Season annulled.
NB: all matches of all 7 teams involved in the match fixing scandal were
annulled, giving Lebanon the third champion for the season: after Tadamon
(mathematical champions after round 21) and Nijmeh (champions after all
fixed matches were awarded against the perpetrators), Ansar turned out to
have won the head-to-head table among the 5 teams not involved. Finally,
in October, it was decided to cancel the whole 2000/01 first division
championship: no champions, no relegation, and two teams promoted.
Meanwhile, on June 28, nine leading figures at the FA resigned, while sports
minister Sebouh Hovnanian dissolved the FA's executive committee (in spite of
having no legal right to do so).
Matches declared valid:
Round 1 [Nov 26]
Nijmeh 1-2 Ansar
[Kendal Felox 24; Salim Hamze 68, Jamal Taha 71]
Round 2 [Dec 3]
Homenetmen 1-2 Nijmeh
[Vassili Mokan 69; Ahmed Qobaissi 37, Khaled Hamieh 92]
Round 3 [Dec 10]
Racing 1-0 Ansar
[Sampakor Sissi 32]
Round 4 [Dec 16]
Sagesse 3-2 Homenetmen
[Tommy Giacomeli 11, 47, 69; Vassili Mokan 21, Hagop Donabidian 43]
Round 5 [Dec 23]
Nijmeh 5-0 Racing
[Erol McPharlane 13, 37, Tero Kehyeyan 24, Rani Assa'ad 39, Kendal Felox 92]
Round 6 [Dec 30]
Sagesse 0-1 Nijmeh
[Tero Kehyeyan 23]
Round 7 [Jan 7]
Homenetmen 2-2 Ansar
[Hagop Donabidian 29, Vassili Mokan 39; Marcelo Sander 46, Fadi Ghoson 83]
Round 9 [Jan 13]
Sagesse 1-1 Ansar
[Tommy Giacomeli 9; Peter Prospar 94pen]
Homenetmen 2-1 Racing
[Vassili Mokan 21, Sarkis Donabidian 62; Sampakor Sissi 77pen]
Round 11 [Jan 27]
Racing 1-6 Sagesse
[Raymond Odaymi 11; Vartan Ghazarian 7, Tommy Giacomeli 29, 42, 46, 52, 57]
Round 12 [Feb 4]
Ansar 2-2 Nijmeh
[Fadi Ghoson 40, Malek Hassoun 58; Moussa Hojeij 23, Erol McPharlane 45]
Round 13 [Feb 10]
Nijmeh 2-0 Homenetmen
[Erol McPharlane 58, Kendal Felox 90]
Round 14 [Feb 18]
Ansar 1-0 Racing
[Fadi Ghoson 21]
Round 15 [Feb 24]
Homenetmen 2-2 Sagesse
[Vassili Mokan 52, Hagop Donabidian 85; Mohamed Qassas 14, Salomao Salha 75pen]
Round 16 [Feb 27]
Racing 1-1 Nijmeh
[Mounir Hussein 40; Saeed Abboushi 76]
Round 17 [Mar 10]
Nijmeh 1-2 Sagesse
[Erol McPharlane 7; Mohamed Qassas 53, Tommy Giacomeli 54]
Round 18 [Mar 15]
Ansar 4-0 Homenetmen
[Mohamed Jawad 7, Marcelo Sander 21pen, Peter Prospar 42, Fadi Ghoson 78]
Round 20
[Mar 31]
Ansar 2-1 Sagesse
[Marcelo Sander 20, 79; Salomao Salha 43]
[Apr 1]
Racing 2-1 Homenetmen
[Rabih Najjar 53, Sampakor Sissi 57pen; Vassili Mokan 41pen]
Round 22 [Apr 15]
Racing 2-3 Sagesse
[Dory Zakhour 59, Raymond Odaymi 68; Mohamed Qassas 1,
Tommy Giacomeli 12, Ahmed Jradi 65]
Temporary Official Final Table:
1.Al-Ansar 8 4 3 1 14- 8 15 Champions
2.Al-Nijmeh 8 4 2 2 15- 8 14
3.La Sagesse 8 4 2 2 18-12 14 [aka Al-Hikmeh]
4.Racing Club 8 2 1 5 8-19 7
5.Homenetmen 8 1 2 5 10-18 5
--------------------------------------------
