Lebanon 2002/03

Table:

 1.Olympic Beirut       22 16  2  4 39-12 50  [*]  Qualified
 2.Al-Nijmeh            22 14  5  3 43-22 47  Qualified
 3.Al-Ahed              22 13  4  5 36-19 43  Qualified
 4.Al-Ansar             22  9 10  3 32-19 37  Qualified
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Al-Tadamon Tyre      22  8  8  6 30-27 32
 6.Safa                 22  7  6  9 25-31 27
 7.Shabab Al-Sahel      22  5  8  9 29-34 23
 8.La Sagesse           22  5  8  9 25-32 23  [aka Al-Hikmeh]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 9.Salam Zghorta        22  6  5 11 29-37 23  Relegation Playoff
10.Al-Mabarra           22  5  8  9 25-34 23  Relegation Playoff
11.Al-Akha'a-Ahly       22  4  4 14 17-38 16  Relegation Playoff
12.Al-Bourj             22  5  2 15 21-46 11  [-6]  Relegated

[*] promoted club Al-Majd were renamed Olympic Beirut on Jun 15, 2002

Bourj 6 points deducting for abandoning match in round 14.

NB: top-4 teams after 22 rounds qualify for championship playoff;
    bottom-4 play off against relegation

Round 1
[Oct 26]
Nijmeh          4-0 Mabarra
  [Youssouf Mezian 13og, Mohamed Halawi 30, Mahmoud Majid 62,
   Yahya Hashem 75]
Olympic         1-1 Sagesse
  [Silvio Costa 51; Marcelo Sander 61]
[Oct 27]
Akha-Ahly       0-3 Tadamon
  [Darlington Chigodze 16, Hamlet Makhtarian 33, Haytham Zein 48]
Shabab          1-2 Ahed
  [Eid Al-Harakeh 67; Ahmed Itani 5, 23]
Salam           0-0 Bourj
Safa            0-0 Ansar

Round 2
[Nov 2]
Ahed            2-2 Tadamon
  [Boubacar Bah 47, Mahmoud Shahoud 77; Haytham Zein 16, Riyadh Qobaissi 30]
Mabarra         1-1 Salam
  [Mohamed Mortada 90; Rami Al-Hassan 86]
[Nov 3]
Sagesse         0-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Andre Silva 39pen]
Ansar           6-1 Shabab
  [Peter Prospar 7, 68, 77, Fadi Ghosson 18, 21, Hamza Al-Masry 87;
   Salah Haddad 51]
Safa            0-1 Bourj
  [Bilal Hammoud 90]
Nijmeh          1-0 Olympic
  [Moussa Hojeij 9]

Round 3
[Nov 9]
Akha-Ahly       1-3 Nijmeh
  [Andre Silva 88pen; Gilberto Dos Santos 27, 48, Mohamed Halawi 45]
Mabarra         2-0 Safa
  [Madio Konati 41, Ali Ahmed 45]
[Nov 10]
Ansar           1-1 Tadamon 
  [Peter Prospar 34; Korken Yinkibarian 8]
Ahed            1-0 Sagesse
  [Ahmed Itani 14]
Shabab          0-1 Bourj
  [Rami Qaddoura 13]
Salam           0-3 Olympic 
  [Silvio Costa 2, 36, 48]

Round 4
[Nov 16]
Tadamon         3-2 Bourj      
  [Oussama Haydar 10, Riyadh Qobaissi 45, Korken Yinkibarian 81pen;
   Kenneth Oliseh 3, 65]   
Akha-Ahly       1-2 Salam
  [Khodor Hassan 64; Rami Al-Hassan 27, Ghassan Germanos 90]
[Nov 17]
Ahed            2-1 Nijmeh
  [Ali Al-Attar 61, Ahmed Itani 77; Gilberto Dos Santos 13]
Sagesse         3-1 Ansar
  [Paul Rustom 15, 56, Marcelo Sander 73; Hassan Darwishe 90]
Mabarra         2-2 Shabab 
  [Madio Konati 20, 60; Hussein Ballout 11, 45]
Safa            2-1 Olympic 
  [Hassan Ibrahim 13, 44; Silvio Costa ?]

