Lebanon 1998/99


Final Table:

 1.Al-Ansar             22 14  6  2 35-13 48  Champions
 2.Safa                 22 11  5  6 36-23 38
 3.Al-Tadamon Tyre      22 11  3  8 39-27 36
 4.Shabab Al-Sahel      22  8  6  8 25-22 30
 5.Homenmen             22  7  9  6 28-32 30
 6.Al-Akha'a-Ahly       22  7  7  8 31-30 28
 7.Al-Nejmeh            22  6  9  7 22-15 27
 8.Salam Zghorta        22  5 11  6 14-13 26
 9.Al-Ahed              22  6  8  8 30-36 26
10.Homenetmen           22  7  5 10 21-33 26
--------------------------------------------
11.Al-Ahly Sidon        22  5  6 10 25-38 22  Relegated
12.Borj                 22  4  6 12 15-39 12  [*] Relegated

[*] Borj 6 points deducted for violent conduct of players in round 21.

Round 1
[Oct 10]
Borj         1-2 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Ghassan Showaikh 68; Mohamed Moussa 8, Rami Kfouri 15]
[Oct 11]
Safa         2-1 Shabab
  [Walid Dahrouj 60, Wali Othman 77; Bilal Hashem 3og]
Tadamon      6-1 Ahly Sidon 
  [Haytham Zein 11, 23, 44, 55, Ibrahim Manasri 64, Haydar Najm 81; 
   Hassan Sabbagh 30]
Nejmeh       1-1 Ahed
  [Fadi Natour 88; Mahmoud Tahhan 9]
Homenmen     3-1 Homenetmen
  [Vatché Bagdsarian 12, Samir Bakri 35, Abdullatif al-Hélou 49; Ara Nikoyan 61pen]
[Oct 14]
Ansar        2-1 Salam
  [Peter Prospar 12, Malek Hassoun 74; Haidar Jabbar 55]

Round 2
[Oct 31]
Ahed         1-3 Safa
  [Moussa Bedyan 33; Nabih Al-Jurdi 14, Andrew Lawrence 23, Othman Saleh 80]
[Nov 1]
Salam        0-1 Shabab
  [Toufiq Haidar 71]
Borj         0-3 Ahly Sidon
  [Mohamed Nasser 36, 86, Boubacar Bah 43]
Tadamon      3-0 Homenetmen
  [Haidar Najm 26, Haytham Zein 54, 90]
Nejmeh       1-2 Homenmen  
  [Moussa Hjeij 79pen; Sarkis Abajian 61, 69]
Ansar        3-2 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Peter Prospar 15, 18, 49; Salman Abdulkhaleq 45, 72]

Round 3
[Nov 7]
Ahed         1-0 Salam
  [Ahmad Itani 24]
Borj         0-1 Homenetmen
  [Agop Freij 80]
[Nov 8]
Safa         0-0 Homenmen
Tadamon      2-1 Nejmeh 
  [Ibrahim Manasri 8, Haytham Zein 70pen; Arthur Adimola 33)]
Akha'a-Ahly  2-4 Ahly Sidon
  [Salman Abdulkhaleq 2, Jamal Yahya 61; Boubacar Bah 47, 87, 
   Salim Jabalawi 80, 84pen]
Ansar        2-0 Shabab
  [Laith Hussein 44, Ahmad Saqsouq 68]

Round 4
[Nov 14]
Borj         0-6 Safa
  [Nazih Tay 10og, Walid Dahrouj 32, 54, Abdullah Homsi 77, 90, Issam Qaddah 84]
Shabab       4-1 Homenmen
  [Adnan Mohamed 37, Mohamed Majid 61, 73, Hassan Nashabé 77; Vatché Bagdsarian 19]
[Nov 15]
Ahed         0-1 Ansar   
  [Peter Prospar 26]
Ahly Sidon   0-0 Homenetmen
Tadamon      1-1 Salam
  [Khaled Afara 93pen; Tony Bou Francis 55]
Nejmeh       3-0 Akha'a-Ahly
  [Moussa Hjeij 55, Saheb Abbas 64, Sunday 84]

