2021–22 Lebanese FA Cup

2021–22 Lebanese FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	Lebanon
Dates	16 December 2021 – 11 June 2022
Teams	16
Defending champions	Ansar
Final positions
Champions	Nejmeh
Runner-up	Ansar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	36 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Hassan Maatouk; (3 goals)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Lebanese FA Cup was the 49th edition of the national football cup competition of Lebanon. It started with the round of 16 on 16 December 2021, and ended on 11 June 2022 with the final.

Lebanese Premier League side Ansar were the defending champions, having won the 2020–21 edition.^[1] They lost to cross-city rivals Nejmeh 2–1 in the final.^[2]

Teams

Round	Dates	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	New entries this round	Divisions entering this round
Round of 16	16–18 December 2021	8	16 → 8	16	12 Lebanese Premier League teams 4 Lebanese Second Division teams
Quarter-finals	21–22 December 2021	4	8 → 4	None	none
Semi-finals	26–27 February 2022	2	4 → 2	None	none
Final	11 June 2021	1	2 → 1	None	none

Round of 16

16 December 2021	Racing Beirut (2)	1–0	Tripoli (1)	Jounieh
12:30 UTC+3	Sabra 63'	Report		Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Kazem El Khansa

16 December 2021	Sagesse (1)	0–0 (5–3 p)	Shabab Sahel (1)	Bhamdoun
12:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium Referee: Ali Al Ashkar

16 December 2021	Shabab Bourj (1)	1–0	Safa (1)	Beirut
12:30 UTC+3	Awada 71'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahed Stadium Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia

17 December 2021	Tadamon Sour (1)	2–2 (6–7 p)	Nejmeh (1)	Bhamdoun
12:30 UTC+3	Honeine 7' Mazbouh 40'	Report	Siblini 18' Takaji 26'	Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium Referee: Samer Kassem

17 December 2021	Akhaa Ahli Aley (1)	0–3	Ahed (1)	Jounieh
12:30 UTC+3		Report	El-Helwe 45' (pen.), 56' (pen.) Monzer 69'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Mohamad Issa

17 December 2021	Salam Zgharta (2)	1–1 (9–8 p)	Sporting (1)	Beirut
12:30 UTC+3	Abdelwahhab 85'	Report	Hamdar 62'	Stadium: Al Ahed Stadium Referee: Ali Reda

18 December 2021	Nabi Chit (2)	2–2 (3–4 p)	Bourj (1)	Bhamdoun
12:30 UTC+3	El Moussawi 27' (pen.) Chouman 71'	Report	Matar 47' (o.g.) Bitar 90+4'	Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium Referee: Maher Al Ali

18 December 2021	Chabab Ghazieh (2)	0–3	Ansar (1)	Jounieh
12:30 UTC+3		Report	Osman 27' El Dor 33' Bou Saleh 90+1'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Mohamad Haddad

Quarter-finals

21 December 2021	Shabab Bourj (1)	1–2	Sagesse (1)	Beirut
12:30 UTC+3	El Housseini 86'	Report	Hammoud 64' Al Azzi 82'	Stadium: Al Ahed Stadium Referee: Samer Kassem

21 December 2021	Ahed (1)	1–1 (2–4 p)	Nejmeh (1)	Jounieh
15:45 UTC+3	Nasser 56'	Report	Sabra 33'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Mohamad Issa
	Penalties
	Kdouh Dakik Haidar El-Helwe		Al Saadi El Zein Chehade Annan Siblini

22 December 2021	Salam Zgharta (2)	0–6	Ansar (1)	Jounieh
12:30 UTC+3		Report	Maatouk 18', 34', 80' (pen.) Ali 48' Nassar 83' Hijazi 86'	Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Ali Reda

22 December 2021	Bourj (1)	3–0	Racing Beirut (2)	Beirut
12:30 UTC+3	Mehanna 2' Markabawi 86' (pen.), 88'	Report		Stadium: Al Ahed Stadium Referee: Hadi Salame

Semi-finals

26 February 2022	Nejmeh (1)	1–0	Sagesse (1)	Jounieh
15:45 UTC+3	Siblini 85'	Report		Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Ali Reda

27 February 2022	Ansar (1)	0–0 (3–2 p)	Bourj (1)	Jounieh
15:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Fouad Chehab Stadium Referee: Mohamad Issa
	Penalties
	Ayoub Osman Maatouk El Dor		Qasem Moghrabi Al-Mel Damej Atriss

Final

11 June 2022

15:30 UTC+3

Ansar (1)	1–2	Nejmeh (1)
Diarra 61'	Report	Alaaeddine 38' Ghaddar 84'

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Abdulhadi Al Asmar Al Ruaile (Qatar)

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the Lebanese FA Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the score represents the results of a penalty shoot-out.

Round of 16
16–18 December 2021

Quarter-finals
21–22 December 2021

Semi-finals
26–27 February 2022

Final
11 June 2022