League Championship Final Table: 1.Al-Ansar 26 20 5 1 59- 7 65 Champions 2.Nejmeh 26 18 4 4 52-22 58 3.Homenetmen 26 15 4 7 55-30 49 4.Homenmen 26 15 3 8 47-35 48 5.Safa 26 10 8 8 30-22 38 6.Akhaa Ahli Aley 26 10 8 8 29-30 38 7.Al-Riyada Wal Adab 26 8 9 9 19-20 33 8.Al-Tadamon Tyre 26 9 5 12 25-35 32 9.Shabab Al-Sahel 26 7 7 12 20-32 28 10.Al-Bourj 26 7 7 12 19-31 28 11.Al-Hikma 26 6 6 14 30-42 24 12.Racing Beirut 26 5 7 14 18-38 22 --------------------------------------------------- 13.Al-Salam Zgharta 26 3 11 12 23-48 20 Relegated 14.Al-Shabibet Mazraa 26 2 10 14 19-53 16 Relegated Round 1 [Oct 11] Shabab Al-Sahel 3-0 Shabibet Mazraa [Oct 12] Nejmeh 4-3 Al-Hikma Homenetmen 3-0 Racing Beirut [Oct 13] Bourj 1-1 Akhaa Ahli Aley Homenmen 5-3 Safa Al-Ansar 3-1 Riyada Wal Adab Salam Zgharta 2-2 Tadamon Tyre Round 2 [Oct 18] Tadamon Tyre 1-0 Safa Shabab Al-Sahel 3-0 Bourj [Oct 19] Akhaa Ahli Aley 2-1 Salam Zgharta Riyada Wal Adab 1-0 Al-Hikma Homenetmen 4-1 Shabibet Mazraa [Oct 20] Al-Ansar 3-1 Racing Beirut Nejmeh 1-2 Homenmen Round 3 [Oct 22] Tadamon Tyre 0-1 Shabab Al-Sahel Safa 1-1 Salam Zgharta Shabibet Mazraa 1-1 Riyada Wal Adab [Oct 23] Bourj 1-1 Nejmeh Al-Ansar 3-0 Akhaa Ahli Aley Homenmen 3-3 Homenetmen Al-Hikma 2-2 Racing Beirut Round 4 [Oct 25] Salam Zgharta 1-2 Riyada Wal Adab [Oct 26] Shabab Al-Sahel 0-2 Al-Ansar Al-Hikma 3-1 Bourj Shabibet Mazraa 0-2 Homenmen Tadamon Tyre 1-0 Racing Beirut [Oct 27] Safa 0-1 Nejmeh Akhaa Ahli Aley 1-1 Homenetmen Round 5 [Oct 29] Riyada Wal Adab 0-0 Tadamon Tyre Bourj 2-0 Racing Beirut [Oct 30] Al-Ansar 1-1 Shabibet Mazraa Nejmeh 2-0 Akhaa Ahli Aley Al-Hikma 3-1 Homenmen Homenetmen 4-2 Salam Zgharta Safa 6-1 Shabab Al-Sahel Round 6 [Nov 2] Bourj 0-1 Homenmen Salam Zgharta 2-1 Al-Hikma Shabab Al-Sahel 1-0 Homenetmen Safa 1-0 Riyada Wal Adab [Nov 3] Shabibet Mazraa 1-1 Tadamon Tyre Akhaa Ahli Aley 2-0 Racing Beirut Nejmeh 0-1 Al-Ansar Round 7 [Nov 5] Homenetmen 4-2 Al-Hikma Bourj 1-0 Safa Homenmen 1-0 Shabab Al-Sahel [Nov 6] Al-Ansar 4-0 Salam Zgharta Nejmeh 3-0 Shabibet Mazraa Tadamon Tyre 1-3 Akhaa Ahli Aley Riyada Wal Adab 1-0 Racing Beirut Round 8 [Nov 9] Shabab Al-Sahel 0-0 Akhaa Ahli Aley Riyada Wal Adab 1-1 Bourj Nejmeh 1-0 Salam Zgharta [Nov 10] Safa 0-0 Al-Ansar Tadamon Tyre 0-1 Homenetmen Al-Hikma 1-1 Shabibet Mazraa Homenmen 1-0 Racing Beirut Round 9 [Nov 15] Shabab Al-Sahel 1-1 Salam Zgharta Shabibet Mazraa 2-2 Racing Beirut [Nov 16] Riyada Wal Adab 1-0 Homenmen Tadamon Tyre 1-5 Nejmeh Akhaa Ahli Aley 4-1 Safa [Nov 17] Homenetmen 0-1 Bourj Al-Ansar 0-1 Al-Hikma Round 10 [Nov 19] Akhaa Ahli Aley 0-0 Shabibet Mazraa Nejmeh 1-1 Riyada Wal Adab Racing Beirut 1-2 Shabab Al-Sahel Salam Zgharta 2-2 Homenmen [Nov 20] Homenetmen 1-4 Al-Ansar Safa 0-0 Al-Hikma Bourj 0-0 Tadamon Tyre Round 