Round 5
[Nov 21]
Akha'a-Ahly  1-1 Safa
  [Salman Abdulkhaleq 87; Hamza Hadi 63pen]
[Nov 22]
Homenmen     3-2 Ahed
  [Abdullatif al-Helou 18, 40, 41; Ali Darwish 55, Oday Attar 86]
Ansar        2-0 Homenetmen 
  [Peter Prospar 73, Mohamed Jawad 84]
Ahly Sidon   0-0 Nejmeh 
Shabab       2-0 Tadamon
  [Mahmoud Majid 64, Hassan Nashabeh 90]
Borj         1-0 Salam
  [Abdulrahman Shawmar 13]

Round 6
[Dec 18]
Ahly Sidon   3-2 Safa
  [Boubacar Bah 43, 87, Dmondi 76; Walid Dahrouj 48, 70]
[Dec 19]
Akha'a-Ahly  0-2 Salam
  [Fadi al-Omari 49, Mohannad Louis 75]
Nejmeh       1-2 Homenetmen
  [Wael Nazha 60; Tero Kehyeyan 47, Wartan Ghazarian 50]
[Dec 20]
Shabab       0-1 Borj
  [Hassan al-Sek 2]
Ansar        0-0 Homenmen
Tadamon      2-0 Ahed
  [Ibrahim Manasri 49, Adnan Najjar 84og]

Round 7
[Dec 26]
Shabab       1-1 Akha'a-Ahly
  [Yasser Mansour 59; Zaher al-Andari 88]
Borj         3-3 Ahed
  [Ghassan Showaikh 13, 16, Abdulrahman Shoumari 74; Mamoun Dioub 4, 
   Moussa Bedian 33, Wissam al-Hakim 38]
Homenmen     2-0 Tadamon
  [Abdullatif al-Helou 16, Samir Bakri 33]
[Dec 27]
Homenetmen   2-1 Safa
  [Wartan  Ghazarian 50, Tero Kehyeyan 89; Walid Dahrouj 75]
Salam        1-0 Ahly Sidon
  [Salah Dallal 67]
Nejmeh       1-1 Ansar
  [Wael Nazha 21; Peter Prospar 90]

Round 8
[Jan 2]
Borj         0-0 Nejmeh
Shabab       4-2 Ahed
  [Mahmoud Majid 2, Adnan Abou Sa'adiyyah 12, Mohamed Khaireddine 52, 
   Toufiq Haidar 75; Wissam Al-Hakim 25, Ali Qobaissi 40]
Salam        0-0 Homenmen
[Jan 3]
Ansar        2-1 Ahly Sidon
  [Peter Prospar 77, Jamal Taha 81; Moussa Diop 22]
Homenetmen   2-1 Akha'a-Ahly
  [Wartan Ghazarian 6, Tero Kehyeyan 90; Ali Hassoun 42]
Safa         3-1 Tadamon
  [Othman Saleh 33, Walid Dahrouj 75, Abdullah Homsi 90; Ali Hawila 78]

Round 9
[Jan 27]
Ahly Sidon   0-2 Shabab 
  [Mahmoud Majid 36, Ali Ghanoum 45]
Homenetmen   0-0 Salam
Ansar        3-1 Tadamon
  [Leith Hussein 32, Fadi Hallaq 39, Henri Ikobo 67; Ibrahim Manasri 58]
[Jan 28]
Borj         3-3 Homenmen
  [Tony Amado 21pen, Mustapha Zoayter 79, Ghassan Showaikh 90; 
   Samir Bakri 23, 51, 56]
[played later]
Akha'a-Ahly  2-1 Ahed
  [Nasser Adel 23pen, Ahmed Mansour 90; Ahmed Itani 5]
Nejmeh       1-1 Safa
  [Wael Nazha 53; Mohamed al-Noamani 84]

Round 10
[Jan 30]
Ahed         2-2 Ahly Sidon
  [Mohamed Mortada 3, 74; Salim Jabalawi 5, Abdulfattah Shéhab 64]
Shabab       1-0 Homenetmen
  [Mahmoud Majid 37]
[Jan 31]
Salam        1-0 Nejmeh
  [Mohannad Lewis 39]
Homenmen     0-4 Akha'a-Ahly
  [Zaher al-Andari 51, Ahmed Mansour 64, 74, Salman Abdulkhaleq 75]
Tadamon      1-0 Borj
  [Ali Hawila 89]
Safa         1-1 Ansar
  [Othman Saleh 85; Peter Prospar 75]