6.Al-Tadamon Tyre 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 Relegated; all matches annulled
Al-Akha'a-Ahly 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 Relegated; all matches annulled
Salam Zghorta 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 Relegated; all matches annulled
Safa 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 Relegated; all matches annulled
Shabab Al-Sahel 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 Relegated; all matches annulled
Al-Ahly Sidon 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 Relegated; all matches annulled
Homenmen 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 Relegated; all matches annulled
Topscorers:
1.Tommy Giacomeli (Sagesse) 11
2.Vassili Mokan (Homenetmen) 6
3.Erol McPharlane (Al-Nijmeh) 5
4.Fadi Ghoson (Al-Ansar) 4
Marcelo Sander (Al-Ansar) 4
Revoked Final Table:
1.Al-Nijmeh 22 14 4 4 47-22 46 Champions
2.La Sagesse 22 14 4 4 49-27 46 [aka Al-Hikmeh]
3.Al-Tadamon Tyre 22 14 3 5 49-21 45 [*18,*20,*22]
4.Al-Akha'a-Ahly 22 13 4 5 43-26 43 [*22]
5.Salam Zghorta 22 9 7 6 33-29 34 [*18]
6.Al-Ansar 22 9 6 7 39-30 33
7.Safa 22 7 5 10 26-35 26 [*20,*21]
8.Shabab Al-Sahel 22 4 7 11 23-44 19 [*20,*22]
9.Racing Club 22 3 6 13 22-45 15
10.Al-Ahly Sidon 22 4 3 15 17-46 15 [*21]
--------------------------------------------
11.Homenmen 22 2 7 13 23-43 13 [*20,*22]
12.Homenetmen 22 2 6 14 22-49 12
NB: 6 matches awarded 0-2 loss against both teams; so 12 more losses than wins
and overall GD -24
[*18] match round 18 awarded 0-2 loss
[*20] match round 20 awarded 0-2 loss
[*21] match round 21 awarded 0-2 loss
[*22] match round 22 awarded 0-2 loss
Round 1
[Nov 25]
Homenmen 2-4 Sagesse
[Ammar Rihawi 7, Samir Bakri 68; Salomao Salha 21, 55, Tommy Giacomeli 76, 84]
Akha-Ahly 4-1 Racing
[Zaher Al-Indari 21, 41, Bilal Zaghloul 81, Ali Awada 83; Armen Sanamian 61]
[Nov 26]
Nijmeh 1-2 Ansar
[Kendal Felox 24; Salim Hamze 68, Jamal Taha 71]
Safa 0-3 Homenetmen
[Mheir Barbarian 55, Hagop Donabidian 78, Vassili Mokan 92]
Salam 5-3 Sahel
[Mohsen Nassif 30, Artach Adamian 37pen, Rabih Othman 65, 80, Sha'abane Hamade 94;
Mohannad Zaidan 8, Mohamed Khaireddine 59, Ghassan Showeikh 67]
Ahly Sidon 0-5 Tadamon
[Haydar Najm 37, Didier Tamboura 42, Haytham Zein 72, 92, 93]
Round 2
[Dec 2]
Ansar 1-1 Sahel
[Kevork Guarbetian 90; Ali Hassoun 66]
Racing 0-3 Salam
[Sha'abane Hamade 50, Mohsen Nassif 80, Rabih Othman 86]
[Dec 3]
Tadamon 0-2 Safa
[Bassel Taleb 77, Bala Onana 85]
Homenetmen 1-2 Nijmeh
[Vassili Mokan 69; Ahmed Qobaissi 37, Khaled Hamieh 92]
Sagesse 2-1 Ahly Sidon
[Vartan Ghazarian 36, Tommy Giacomeli 64; Mohamed Nasser 92]
Akha-Ahly 3-2 Homenmen
[Zaher Al-Indari 11, Oko Bonia 16, Gilberto Dos Santos 25; Ali Sheikh-Dib 66,
Ammar Rihawi 87pen]
Round 3
[Dec 9]
Nijmeh 2-1 Shabab
[Hussein Suwaidan 74og, Kendal Felox 80; Ghassan Showaikh 37]
[Dec 10]
Racing 1-0 Ansar
[Sampakor Sissi 32]
