Al-Manar Football Festival
The Al-Manar Football Festival (Arabic: مهرجان كرة المنار) is an event organised by the Al-Manar television station since the 1996–97 season in order to award players, managers, referees and teams who have been considered to have performed the best over the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Starting from the 2017–18 season, the referendum to decide the winners of the awards has been held online.[1]
Lebanese forward Hassan Maatouk was awarded the Best Player award a record four times. Salih Sadir from Iraq is the foreign player with the most Best Player awards, having won it three times in a row. Lebanese coach Adnan Al Sharqi holds the most Best Coach awards, with four.
Awards[]
Main categories[]
Season | Category | ||||
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Best Player | Best Young Player | Top Scorer[note 1] | Top Assists[note 1] | Best Coach | |
1996–97[2] | Vardan Ghazaryan (Homenetmen) | (Nejmeh) | Peter Prosper (Ansar) | Not awarded | Rachid Mekhloufi (Nejmeh) Adnan Al Sharqi (Ansar) |
1997–98[3] | Laith Hussein (Homenetmen) | (Riada Wal Adab) | Abdul Latif Helou (Ansar) | Not awarded | Adnan Al Sharqi (Ansar) |
1998–99[4] | Peter Prosper (Ansar) | Nasrat Al Jamal (Tadamon Sour) | Haitham Zein (Tadamon Sour) | Not awarded | Adnan Al Sharqi (Ansar) |
1999–2000[5] | Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) | Agop Donabidian (Homenmen) | Toninho (Ansar) | Not awarded | (Nejmeh) |
2000–01[6] | Roda Antar (Tadamon Sour) | (Ansar) | Haitham Zein (Tadamon Sour) | Not awarded | Akram Salman (Tadamon Sour) |
2001–02[7] | Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) | Abbas Ali Atwi (Bourj) | Haidar Mahmoud (Shabab Sahel) | Not awarded | Theo Bücker (Sagesse) |
2002–03[8] | Abbas Ali Atwi (Olympic Beirut) | Ali El Atat (Mabarra) | Sílvio (Olympic Beirut) | Not awarded | Mohammad Kwid (Ahed) |
2003–04[9] | Edílson (Olympic Beirut) | Not awarded | Mohammad Kassas (Nejmeh) | Not awarded | Mohammad Kwid (Ahed) |
2004–05[10] | Yehia Hachem (Nejmeh) | Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) | Mohammad Kassas (Nejmeh) | Not awarded | Adnan Al Sharqi (Ansar) |
2005–06[11] | Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | Ali Nasseredine (Nejmeh) | Not awarded | Adnan Hamad (Ansar) | |
2006–07[12] | Salih Sadir (Ansar) | Hassan El Mohamad (Rayyan) | Mohamad Ghaddar (Nejmeh) | Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | (Safa) |
2007–08[13] | Salih Sadir (Ansar) | (Sagesse) | Mohamad Ghaddar (Nejmeh) | Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) | (Safa) |
2008–09[14] | Salih Sadir (Ahed) | (Ansar) | Salih Sadir (Ahed) | Ahmad Zreik (Ahed) | Emile Rustom (Nejmeh) |
2009–10[15] | Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) | (Ahed) | Makhete Diop (Nejmeh) | Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) | Mahmoud Hammoud (Ahed) |
2010–11[16] | Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) | Shadi Skaf (Islah Borj Shmali) | Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) | Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | Mahmoud Hammoud (Ahed) |
2011–12[17] | Bilal El Najjarine (Nejmeh) | Alaa El Baba (Akhaa Ahli Aley) | Mohamad Haidar (Safa) | Khodr Salame (Safa) | Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
2012–13[18][19] | Mohamad Haidar (Safa) | Philippe Paoli (Racing Beirut) | (Chabab Ghazieh) | Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | Akram Salman (Safa) |
2013–14[20] | Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | (Shabab Sahel) | Adnan Melhem (Racing Beirut) (Racing Beirut) |
Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | Theo Bücker (Nejmeh) |