Round 11
[Feb 6]
Nejmeh       0-1 Shabab 
  [Mahmoud Majid 83]
Akha'a-Ahly  2-4 Tadamon
  [Salman Abdulkhaleq 72, Kohdr Fayyadh 89; Haytham Zein 28, 73, 
   Hassan Sabra 77, Ali Hawila 80]
[Feb 7]
Homenetmen   1-1 Ahed
  [Didier Tanboura 73; Ma'amoun Diop 87]
Ahly Sidon   1-1 Homenmen
  [Moussa Diop 29; Vatché Bagdasarian 44]
Safa         1-0 Salam
  [Nabih al-Jurdi 49]
Borj         0-3 Ansar
  [Peter Prospar 8, Mohamed Jawad 24, Fadi Ayyad 45]

Round 12
[Feb 13]
Shabab       1-3 Safa
  [Hassan Nashabeh 29; Abdullah al-Homsi 27, 44, 90]
Tadamon      1-2 Ahly Sidon
  [Haytham Zein 28; Salim Jabalawi 53, Boubacar Bah 80]
Ahed         0-0 Nejmeh
[Feb 14]
Akha'a-Ahly  0-0 Borj
Homenetmen   2-1 Homenmen
  [Anto Bedoyan 52, Sami Qleit 88og; Samir Bakri 20]
Salam        0-0 Ansar

Round 13 [Feb 20,21]
Homenetmen   2-1 Tadamon
  [Wartan Ghazarian 70, Krekor Alozian 73; Hassan Jawad 68]
Safa         4-1 Ahed
  [Othman Saleh 48, Walid al-Miri 66, Walid Dahrouj 72, Nabih al-Jurdi 76; 
   Ma'amoun Diop 16]
Shabab       2-1 Salam
  [Mahmoud Majid 65pen, 80; Mohannad Lewis 15]
Ahly Sidon   1-2 Borj
  [Boubacar Bah 20; Mustapha Zoayter 11, Abdulrahman Shawmar 69]
Ansar        1-0 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Laith Hussein 23]
Nejmeh       0-1 Homenmen
  [Abdullatif al-Helou 14]

Round 14 [Feb 27,28]
Homenetmen   2-0 Borj
  [Didier Tanboura 38, Garbis Caloian 84]
Nejmeh       0-1 Tadamon
  [Hussein Fara 27]
Salam        0-0 Ahed
Homenmen     0-0 Safa
Ahly Sidon   1-1 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Salim Jiblawi 1; Nasser Adel 25]
Shabab       1-2 Ansar    
  [Mahmoud Majid 68; Ahmed Jradi 35, Fadi Hallaq 90]

Round 15 [Mar 3,4]
Homenmen     1-1 Shabab 
  [Abdullatif al-Helou 59; Mahmoud Majid 76]
Salam        2-2 Tadamon
  [Ghassan Assa'ad 52, Tony Bou Francis 84; Ali Hawila 37, Khaled Afara 67]
Akha'a-Ahly  1-1 Nejmeh  
  [Ahmed Mansour 76; Armen Sanamian 88pen]
Safa         2-0 Borj
  [Walid al-Miri 57, Issam Moussa 73]
Homenetmen   0-3 Ahly Sidon  
  [Boubacar Bah 32, 48, 65pen]
Ansar        0-1 Ahed
  [Moussa Diop 89]

Round 16 [Mar 27,28]
Safa         1-0 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Walid al-Miri 82]
Homenmen     1-2 Ahed
  [Samir Bakri 30; Ma'amoun Diop 64, Mohamed Mortada 70]
Ansar        1-1 Homenetmen
  [Ahmed Saqsouq 85; Vatché Tarazian 80]
Nejmeh       2-0 Ahly Sidon  
  [Fadi Natour 6, Bilal Flayfel 27]
Tadamon      2-1 Shabab 
  [Haydar Najm 5, Ibrahim Manasri 29; Mahmoud Majid 66pen]
Salam        0-0 Borj