Safa 2-3 Sagesse
[Youssouf Mohamed 35, Emerson 82og; Tommy Giacomeli 53, Vartan Ghazarian 64,
Hassan Ayyoub 86]
Ahly Sidon 1-2 Akha-Ahly
[Konati Madio 31; Gilberto Dos Santos 56, 85]
Homenetmen 0-2 Tadamon
[Haytham Zein 30, Faysal Antar 78]
Salam 0-0 Homenmen
Round 4
[Dec 16]
Sagesse 3-2 Homenetmen
[Tommy Giacomeli 11, 47, 69; Vassili Mokan 21, Hagop Donabidian 43]
Akha-Ahly 4-0 Safa
[Gilberto Dos Santos 36, 45pen, 86, Fadi Zein 93]
[Dec 17]
Homenmen 3-3 Ansar
[Sarkis Abajian 31, Ibrahim Al-Atrash 53, Ammar Rihawi 89; Marcelo Sander 28,
Fadi Ghoson 33, 45]
Shabab 3-3 Racing
[Ghassan Showaikh 52, 72, Louis Fernandez 61; Abbas Harb 21, Sampakor Sissi 57,
Rabih Najjar 66]
Salam 4-1 Ahly Sidon
[Haydar Jabbar 8, Sha'abane Hamade 9, Rabih Othman 45, 56; Mohamed Nasser 87]
Tadamon 1-0 Nijmeh
Round 5
[Dec 23]
Homenetmen 0-2 Akha-Ahly
[Gilberto Dos Santos 49, Abdulwahhab Abou Al-Heil 60]
Nijmeh 5-0 Racing
[Erol McPharlane 13, 37, Tero Kehyeyan 24, Rani Assa'ad 39, Kendal Felox 92]
[Dec 24]
Sagesse 3-2 Tadamon
[Salomao Salha 10pen, 35pen, Vartan Ghazarian 50; Haytham Zein 34pen, Kamokai Kallon 93]
Homenmen 2-3 Shabab
[Samir Bakri 24, Ali Sheikh-Dib 68; Toufiq Haydar 36, Mohannad Lewis 91,
Ghassan Showaikh 92]
Ahly Sidon 1-3 Ansar
[Qassem Ghaddar 74; Fadi Ghoson 40, 87, Marcelo Sander 50]
Safa 1-1 Salam
[Walid Al-Miri 15; Andre Kharma 69]
Round 6
[Dec 30]
Sagesse 0-1 Nijmeh
[Tero Kehyeyan 23]
Racing 2-3 Homenmen
[Sampakor Sissi 58, Abbas Harb 88; Ali Sheikh-Dib 49, Samir Bakri 55, 90]
[Dec 31]
Tadamon 3-2 Akha-Ahly
[Haytham Zein 20, 77pen, Faysal Antar 88; Gilberto Dos Santos 89pen,
Oko Ponia Timindo 94]
Ansar 1-0 Safa
[Peter Prospar 78pen]
Salam 5-3 Homenetmen
[Rabih Othman 3, 80, Youssouf Barakat 31, 51, Ezzat Agha 84; Ezzat Agha 4og,
Vatche 40, Hagop Donabidian 48]
Shabab 2-2 Ahly Sidon
[Yasser Mansour 22, Ghassan Showaikh 45pen; Hassan Ashour 76, Boubacar Bah 95]
Round 7
[Jan 6]
Akha-Ahly 1-0 Sagesse
[Gilberto Dos Santos 84pen]
Ahly Sidon 0-0 Racing
Nijmeh 2-0 Homenmen
[Tero Kehyeyan 8, Erol McPharlane 41]
[Jan 7]
Tadamon 2-0 Salam
[Faysal Antar 44, Haydar Najm 84]
Safa 0-0 Shabab
Homenetmen 2-2 Ansar
[Hagop Donabidian 29, Vassili Mokan 39; Marcelo Sander 46, Fadi Ghoson 83]
Round 8
[Jan 9]
Akha-Ahly 1-2 Nijmeh
[Gilberto Dos Santos 95; Tero Kehyeyan 38, Erol McPharlane 70]
Homenmen 1-1 Ahly Sidon
[Ammar Rihawi 4; Abbas Shoghari 52pen]
[Jan 10]
Salam 1-0 Sagesse
[Artach Adamian 70]
Racing 0-1 Safa
[Shadi Al-Shami 8]
Ansar 1-4 Tadamon
[Mohamed Shahrour 86; Ridha Antar 19, 65, Haytham Zein 33, Ibrahim Manassri 40]
Shabab 1-0 Homenetmen
[Mohannad Lewis 8]
Round 9 [Jan 13]
Akha-Ahly 3-0 Salam
[Zaher Al-Indari 27, Oko Ponia Timindo 33, Gilberto Dos Santos 78]
Sagesse 1-1 Ansar
[Tommy Giacomeli 9; Peter Prospar 94pen]
Ahly Sidon 0-3 Nijmeh
[Moussa Hojeij 60, Mohamed Halawi 83, Erol McPharlane 87]
Tadamon 2-0 Shabab