11 [Nov 22] Akhaa Ahli Aley 1-4 Homenmen [Nov 23] Shabibet Mazraa 1-2 Safa Homenetmen 0-0 Riyada Wal Adab Salam Zgharta 0-0 Bourj [Nov 24] Al-Ansar 1-0 Tadamon Tyre Shabab Al-Sahel 0-0 Al-Hikma Racing Beirut 2-1 Nejmeh Round 12 [Nov 29] Salam Zgharta 0-0 Shabibet Mazraa Al-Hikma 1-2 Akhaa Ahli Aley [Nov 30] Nejmeh 0-2 Homenetmen Racing Beirut 0-1 Safa Shabab Al-Sahel 0-0 Riyada Wal Adab [Dec 1] Bourj 0-2 Al-Ansar Homenmen 1-3 Tadamon Tyre Round 13 [Dec 9] Racing Beirut 2-1 Salam Zgharta Al-Hikma 1-2 Tadamon Tyre Riyada Wal Adab 2-0 Akhaa Ahli Aley [Dec 10] Shabibet Mazraa 2-1 Bourj Shabab Al-Sahel 2-5 Nejmeh [Dec 11] Homenmen 0-3 Al-Ansar Safa 2-1 Homenetmen Halfway Table: 1.Al-Ansar 13 10 2 1 27- 5 32 2.Nejmeh 13 7 2 4 25-15 23 3.Homenmen 13 7 2 4 23-20 23 4.Homenetmen 13 6 3 4 24-17 21 5.Al-Riyada Wal Adab 13 5 6 2 11- 8 21 6.Akhaa Ahli Aley 13 5 4 4 16-17 19 7.Shabab Al-Sahel 13 5 4 4 14-16 19 8.Safa 13 5 3 5 17-16 18 9.Al-Tadamon Tyre 13 4 4 5 12-16 16 10.Al-Bourj 13 3 5 5 9-14 14 11.Al-Hikma 13 3 4 6 18-20 13 12.Al-Shabibet Mazraa 13 1 7 5 10-21 10 --------------------------------------------------- 13.Al-Salam Zgharta 13 1 6 6 13-22 9 14.Racing Beirut 13 2 2 9 10-22 8 NB: round 14 played after round 17 Round 15 [Dec 13] Shabibet Mazraa 2-3 Homenetmen Al-Hikma 1-3 Riyada Wal Adab [Dec 14] Shabab Al-Sahel 1-0 Bourj Homenmen 1-2 Nejmeh Safa 2-1 Tadamon Tyre [Dec 15] Salam Zgharta 1-1 Akhaa Ahli Aley Racing Beirut 0-1 Al-Ansar Round 16 [Dec 17] Shabibet Mazraa 0-0 Riyada Wal Adab Shabab Al-Sahel 0-1 Tadamon Tyre Nejmeh 2-0 Bourj [Dec 18] Homenetmen 7-1 Homenmen Salam Zgharta 0-0 Safa Racing Beirut 2-1 Al-Hikma Akhaa Ahli Aley 0-2 Al-Ansar Round 17 [Dec 21] Al-Ansar 2-0 Shabab Al-Sahel Bourj 1-1 Al-Hikma Homenetmen 1-3 Akhaa Ahli Aley Riyada Wal Adab 0-0 Salam Zgharta [Dec 22] Homenmen 4-0 Shabibet Mazraa Racing Beirut 1-0 Tadamon Tyre Nejmeh 2-1 Safa Round 14 [Dec 24] Akhaa Ahli Aley 0-1 Bourj [Dec 25] Shabab Al-Sahel 1-0 Shabibet Mazraa Al-Hikma 1-1 Nejmeh Safa 2-0 Homenmen Riyada Wal Adab 0-2 Al-Ansar [Dec 26] Tadamon Tyre 2-0 Salam Zgharta Homenetmen 0-1 Racing Beirut Round 18 [Dec 28] Shabibet Mazraa 0-7 Al-Ansar Shabab Al-Sahel 0-0 Safa Homenmen 1-0 Al-Hikma [Dec 29] Racing Beirut 0-3 Bourj Salam Zgharta 1-4 Homenetmen Tadamon Tyre 1-0 Riyada Wal Adab [Dec 31] Akhaa Ahli Aley 0-5 Nejmeh Round 19 [Jan 3] Homenetmen 3-1 Shabab Al-Sahel Riyada Wal Adab 0-0 Safa Tadamon Tyre 3-1 Shabibet Mazraa [Jan 4] Homenmen 2-0 Bourj Al-Hikma 3-1 Salam Zgharta Racing Beirut 1-1 Akhaa Ahli Aley [Jan 5] Al-Ansar 0-0 Nejmeh Round 20 [Jan 7] Al-Hikma 0-3 Homenetmen Shabab Al-Sahel 0-2 Homenmen Akhaa Ahli Aley 1-0 Tadamon Tyre [Jan 8] Safa 2-0 Bourj Salam Zgharta 0-5 Al-Ansar Racing Beirut 0-1 Riyada Wal Adab Shabibet Mazraa 1-2 Nejmeh