2021 Lebanese Super Cup

2021 Lebanese Super Cup

Ansar Nejmeh 2 2
Ansar won 5–4 on penalties
Date	7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
Venue	Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh
Referee	Ali Reda

The 2021 Lebanese Super Cup was the 21st Lebanese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Lebanese Premier League and Lebanese FA Cup. As Ansar won both competitions in 2021, their opponents were the 2020–21 league runners-up Nejmeh.

The match was played at the Fouad Chehab Stadium on 7 August 2021. Ansar won their sixth title, defeating rivals Nejmeh on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after regular time.

Match

Summary

Mahdi Zein of Nejmeh opened the scoring in the 39th minute, assisted by Khalil Bader. In the 42nd minute, Nejmeh were close to doubling the lead through a free kick by Khaled Takaji, which was saved by Ansar's goalkeeper Nazih Assaad. In the second half, despite Ansar coming close to scoring the equalizer, Nejmeh made it 2–0 in the 59th minute thanks to Takaji's goal. In the 68th minute, Ahmad Hijazi of Ansar reduced the deficit, scoring a backheel goal via a pass from Hassan Maatouk. Ansar equalized in stoppage time, after Jihad Ayoub scored in the fourth minute of added time. The game went directly to a penalty shoot-out; after Ansar scored all five of their penalties, Nejmeh's fifth penalty, taken by Mohamad Ghaddar, was saved by Assaad: Ansar were crowned Super Cup champions for the sixth time.

Details

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)

16:00 UTC+3

Ansar	2–2	Nejmeh
Hijazi 68' Ayoub 90+4'	Report	Zein 39' Takaji 59'
Penalties
Maatouk Ayoub Tneich Al Haj Darwich	5–4	Al Saadi El Zein Kanso Kourani Ghaddar

Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh

Referee: Ali Reda

Ansar

Nejmeh

GK 91 Nazih Assaad DF 3 Mootaz El Jounaidi (c)  83' DF 5 Nassar Nassar  83' DF 27 Hussein El Dor  42' MF 6 Jihad Ayoub  23' MF 7 Majed Osman  60' MF 8 Youssef Barakat  70' FW 9 Karim Darwich FW 10 Hassan Maatouk FW 24 Hassan Kaafarani FW 99 Ahmad Hijazi Substitutes: GK 31 Hadi Mortada DF 4 Anas Abou Saleh DF 19 Ahmad Mansour  83' DF 21 Khaled Ali MF 11 Youssef Al Haj  60' MF 20 Ali Tneich  83' MF 45 Ahmad Zein El Dinne MF 77 Ahmad Hamed FW 22 Mahmoud Kojok  70' Manager: Robert Jaspert

GK 90 Ali Hallal DF 2 Ali Al Saadi DF 18 Kassem El Zein DF 24 Maher Sabra DF 33 Andrew Sawaya MF 14 Hassan Annan  90+4' MF 20 Hassan Kourani MF 77 Mahdi Zein  70' FW 11 Khaled Takaji (c)  70' FW 17 Mahmoud Siblini  90+4' FW 27 Khalil Bader  85' Substitutes: GK 71 Karim Salame DF 5 Mostafa Al Shamaa DF 12 Abdallah Aich  90+4' MF 6 Hassan Chaito MF 7 Mahmoud Kaawar MF 8 Moustafa Kanso  85' MF 10 Abbas Ahmad Atwi  70' FW 9 Ali Alaaeddine  90+4' FW 22 Mohamad Ghaddar  70' Manager: Youssef Al Jawhari

Assistant referees: Hassan Kanso Bilal Orfi Fourth official: Mohammad Issa Video assistant referee: Bahaa Nasr Assistant video assistant referee: Mohammad Al Mawla

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level Seven named substitutes, of which five may be used

See also

• Beirut derby