2014–15[21] | Haytham Faour (Ahed) | (Salam Zgharta) | Lucas Galán (Salam Zgharta) | Khaled Al Saleh (Nabi Chit) | Not awarded |
2015–16[22] | Mohamad Haidar (Safa) | Mohamad Kdouh (Ahed) | Lucas Galán (Ansar) | Mohamad Haidar (Safa) | Emile Rustom (Safa) |
2016–17[23] | Ahmad Zreik (Ahed) | (Tadamon Sour) | Abou Bakr Al-Mel (Tripoli) | Talla N'Diaye (Safa) | Bassem Marmar (Ahed) |
2017–18[1] | Hassan Maatouk (Nejmeh) | (Nejmeh) | Elhadji Malick Tall (Ansar) | Hassan Maatouk (Nejmeh) | Bassem Marmar (Ahed) |
2018–19[24] | Hassan Maatouk (Nejmeh) | (Racing Beirut) | Elhadji Malick Tall (Ansar) | Houssem Louati (Ansar)
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Bassem Marmar (Ahed) |
Other categories[]
Season | Category | ||||
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Best Goal | Best Save | Best Referee | Best Ass. Referee | Fair Play Award | |
1996–97[2] | (Ansar) | Ali Fakih (Ansar) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
1997–98[3] | Malek Hassoun (Ansar) | Ahmad Sakr (Homenmen) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Nejmeh |
1998–99[4] | Zaher Al Indari (Akhaa Ahli Aley) | Ahmad Sakr (Homenmen) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Ansar |
1999–2000[5] | (Majd) | (Homenetmen) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Homenetmen |
2000–01[6] | Ali Cheikh Dib (Homenmen) | Ahmad Sakr (Homenmen) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Nejmeh |
2001–02[7] | Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Nejmeh |
2002–03[8] | Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) | Not awarded | Talaat Najm | Ahed | |
2003–04[9] | Not awarded | Not awarded | Nejmeh | ||
2004–05[10] | Not awarded | Rabie El Kakhi (Akhaa Ahli Aley) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Nejmeh |
2005–06[11] | Not awarded | Not awarded | Talaat Najm | Not awarded | |
2006–07[12] | Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) | Not awarded | Talaat Najm | Sagesse | |
2007–08[13] | Not awarded | Not awarded | Talaat Najm | Ahed | |
2008–09[14] | Not awarded | Not awarded | Talaat Najm | Salam Zgharta | |
2009–10[15] | Hassan Hammoud (Mabarra) | Not awarded | Ali Sabbagh | Sagesse | |
2010–11[16] | Mohamad Atwi (Ansar) | Not awarded | Nejmeh | ||
2011–12[17] | Hussein Awada (Salam Sour) | Not awarded | Ansar | ||
2012–13[18][19] | Eduardo (Akhaa Ahli Aley) | Not awarded | Ahed | ||
2013–14[20] | Abou Bakr Al-Mel (Salam Zgharta) | Not awarded | Nejmeh | ||
2014–15[21] | Ali Nasseredine (Nabi Chit) | Not awarded | Not awarded | ||
2015–16[22] | Mohamad Atwi (Ansar) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Nabi Chit |
2016–17[23] | (Ahed) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Ahed |
2017–18[1] | Mahmoud Fathalla (Nejmeh) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Ahed |
2018–19[24] | Rabih Ataya (Ahed) | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Shabab Sahel |
Special awards[]
The following awards have been awarded only in one or a few editions:
Category | Season | Recipient |
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Fan's Best Player | 1998–99[4] | Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
2000–01[6] | Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) | |
2002–03[8] | Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) | |
Best Fans | 1998–99[4] | Ahed |
Best Goalkeeper | 2006–07[12] | Mohamad Hammoud (Ahed) |
2007–08[13] | Lary Mehanna (Ansar) | |
2008–09[14] | (Shabab Sahel) | |
2009–10[15] | (Islah Borj Shmali) | |
Player of the Week | 2007–08[13] | Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) |
2008–09[14] | Salih Sadir (Ahed) | |
2009–10[15] | Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) | |
Most Appearances | 2009–10[15] | Hamza Abboud (Safa) |
