Lebanese Women's Football League

Lebanese Women's Football League
Organising body	Lebanese Football Association
Founded	1 June 2008; 18 years ago
Country	Lebanon
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	9
Domestic cups	Lebanese Women's Cup; Lebanese Women's Super Cup;
International cups	AFC Women's Champions League; WAFF Women's Clubs Championship;
Current champions	No Limits (1st title) ; (2025–26)
Most championships	Sadaka; SAS; (7 titles each)
Top scorer	Syntia Salha (134)
Broadcaster	FIFA+
Website	the-lfa.com
	Current: 2025–26 Lebanese Women's Football League

The Lebanese Women's Football League (Arabic: الدوري اللبناني لكرة القدم للسيدات) is the only league of women's football in Lebanon.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is run by the Lebanese Football Association and began in May 2008, with six teams participating in the debut season. As of the 2025–26 season, nine teams participate in the league.

History

The first edition of the Lebanese Women's Football League was played in 2007–08.^[4] The first matchday began on 1 June 2008 and six teams participated; Sadaka won the first edition.^[5]

Clubs

Champions

No.	Season	Champion
1	2007–08	Sadaka (1)
2	2008–09	Sadaka (2)
3	2009–10	Sadaka (3)
4	2010–11	Sadaka (4)
5	2011–12	Sadaka (5)
6	2012–13	Sadaka (6)
7	2013–14	Sadaka (7)
8	2014–15	SAS (1)
9	2015–16	SAS (2)
10	2016–17	SAS (3)

No.	Season	Champion
11	2017–18	Zouk Mosbeh (1)
12	2018–19	SAS (4)
13	2019–20	SAS (5)
14	2020–21	Safa (1)
15	2021–22	SAS (6)
16	2022–23	SAS (7)
17	2023–24	BFA (1)
18	2024–25	BFA (2)
19	2025–26	No Limits (1)

Wins by club

Club	Wins	Winning years
Sadaka	7	2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
SAS	7	2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
BFA	2	2023–24, 2024–25
Zouk Mosbeh	1	2017–18
Safa	1	2020–21
No Limits	1	2025–26

2025–26 season

The following nine clubs competed in the 2025–26 season.^[6]


Club	Home city	First season	League titles	Last league title
BFA	Beirut	2016–17	2	2024–25
EFP	Zouk Mosbeh	2019–20	0	n/a
Jounieh	Jounieh	2024–25	0	n/a
Jwaya	Jwaya	2025–26	0	n/a
Mawadda Tripoli	Tripoli	2025–26	0	n/a
Nejmeh	Beirut	2025–26	0	n/a
No Limits	Jdeideh	2023–24	0	n/a
Safa Saad Barouk	Barouk	2025–26	0	n/a
Sanharib	Beirut	2025–26	0	n/a

Seasons in the Lebanese Women's Football League

There are 41 teams that have taken part in 19 Lebanese Women's Football League championships from the 2007–08 season until the 2025–26 season. The teams in bold compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League currently. The year in parentheses represents the most recent year of participation.

11 seasons: SAS (2024)
10 seasons: FC Beirut (2025), BFA (2026)
9 seasons: ÓBerytus (2025)
8 seasons: United Tripoli (2022)
7 seasons: Sadaka (2014), Salam Zgharta (2025), EFP (2026)
6 seasons: Girls (2017)
5 seasons: Shabab Arabi (2012), Arabi (2015), Super Girls (2024), Akhaa Ahli Aley (2025)
4 seasons: Southern Stars^[a] (2025)
3 seasons: Adab W Riyada Kfarchima (2010), Shabab Tripoli (2010), Athletico Beirut (2013), Shooters (2013), Sporting High (2019), Zouk Mosbeh (2019), Sakafi Chhim (2021), Safa (2022), Helium (2024), No Limits (2026)
2 seasons: Ansar (2009), Homenmen (2009), Jabal Sheikh (2019), Hoops (2020), Kfarchima (2020), Montada North Lebanon (2021), Primo (2021), Taadod Mazraat Chouf (2022), Jounieh (2026)
1 season: Phoenicia (2012), Nasr Hadath (2017), Jabal (2023), Jwaya (2026), Mawadda Tripoli (2026), Nejmeh (2026), Safa Saad Barouk (2026), Sanharib (2026)

