- Lebanese Second Division 2006-07
The 2006-07 Lebanese Second Division was the 73nd season of the Second Division league which featured 14 Clubs. 2 of these teams were eligible for promotion to the top league of Lebanese football, the
Lebanese Premier League while 2 of the 14 teams had to face relegation to theLebanese Third Division for the 2006-07 Season.Infobox Football league season
competition =Lebanese Second Division
season = 2006–07
winners =Shabab Al-Sahel
promoted =Racing Beirut &Al-Irshad
runners-up =Al-Hikma
relegated = Racing Jounieh FC & Al-Tadamon Nabatieh
prevseason = 2005-06
nextseason = 2007-08Overview
This season saw an increase of teams in the from last season, from 12 team to 14 teams in the competition. Rec.Sports.Soccer.Statistics.Foundation [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/leb07.html 2006-07 Lebanese Season] ] However, 2 of the teams competing(Racing Jounieh FC & Al-Tadamon Nabatieh) decided to withdraw from the 2006-07 Season. The
Lebanese Football Federation reacted swiftly by relegating both teams to theLebanese Third Division automatically leading to both 2 relegation places being full even before the league had started. Rec.Sports.Soccer.Statistics.Foundation [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/leb07.html 2006-07 Lebanese Season] ]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 seperrated 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 Premier League after being relegated the 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 ground issues. Instead,
Al Irshard received the 2nd promotion place to the Premier League for the 2007-08 Premier League Season.Final table
Rec.Sports.Soccer.Statistics.Foundation [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/leb07.html 2006-07 Lebanese Season] ]
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
Lebanese Football Federation once they withdrew from the league.Group B
†:
Homenmen Beirut 3 points deducted as required byFIFA 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
Lebanese Football Federation once they withdrew from the league.Promotion and relegation
=Promotion to Premier League for 2007-08=*
Racing Beirut Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Premier_League_2007-08 2007-08 Premier League] ]
*Al Irshard Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Premier_League_2007-08 2007-08 Premier League] ]Relegation to Second Division for 2007/08
*Al Rayyan Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Premier_League_2006-07 2006-07 Premier League] ]
*Salam Zgharta Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Premier_League_2006-07 2006-07 Premier League] ]Relegation to Third Division for 2007-08 Season
* Racing Jounieh FC
* Al-Tadamon NabatiehReferences
External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ Rec.Sport.Soccer.Statistics.Foundation]
* [http://www.lebanese-football.com/ Lebanese Football.com]
* [http://www2.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=1534&stage=1 goalzz Website]
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