The Lebanese First Division, 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, which operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Lebanese Second Division.
A Beirut derby match between Nejmeh and Ansar during the 2019–20 season.
Vardan Ghazaryan is the second-highest goalscorer in Lebanese Premier League history with 117 goals.
Al Ansar Football Club is a football club based in Tariq El Jdideh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League. Formed in 1951, the club did not win its first Lebanese Premier League until 1988. They went on to set a world record by winning the league 11 seasons in a row.
Ansar's captain Mootaz Jounaidi with Lebanon at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup