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 Assaad 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 Assaad 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 Author: Mohamed S. Chbaro (sp_editor@terra.net.lb) Last updated: 13 Nov 2006 (C) Copyright Mohamed S. Chbaro and RSSSF 2002/06