Round 5
[Nov 23]
Shabab          0-1 Olympic 
Bourj           0-1 Sagesse
[Nov 24]
Salam           1-2 Ahed
  [Ghassan Germanos 39; Bassam Assa’ad 55og, Ahmed Itani 61]
[Nov 27]
Nijmeh          0-0 Ansar
Mabarra         2-2 Tadamon 
Akha-Ahly       1-1 Safa

Round 6
[Nov 30]
Shabab          0-0 Akha-Ahly
Olympic         1-2 Tadamon
  [Faysal Antar 28; Korken Yinkibarian 7pen, Darlington Chigodze 49]
[Dec 1]
Sagesse         3-1 Mabarra
  [Youssoud Al-Jawhari 8, 36, Tommy Giacomeli 57; Mahmoud Tahhan 86]
Ansar           5-3 Salam
  [Shadi Al-Shami 1, 24, Fadi Ghosson 50, Peter Prospar 16, 69;
   Pierre Boyam 56, 87, Rami Al-Hassan 74pen]
Nijmeh          0-1 Bourj
  [Tanko Saleh 60]
[Dec 2]
Safa            0-1 Ahed
  [Ali Al-Attar 19]

Round 7
[Dec 7]
Akha-Ahly       0-1 Bourj
  [Hussein Tahhan 14]
Mabarra         0-3 Ahed
  [Mahmoud Shahoud 67, 90, Ahmed Itani 87]
[Dec 8]
Salam           2-3 Nijmeh
  [Peter Boyam 60, Jad Mouawwadh 68; Mahmoud Majid 45, 70, Abbas Atwi 65pen]
Safa            2-2 Sagesse
  [Hassan Ibrahim 34, 51pen; Fouad Hijazi 62, 90]
Tadamon         2-2 Shabab
  [Korken Yinkibarian 36pen, Ibrahim Manasri 68; Jardel 23, Salah Haddad 86]
Ansar           0-2 Olympic
  [Abbas Atwi 28, Mohamed Qassas 68]

Round 8
[Jan 5]
Ahed            1-0 Akha-Ahly
Tadamon         1-0 Salam
Olympic         4-1 Bourj
Shabab          2-0 Sagesse
[Jan 6]
Safa            1-3 Nijmeh
Mabarra         1-2 Ansar

Round 9
[Jan 11]
Ansar           1-1 Ahed
Olympic         0-0 Akha-Ahly
[Jan 12]
Mabarra         1-1 Bourj
Salam           2-4 Safa
Nijmeh          2-2 Shabab
Sagesse         1-1 Tadamon

Round 10
[Jan 18]
Akha-Ahly       1-3 Mabarra
Bourj           0-4 Ansar
[Jan 19]
Sagesse         1-0 Salam
Safa            2-1 Shabab
Ahed            0-2 Olympic
Nijmeh          1-1 Tadamon

Round 11
[Jan 25]
Bourj           1-2 Ahed            
Shabab          1-1 Salam
[Jan 26]
Ansar           2-1 Akha-Ahly
Olympic         3-0 Mabarra
Tadamon         2-0 Safa
Sagesse         1-2 Nijmeh

Round 12
[Feb 8]
Akha-Ahly       0-4 Ahed
Ansar           1-1 Safa
[Feb 9]
Sagesse         3-2 Bourj
Mabarra         0-2 Olympic
Nijmeh          1-0 Salam
Shabab          1-1 Tadamon

Round 13
[Feb 15]
Ansar           2-0 Bourj
Akha-Ahly       1-0 Sagesse
[Feb 16]
Ahed            2-3 Salam
Shabab          1-2 Nijmeh
Tadamon         1-0 Mabarra
Olympic         2-1 Safa

Round 14
[Mar 1]
Akha-Ahly       0-1 Ansar
Mabarra         0-2 Nijmeh
[Mar 2]
Ahed            2-1 Shabab
Safa            1-0 Tadamon
Salam           3-3 Sagesse
Olympic         awd Bourj         [abandoned at 3-0 in 77' after Bourj
                                   withdrew; result stood]
Round 15
[Mar 8]
Sagesse         2-3 Shabab
Akha-Ahly       1-3 Olympic
Nijmeh          0-1 Safa
[Mar 9]
Bourj           2-0 Tadamon      
Salam           1-1 Ansar
Ahed            0-0 Mabarra

Round 16
[Mar 15]
Ahed            2-1 Safa
Bourj           0-1 Nijmeh
[Mar 16]
Olympic         2-0 Salam
Shabab          0-0 Ansar
Tadamon         0-1 Akha-Ahly
Mabarra         1-1 Sagesse

