2019 Lebanese Elite Cup

{{short description|2019 edition of the Lebanese Elite Cup}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox football tournament season

|title = Lebanese Elite Cup

|year = 2019

|other_titles =

|image =

|imagesize =

|caption =

|champions = Shabab Sahel

|count = 1

|runner-up = Ansar

|matches = 9

|goals = 27

|attendance = 15000

|top goal scorer = Hassan Maatouk
(4 goals)

|country = Lebanon

|dates = 20 July – 25 August

|num_teams = 6

|updated =

|prevseason = 2018

|nextseason = 2020 2021

}}

The 2019 Lebanese Elite Cup was the 22nd edition of the Lebanese Elite Cup. The competition included the six best teams from the 2018–19 Lebanese Football League season. The first matchday was played on 20 July, one day after the start of the 2019 Lebanese Challenge Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://falebanon.com/all-the-key-dates-for-the-new-2019-2020-lebanese-football-season/|title=All the key dates for the new 2019/2020 Lebanese Football Season|date=28 May 2019|website=FaLebanon|language=en|access-date=28 May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/2110|title=الأنصار والنجمة وجهاً لوجه في كأس النخبة|website=lebanonfg.com|language=en|access-date=28 June 2019}}{{Cite news|title=Circular No. 2019/39|date=19 July 2019|work=Lebanese Football Association}} Nejmeh were the defending champions, having won the 2018 final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=15927|title=Lebanese Elite Cup|website=www.goalzz.com|access-date=2019-07-21}} The final was held on 25 August, with Shabab Sahel beating Ansar on penalty shoot-outs.{{Cite web|url=https://elmaestrosport.com/%d8%b4%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%84-%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%81%d9%8a/|title=شباب الساحل بطل النخبة للمرة الاولى في تاريخه بفوزه على الانصار|last=Haroun|first=Ali|date=2019-08-25|website=El Maestro Sport|language=ar|access-date=2019-08-26}}

Group stage

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|result1=Q |result2=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Qualification for the semi-finals

|team1=SAH |team2=GHA |team3=AHD

|update=complete

|win_AHD=0 |draw_AHD=1 |loss_AHD=1 |gf_AHD=2 |ga_AHD=5 |status_AHD=

|win_SAH=2 |draw_SAH=0 |loss_SAH=0 |gf_SAH=4 |ga_SAH=0 |status_SAH=

|win_GHA=0 |draw_GHA=1 |loss_GHA=1 |gf_GHA=2 |ga_GHA=3 |status_GHA=

|status_text_Q=Qualified

|name_AHD=Ahed

|name_SAH=Shabab Sahel

|name_GHA=Chabab Ghazieh

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=

|source=[https://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=17604&stage=1 Goalzz]

}}

{{Football box

|id = Ahed v Shabab Sahel

|date = {{Start date|2019|07|20|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 UTC+3

|event =

|round =

|team1 = Ahed

|score1 = 0

|team2 = Shabab Sahel

|score2 = 3

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Amin AbdelNour Stadium

|location = Bhamdoun

|attendance = 300

|referee = Mohamed Ghadar

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore =

|penalties2 =

}}

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|id = Ahed v Chabab Ghazieh

|date = {{Start date|2019|07|24|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 UTC+3

|event =

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|team1 = Ahed

|score1 = 2

|team2 = Chabab Ghazieh

|score2 = 2

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Amin AbdelNour Stadium

|location = Bhamdoun

|attendance = 100

|referee = Mohamed Haddad

|penalties1 =

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{{Football box

|id = Shabab Sahel v Chabab Ghazieh

|date = {{Start date|2019|07|28|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 UTC+3

|event =

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|goals1 =

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|stadium = Amin AbdelNour Stadium

|location = Bhamdoun

|attendance = 600

|referee = Sheikh Ahmed Alaeddin

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore =

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=Group B=

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|section=Group B

|result1=Q |result2=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Qualification for the semi-finals

