Lebanese Second Division Explained
The Lebanese Second Division (Arabic: الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الثانية) is the second division of Lebanese football. Established in 1933, it is controlled by the Lebanese Football Association. The 12 teams that participate in the league play each other twice, once at home and once away, with the champions and the second placed team qualifying to the Lebanese Premier League to replace the bottom two teams.
History
Salam Achrafieh won the inaugural edition of the Second Division, in 1933–34, after beating Ararad 2–0 in the final. There was no promotion or relegation system at the time, so Salam Achrafieh remained in the Second Division. In April 1935, Second Division clubs requested a promotion system to be implemented. It was proposed that, at the end of the season, every Second Division team that wanted to be promoted to the First Division had to play against three teams from the First Division, one match each, winning all three. The teams from the First Division had to have at least seven players from their previous season's squad.
Clubs
Champions
The following is a list of Lebanese Second Division champions.[1]
| No. | Season | Champion(s) |
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17 | 1953–54 | | 18 | 1954–55 | | 19 | 1955–56 | Sagesse | 20 | 1956–57 | | | 1957 to 1960 | | 21 | 1959–60 | Various | 22 | 1960–61 | Various | 23 | 1961–62 | | 24 | 1962–63 | Various | 25 | 1963–64 | Various | 26 | 1964–65 | Homenetmen BH | 27 | 1965–66 | Istiklal | 28 | 1966–67 | Istiklal | | 1967–68 | | 29 | 1968–69 | | 30 | 1969–70 | | | 1970 to 1972 | | 31 | 1972–73 | | | 1973–74 | | |
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2024–25 season
The following 12 clubs will compete in the Lebanese Second Division during the 2024–25 season.[2]
Media coverage
In 2019, Mycujoo stream a selection of Lebanese Second Division games weekly.[3] In October 2022, the LFA and FIFA signed an agreement to broadcast all matches in the Lebanese Second Division, Lebanese Super Cup and Lebanese Women's Football League, and some Lebanese Premier League, games through the FIFA+ platform.[4] [5]
See also
Bibliography
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Nehme. Ale. Lebanon – List of Second Level Champions. 7 November 2020. RSSSF. 30 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220730080336/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/leb2champ.html. live.
- Web site: Lebanese Second Division 2021/2022 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive . 2022-06-15 . globalsportsarchive.com . 15 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615235050/https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/lebanese-second-division-2021-2022/relegation-round/60538/ . live .
- Web site: mycujoo live football streaming: Watch Football Online. mycujoo.tv. en. 15 March 2019. 14 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200314195617/https://mycujoo.tv/. live.
- Web site: Khaled . Nasser . 26 October 2022 . ar:اتفاقية تعاون بين الفيفا والاتحاد اللبناني . A cooperation agreement between FIFA and the Lebanese Football Association . 28 October 2022 . Kooora . ar . 28 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028182819/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1183614 . live .
- Web site: 29 October 2022 . ar:الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم وFIFA+ يلتزمان بالنقل الحي للمباريات والمزيد من الفعاليات لجماهير كرة القدم حول العالم . The Lebanese Football Association and FIFA+ commit to live broadcasts of matches and more events for football fans around the world . 29 October 2022 . . ar . 29 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221029084054/https://the-lfa.com/lfa-fifa-plus/ . live .