toninho Santos (13'), Jamal Taha (21'), 
   Ali Taqtaq (33'; 69'), Mohamed Jawad (81'), Fadi Ghoson (83')]
Al-Tadamon Tyr         2-1 Shabab Al-Khiam (3)
  [Ibrahim Manassri (5'), Ali Hawila (66') - Bilal Yazbek (90')]
Al-Ahed                2-3 Racing Club de Beyrouth (2)
  [Mohamed Mortada (23'), Ali Kazem (68') - Moussa Moussa (18'), 
   Rabih Najjar (45'), Mounir Hussein (57')]
[Nov 29]
Homenmen               8-2 Al-Irshad (3)
  [Fadi Alloush (11'; 24'; 39'; 72'), Danny Karam (44'; 84'),
   Ahmed Khalaf (77'; 89') - Samir Mansour (56'; 80')]
[Nov 30]
Al-Salam Zghorta       4-0 Al-Tadamon Tripoli (2)
  [Ilia Sivada (5'; 8'; 24'; 68')]
Al-Nijmeh              7-1 Al-Fetyan Sidon (2)
  [Edimola Ekodaissi (17'; 23'; 44'), Moussa Hojeij (25'), Erol McPharlane (35'), 
   Wissam Abdullah (85'; 87') - Bilal Arkadan (64')]
La Sagesse             0-1 Al-Ahly Sarba (2)
  [Mansour Stephan (85')]
[Dec 1]
Akha-Ahly              awd Al-Bourj (2) [forfeit]                [awarded 2-0]
Safa                   awd Al-Islah (2) [forfeit]                [awarded 2-0]

1/8 Finals
[Dec 8]
Shabab Al-Sahel        2-0 Al-Mahabba Tripoli (3)
  [Imad Al-Miri (20'), Mahmoud Tahhan (86')]
Shekka (2)             0-1 Shabibe Al-Mazraa (2)
  [George Anoine Boulos (31' own goal)]
[Jan 19]
Homenmen               0-3 Al-Ahly Sidon (2)     
  [Hassan Ajour (8'; 27'), Jamal Yahya (61')]
Al-Salam Zghorta       0-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Mazhar Khalaf (24')]
Al-Tadamon Tyr         3-0 Racing Club de Beyrouth (2)
  [Haytham Zein (32'), Ridha Antar (64'), Youssouf Hijazi (90')]
Al-Ansar               awd Al-Mabarra (2) [forfeit]              [awarded 2-0]
[Feb 2]
Al-Nijmeh              5-0 Al-Ahly Sarba (2)
  [Erol McPharlane (32'; 50'; 66'), Bilal Flayfel (45'), Moussa Hojeij (77')]
Safa                   2-0 Al-Majd             
  [Shadi Al-Shami (38'), Nabih Al-Jurdi (39')]

Quarterfinals
[Feb 26]
Al-Nijmeh              0-1 Shabab Al-Sahel    
  [Hussein Ollaiq (82')]
[Feb 27]
Safa                   5-0 Shabibe Al-Mazraa (2)
  [Nabil Shaikho (57'), Abdullah Homsi (68'), Kamokai Kallon (74'), 
   Nabih Al-Jurdi (79'), Ahmed Noamani (84')]
Al-Ansar               2-1 Al-Tadamon Tyr       
  [Toninho Santos (6'), Peter Prospar (17') - Haytham Zein (11')]
Akha-Ahly              2-2 Al-Ahly Sidon (2)                     [aet, 5-4 pen]
  [Salman Abdulkhaleq (14'), Ali Awada (119') - Hassan Ajour (27'),
   Ali Barraj (93')]

Semifinals
[Mar 11]
Shabab Al-Sahel        4-3 Akha-Ahly                             [aet]
  [Mohamed Qassas (26'), Jihad Qassab (85'; 100'), Hussein Ollaiq (103') -
   Salman Abdulkhaleq (5'), Zaher Al-Indari (90'), Mazhar Khalaf (112' pen.)]
[Mar 12]
Al-Ansar               1-3 Safa
  [Mohamed Jawad (55') - Marius Pietnick (7'), Ahmed Noamani (12'), Kamokai Kallon (45')]