Round 17 [postponed from Mar 22/23 due to war in Iraq]
[Apr 22]
Shabab          0-3 Olympic
Sagesse         0-0 Safa
Ahed            5-0 Bourj
[Apr 23]
Salam           1-2 Tadamon
Ansar           2-1 Mabarra
Nijmeh          2-2 Akha-Ahly

Round 18
[Apr 26]
Sagesse         1-1 Ahed
Ansar           1-1 Nijmeh
[Apr 27]
Bourj           2-3 Shabab
Tadamon         0-1 Olympic
Safa            1-2 Salam
Mabarra         2-0 Akha-Ahly

Round 19
[May 10]
Tadamon         3-0 Sagesse
Olympic         1-3 Nijmeh
Ahed            0-1 Ansar
[May 11]
Shabab          2-2 Mabarra
Bourj           0-3 Salam
Akha-Ahly       1-2 Safa

Round 20
[May 17]
Ansar           0-0 Sagesse
Tadamon         2-5 Nijmeh
Ahed            0-1 Olympic
[May 18]
Safa            1-1 Mabarra
Salam           1-0 Shabab
Bourj           3-4 Akha-Ahly

Round 21
[May 24]
Tadamon         0-2 Ahed
Olympic         1-0 Ansar
[May 25]
Akha-Ahly       0-3 Shabab
Bourj           3-4 Safa
Salam           1-2 Mabarra
[May 29]
Nijmeh          4-2 Sagesse

Round 22
[May 31]
Bourj           0-3 Mabarra
Salam           2-1 Akha-Ahly
Shabab          3-0 Safa
[Jun 1]
Tadamon         1-1 Ansar
Sagesse         0-2 Olympic
Nijmeh          2-1 Ahed

Table:

 1.Olympic Beirut       22 16  2  4 39-12 50  [*]  Qualified
 2.Al-Nijmeh            22 14  5  3 43-22 47  Qualified
 3.Al-Ahed              22 13  4  5 36-19 43  Qualified
 4.Al-Ansar             22  9 10  3 32-19 37  Qualified
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Al-Tadamon Tyre      22  8  8  6 30-27 32
 6.Safa                 22  7  6  9 25-31 27
 7.Shabab Al-Sahel      22  5  8  9 29-34 23
 8.La Sagesse           22  5  8  9 25-32 23  [aka Al-Hikmeh]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 9.Salam Zghorta        22  6  5 11 29-37 23  Relegation Playoff
10.Al-Mabarra           22  5  8  9 25-34 23  Relegation Playoff
11.Al-Akha'a-Ahly       22  4  4 14 17-38 16  Relegation Playoff
12.Al-Bourj             22  5  2 15 21-46 11  [-6]  Relegated

[*] promoted club Al-Majd were renamed Olympic Beirut on Jun 15, 2002

Bourj 6 points deducting for abandoning match in round 14.

NB: top-4 teams after 22 rounds qualify for championship playoff;
    bottom-4 play off against relegation


Championship Playoff

Round 23 [Jun 14]
Olympic         1-0 Ansar
  [Edilson Silva 88]
Nijmeh          3-4 Ahed
  [Gilberto Da Silva 23pen, Mohamed Ghaddar 73, Moussa Hojeij 90pen;
   Mahmoud Shahoud 9, 48, Ahmed Itani 57, Boubacar Bah 61]

Round 24 [Jun 21]
Olympic         0-0 Ahed
Nijmeh          1-0 Ansar
  [Mohamed Ghaddar 29]

Round 25 [Jun 29]
Ansar           0-4 Ahed
  [Ahmed Itani 43, Bassem Marmar 53, Ahmed Trad 86, 87]
Nijmeh          2-0 Olympic
  [Abbas Atwi 62, Mahmoud Majid 66]

Final Table:

 1.Olympic Beirut       25 17  3  5 40-14 54  Champions
 2.Al-Nijmeh            25 16  5  4 49-26 53 
 3.Al-Ahed              25 15  5  5 44-22 50  
 4.Al-Ansar             25  9 10  6 32-25 37 

Relegation Playoff

Round 23 [Jun 15]
Salam           8-0 Bourj
  [Jad Mouawwadh 8, Mohamed Obaid 21, Rami Al-Hassan 33pen,
   Mohsen Nassif 46, 84, Ghassan Germanos 68, Bassam Assa’ad 80, ?]
Mabarra         3-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Ali Ahmed 7, Madio Konati 33, 67; Luis Trentik 11]