Round 17 [Apr 10,11]
Homenetmen   0-2 Nejmeh  
  [Mohamed Halawi 40, Saheb Abbas 78]
Ahed         0-0 Tadamon
Borj         1-0 Shabab 
  [Mazen Jradi 3]
Homenmen     0-0 Ansar    
Safa         1-0 Ahly Sidon  
  [Hamza Hadi 22]
Salam        1-1 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Mohammed Lewis 1; Mohamed Moussa 27]

Round 18 [Apr 17,18]
Akha'a-Ahly  0-0 Shabab 
Tadamon      4-0 Homenmen
  [Haytham Zein 14, 52, 58, Fayez Ftouni 20]
Ahed         1-1 Borj
  [Ma'moun Diop 47; Abdulqader al-Rifayi 80pen]
Safa         2-0 Homenetmen
  [Othman Saleh 40, 83]
Ahly Sidon   0-0 Salam
Ansar        0-1 Nejmeh 
  [Wael Nazha 76]

Round 19 [Apr 23-25]
Homenmen     1-1 Salam
  [Samir Bakri 10; Fouad Fahad 30]
Nejmeh       4-0 Borj
  [Mohamed Halawi 25, Saheb Abbas 72, Mohamed Alaiwa 83, Moussa Hjeij 90]
Akha'a-Ahly  4-2 Homenetmen
  [Ahmed Mansour 21, Mohamed Moussa 37, Zaher al-Indari 59, 60;
   Vatché Tarazian 41, Didier Tanboura 61]
Ahed         2-1 Shabab 
  [Ma'amoun Diop 29, 79; Hassan Nashabe 45]
Ahly Sidon   0-4 Ansar    
  [Peter Prospar 10, Jamal Taha 64, Ahmed Saqsouq 70, Mohamed Jawad 90]
Tadamon      3-1 Safa
  [Ridha Antar 27, Haytham Zein 37, Ali Hawila 66; Hamza Hadi 80pen]

Round 20 
[May 8]
Shabab       0-0 Ahly Sidon  
Safa         0-2 Nejmeh  
  [Moussa Hjeij 9, Saheb Abbas 77]
[May 9]
Ahed         1-4 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Moussa Bedian 23; Ahmed Mansour 3, 13, 61, Zaher al-Indari 66]
Homenmen     2-1 Borj
  [Gaghik 13, Samir Bakri 24; Mazen Jradi 9]
Salam        1-0 Homenetmen
  [Youssouf Barakat 25]
Tadamon      1-2 Ansar  
  [Ali Hawila 9; Mohamed Jawad 34, 45]

Round 21 
[May 15]
Ahly Sidon   0-3 Ahed
  [Moussa Bedian 34, 67, Ma'amoun Diop 90]
Akha'a-Ahly  2-0 Homenmen
  [Nasser Adel 41, Zaher al-Indari 45]
Borj         1-3 Tadamon
  [Lamine Bob 22; Ibrahim Manasri 34, Nasrat al-Jamal 68, Haytham Zein 73]
Nejmeh       0-0 Salam
[May 16]
Homenetmen   0-0 Shabab 
Ansar        3-1 Safa
  [Peter Prospar 61, 63, Salim Hamzé 76; Idriss Harouna 47]

Round 22 
[May 22]
Salam        2-0 Safa
  [Fadi al-Omari 72, 79pen]
Tadamon      0-1 Akha'a-Ahly 
  [Zaher al-Indari 66]
Ahed         5-3 Homenetmen
  [Ma'amoun Diop 7, 19pen, 30, Moussa Bedian 46, Gholam Ghader 71; 
   Tero Kehyeyan 44, Wartan Ghazarian 77pen, 90]
Homenmen     6-3 Ahly Sidon  
  [Samir Bakri 26, 83, Rabih Abou Sha'aya 30, 81, Ja'afar Mursil 84,
   Abdullatif al-Helou 85; Mohamed Dabondi 18,  Boubacar Bah 36pen, 78]
[May 23]
Shabab       1-1 Nejmeh  
  [Hassan Nashabé 36; Moussa Hjeij 59]
Ansar        2-0 Borj
  [Ahmed Jradi 37, 64]