[Didier Tamboura 28, Mahmoud Majid 92]
Homenetmen 2-1 Racing
[Vassili Mokan 21, Sarkis Donabidian 62; Sampakor Sissi 77pen]
Safa 2-0 Homenmen
[Bala Onana 70, Abdullah Al-Homsi 87]
Round 10
[Jan 20]
Shabab 1-1 Sagesse
[Hussein Ballout 83; Tommy Giacomeli 19]
Racing 1-1 Tadamon
[Armen Sanamian 6; Ibrahim Manassri 41]
Nijmeh 4-1 Salam
[Moussa Hojeij 37, Erol McPharlane 68, 90pen, Kendal Felox 89; Fouad Fahad 71]
[Jan 21]
Ansar 0-2 Akha-Ahly
[Zaher Al-Indari 44, Jadir Morgenstern 62og]
Homenetmen 1-1 Homenmen
[Hagop Donabidian 50; Garo Krekorian 18]
Ahly Sidon 0-3 Safa
[Marius Betik 21, 60, 73]
Round 11
[Jan 27]
Shabab 0-3 Akha-Ahly
[Ahmed Mansour 13, Gilberto Dos Santos 34, 81]
Racing 1-6 Sagesse
[Raymond Odaymi 11; Vartan Ghazarian 7, Tommy Giacomeli 29, 42, 46, 52, 57]
[Jan 28]
Safa 3-3 Nijmeh
[Walid Al-Miri 24, Khodor Salame 45, Hisham Shleikh 64pen;
Erol McPharlane 60, 92, Jamal Al-Hajj 78]
Homenetmen 1-2 Ahly Sidon
[Mohamed Hassoun 83; Madio 43, Mohamed Daboundi 85]
Salam 2-3 Ansar
[Sha'abane Hamade 87, 89; Marcelo Sander 7, Fadi Ghosson 74pen,
Newton De Oliveira 85]
Tadamon 5-3 Homenmen
[Haytham Zein 15, 37, Imad Al-Miri 38, Ibrahim Manassri 49, Bilal Hajo 88;
Anas Sari 41, Ammar Rihawi 45pen, Samir Bakri 68]
Round 12
[Feb 3]
Sagesse 3-2 Homenmen
[Vartan Ghazarian 55, Tommy Giacomeli 68, Salomao Salha 73;
Ammar Rihawi 7pen, 81]
Racing 2-2 Akha-Ahly
[Armen Sanamian 75pen, Sampakor Sissi 87; Salman Abdulkhaleq 39,
Bilal Zaghloul 71pen]
[Feb 4]
Ansar 2-2 Nijmeh
[Fadi Ghoson 40, Malek Hassoun 58; Moussa Hojeij 23, Erol McPharlane 45]
Homenetmen 1-3 Safa
[Sarkis Donabidian 38; Marius Betik 15, 47, Ahmed Na'amani 17]
Shabab 0-1 Salam
[Sha'bane Hamade 60]
Tadamon 3-0 Ahly Sidon
[Ali Mtayrek 63, Ridha Antar 84, Didier Tamboura 87]
Round 13
[Feb 10]
Nijmeh 2-0 Homenetmen
[Erol McPharlane 58, Kendal Felox 90]
Salam 0-0 Racing
[Feb 11]
Shabab 0-3 Ansar
[Jadir Morgenstern 21, Newton De Oliveira 25, Marcelo Sander 64]
Safa 0-1 Tadamon
[Didier Tamboura 73]
Ahly Sidon 0-1 Sagesse
[Salomao Salha 13]
Homenmen 1-3 Akha-Ahly
[Ali Sheikh-Dib 69; Fadi Al-Omari 46, Zaher Al-Indari 63,
Gilberto Dos Santos 66pen]
Round 14
[Feb 17]
Shabab 1-5 Nijmeh
[Ghassan Showaikh 89pen; Erol McPharlane 6, 24, 54, Tero Kehyeyan 71,
Mohamed Abou-Aleywah 92]
Homenmen 0-1 Salam
[Artach Adamian 67]
[Feb 18]
Tadamon 8-0 Homenetmen
[Haydar Najm 14, Didier Tamboura 22, Faysal Antar 40,
Haytham Zein 42, 45, 54, Ridha Antar 52, 56]
Sagesse 3-0 Safa
[Salomao Salha 10, 12, Tommy Giacomeli 92pen]
Ansar 1-0 Racing
[Fadi Ghoson 21]
[Feb 19]
Akha-Ahly 1-0 Ahly Sidon
[Riyadh Mezher 64]
Round 15
[Feb 23]
Racing 1-2 Shabab
[Wissam Abdullah 39; Hussein Suwaydan 23, Hussein Ollaiq 47]
[Feb 24]
Homenetmen 2-2 Sagesse
[Vassili Mokan 52, Hagop Donabidian 85; Mohamed Qassas 14, Salomao Salha 75pen]
Nijmeh 0-3 Tadamon
[Haytham Zein 17, Haydar Najm 5, Didier Tamboura 73]