Round 24 [Jun 22]
Salam           1-2 Akha-Ahly
  [Pierre Boyam 31; Luis Trentik 39, 55]
Mabarra         6-0 Bourj
  [Ali Dabbous 11, 14, Hassan Nasrallah 18, Ahmed Taha 44,
   Ali Ahmed 59, Ali Haydar 86]

Round 25 [Jun 28]
Salam           3-5 Mabarra
  [Jad Mouawwadh 19, 74, Pierre Boyam 21; Madio Konati 26pen, 
   Ali Ahmed 47, Rabih Al-Ghoul 48, 72, Ali Dabbous 90]
Akha-Ahly       1-4 Bourj
  [Mahmoud Wahbi 74; Hassan Abdullah 11, Bassel Hadid 38,
   Mohamed Ghalayyini 55, Hassan Meqdad 78]

Final Table:

 9.Al-Mabarra           25  8  8  9 39-38 32  
10.Salam Zghorta        25  7  5 13 41-44 26
--------------------------------------------
11.Al-Akha'a-Ahly       25  5  4 16 21-46 19  Relegated
12.Al-Bourj             25  6  2 17 25-61 14  [-6]  Relegated


Promoted: Homenetmen, Homenmen 


Top Scorers:

 1.Ahmed Itani (Al-Ahed)             16
 2.Silvio Costa (Olympic Beirut)     14
 3.Rami Al-Hassan (Al-Salam Zghorta) 12
 4.Hassan Ibrahim (Safa)             11
   Ali Ahmed (Al-Mabarra)            11
 6.Gilberto Dos Santos (Al-Nijmeh)   10
   Madio Konati (Al-Bourj)           10
 8.Peter Prospar (Al-Ansar)           9
   Fadi Ghosson (Al-Ansar)            9
   Mahmoud Shahoud (Al-Ahed)          9
   Moussa Hojeij (Al-Nijmeh)          9



Prime Cup 2002

Group 1
[Sep 21]
Al-Nijmeh              4-0 Al-Tadamon
  [Bilal Fleifil 51, 62, 67, Mohammed Halawa 90]
[Sep 28]
Al-Ahd                 2-2 Al-Tadamon
  [Hassan Mizhir 59og, Mahmoud Shahoud 75; Fadi Zein 35, Essam Ayoub 83]
[Oct 1]
Al-Nijmeh              1-1 Al-Ahd
  [Moussa Hojeij ?; Essam Ayoub 48]

Group 2
[Sep 20]
Al-Ansar               2-0 Sagesse
  [Abbas Saleh 24, Fadi Ghosn 61]
[Sep 29]
Al-Ansar               0-2 Shabab Al-Sahel
  [Mohammed Taha 24, Louis Fernandez 30]
[Oct 2]
Sagesse                0-1 Shabab Al-Sahel
  [Mohammed Saad 14]

Semifinals 
[Oct 5]
Al-Nijmeh              0-0 Al-Ansar          [aet, 3-2 pen]
[Oct 6]
Shabab Al-Sahel        1-4 Al-Ahd
  [Hussain Ballout 21; Mahmoud Shahoud 12, 41, Essam Ayoub 26, 58]

Final [Oct 12]
Al-Nijmeh              1-1 Al-Ahd            [aet, 4-3 pen]
  [Bilal Fleifil 44; Ahmed Itani 32]


FA Cup 2002/03

1/16 Finals
[Jan 31]
Safa                   7-2 Al-Ijtimayi (II)
  [Hassan Ibrahim 18, 44, Ahmed Al-Na’amani 49, 63, Ali Wassef 65,
   Mustapha Zoayter 72, Khodor Salame 90; Mohamed Al-Ghamrawi 47,
   Bilal Ali 70]
[Feb 1]
Al-Salam Zghorta       5-2 Al-Horriya (II)
  [Wahbi Al-Douwayhi 19, 58, 77, Mohsen Nassif 23, Bassam Assa’ad 54;
   Wissam Hamze 2, Ahmed Jradi 68pen]
Sagesse                2-0 Al-Tadamon Tripoli (II)
  [Marcelo Sander 19, 77pen]
Al-Mabarra             8-0 Racing Club (II)
  [Madio Konati 29pen, 59, Ali Ahmed 51, 70, 73, Nabih Al-Jurdi 75,
   Ahmed Taha 79, 88]
Al-Nijmeh              2-1 Al-Ahly Sidon (II)
  [Yahya Hashem 12pen, Bilal Flayfel 56; Maher Haydar 85]
[Feb 2]
Al-Ansar               6-1 Al-Mahabba (II) 
  [Fadi Ghosson 5, 55, 73pen, 84, Peter Prospar 22, 57; Omar Al-Ghosh 77]
Olympic Beirut         2-0 Al-Shabab (II)
  [Imad Al-Miri 80, Abbas Atwi 82]
Shabab Al-Sahel        0-0 Homenmen (II)         [4-3 pen]
Al-Ahed                w/o Shabab Al-Khiyam (II) [withdrew]
Al-Tadamon Tyre        w/o Al-Fetian Sidon (II)  [withdrew]