Final [Apr 2, Beirut Municipal Stadium, att: 8,000]
Shabab Al-Sahel        1-1 Safa                                  [aet, 5-4 pen]
  [Adnan Mohamed (79') - Marius Pietnick(61')]
Cautions: Sahel: Mahmoud Majid (44'), Adnan Mohamed (77'), Hussein Ollaiq (103').
          Safa: Kamokai Kallon (28'), Youssouf Mohamed (56'), Marius Betik (61'). 
Shabab Al-Sahel: Hassan Moussa - Ali Ghannoum, Toufiq Haydar, Jihad Qassab, Mohamed Khaireddine,
                 Hussein Suwaidan (64'. Hussein Ollaiq), Imad Al-Miri, Adnan Mohamed, Yasser Mansour, 
                 Mahmoud Majid, Mohamed Qassas.  Coach: Mohamed Qowaid (Syria). 
Safa: Bilal Hashem - Nabih Al-Jurdi, Youssouf Mohamed, Kamokai Kallon, Ali Mohamed (70'. Khodor Salame),
      Ahmed Noamani (82'. Nabil Shaikho)., Lawrence Ozoma, Walid Al-Miri, Shadi Al-Shami, 
      Marius Pietnick (77'. Walid Dahrouj), Abdullah Homsi.  Coach: Ghassan Abu Dhiab. 




Federation Cup 1999/2000

[all matches at Beirut Municipal Stadium, at 21.00 local time]

Group 1
[Dec 16]
Homenetmen   2-2 Tadamon
  [Zoheir Qaddoura (47'), Sarkis Donabidian (87') - Ali Hawila (50'), 
   Haytham Zein (55')]
[Dec 20]
Homenmen     2-5 Tadamon
  [Samir Bakri (24'), Abdullatif Al-Helou (52') - Ibrahim Hanassri (18'; 36'), 
   Ridha Antar (29'), Ali Hawila (65'), Mohannad Lewis (80')]
[Dec 24]
Homenmen     0-1 Homenetmen 
  [Mheir Barbarian (55')]

Table:

 1.Al-Tadamon Tyre       2  1  1  0  7- 4  4
 2.Homenetmen            2  1  1  0  3- 2  4
 3.Homenmen              2  0  0  2  2- 6  0

Group 2
[Dec 17]
Safa         1-3 Ansar
  [Kamokai Kallon (20') - Leith Hussein (35'), Toninho Santos (37'), 
   Mohamed Jawad (55')]
[Dec 18]
Shabab       3-1 Ahed
  [Adnan Mohamed (38'), Mohamed Qassas (48'), Jihad Qassab (55') -
   Youssouf Farhat (70')]
[Dec 21]
Shabab       2-3 Ansar
  [Ali Ghannoum (46'), Adnan Mohamed (65' pen.) - Toninho Santos (18'),
   Mohamed Jawad (61'), Fadi Ghoson (81')]
[Dec 22]
Safa         1-0 Ahed
  [Daniel Al-A'awar (61' pen.)]
[Dec 25]
Ahed         0-0 Ansar
[Dec 26]
Safa         3-1 Shabab  
  [John Kocker (39'), Bassel Taleb (47'), Shadi Karnib (61') - 
   Mahmoud Majid (49')]

Table:

 1.Al-Ansar              3  2  1  0  6- 3  7
 2.Safa                  3  2  0  1  5- 4  6
 3.Shabab Al-Sahel       3  1  0  2  6- 7  3
 4.Al-Ahed               3  0  1  2  1- 4  1

Group 3
[Dec 19]
Salam        2-1 Majd
  [Ilia Sivada (63'), Saheb Abbas (75') - Ghassan Showaikh (28')]
[Dec 23]
Akha-Ahly    3-1 Majd
  [Bilal Zaghloul (45'), Zaher Al-Indari (60'), Salman Abdulkhaleq (90')
   - Youssouf Baalbaki (15')]
[Dec 27]
Akha-Ahly    1-1 Salam    
  [Bilal Zaghloul (87') - Rabih Osman (39')]

Table:

 1.Al-Akha'a-Ahly        2  1  1  0  4- 2  4
 2.Al-Salam Zghorta      2  1  1  0  3- 2  4
 3.Al-Majd               2  0  0  2  2- 5  0

Semifinals
[Dec 29]
Tadamon      3-0 Safa
  [Ibrahim Manassri (70'), Ali Hawila (86'), Ridha Antar (90')]
[Dec 30]
Ansar        2-1 Akha-Ahly 
  [Mohamed Jawad (28'), Jamal Taha (72') - Mazhar Khalaf (57')]

Third Place Match [Jan 1]
Safa         3-2 Akha-Ahly
  [Shadi Karnib (2'), Shadi Al-Shami (50'), Kamokai Kallon (81') -
   Salman Abdulkhaleq (82'), Sadeq Saadoun (89')]