Final Table:

 1.Al-Ansar             22 14  6  2 35-13 48  Champions
 2.Safa                 22 11  5  6 36-23 38
 3.Al-Tadamon Tyre      22 11  3  8 39-27 36
 4.Shabab Al-Sahel      22  8  6  8 25-22 30
 5.Homenmen             22  7  9  6 28-32 30
 6.Al-Akha'a-Ahly       22  7  7  8 31-30 28
 7.Al-Nejmeh            22  6  9  7 22-15 27
 8.Salam Zghorta        22  5 11  6 14-13 26
 9.Al-Ahed              22  6  8  8 30-36 26
10.Homenetmen           22  7  5 10 21-33 26
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11.Al-Ahly Sidon        22  5  6 10 25-38 22  Relegated
12.Borj                 22  4  6 12 15-39 12  [*] Relegated

[*] Borj 6 points deducted for violent conduct of players in round 21.

Topscorers:
Haytham Zein                     (Tadamon Tyre)    15
Peter Prospar [Trinidad/Tobago]  (Ansar)           13
Mahmoud Majid [Iraq]             (Shabab Al-Sahel) 12
Boubacar Bah  [Sierra Leone]     (Ahly Sidon)      12
Ma'amoun Diop [Senegal]          (Ahed)            12

Promoted: La Sagesse (aka Hikma) and Al Majd.


Lebanon Cup 1998/99

1/8 Finals

[Feb 16]
Salam Zghorta     0-1 Tadamon Tyre           [aet]
  [Haytham Zein 109pen]
Shabab al-Sahel   1-1 Shabab al-Khiam (2)    [aet, 6-5 pen]
  [Mahmoud Alameh 69; Talal al-Halabi 70]
Ahly Sidon        2-1 Racing (2)
  [Mahmoud Qawwam 19, Moussa Diop 76; Ali Moussa 85]
Safa              1-1 Akha'a-Ahly            [aet, 9-8 pen]
  [Hamza Hadi 45pen; Ahmed Mansour 18] 
[Feb 17]
Homenmen          3-1 Islah (2)
  [Ahmed Najm 65, 90, Abdullatif al-Helou 74; Hassan Kaour 7]
Nejmeh            2-1 Mabarra (2)
  [Abbas Atwi 27, Arthur Adimola 70; Abdulrahman Sakina 40]
Ansar             3-0 Riyada Wal Adab (2)
  [Laith Hussein 2, Peter Prospar 49, 88]
[Feb 18]
Homenetmen        0-2 Ahed
  [Ma'amoun Diop 19, 23pen]

Quarterfinals
[Apr 2]
Safa              1-1 Ahly Sidon             [aet, 3-1 pen]
  [Walid Dahrouj 66; Salim Jiblawi 47]
[Apr 3]
Ansar             2-1 Ahed                   [aet]
  [Peter Prospar 63, 120; Ahmed Itani 32]
[Apr 4]
Homenmen          2-0 Tadamon Tyre
  [Sarkis Abajian 27, Abdullatif al-Helou 48]
Nejmeh            1-0 Shabab al-Sahel   
  [Moussa Hjeij 8]

Semifinals
[May 1, Tripoli Municipal Stadium; att: 5,000]
Nejmeh            2-2 Homenmen               [aet, 4-5 pen]
  [Saheb Abbas 10, Bilal Flayfel 47; Garo Krekorian 48; 69]
[May 2]
Ansar             2-1 Safa
  [Peter Prospar 31, Malek Hassoun 85; Shadi Karnib 61]

