The 2026–27 Lebanese Premier League will be the 65th season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese league for football clubs since its establishment in 1934.https://the-lfa.com.lb/news/Draw_2627.php It is scheduled to begin on 8 October 2026.
Summary
Regulations For the 2026–27 season, clubs are required to give playing time to players born in 2005 or later. One such player must accumulate at least 1,500 minutes across the league and Lebanese FA Cup, while two such players must accumulate 2,500 minutes between them.
The rules governing foreign players were amended several times before the start of the season. The technical regulations issued by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) on 31 July 2026 allowed clubs to include up to five non-Lebanese players on the official match sheet for each match, but did not specify an overall registration limit. The LFA subsequently clarified that clubs could register only five foreign players, prompting an objection from Nejmeh, which argued that the original wording had allowed clubs to register more than five. On 27 August, the LFA Executive Committee amended the rule again, allowing clubs to register up to seven foreign players for the season, with a maximum of five permitted on the official match sheet for each match.
A Palestinian player registered with the Lebanese authorities as a Palestinian is counted as a non-Lebanese player. The restriction on the number of players over the age of 30 was removed for the 2026–27 season.
The LFA also amended the regulations governing transfers during the season, allowing clubs to make changes to their foreign-player contingent after the first phase of the regular season.
Video assistant referee (VAR) was introduced to the Lebanese Premier League during the second half of the 2023–24 season. It uses video technology and match officials to assist the referee in reviewing decisions during matches. A match between Ahed and Racing Beirut on 6 August 2023 was used to test the VAR system before its introduction.
Format The 2026–27 Lebanese Premier League consists of 12 clubs and is divided into two phases. The first phase is played on a home-and-away basis, with each club playing every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 matches per club.
After the first phase, the league is divided into two groups of six according to the teams' positions in the table. The top four teams enter the championship group, while the bottom four enter the relegation group. Each club carries over half of the points it accumulated during the first phase, with a half point rounded up to a full point.
Both groups are played on a home-and-away basis, with each club playing the other five clubs in its group twice, for a further 10 matches per club. The club with the highest total of points after the completion of the second phase is crowned Lebanese Premier League champion.
Initially, the LFA planned to reduce the First Division from 12 to 10 clubs for the 2027–28 season, which would have resulted in four clubs being relegated from the 2026–27 Premier League and two promoted from the Second Division. On 26 August 2026, however, the LFA Executive Committee reversed the reduction plan and retained the 12-club format, restoring the two-club relegation system.
Fixtures and draw An initial fixture schedule was announced on 24 August 2026. The LFA subsequently decided not to adopt the First and Second Division schedules after it emerged that they had been based on the previous season's final standings without an actual draw; a new draw was held on 31 August.
Teams
Twelve teams compete in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Lebanese Second Division. The promoted teams are Akhaa Ahli Aley and Tripoli, who returned to the top flight after an absence of two and three years, respectively. They replaced Bourj and Racing Beirut, who were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division after respective spells of seven and three years in the top flight.
Mabarra were due to compete in the 2026–27 season, after finishing the previous season in eighth place. However, they withdrew on 2 September 2026, prior to the start of the season, citing financial difficulties. Following an agreement between the two clubs, Chabab Ghazieh took over Mabarra's position in the league, with its players initially registered under Mabarra and the team competing under the Mabarra name pending the completion of administrative procedures to change the club's name to Chabab Ghazieh.
Stadiums and locations
The following table lists teams in alphabetical order. Locations refer to where the clubs are based, not necessarily where their stadiums are. The stadiums listed are where clubs typically train, but are not necessarily club-owned. League games are usually held in a few neutral stadiums, which may differ from those listed. TeamLocationStadiumAhedBeirut Al Ahed StadiumAkhaa Ahli AleyAleyAmin Abdelnour StadiumAnsarBeirut Al Ansar StadiumMabarraBeirut Mabarra FieldJwayaJwayaMohamad Said Saad StadiumNejmehBeirut Rafic Hariri StadiumRiyadi AbbasiyahAbbassiyehAbbas Kazem Nasser StadiumSafaBeirut Safa StadiumSagesseBeirut Fouad Chehab StadiumShabab SahelBeirut Shabab Al Sahel StadiumTadamon SourTyreSour Municipal StadiumTripoliTripoliTripoli Municipal Stadium
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAhed Ahmed Hafez Hussein Dakik KelmeAkhaa Ahli Aley Rabih Abo Fakher Kelme Atyab FaroujAnsar Sami El-Choum Ali Tneich Kelme Green GloryJwaya Miloud Hamdi Hassan Maatouk KelmeMabarra Hussein Hassoun Adidas JouniNejmeh Lassaad Dridi Kassem El Zein Capelli Sport TawfeerRiyadi Abbasiyah Hassan Sweidan Fadel Ajami AdidasSafa Hussein Tahan Kassem Hayek KelmeTawfeerSagesse Paul Rustom Hassan Hammoud Capelli Sport OMT PayShabab Sahel Said Iskandar Houssein Rizk JakoXglobal GroupTadamon Sour Bilal HajoTripoli Malek Hassoun Nour Mansour Kelme Atyab Farouj
Foreign players Clubs may register up to seven foreign players for the 2026–27 season, with no more than five permitted on the official match sheet for a match.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7Ahed Ito Ousseini Badamassi Kitwa Kalowa Mohammed Balah Hamza Hussein Yacouba Diori Hamani MagagiAkhaa Ahli AleyAnsar Rafik Mednini Abubakar Jibrin Akuki Fehmi Kacem Hicham Khalfallah Elhadji Malick Tall Nathaniel Nangolo Fouad HebousJwaya Mohamad Hebous Morice Chukwu Jonathan Kanu Jonathan Bolingi Jean Benoît Tukumbane Djibril GuèyeMabarraNejmeh Moro Salifu Ibrahim Tomiwa Gbadamosi Abdelaziz Knani Lamine Jarjou Bassirou Compaoré Adama Séne Kevin QuejadaRiyadi Abbasiyah Ichaka Diarra Baba Cisse Samuel Bayetsi Stephen Appiah Asare Joseph Loro Jihad Abou El Aynein Nono Folly-KlanSafa Moctar Koïta Kouassi Eugene DjeSagesse Djibril Gueye Mansa Konate Pape Ibrahim Ba Yaw Dasi Obouba Ousmane DiengShabab Sahel Temple Emeyaki Christian Chukwuka Daniel Etor Edidiong Ezekiel Enobong Hadi DakwarTadamon Sour Abdou Diaw Kofi Asmah Mukoko Tonombe Abou Bandia Malick Dieng Plamedi Lukasi Zaher SamahiTripoli Gnabré Yves Constant Legré Michael Sefah El-Hadji Dione Lucky Vandi Issah Kuka Bakary Soumare
League table
See also 2026–27 Lebanese FA Cup 2026 Lebanese Super Cup
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