Players

Top scorers by season

Season	Player(s)	Nationality	Club(s)	Goals
2007–08	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	18
2008–09	Sara Haidar Gayane Kostanyan	Lebanon Armenia	Sadaka Homenmen	13
2009–10	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	16
2010–11	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	22
2011–12	Sara Haidar	Lebanon	Sadaka	25
2012–13	Diakiese Kaluzodi	DR Congo	Sadaka	11
2013–14	Maysa Jbarah	Jordan	SAS	25
2014–15	Sara Bakri	Lebanon	SAS	7
2015–16	Nadia Assaf	Lebanon	GFA	9
2016–17	Nancy Tchaylian	Lebanon	Zouk Mosbeh	20
2017–18	Alice Kusi	Ghana	Zouk Mosbeh	26^[7]
2018–19	Mariam Camara	Ivory Coast	SAS	18^[8]
2019–20	Melanie Ghanime	Lebanon	EFP	20^[9]
2020–21	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	Safa	13^[10]
2021–22	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	Safa	20^[11]
2022–23	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	BFA	29^[12]
2023–24	Syntia Salha	Lebanon	BFA	40^[13]
2024–25	Nancy Tchaylian	Lebanon	ÓBerytus	8^[14]
2025–26	Ayana Rezkallah	Lebanon	EFP	21^[15]

All-time top scorers

As of 28 June 2026^[16]

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Syntia Salha	134
2	Nancy Tchaylian	129
3	Sara Bakri	120
4	Sara Haidar	103
5	Reem Chalhoub	80
6	Yara Bou Rada	75
7	Sally Mjarkash	71
8	Christy Maalouf	69
9	Yara Srour	57
10	Lama Abdine	55

Bold denotes players still playing in the Lebanese Women's Football League.

Media coverage

In October 2022, the LFA and FIFA signed an agreement to broadcast all matches in the Lebanese Women's Football League through the FIFA+ platform.^[17]^[18]

Transfer regulations

Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the Lebanese Football Association. The two transfer windows run from 1 February to 16 March and from 5 to 25 May.^[19]

Notes

↑ Terdeba Stars in 2019, Southern Stars in 2020, Montada Sour Sakafi in 2023

References

↑ "Lebanon - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
↑ "Lebanese league - women". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
↑ "الدوري اللبناني - سيدات". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
↑ Toufaily, Assile. "A Record Seventh League Title For SAS In Lebanon". Forbes. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
↑ "Lebanese Women's Football League 2007/2008". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
↑ "Lebanese Women's Football League 2025/2026". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
↑ Bebli, Anthony (18 January 2018). "Black Queens' Alice Kusi wins three trophies with Lebanese side Zouk Mosbeh FC | Starr Fm". Retrieved 5 October 2019.
↑ "SAS Champions of the 2018-2019 Women's Football League". FA Lebanon. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
↑ "SAS champions the 2019-20 Lebanese Women's Football League!". FA Lebanon. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
↑ الصفاء يتوّج بلقب بطولة لبنان للسيدات. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
↑ نجوم الرياضة بطلا لدوري السيدات للمرة السادسة. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
↑ نجوم الرياضة بطل دوري السيدات للمرة السابعة. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
↑ "في أسباب الأزمة واستعصائها". www.al-akhbar.com. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
↑ "أكاديمية بيروت تحافظ على اللقب وبيريتوس يحقق أفضل مركز له في ختام دوري السيدات".
↑ "نو ليميتس يحرز لقب دوري السيدات للمرة الأولى في تاريخه | The LFA".
↑ Lebanese Women's Football [@thelfawomen]; (23 June 2024). هدّافة دوري السيدات التاريخية... سينتيا صالحة [Top scorer of the Lebanese Women's Football League... Syntia Salha] (in Arabic) – via Instagram.
↑ Khaled, Nasser (26 October 2022). اتفاقية تعاون بين الفيفا والاتحاد اللبناني [A cooperation agreement between FIFA and the Lebanese Football Association]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
↑ الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم وFIFA+ يلتزمان بالنقل الحي للمباريات والمزيد من الفعاليات لجماهير كرة القدم حول العالم [The Lebanese Football Association and FIFA+ commit to live broadcasts of matches and more events for football fans around the world]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
↑ "Worldwide registration periods calendar" (PDF). FIFA. 16 June 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[7] Terdeba Stars in 2019, Southern Stars in 2020, Montada Sour Sakafi in 2023