[Feb 25]
Safa 1-1 Akha-Ahly
[Hisham Shleikh 63pen; Gilberto Dos Santos 86pen] "Safa FC Stadium"
Ansar 0-0 Homenmen "Beirut Municipal Stadium"
Ahly Sidon 0-2 Salam "Tyre Municipal Stadium"
[Dikran Yassian 28, Mohamed Daboundi 61og]
Round 16
[Feb 27]
Racing 1-1 Nijmeh
[Mounir Hussein 40; Saeed Abboushi 76]
[Feb 28]
Akha-Ahly 3-0 Homenetmen
[Oko Ponia Timindo 5, Fadi Al-Omari 85, Shakreddine Giwa 90pen]
Shabab 1-1 Homenmen
[Ghassan Showaikh 78pen; Anas Sari 5]
Tadamon 1-1 Sagesse
[Ridha Antar 22; Vartan Ghazarian 4]
Ansar 6-1 Ahly Sidon
[Mohamed Jawad 12, 55, 75, Malek Hassoun 64, Fadi Ghoson 70, 74; Boubacar Bah 43]
Salam 2-2 Safa
[Rabih Othman 8pen, Dikran Yassian 36; Youssouf Mohamed 28, Walid Dahrouj 85]
Round 17
[Mar 10]
Homenetmen 1-1 Salam
[Stepan Bagdsarian 85; Rabih Othman 56]
Nijmeh 1-2 Sagesse
[Erol McPharlane 7; Mohamed Qassas 53, Tommy Giacomeli 54]
[Mar 11]
Homenmen 1-0 Racing
[Rafi Joulfagi 90pen]
Safa 3-2 Ansar
[Hisham Shleikh 4pen, 82pen, Khodor Salame 58; Marcelo Sander 79pen,
Peter Prospar 88pen]
Akha-Ahly 0-0 Tadamon
Ahly Sidon 1-2 Shabab
[Hassan Ashour 62; Hassan Nashabe 5, Louis Fernandez 39]
Round 18
[Mar 14]
Sagesse 5-2 Akha-Ahly
[Vartan Ghazarian 10, 45, 46, 85, Marcelo Gwalosa 28;
Abdulwahhab Abou Al-Heil 20, Gilberto Dos Santos 47pen]
Racing 1-2 Ahly Sidon
[Sampakor Sissi 23; Madio Konati 69, Hassan Khaskiyeh 77]
Salam 1-2 Tadamon
[Sha'abane Hamade 6; Haytham Zein 29, Ridha Antar 44]
[NB: match fixed; awarded 0-2 loss against both teams]
Homenmen 0-2 Nijmeh
[Erol McPharlane 17, 48]
[Mar 15]
Shabab 1-2 Safa
[Mahmoud Tahhan 34; Hisham Shleikh 86pen, Ahmed Na'amani 87]
Ansar 4-0 Homenetmen
[Mohamed Jawad 7, Marcelo Sander 21pen, Peter Prospar 42, Fadi Ghoson 78]
Round 19
[Mar 17]
Nijmeh 3-0 Akha-Ahly
[Saeed Abboushi 19, Ali Assa'ad 73, Erol McPharlane 84]
[Mar 18]
Ahly Sidon 2-0 Homenmen
[Boubacar Bah 56, Madio Konati 68]
Sagesse 1-0 Salam Zghorta
[Vartan Ghazarian 88]
Safa 0-2 Racing
[Mounir Hussein 66, Rabih Najjar 71]
Homenetmen 1-1 Shabab
[Hagop Donabidian 3; Ghassan Showaikh 5]
Tadamon 2-1 Ansar [in Tripoli]
[Faysal Antar 6, Didier Tamboura 80; Marcelo Sander 55pen]
Round 20
[Mar 31]
Shabab 0-5 Tadamon
[Faysal Antar 13, Haytham Zein 35, 75pen, 85, Didier Tamboura 45]
[NB: match fixed; awarded 0-2 loss against both teams]
Ansar 2-1 Sagesse
[Marcelo Sander 20, 79; Salomao Salha 43]
[Apr 1]
Salam 2-2 Akha-Ahly
[Dikran Yassian 39, Rabih Othman 62; Ali Awada 28, Zaher Al-Indari 78]
Racing 2-1 Homenetmen
[Rabih Najjar 53, Sampakor Sissi 57pen; Vassili Mokan 41pen]
Homenmen 3-0 Safa
[Anas Sari 40, Ammar Rihawi 64, Samir Bakri 90]
[NB: match fixed; awarded 0-2 loss against both teams]
Nijmeh 2-1 Ahly Sidon
[Erol McPharlane 63, 73; Madio Konati 10pen]
Round 21
[Apr 7]
Sagesse 4-0 Shabab
[Vartan Ghazarian 12, Tommy Giacomeli 46, Hassan Ayyoub 57, Mohamed Mortada 75]
