Country | Lebanon |
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Sport | Association football |
Promotion and relegation | Yes (for men) No (for women) |
National system | |
Federation | Lebanese Football Association |
Confederation | AFC |
Top division |
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Second division | Second Division |
Cup competition |
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Association football in Lebanon |
The Lebanese football league system (Arabic: نظام الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم), also known as the Lebanese football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in Lebanon. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, allowing even the smallest club the theoretical possibility of ultimately rising to the very top of the system. There are five individual leagues, containing 30 groups.
The exact number of clubs varies from year to year as clubs join and leave leagues, fold or merge altogether, but an estimated average of 7 clubs per group implies that about 200 clubs are members of a league in the Lebanese men's football league system.