1/8 Finals
[Mar 5]
Homenetmen (II)        2-1 Safa 
  [Rafi Joulfagi 33, Krekor Samoyan 76; Mohamed Qobaissi 84]
Al-Ahed                3-0 Sagesse 
  [Mahmoud Shahoud 25, Abbas Kaana’an 27, Boubacar Bah 44]
Al-Salam Zghorta       2-1 Akha-Ahly
  [Rami Al-Hasan 16, Sayed Bassil 45; Mohamed Nasser 56]
Olympic Beirut         3-2 Shabab Al-Sahel
  [Silvio Costa 17, Krekor Alosian 67, 90; Yasser Mansour 44, 
   Luis Fernandez 73]
Al-Islah (II)          1-1 Riyada Wal-Adab (II)  [aet, 5-3 pen]
  [Mohamed Sharafeddine 89; Ghassan Assa’ad 27]
[Mar 6]
Al-Tadamon Tyre        2-0 Al-Nahda (II)
  [Haytham Zein 36, Ibrahim Sabrawi 78]
Al-Ansar               2-1 Al-Mabarra 
  [Peter Prospar 27, Fadi Ghosson 35; Rabih Al-Ghoul 81]
[Mar 20]
Al-Bourj               1-2 Al-Nijmeh
  [Hussein Tahhan 16; Moussa Hojeij 81, Mohamed Shahrour 90]


Quarterfinals

First Legs
[May 4]
Al-Salam Zghorta      10-0 Al-Islah (II)
  [Pierre Boyam 3, 9, 66, Rami Al-Hassan 18, 81, Ghassan Germanos 55, 63, 90,
   Mohsen Nassif 62, Boutros Karam 89]
[May 7]
Homenetmen (II)        2-2 Al-Ahed
  [Vartan Ghazarian 85, Thomas 90; Bassem Marmar 16, Mahmoud Shahoud 90]
Olympic                1-1 Al-Ansar       
  [Mohamed Qassas 88; Mohamed Jawad 77]       
Al-Nijmeh              3-2 Al-Tadamon Tyre
  [Moussa Hojeij 16, Mohamed Ghaddar 66, 73; Haytham Zein 42,
   Korken Yinkibarian 87]

Second Legs
[May 14]
Al-Ahed                0-1 Homenetmen (II)
  [Vartan Ghazarian 19]
Al-Ansar               1-2 Olympic Beirut
  [Peter Prospar 48pen; Silvio Costa 61, Mohamed Qassas 87]
[May 15]
Al-Islah (II)          2-4 Al-Salam Zghorta
  [Bilal Kassab 51, Wassim Abdulhadi 77; Bassam Assa’ad 16,
   Ghassan Germanos 27, 37, Ashraf Saqr 37og]
[Jun 10]
Al-Tadamon Tyre        3-3 Al-Nijmeh
  [Qassem Ghaddar 11, Bilal Bourji 22, Hamlet Makhtarian 54;
   Mahmoud Majid 33, Abbas Atwi 81, Saeed Abboushi 87]

Semifinals

First Legs [Jun 18]
Al-Salam Zghorta       1-2 Olympic Beirut
  [Mohsen Nassif 3; Silvio Costa 12, Nabil Ba’albaki 15]
Al-Nijmeh              2-0 Homenetmen (II)
  [Abbas Atwi 36, Khaled Hamiyyeh 60]

Second Legs 
[Jun 25]
Olympic Beirut         1-1 Al-Salam Zghorta
  [Silvio Costa 7; Claude Kharma 11]
[Jun 26]
Homenetmen (II)        0-0 Al-Nijmeh

Final [Jul 5]
Olympic Beirut         3-2 Al-Nijmeh             [aet]
  [Mohamed Ridha 91og, Silvio Costa 108, 115; Sunday Oku 102og,
   Mohamed Halawi 111]

2001/02

2003/04

list of champions

list of cup winners


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