Akha-Ahly 2-1 Ansar
[Marselio Da Silva 50, Shakreddine Giwa 58; Fadi Ghoson 61pen]
[Apr 8]
Homenmen 1-1 Homenetmen
[Ammar Rihawi 4; Sarkis Donabidian 17]
Tadamon 4-1 Racing
[Ridha Antar 7, Haytham Zein 16, 61, Faysal Antar 54; Moussa Moussa 45]
Safa 0-1 Ahly Sidon "Safa FC Stadium"
[Rashid Al-Bobbo 26]
[NB: match fixed; awarded 0-2 loss against both teams]
Salam 1-1 Nijmeh
[Mohsen Nassif 74; Kendal Felox 40]
Round 22
[Apr 14]
Ansar 0-1 Salam
[Mohsen Nassif 32]
[Apr 15]
Shabab 0-10 Akha-Ahly
[Oko Ponia Timindo 24, 31, 89, Gilberto Dos Santos 29, 32, 38, 42,
Zaher Al-Indari 34, 83pen, Khodor Hassan 39]
[NB: match fixed; awarded 0-2 loss against both teams]
Ahly Sidon 1-0 Homenetmen
[Boubacar Bah 37]
Homenmen 6-5 Tadamon
[Samir Bakri 8pen, 66, 89, Ammar Rihawi 57, 72, Anas Sari 61;
Haytham Zein 21, 59, 67pen, 82, 90]
[NB: match fixed; awarded 0-2 loss against both teams]
Racing 2-3 Sagesse
[Dory Zakhour 59, Raymond Odaymi 68; Mohamed Qassas 1,
Tommy Giacomeli 12, Ahmed Jradi 65]
Nijmeh 3-1 Safa
[Tero Kehyeyan 53, Erol McPharlane 90pen, 91; Bala Onana 20]
Revoked Final Table:
1.Al-Nijmeh 22 14 4 4 47-22 46 Champions
2.La Sagesse 22 14 4 4 49-27 46 [aka Al-Hikmeh]
3.Al-Tadamon Tyre 22 14 3 5 49-21 45 [*18,*20,*22]
4.Al-Akha'a-Ahly 22 13 4 5 43-26 43 [*22]
5.Salam Zghorta 22 9 7 6 33-29 34 [*18]
6.Al-Ansar 22 9 6 7 39-30 33
7.Safa 22 7 5 10 26-35 26 [*20,*21]
8.Shabab Al-Sahel 22 4 7 11 23-44 19 [*20,*22]
9.Racing Club 22 3 6 13 22-45 15
10.Al-Ahly Sidon 22 4 3 15 17-46 15 [*21]
--------------------------------------------
11.Homenmen 22 2 7 13 23-43 13 [*20,*22]
12.Homenetmen 22 2 6 14 22-49 12
NB: 6 matches awarded 0-2 loss against both teams; so 12 more losses than wins
and overall GD -24
[*18] match round 18 awarded 0-2 loss
[*20] match round 20 awarded 0-2 loss
[*21] match round 21 awarded 0-2 loss
[*22] match round 22 awarded 0-2 loss
Promoted: Al-Bourj, Al-Ahed (see below)
After investigation of the results between March 14 and April 15, the Lebanese
FA found that 7 clubs were guilty of match fixing: Al-Tadamon Tyre, Akha-Ahly,
Shabab Al-Sahel, Safa, Homenmen, Al-Salam Zghorta and Al-Ahly Sidon.
15 players were suspended for life:
Kamokai Kallon, Youssouf Hijazi, Nabil Baalbaki and Youssouf Baalbaki (all Tadamon)
Ahmed Al-Saqr (Homenmen)
Youssouf Mohamed, Shadi Al-Shami and Daniel Al-A'awar (all Safa)
Habib Qdeih (Ahly Sidon)
3 players from Shabab Al-Sahel
3 players from Al-Salam Zghorta
7 officials were banned for life:
Ali Ahmed (president), Sahrif Wehbe (vice-president) and Nader Bassma (all Tadamon)
Missak Najarian (general secretary Homenmen)
Tsurik Barsekhian (manager Al-Salam Zghorta)
2 officials from Akha-Ahly
Al-Nijmeh were crowned champions, relegation was suspended for this season;
next year, the league will play with 14 teams, of which 4 will go down to
return to a 12-team format for 2002/03.