|team1=ANS |team2=AKH |team3=NEJ

|update=complete

|win_NEJ=0 |draw_NEJ=0 |loss_NEJ=2 |gf_NEJ=1 |ga_NEJ=4 |status_NEJ=

|win_ANS=2 |draw_ANS=0 |loss_ANS=0 |gf_ANS=4 |ga_ANS=1 |status_ANS=

|win_AKH=1 |draw_AKH=0 |loss_AKH=1 |gf_AKH=1 |ga_AKH=1 |status_AKH=

|status_text_Q=Qualified

|name_NEJ=Nejmeh

|name_ANS=Ansar

|name_AKH=Akhaa Ahli

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=

|source=[https://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=17604&stage=1 Goalzz]

}}

{{Football box

|id = Ansar v Akhaa Ahli

|date = {{Start date|2019|07|20|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 UTC+3

|event =

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|team1 = Ansar

|score1 = 1

|team2 = Akhaa Ahli

|score2 = 0

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Fouad Chehab Stadium

|location = Jounieh

|attendance = 1,000

|referee = Mohamed Haddad

|penalties1 =

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|id = Ansar v Nejmeh

|date = {{Start date|2019|07|24|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 UTC+3

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Tripoli Municipal Stadium

|location = Tripoli

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Maher Al-Ali

|penalties1 =

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{{Football box

|id = Akhaa Ahli v Nejmeh

|date = 14 August 2019

|time = 17:00 UTC+3

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|team2 = Nejmeh

|score2 = 0

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

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|location = Tripoli

|attendance = 1,000

|referee = Mohammed Haddad

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore =

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}}

Final stage

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=no

|RD1=Semi-finals
18 August 2019

|RD2=Final
25 August 2019

||Shabab Sahel|2|Akhaa Ahli|0

||Ansar|5|Chabab Ghazieh|0

||Shabab Sahel (p)|3 (5)|Ansar|3 (3)

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{Football box

|id = Shabab Sahel v Akhaa Ahli

|date = {{Start date|2019|08|18|df=y}}

|time = 16:30 UTC+3

|event =

|round =

|team1 = Shabab Sahel

|score1 = 2

|team2 = Akhaa Ahli

|score2 = 0

|scorenote =

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Fouad Chehab Stadium

|location = Jounieh

|attendance =

|referee = Mohammed Issa

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore =

|penalties2 =

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Ansar v Chabab Ghazieh

|date = {{Start date|2019|08|18|df=y}}

|time = 16:30 UTC+3

|event =

|round =

|team1 = Ansar

|score1 = 5

|team2 = Chabab Ghazieh

|score2 = 0

|scorenote =

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Amin AbdelNour Stadium

|location = Bhamdoun Stadium

|attendance = 1,000

|referee = Hadi Salama

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore =

|penalties2 =

}}

=Final=

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|id =

|date = {{Start date|2019|08|25|df=y}}

|time = 21:30 UTC+3

|event =

|round =

|team1 = Shabab Sahel

|score1 = 3

|team2 = Ansar

|score2 = 3

|scorenote =

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|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium

|location = Beirut

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Ali J. Reda

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 5–3

|penalties2 =

}}

Top scorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=17604&scorers=true|title=Lebanese Elite Cup Scorers|website=www.goalzz.com|access-date=2019-08-20}}

1

| align="left" |{{flagicon|LIB}} Hassan Maatouk

| align="left" |Ansar

|4

rowspan="3" |2

| align="left" |{{flagicon|LIB}} Soony Saad

| align="left" |Ansar

| rowspan="3" |2

align="left" |{{flagicon|SEN}} Bakary Coulibaly

| align="left" |Shabab Sahel

align="left" |{{flagicon|GHA}} Daouda Diémé

| align="left" |Shabab Sahel

3

| colspan="2" align="left" |17 players

|1

References

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