Final [Beirut Municipal Stadium, May 30, att: 13,000]
Ansar             2-1 Homenmen               [aet]
  [Kevork Guarbetian 39, Laith Hussein 119; Marwan Nakhlé 52]
  [Referee: Mr. Mohamed Koussa (Syria); Linesmen: Mr. Oussama al-Shami (Syria),
                                                  Mr. Haydar Qleit (Lebanon)]
Al-Ansar: Wissam Kanj / Ezzat Agha, Fadi Ayyad, Kevork Guarbetian, Ali Eid
          (60 Malek Hassoun) / Ahmed Saqsouq, Jamal Taha, Laith Hussein,
          Henry Ikobo (94 Salim Hamzé) / Peter Prospar, Mohamed Jawad.
Homenmen: Ahmed Saqr / Sami Qleit, Marwan Nakhlé, Korken Inkibarian, Tony
          Nakhlé / Rabih Abou Sha'aya, Gaghik Simonian, Garo Krekorian,
          Viken Ibrahimian  / Samir Bakri, Abdullatif al-Helou.
Cautions: Ansar: Wissam Kanj (65), Fadi Ayyad (98), Ahmed Saqsouq (113). 
          Homenmen: Samir Bakri (26), Abdullatif al-Helou (96),
                    Korken Inkibarian (113), Ahmed Saqr (114).     


Super Cup 1999  [Beirut Municipal Stadium, Sep 19, att: 12,000]
Ansar             2-2 Homenmen               [aet, 3-0 pen]
Scorers: Ansar: Leith Hussein (81'), Jamal Taha (120').
         Homenmen: Sarkis Abajian (50'), Abdullatif Al-Helou (101').
Referee: Taleb Ramadan.
Linesmen: Zakaria Al-Abed - Musbah Al-Rmeiti.
4th referee: Tala'at Najm.
Ansar: Wissam Kanj (120'. Sultan Qassem) - Kevork Guarbetian, Ezzat Agha, Fadi
  Ayyad, Naji Al-Husseini (73'. Abbas Harb) - Jamal Taha, Malek Hassoun, Leith
  Hussein, Marwan Hamzé - Fadi Ghosn, Ali Taqtaq (56'. Peter Prospar).
Homenmen: Ahmed Al-Saqr - Korken Inkibarian, Marwan Nakhlé, Sami Qleit, Ezzat
  Khalil - Rabih Abou-Sha'aya, Gaghik Simonian, Sarkis Abajian, Vatché Bagdsarian
  - Abdullatif Al-Helou (106'. Khaled Ghafour), Samir Bakri (71'. Garabet
  Krekorian).
            


Lebanon Federation Cup 1999

First edition.  Only features first division teams; Al-Nejmeh withdrew.

Tables:

Group A:
 1.Homenetmen            2  2  0  0  6- 4  6  Qualified
 2.Al-Ahed               2  0  1  1  3- 4  1
 3.Al-Tadamon Tyre       2  0  1  1  3- 4  1

Group B:
 1.Al-Ansar              2  2  0  0  4- 2  6  Qualified
 2.Shabab Al-Sahel       2  1  0  1  2- 2  3
 3.Borj                  2  0  0  2  1- 3  0

Group C:
 1.Salam Zghorta         2  2  0  0  3- 1  6  Qualified
 2.Safa                  2  1  0  1  5- 4  3
 3.Al-Ahly Sidon         2  0  0  2  2- 5  0

Group D:
 1.Al-Akha'a-Ahly        2  1  1  0  3- 2  4  Qualified
 2.Homenmen              2  0  1  1  2- 3  1

[Mar  6] Ahed              1-1 Tadamon Tyre         
           [Ma'amoun Diop 30pen; Faysal Antar 18]
[Mar  7] Ansar             2-1 Borj
           [Laith Hussein 65pen, 70; Abdulrahman Shawmar 53pen]
[Mar  8] Safa              1-2 Salam Zghorta
           [Walid Dahrouj 16; Youssouf Barakat 38, Ghassan Assa'ad 47pen]
[Mar  9] Akha'a-Ahly       1-1 Homenmen     
           [Ali Awadha 79; Abdullatif al-Helou 74]
[Mar 10] Homenetmen        3-2 Ahed
           [Wartan Ghazarian 15, Didier Tanboura 28, 68; Ma'amoun Diop 73,
            Mohamed Mortadha 88]
[Mar 11] Borj              0-1 Shabab Al-Sahel
           [Fouad Shahrour 90]
[Mar 12] Safa              4-2 Ahly Sidon
           [Abdullah Homsi 31, Othman Saleh 38, Issam Moussa 78, 
            Fouad Badawi 86; Mohamed Nasser 53, Boubacar Bah 63]
[Mar 13] Homenmen          1-2 Akha'a-Ahly     
           [Ezzat Khalil 77; Salman Abdulkhaleq 20, Ahmed Mansour 90]
[Mar 14] Tadamon Tyre      2-3 Homenetmen     
           [Ali Hawila 43, Khaled Afara 60pen; Didier Tanboura 10, 71,
            Sarkis Freij 78]
[Mar 15] Ansar             2-1 Shabab Al-Sahel
           [Jamal Taha 62, Fadi Hallaq 72; Mohamed Khaireddine 30]
[Mar 16] Salam Zghorta     1-0 Ahly Sidon
           [Tony Bou Francis 42]