NB: officially (according the regulations of the FA) all 7 teams found guilty of
match fixing should have been relegated to the 2nd level.
On June 22, the Lebanese FA decided that in accordance to the regulations,
Al-Tadamon Tyre, Akha-Ahly, Shabab Al-Sahel, Safa, Homenmen, Al-Salam Zghorta
and Al-Ahly Sidon are all relegated.
In addition to Al-Bourj and Al-Ahed, also Shabab Al-Khiam and Al-Mabarra are
promoted (finished 3rd and 4th in 2nd division), while the remaining 3 places
in the 1st division will be defined in an additional playoff between 4 teams
from the 2nd division.
In October, it was decided to cancel the whole 2000/01 first division
championship: no champions, no relegation, and two teams (Bourj and Ahed)
promoted.
Topscorers (between brackets annulled goals):
1.Erol McPharlane (Al-Nijmeh - Trinidad/Tobago) 21 (-)
2.Tommy Giacomeli (Sagesse - Brazil) 19 (-)
3.Gilberto Dos Santos (Akha-Ahly) 16 (4)
Haytham Zein (Al-Tadamon Tyre) 16 (9)
Pepsi National Cup 2000/01
1/8 Finals
[Feb 6]
Racing Club 0-2 Al-Bourj (2)
[Abbas Atwi 4, Khalil Watfa 45]
[Feb 7]
Nijmeh 2-3 Sagesse
[Erol McPharlane 42, 88; Tomy Giacomeli 9, 34, Vartan Ghazarian 70]
Al-Salam Zghorta 2-0 Shabab Al-Khiam (2)
[Dikran Dassaian 48, 50]
Shabab Al-Sahel 5-0 Homenetmen
[Ghassan Showaikh 29, 32, 64, Mohannad Zaidan 37, Hussein Ollaiq 91]
[Feb 8]
Safa 3-1 Homenmen "Safa FC Stadium"
[Hisham Shleikh 33pen, Marius Betik 58, Khodor Salame 82; Maurice Nakhle 23]
Al-Tadamon Tyre 4-2 Al-Mabarra (2)
[Abbas Yassine 9, Faysal Antar 34, Youssouf Hijazi 42, Mahmoud Majid 52;
Jihad Suwaydan 14, Qassem Mohamed 58]
Al-Ansar 3-1 Al-Ahed (2)
[Marcelo Sander 68, Fadi Ghoson 89, 92; Mahmoud Shahoud 50]
Akha-Ahly 3-1 Al-Ahly Sidon
[Zaher Al-Indari 8, Bilal Zaghloul 25pen, Salman Abdulkhaleq 35;
Madio Konaki 39]
Quarterfinals
[Mar 3]
Shabab Al-Sahel 0-1 Al-Salam Zghorta
[Armen Adamian 30]
Sagesse 0-1 Al-Tadamon Tyre
[Ridha Antar 87]
[Mar 4]
Safa 3-1 Al-Bourj (2) [aet] "Bourj Hammoud Stadium"
[Bala Onana 54, 95, 116; Abbas Atwi 50]
Al-Ansar 2-1 Akha-Ahly
[Newton De Oliveira 22, Gustavo Alerbaez 55; Gilberto Dos Santos 82]
Semifinals [Mar 25]
Al-Tadamon Tyre 4-1 Al-Salam Zghorta
[Ridha Antar 14, Haytham Zein 27, 42pen, 83; Rabih Othman 34pen]
Al-Ansar 1-0 Safa
[Fadi Ghoson 89]
Final [Apr 22, Tripoli, Municipal Stadium; att: 15,000]
Al-Tadamon Tyre 2-1 Al-Ansar
[Bilal Hajo 15, Didier Tamboura 52; Peter Prospar 66]
[Tadamon: Ali Hotait - Imad Miri, Nabil Baalbaki (73 Youssouf Baalbaki),
Kamokai Kallon, Korken Yinkibarian - Faysal Antar, Ali Mtayrek
(83 Nasrat Al-Jamal), Bilal Hajo (87 Ali Hawila), Ridha Antar -
Haytham Zein, Didier Tamboura
Ansar: Sultan Qassem - Rabih Esper, Zoheir Morad, Jadir Morgenstern,
Abbas Saleh - Jamal Taha, Marcelo Sander (57 Fadi Ghoson (88 Mohamed Tabbara)),
Gustavo Alejandro Alerbaez, Malek Hassoun - Newton De Oliveira
(81 Mohamed Jawad), Peter Prospar