Round 21 [Feb 15] Akhaa Ahli Aley 0-0 Shabab Al-Sahel Bourj 1-0 Riyada Wal Adab Salam Zgharta 1-4 Nejmeh Homenetmen 4-0 Tadamon Tyre [Feb 16] Al-Ansar 0-0 Safa Shabibet Mazraa 1-0 Al-Hikma Racing Beirut 0-4 Homenmen Round 22 [Feb 22] Bourj 1-2 Homenetmen [Feb 23] Nejmeh 2-1 Tadamon Tyre Salam Zgharta 1-0 Shabab Al-Sahel Al-Hikma 1-2 Al-Ansar [Feb 24] Safa 2-1 Akhaa Ahli Aley Racing Beirut 1-1 Shabibet Mazraa [Mar 10] Homenmen 2-1 Riyada Wal Adab Round 23 [Feb 28] Homenmen 3-0 Salam Zgharta Tadamon Tyre 0-0 Bourj Riyada Wal Adab 0-1 Nejmeh [Mar 1] Shabab Al-Sahel 0-0 Racing Beirut [Mar 2] Shabibet Mazraa 0-2 Akhaa Ahli Aley Al-Ansar 1-1 Homenetmen Al-Hikma 1-0 Safa Round 24 [Mar 6] Al-Hikma 2-1 Shabab Al-Sahel [Mar 7] Riyada Wal Adab 1-2 Homenetmen Homenmen 0-0 Akhaa Ahli Aley [Mar 8] Bourj 0-1 Salam Zgharta Tadamon Tyre 0-3 Al-Ansar [Mar 9] Safa 4-0 Shabibet Mazraa Nejmeh 2-0 Racing Beirut Round 25 [Mar 11] Akhaa Ahli Aley 3-0 Al-Hikma [Mar 12] Safa 0-0 Racing Beirut Homenetmen 0-1 Nejmeh Al-Ansar 5-0 Bourj [Mar 13] Shabibet Mazraa 2-2 Salam Zgharta Riyada Wal Adab 2-1 Shabab Al-Sahel Tadamon Tyre 1-4 Homenmen Round 26 [Mar 15] Homenetmen 1-0 Safa [Mar 16] Salam Zgharta 2-2 Racing Beirut Bourj 3-1 Shabibet Mazraa Tadamon Tyre 3-1 Al-Hikma Akhaa Ahli Aley 1-0 Riyada Wal Adab Nejmeh 3-1 Shabab Al-Sahel Al-Ansar 2-0 Homenmen Final Table: 1.Al-Ansar 26 20 5 1 59- 7 65 Champions 2.Nejmeh 26 18 4 4 52-22 58 3.Homenetmen 26 15 4 7 55-30 49 4.Homenmen 26 15 3 8 47-35 48 5.Safa 26 10 8 8 30-22 38 6.Akhaa Ahli Aley 26 10 8 8 29-30 38 7.Al-Riyada Wal Adab 26 8 9 9 19-20 33 8.Al-Tadamon Tyre 26 9 5 12 25-35 32 9.Shabab Al-Sahel 26 7 7 12 20-32 28 10.Al-Bourj 26 7 7 12 19-31 28 11.Al-Hikma 26 6 6 14 30-42 24 12.Racing Beirut 26 5 7 14 18-38 22 --------------------------------------------------- 13.Al-Salam Zgharta 26 3 11 12 23-48 20 Relegated 14.Al-Shabibet Mazraa 26 2 10 14 19-53 16 Relegated Promoted: Al-Ahli Saida, Al-Ahed. Topscorer: Prospar (Al-Ansar) 22 goals. FA Cup 1996/97 Semifinals Al-Ansar 2-0 Homenmen [Abdulfattah Shéhab 37, Malek Hassoun 60] Nejmeh 1-0 Al-Ahed [Ali Kazem 69] Final Nejmeh 2-0 Al-Ansar [Abdehamid Karaki, Mohamed Abu] Super Cup 1997 NB: between top-6 of league Super Cup [top-6 of league] Group A Homenmen 2-2 Safa Al-Ansar 2-2 Homenmen Al-Ansar 2-0 Safa Final Table: 1.Al-Ansar 2 1 1 0 4- 2 4 Semifinals 2.Homenmen 2 0 2 0 4- 4 2 Semifinals 3.Safa 2 0 1 1 2- 4 1 Group B Nejmeh 3-0 Homenetmen Nejmeh 2-1 Akhaa Ahli Aley Akhaa Ahli Aley 2-0 Homenetmen Final Table: 1.Nejmeh 2 2 0 0 5- 1 6 Semifinals 2.Akhaa Ahli Aley 2 1 0 1 3- 2 3 Semifinals 3.Homenetmen 2 0 0 2 0- 5 0 Semifinals Al-Ansar 2-0 Akhaa Ahli Aley Nejmeh 1-1 Homenmen [aet, 4-3 pen] Final Al-Ansar 2-0 Nejmeh
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