Tables:

Group A:
 1.Homenetmen            2  2  0  0  6- 4  6  Qualified
 2.Al-Ahed               2  0  1  1  3- 4  1
 3.Al-Tadamon Tyre       2  0  1  1  3- 4  1

Group B:
 1.Al-Ansar              2  2  0  0  4- 2  6  Qualified
 2.Shabab Al-Sahel       2  1  0  1  2- 2  3
 3.Borj                  2  0  0  2  1- 3  0

Group C:
 1.Salam Zghorta         2  2  0  0  3- 1  6  Qualified
 2.Safa                  2  1  0  1  5- 4  3
 3.Al-Ahly Sidon         2  0  0  2  2- 5  0

Group D:
 1.Al-Akha'a-Ahly        2  1  1  0  3- 2  4  Qualified
 2.Homenmen              2  0  1  1  2- 3  1


Semifinals
[Mar 17] Ansar             2-1 Akha'a-Ahly  
           [Ahmed Saqsouq 37, Henri Ikobo 90; Peter Akin 93]
[Mar 18] Homenetmen        0-1 Salam Zghorta
           [Ghassan Assa'ad 45]

Third Place Match
[Mar 20] Akha'a-Ahly       1-2 Homenetmen             [aet]  
           [Zaher al-Indari 20; Wartan Ghazarian 67, 114]

Final
[Mar 21] Ansar             ppd Salam Zghorta          [waterlogged pitch]
[Mar 24] Ansar             4-0 Salam Zghorta
           [Kevork Guarbedian 25, Peter Prospar 38, 63, Henri Ikobo 71]


Second Level

Group 1

Final Table:

 1.La Sagesse           14  9  3  2 45-16 30  [aka Hikma]
--------------------------------------------
 2.Al-Hurriya           14  7  4  3 25-21 25
 3.Al-Mabarra           14  6  3  5 24-25 21
 4.Al-Islah             14  6  3  5 15-24 21
 5.Riyadha Wal-Adab     14  6  2  6 21-18 20
 6.Shekka               14  4  7  3 20-16 19 
 7.Khiam                14  4  4  6 17-20 16
 8.Shabab Tripoli       14  1  0 13 11-38  3

Group 2

Final Table:

 1.Al-Majd              14 10  4  0 34- 5 34
--------------------------------------------
 2.Al-Ijtimayi          14  8  2  4 20-13 26
 3.Racing Club          14  7  3  4 25-15 24
 4.Shabibé Al-Mazra'a   14  7  2  5 20-13 23
 5.Fetyan Sidon         14  6  1  7 15-20 19
 6.Al-Ahly Sarba        14  4  2  8 13-24 14
 7.Harakat Al-Shabab    14  2  5  7  8-22 11
 8.Al-Sho'ola           14  1  3 10  9-32  6

Championship Playoff [Feb 27, Safa stadium, Att: 13,000]
La Sagesse   5-1 Al-Majd
  [Ahmed Krayyem 61, 90, Raymond Najem 69, Fawzi Yammine 77,
   Sha'abane Hamadé 90; Mohamed Dekka 19]

Promoted: La Sagesse and Al-Majd.

1997/98

1999/2000

list of champions

list of cup winners


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Prepared and maintained by Mohamed S. Chbaro for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Mohamed S. Chbaro (mochbaro@intracom.net.lb)
Last updated: 1 Oct 1999

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