The 2006–07 Lebanese Second Division was the 73rd season of the Second Division league which featured 14 clubs. Two of these teams were eligible for promotion to the top league of Lebanese football, the

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division (), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. Established in 1934 and organized by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA), the Lebanese Premier Leagu ...

while two of the fourteen teams had to face relegation to the

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for the 2006–07 Season.

Overview

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reacted swiftly by relegating both teams to the

automatically leading to both relegation places being full even before the league had started. At the end of the season, it was a clear victory in Group 1 with Shabbab Al-Ghazieh finishing 1st by 12 points ahead of Al-Irshad however they didn't get promotion to the Premier League. Group 2 was more of a tight-contest with the top being separated by just 3 points. However, it was the late charge of Racing Beirut in the 2nd half of the season which sent them to the top of Group B and receiving a guaranteed promotion back to the

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after being relegated in the previous Premier League Season. As for the Group A Champions, Shabbab Al-Ghazieh, despite winning the Group and remaining undefeated, they were not promoted to the Premier League. This was due to grounds issues. Instead, Al Irshard received the 2nd promotion place to the

for the 2007–08 Premier League Season.

Final table

Group A

¶: Originally deducted 12 points for not participating the Cup and then later withdrew from the competition all together just before the start of competition. They were automatically relegated by the

once they withdrew from the league.

Group B

†:

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3 points deducted as required by

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because of failure to pay Armenian player Ghakik Simoyan. ‡: Originally deducted 12 points for not participating the Cup and then later withdrew from the competition all together just before the start of competition. They were automatically relegated by the

once they withdrew from the league.

Promotion and relegation

Promotion to Football League for 2007–08

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* Al Irshad

Relegation to Second Division for 2007–08

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Relegation to Third Division for 2007–08 Season

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* Al-Tadamon Nabatieh

References

External links

Rec.Sport.Soccer.Statistics.Foundation

Lebanese Football.com

goalzz Website
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