The 2015–16

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

is the 55th season of top-tier football in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Al Ahed the defending champions.

Teams

Tadamon Sour Tadamon Sour Sporting Club ( ar, نادي التضامن الرياضي صور, lit=Solidarity Sporting Club Tyre), or simply Tadamon, is a football club based in Tyre, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the Tyre ...

and Al Akhaa Al Ahli were relegated to the second level of Lebanese football after ending the 2014–15 season in the bottom two places. They were replaced by

Hekmeh FC Hikma ( ar, حكمة), or other romanisations such as Hikmah and Hekme, may refer to: Education * Al-Hikmah University, a private university in Ilorin, Nigeria * Al-Hikma University (Baghdad), a former university in Baghdad, Iraq * Dar Al-Hekma U ...

and

Al Egtmaaey Tripoli Al Egtmaaey Sporting Club (), known as Egtmaaey Tripoli or simply Egtmaeey, is a football club based in Tripoli, Lebanon, that competes in the . Club rivalries Egtmaaey plays the Tripoli derby, also known as the North derby, with AC Tripol ...

who won promotion from the second tier. Six of the twelve member clubs play in the country's capital,

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

Stadia and locations

Table

League table

Top goalscorers

References

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