Final [Jan 2, Beirut Municipal Stadium, att: 10,000]]
Ansar        1-0 Tadamon       [aet]
  [Ahmed Saqsouq (108')]
  [ref: Taleb Ramadan]
  [sent-off: Faysal Antar (75')]
  [Al-Ansar: Ziad Al-Samad / Fadi Ayyad, Rabih Esper, Kevork Guarbetian, Naji
     Al-Husseini - Ahmed Saqsouq, Malek Hassoun (91' Abdulfattah Shehab), Salim
     Hamze, Habib Ja'afar (114' Fadi Ghoson) - Peter Prospar, Mohamed Jawad (66' 
     Toninho Santos)                        
   Al-Tadamon Tyr: Ali Hotait / Ousama Haydar, Khaled Afara, Faysal Antar, Mohamed
     Mansarai - Nasrat Al-Jamal, Bilal Hajo, Ridha Antar (113' Mohannad Naim), Ali
     Hawila - Haytham Zein (81' Youssouf Hijazi), Ibrahim Manassri]


Viceroy Cup 1999/2000

Group A
[Sep 2]
Tadamon      1-1 Safa 
  [Ridha Antar (74') - Walid Al-Miri (76')]
[Sep 4]
Tadamon      3-4 Homenmen
  [Haytham Zein (3' pen.; 9'), Faysal Antar (42') - Samir Bakri (25'), 
   Gaghik Simonian (33'; 73'), Hani Al-Nazer (84')]
[Sep 6]
Safa         0-0 Homenmen

Table:

 1.Homenmen              2  1  1  0  4- 3  4
 2.Safa                  2  0  2  0  1- 1  2
 3.Al-Tadamon Tyre       2  0  1  1  4- 5  1

Group B
[Sep 3]
Akha-Ahly    1-0 Ansar
  [Salman Abdulkhaleq (84')]
[Sep 5]
Akha-Ahly    2-3 Shabab
  [Ahmed Mansour (6'), Ali Awada (54') - Imad Al-Miri (17'; 53'),
   Hassan Nashabé (82')]
[Sep 7]
Ansar        2-1 Shabab
  [Malek Hassoun (43'), Ali Taqtaq (71'); Imad Al-Miri (45')]

Table:

 1.Shabab Al-Sahel       2  1  0  1  4- 4  3
 2.Al-Akha'a-Ahly        2  1  0  1  3- 3  3
 3.Al-Ansar              2  1  0  1  2- 2  3

Semifinals [both Bourj Hammoud Stadium]
[Sep 9]
Homenmen     5-1 Akha-Ahly   
  [Abdullatif Al-Helou (19'), Samir Bakri (26'), Ali Hassoun (46'own goal), 
   Garo Akrabian (52'), Gaghik Simonian (67') - Mohamed Obaid (59')]
[Sep 10]
Shabab       4-1 Safa 
  [Imad Al-Miri (16'; 46'; 69'), Adnan Mohamed (54') - Walid Al-Miri (67')]

Final [Bourj Hammoud Stadium; att: 8,000]
[Sep 12]
Homenmen     2-1 Shabab
  [Abdullatif Al-Helou (48'), Samir Bakri (70') - Mahmoud Tahhan (87')]

Referee: Mr. Nabil Ayyad.
Linesmen: Mr. Yazbek Yazbek, Mr. Mohamed Abdullah Saad.
4th Referee: Mr. Mohamed Houmani.
Homenmen: Ahmed Al-Saqr - Sami Qleit (78'. Antoine Nakhlé), Korken Inkibarian,
  Viken Abrahimian, Marwan Nakhlé, Ezzat Khalil - Rabih Abou Sha'aya (81'.
  Ibrahim Hammoud), Ghaghik Simonian, Sarkis Abajian - Abdullatif Al-Helou (59'.
  Garabet Eskejian), Samir Bakri.
Shabab Al-Sahel: Hassan Moussa - Ali Ghannoum, Mohamed Khaireddine, Hussein
  Morad, Hussein Suwaidan - Ali Eid (61'. Mahmoud Tahhan), Yasser Mansour, Ahmed
  Taha (69'. Hassan Nashabeh), Adnan Mohamed - Imad Al-Miri, Mohamed Qassas.


Second Level 1999/00

Tables:

Group 1

 1.Al-Bourj                 12  7  4  1 31- 7 25  Promotion Playoff 
 2.Al-Horriya Anjar         12  7  2  3 21-13 23  Promotion Playoff
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Al-Riyada Wal-Adab       12  5  2  5 19-12 17
 4.Al-Fetyan Sidon          12  5  1  6 24-23 16
 5.Al-Shabibe Mazraa        12  4  3  5 18-22 15
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 6.Al-Ahly Sarba            12  3  2  7 12-29 11  Relegation Playoff
 7.Al-Shabab Ghaziyyeh      12  3  2  7 15-34 11  Relegation Playoff

Group 2

 1.Al-Ahly Sidon            12 10  2  0 42-14 32  Promotion Playoff
 2.Racing Club de Beyrouth  12  8  3  1 30-16 27  Promotion Playoff
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Al-Mabarra               12  5  2  5 20-16 17
 4.Shekka                   12  4  4  4 20-29 16
 5.Al-Ijtimayi Tripoli      12  4  1  7 17-20 13
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 6.Al-Islah                 12  4  0  8 18-26 12  Relegation Playoff
------------------------------------------------
 7.Al-Tadamon Tripoli       12  0  2 10 11-37  2  Relegated