2010–11[16] | Hassan Daher (Shabab Sahel) | |
Best Foreign Player | 2014–15[21] | (Ahed) |
2015–16[22] | Musa Kabiru (Shabab Sahel) | |
2016–17[23] | (Safa) | |
2017–18[1] | Issah Yakubu (Ahed) | |
Best Futsal Player | 2017–18[1] |
Team of the Season[]
Season | Category | |||
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Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | |
1996–97[2] | Ali Fakih (Ansar) | (Riada Wal Adab) Gevorg Karapetyan (Ansar) Nabih Al Jurdi (Safa) Gurgen Engibaryan (Tadamon Sour) |
Jamal Taha (Ansar) Babken Melikyan (Homenmen) (Nejmeh) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Wael Nazha (Tadamon Sour) Vardan Ghazaryan (Homenetmen) |
1997–98[3] | Ali Fakih (Ansar) | Gevorg Karapetyan (Ansar) Gurgen Engibaryan (Homenmen) Nabih Al Jurdi (Safa) (Ansar) |
Malek Hassoun (Ansar) Laith Hussein (Ansar) Chadi Karnib (Safa) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Wael Nazha (Tadamon Sour) (Homenetmen) |
1998–99[4] | Wahid El Fattal (Nejmeh) | Gevorg Karapetyan (Ansar) (Nejmeh) Nabih Al Jurdi (Safa) Faisal Antar (Tadamon Sour) |
Jamal Taha (Ansar) Laith Hussein (Ansar) Chadi Karnib (Safa) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Haitham Zein (Tadamon Sour) Peter Prosper (Ansar) |
1999–2000[5] | Wahid El Fattal (Nejmeh) | Hussein Daher (Nejmeh) (Nejmeh) Mohamad Halawi (Nejmeh) Faisal Antar (Tadamon Sour) |
(Nejmeh) Roda Antar (Tadamon Sour) (Homenetmen) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Rabih Osman (Salam Zgharta) Vardan Ghazaryan (Homenetmen) |
2000–01[6] | Ali Fakih (Sagesse) | Gurgen Engibaryan (Tadamon Sour) (Safa) Mohamad Halawi (Nejmeh) Marcílio (Akhaa Ahli Aley) |
(Ansar) Roda Antar (Tadamon Sour) Faisal Antar (Tadamon Sour) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Errol McFarlane (Nejmeh) Tommy Giacomelli (Sagesse) |
2001–02[7] | Ali Fakih (Shabab Sahel) | Gurgen Engibaryan (Tadamon Sour) Imad Al Miri (Tadamon Sour) Faisal Antar (Tadamon Sour) |
Hamlet Mkhitaryan (Homenmen) Nasrat Al Jamal (Tadamon Sour) Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Mohammad Kassas (Sagesse) (Bourj) (Shabab Sahel) |
2002–03[8] | Ziad Al Samad (Ansar) | Pierre Issa (Olympic Beirut) Youssef Mohamad (Olympic Beirut) Abbas Kenaan (Ahed) |
Nabil Baalbaki (Olympic Beirut) Khaled Hamieh (Nejmeh) Ali Attar (Ahed) Abbas Ali Atwi (Olympic Beirut) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Sílvio (Olympic Beirut) Ahmad Itani (Ahed) |
2003–04[9] | Ziad Al Samad (Ansar) | Hussein Daher (Nejmeh) Youssef Mohamad (Olympic Beirut) Abbas Kenaan (Ahed) Khaled Hamieh (Nejmeh) Ali Attar (Ahed) |
Mohamad Halawi (Nejmeh) Edílson (Olympic Beirut) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Mohammad Kassas (Sagesse) Ali Nasseredine (Safa) |
2004–05[10] | Ziad Al Samad (Ansar) | Fábio (Ansar) Mohamad Halawi (Nejmeh) Abbas Kenaan (Ahed) Imad Al Miri (Tadamon Sour) Faisal Antar (Tadamon Sour) |
Yehia Hachem (Nejmeh) Nasrat Al Jamal (Tadamon Sour) Moussa Hojeij (Nejmeh) |
Mohammad Kassas (Nejmeh) Armen Shahgeldyan (Ahed) |
2005–06[11] | Lary Mehanna (Ansar) Ahmad Sakr (Nejmeh) |
Fábio (Ansar) Ali Mteirek (Olympic Beirut) Ali Al Saadi (Safa) Khaled Hamieh (Nejmeh) Faisal Antar (Tadamon Sour) |
Nabil Baalbaki (Olympic Beirut) Abbas Ali Atwi (Olympic Beirut) Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) |
Ali Nasseredine (Nejmeh) Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) |
2006–07[12] | Lary Mehanna (Ansar) | Ali Al Saadi (Safa) Hussein Hamdan (Sagesse) Bassim Abbas (Nejmeh) Ossama Haidar (Ahed) Ali Mteirek (Ansar) |
Nabil Baalbaki (Ansar) Salih Sadir (Ansar) Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) |
Mohamad Ghaddar (Nejmeh) Mahmoud El Ali (Ahed) |