referee: Nabil Ayyad
yellow cards: Bilal Hajo (33), Faysal Antar (42), Ali Mtayrek (52), Imad Miri (56),
Korken Yinkibarian (74), Didier Tamboura (76); Mohamed Jawad (91)
red cards: Kamokai Kallon (90); Abbas Saleh (48)]
Viceroy Cup 2000/01 (aka Elite Cup)
Group 1
[Nov 9]
Ansar 3-1 Akha-Ahly
[Nov 11]
Ansar 0-0 Safa
[Nov 13]
Safa 4-5 Akha-Ahly
1.Al-Ansar 2 1 1 0 3- 1 4
2.Al-Akha'a-Ahly 2 1 0 1 6- 7 3
3.Safa 2 0 1 1 4- 5 1
Group 2
[Nov 10]
Nijmeh 0-1 Tadamon
[Nov 12]
Nijmeh 1-0 Shabab
[Nov 14]
Shabab 0-3 Tadamon
1.Al-Tadamon Tyre 2 2 0 0 4- 0 6
2.Al-Nijmeh 2 1 0 1 1- 1 3
3.Shabab Al-Sahel 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0
Semifinals
[Nov 16]
Ansar 3-3 Nijmeh [aet, 5-3 pen]
[Nov 17]
Tadamon 2-1 Akha-Ahly
Final [Nov 19]
Ansar 1-0 Tadamon
[Peter Prospar 28]
Second Level 2000/01
NB: Al-Majd were renamed Olympic Beirut.
First Stage
Final Tables:
Group A
1.Al-Bourj 12 9 1 2 29- 7 28 Promotion Playoff
2.Al-Mabarra 12 8 0 4 19-16 24 Promotion Playoff
3.Al-Shabab Tripoli 12 7 2 3 22-14 23
4.Al-Ijtimayi 12 6 1 5 26-15 19
5.Olympic Beirut 12 6 0 6 18-19 18 [formerly Al-Majd]
6.Al-Shababe Mazraa 12 1 4 7 11-29 7
7.Harouf 12 0 2 10 12-37 2
Group B
1.Al-Ahed 12 9 2 1 41-11 29 Promotion Playoff
2.Shabab Al-Khiam 12 6 3 3 30-16 21 Promotion Playoff
3.Riyada Wal-Adab 12 5 2 5 31-27 17
4.Al-Horriya 12 3 5 4 15-23 14
5.Al-Islah 12 4 2 6 18-33 14
6.Al-Fetyan Sidon 12 3 2 7 22-31 11
7.Chekka 12 2 4 6 16-32 10
Promotion Playoff
Round 1
Bourj 0-0 Ahead
Shabab Khiam 0-0 Mabarra
Round 2
Ahed 2-0 Shabab Khiam
Bourj 4-0 Mabarra
Round 3
Bourj 3-2 Shabab Khiam
Ahed 3-2 Mabarra
Final Table:
1.Al-Bourj 3 2 1 0 7- 2 7
2.Al-Ahed 3 2 1 0 5- 2 7
3.Shabab Al-Khiam 3 0 1 2 2- 5 1
4.Al-Mabarra 3 0 1 2 2- 7 1
Third Place Match
Mabarra 3-2 Shabab Khiam
Final
Bourj 4-3 Ahed
Al-Bourj and Al-Ahed promoted;
following the match fixing scandal in the first division, also
Al-Mabarra and Shabab Al-Khiam were awarded promotion but this was
later revoked.
Special Promotion Playoff
In order to determine 3 more teams to be promoted, the federation
will organise another 3-round round-robin between the 3rd and 4th
placed teams from groups A and B, the top-3 of which will be
promoted.
Table:
1.Al-Shabab Tripoli 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
2.Al-Ijtimayi 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
3.Riyada Wal-Adab 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
4.Al-Horriya or Al-Islah [to play off for final berth]
NB: in the end it was decided to only promote Bourj and Ahed.
Division Three 2000/01
Participating teams (16):
Ahly Nabatieh
Ittihad Harra al-Namma
Harakat al-Shabab
Ahly Sarba
Risala Beirut
Amal Maaraka
Wahada Shahim
Tadamon Nabatiye
Hada al-Risala
Indifaa
Tadamon Tripoli
Hilal Harra Naama
Irshad
Nahda Bir Elias
Shabab al-Ghazieh
Mahba Tripoli
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