Relegation Playoffs

Playoff against 7th place in Group 1

First Leg [Jan 4]
Al-Ahly Sarba       1-1 Al-Shabab Ghaziyyeh 

Second Leg [Jan 7]
Al-Shabab Ghaziyyeh 1-1 Al-Ahly Sarba          [aet, 3-5 pen]

Al-Shabab Ghaziyyeh relegated

Playoff against 3rd relegation spot [Jan 21]
Al-Ahly Sarba       1-2 Al-Islah 

Al-Ahly Sarba relegated

Promotion Playoff

Table:

 1.Al-Ahly Sidon             3  0  3  0  5- 5  3
 2.Racing Club de Beyrouth   3  0  3  0  5- 5  3
 3.Al-Bourj                  3  0  3  0  4- 4  3
 4.Al-Horriya Anjar          3  0  3  0  4- 4  3

Round 1 [Jan 14]
[in Jounieh]
Al-Ahly Sidon       2-2 Al-Horriya Anjar
  [Jamal Yahya (35'), Hassan Khaskiyeh (37') - Ali Hashem (55'), 
   Issam Qossaybati (68')]
[in Beirut]
Al-Bourj            2-2 Racing Club
  [Ahmed Jradi (50'), Hussein Tahhan (79') - Armen Sanamian (9'),
   Simba Korsissi (56')]

Round 2 [both matches in Tripoli]
[Jan 21]
Al-Ahly Sidon       2-2 Racing Club
  [Hassan Khaskiyeh (55'), Ma'arouf Noamani (72') - Raymond Odaimi (57'),
   Simba Korsissi (84')]
[Jan 22]
Al-Bourj            1-1 Al-Horriya Anjar
  [Hussein Tahhan (47') - Issam Qossaybati (55')]

Round 3 [both matches in Tripoli]
[Jan 28]
Al-Ahly Sidon       1-1 Al-Bourj   
  [Ahmed Jradi (42') - Boubacar Bah (62')]
[Jan 29]
Racing Club         1-1 Al-Horriya Anjar
  [Shahé Kasparian (17') - Sami Haydar (16')]

Table:

 1.Al-Ahly Sidon             3  0  3  0  5- 5  3
 2.Racing Club de Beyrouth   3  0  3  0  5- 5  3
 3.Al-Bourj                  3  0  3  0  4- 4  3
 4.Al-Horriya Anjar          3  0  3  0  4- 4  3

As all clubs finished on 3 points, the playoff stage is repeated.

Promotion Playoff Replay

Table:

 1.Racing Club de Beyrouth   3  1  2  0  2- 1  5  Promoted
 2.Al-Ahly Sidon             3  1  2  0  1- 0  5  Promoted
 3.Al-Bourj                  3  1  0  2  2- 3  3
 4.Al-Horriya Anjar          3  0  2  1  2- 3  2

Round 1 [both matches in Jounieh]
[Feb 5]
Al-Ahly Sidon       0-0 Al-Horriya Anjar
[Feb 6]
Racing Club         1-0 Al-Bourj
  [Armen Sanamian (66' pen.)]

Round 2 [both matches in Tripoli]
[Feb 11]
Al-Ahly Sidon       0-0 Racing Club
[Feb 12]
Al-Bourj            2-1 Al-Horriya Anjar
  [Mazen Jradi (75' pen.), Ahmed Jrade (86') - Bassam Abdulfattah (53')]

Round 3 [both matches in Tripoli]
[Feb 18]
Al-Horriya Anjar    1-1 Racing Club
  [Issam Qossaybati (5') - Lewis Trentik (73')]
[Feb 19]
Al-Bourj            0-1 Al-Ahly Sidon  
  [Hussein Hassoun (74')]

Table:

 1.Racing Club de Beyrouth   3  1  2  0  2- 1  5  Promoted
 2.Al-Ahly Sidon             3  1  2  0  1- 0  5  Promoted
 3.Al-Bourj                  3  1  0  2  2- 3  3
 4.Al-Horriya Anjar          3  0  2  1  2- 3  2


Championship Playoff [Mar 3, Beirut]
Racing Club         2-1 Al-Ahly Sidon
  [Armen Sanamian (58' pen.), Rabih Najjar (69') - Ali Barraj (45'); att: 7,000]


1998/99

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Prepared and maintained by Mohamed S. Chbaro for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Mohamed S. Chbaro (mochbaro@intracom.net.lb)
Last updated: 6 Dec 2000

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