[1] "Lebanon - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

[2] "Lebanese league - women". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

[3] "الدوري اللبناني - سيدات". www.kooora.com. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

[4] Toufaily, Assile. "A Record Seventh League Title For SAS In Lebanon". Forbes. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[5] "Lebanese Women's Football League 2007/2008". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[6] "Lebanese Women's Football League 2025/2026". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 July 2026.

[8] Bebli, Anthony (18 January 2018). "Black Queens' Alice Kusi wins three trophies with Lebanese side Zouk Mosbeh FC | Starr Fm". Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[9] "SAS Champions of the 2018-2019 Women's Football League". FA Lebanon. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[10] "SAS champions the 2019-20 Lebanese Women's Football League!". FA Lebanon. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[11] الصفاء يتوّج بلقب بطولة لبنان للسيدات. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

[12] نجوم الرياضة بطلا لدوري السيدات للمرة السادسة. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[13] نجوم الرياضة بطل دوري السيدات للمرة السابعة. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[14] "في أسباب الأزمة واستعصائها". www.al-akhbar.com. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[15] "أكاديمية بيروت تحافظ على اللقب وبيريتوس يحقق أفضل مركز له في ختام دوري السيدات".

[16] "نو ليميتس يحرز لقب دوري السيدات للمرة الأولى في تاريخه | The LFA".

[17] Lebanese Women's Football [@thelfawomen]; (23 June 2024). هدّافة دوري السيدات التاريخية... سينتيا صالحة [Top scorer of the Lebanese Women's Football League... Syntia Salha] (in Arabic) – via Instagram.

[18] Khaled, Nasser (26 October 2022). اتفاقية تعاون بين الفيفا والاتحاد اللبناني [A cooperation agreement between FIFA and the Lebanese Football Association]. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[19] الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم وFIFA+ يلتزمان بالنقل الحي للمباريات والمزيد من الفعاليات لجماهير كرة القدم حول العالم [The Lebanese Football Association and FIFA+ commit to live broadcasts of matches and more events for football fans around the world]. Lebanese Football Association (in Arabic). 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

[20] "Worldwide registration periods calendar" (PDF). FIFA. 16 June 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

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v t e Lebanese Women's Football League
Seasons	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
2025–26 clubs	BFA EFP Jounieh Jwaya Mawadda Tripoli Nejmeh No Limits Safa Saad Barouk Sanharib
Former clubs	Adab W Riyada Kfarchima Akhaa Ahli Aley Ansar Arabi Athletico Beirut FC Beirut Girls Helium Homenmen Hoops Jabal Jabal Sheikh Kfarchima Montada North Lebanon Nasr Hadath ÓBerytus Phoenicia Primo Sadaka Safa Sakafi Chhim Salam Zgharta SAS Shabab Arabi Shabab Tripoli Shooters Southern Stars Sporting High Super Girls Taadod Mazraat Chouf United Tripoli Zouk Mosbeh
Associated competitions	Lebanese Women's FA Cup Lebanese Women's Super Cup Continental AFC Women's Champions League WAFF Women's Clubs Championship
List of clubs