2007–08[13] | Hassan Bittar (Mabarra) | (Mabarra) Ali Al Saadi (Safa) Ramez Dayoub (Safa) Mohamed Baker Younes (Racing Beirut) Mohamad Korhani (Safa) |
Nabil Baalbaki (Ansar) Salih Sadir (Ansar) Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) |
Mohamad Ghaddar (Nejmeh) Mahmoud El Ali (Ahed) |
2008–09[14] | (Shabab Sahel) | Hassan Daher (Shabab Sahel) Bilal El Najjarine (Nejmeh) Ali Al Saadi (Safa) Ali Hamam (Nejmeh) Ahmad Zreik (Ahed) |
Mohamad Halawi (Ahed) Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) Zakaria Charara (Nejmeh) |
Salih Sadir (Ahed) Mohammad Kassas (Safa) |
2009–10[15] | Mohamed Hammoud (Ahed) | Fábio (Ahed) Bilal El Najjarine (Nejmeh) Abbas Kenaan (Ahed) Imad Al Miri (Racing Beirut) Hussein Dakik (Ahed) |
Nabil Baalbaki (Ansar) Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) |
Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) Makhete Diop (Nejmeh) |
2010–11[16] | Mohamed Hammoud (Ahed) | (Ansar) Ali Al Saadi (Safa) Abbas Kenaan (Ahed) Imad Al Miri (Racing Beirut) Hussein Dakik (Ahed) |
Mouhamad Chamass (Nejmeh) Hassan Maatouk (Ahed) Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) |
Tarek El Ali (Mabarra) Mahmoud El Ali (Ahed) |
2011–12[17] | Ziad Al Samad (Safa) | Bilal El Najjarine (Nejmeh) Ali Al Saadi (Safa) Ali Hamam (Nejmeh) Hussein Dakik (Ahed) |
(Ansar) Haytham Faour (Ahed) Ahmad Zreik (Ahed) Mohamad Haidar (Safa) Khodr Salame (Safa) |
Mahmoud El Ali (Ahed) |
2012–13[18][19] | Ziad Al Samad (Safa) | Hassan Daher (Shabab Sahel) (Safa) Ali Hamam (Nejmeh) Walid Ismail (Racing Beirut) |
Haytham Faour (Ahed) Hassan El Mohamad (Nejmeh) Mohamad Haidar (Safa) Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) |
Ulysse Diallo (Shabab Sahel) Hassan Chaito (Ahed) |
2013–14[20] | Mohamad Hammoud (Nejmeh) | Nour Mansour (Safa) (Racing Beirut) Ali Hamam (Nejmeh) Walid Ismail (Nejmeh) |
Hamzeh Salameh (Safa) Cheikha Sy (Nejmeh) Khaled Takaji (Nejmeh) Abbas Ahmad Atwi (Nejmeh) |
Adnan Melhem (Racing Beirut) Hassan Chaito (Ahed) |
2014–15[21] | Mohamad Hammoud (Ahed) | (Tripoli) Khalil Khamis (Ahed) Hussein Zein (Ahed) Mohamad Korhani (Ansar) |
Haytham Faour (Ahed) Khaled Takaji (Nejmeh) Cheikha Sy (Nejmeh) Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) |
Michael Helegbe (Tripoli) Iheb Msakni (Ahed) |
2015–16[22] | Mehdi Khalil (Safa) | Ali Al Saadi (Safa) Khalil Khamis (Ahed) Mohamad Zein Tahan (Safa) Hussein Dakik (Ahed) |
Mohamad Haidar (Safa) Ahmad Zreik (Ahed) Rabih Ataya (Ansar) Abbas Ali Atwi (Ahed) Ahmad Jalloul (Safa) |
Lucas Galán (Ansar) |
2016–17[23] | Mostafa Matar (Salam Zgharta) | (Safa) Nour Mansour (Ahed) Nassar Nassar (Ansar) Nader Matar (Nejmeh) |
Haytham Faour (Ahed) Hussein Monzer (Ahed) Mahdi Fahs (Ahed) Abou Bakr Al-Mel (Tripoli) Ahmad Zreik (Ahed) |
Akram Moghrabi (Nejmeh) |
2017–18[1] | Mehdi Khalil (Ahed) | Nour Mansour (Ahed) (Akhaa Ahli Aley) Hussein Zein (Ahed) Mohamad Zein Tahan (Safa) |
Haytham Faour (Ahed) Issah Yakubu (Ahed) Ahmad Zreik (Ahed) Hassan Maatouk (Nejmeh) Mohamad Haidar (Ahed) |
Elhadji Malick Tall (Ansar) |
2018–19[24] | Mehdi Khalil (Ahed) | Khalil Khamis (Ahed) Kassem El Zein (Nejmeh) Hussein Dakik (Ahed) Hussein Zein (Ahed) |
Adnan Haidar (Ansar) Hassan Maatouk (Nejmeh) Houssem Louati (Ansar) Hussein Monzer (Ahed) Abbas Ali Atwi (Ansar) |
Elhadji Malick Tall (Ansar) |
See also[]
- Football in Lebanon
- List of Lebanese Premier League top scorers by season
Notes[]
References[]
- Information mainly taken from Ali Haroun's archives
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- Al-Manar Football Festival
- Lebanese Premier League
- Lebanese football trophies and awards
- 1997 establishments in Lebanon
- Awards established in 1997
- Annual events in Lebanon