Libyan Premier League

The Libyan Premier League (Arabic: الدوري الليبي الممتاز) is the men's top professional football division of the Libyan football league system. Administered by the Competition Organizing Committee in the Libyan Football Federation (Arabic: لجنة تنظيم المسابقات بالإتحاد الليبي لكرة القدم), Libyan Premier League is contested by 22 teams divided into two groups of 11 (previously 20, split into groups of 10. changed as of the 23/24 season), with the two lowest-placed teams of each group relegated to the First Division.

51 have competed in Libyan Premier League since its inception. Ten teams have been crowned champions, with Al-Ittihad winning the title a record 18^[1] times and Al-Ahly Tripoli 13 times. Al-Ahly Tripoli won the inaugural Premier League in 1963. Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al-Ahly Benghazi dominated the championship in the 1970s, winning four titles and two titles respectively throughout the decade. Al-Ittihad dominated the League through the 2000s, winning 8 titles.

The league has been ranked by the IFFHS as the 56th highest in the world for 2009, making it the sixth-highest ranked league in the Arab world, after the Saudi Professional League (32nd), the Egyptian Premier League (34th), the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (48th), the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (54th) and the Sudan Premier League (55th), and the eighth highest in Africa, after the Nigerian Professional Football League (30th), Egyptian Premier League, the Girabola in Angola (42nd), Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Zambia Super League (53rd), Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and Sudan Premier League.^[2]

History

The Libyan Premier League was founded in 1963. Prior to that, there were three Provincial Championships, one each for the Eastern, Western and Southern provinces. The first league season at national level was the 1963-64 season, in which participated the Western Province champion Al Ahly (Tripoli), the Eastern Province champion Al Ahly (Benghazi) and the Southern Province champion Hilal Sabha. After the withdrawal of Hilal Sabha due to lack of resources, the league was limited to just two teams. Al Ahly (Tripoli) defeated Al Ahly (Benghazi) 2-0 over two matches (1-0 home and away) to become the first Libyan Premier League champions.

Winners

Al Ittihad are the most successful Libyan club, having won 18 titles, including 6 straight titles (from 2004–05 to 2009–10. Their arch rivals Al Ahly (Tripoli) have won it 13 times.

The last team to win the title from outside the capital was al- Naser fc, who won the league in the 2018 season. The Big Two (Al Ahly (Tripoli) & Al Ittihad) have won 31 of the 48 titles that have been contested since 1964.

Champions by season

Winners are:^[3]

Performance by club

Titles by city

2023–24 Clubs

Group 1

Group 2

Top scorers by season

Top scorers are:^{[citation needed]}

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1963-64	Ahmed Ben Soueid	Al Ahly (Benghazi)	19
1964-65	Ahmed Ben Soueid	Al Ahly (Benghazi)	18
1965-66	Ahmed Al Ahwal	Al Ittihad	14
1966-67	Hassan Snousi	Al Ahli (Tripoli)	12
1968-69	Mohamed Boughalia	Al Ahli (Tripoli)	16
1970-71	Yousef Sidqi	Al Nasr	15
1971-72	Yousef Sidqi	Al Nasr	12
1972-73	Nouri Alsirri	Al Madina	17
1973-74	Nouri Alsirri	Al Madina	13
1974-75	Nouri Alsirri	Al Madina	17
1975-76	Mustafa Belhaaj	Al Madina	19
1976-77	Abubakr Douzan	Al Madina	15
1977-78	Fahim Raqs	Al Ahli (Tripoli)	8
1982-83	Nouri Alsirri	Al Madina	17
1983-84	Abdulraouf Ferjany	Al Dhahra	11
1984-85	Ramadan Barnaoui	Al Ahly (Benghazi)	9
1985-86	Salim Bou Jarrad	Al Ittihad	11
1986-87	Faraj Bar'asi	Al Nasr	12
1987-88	Salim Bou Jarrad	Al Ittihad	11
1988-89	Faraj Meeloud	Al Tahaddi	6
1989-90	Ali Bashary Nasr Badr	Al Ahly (Benghazi) Afriqi	11
1990-91	Idris Mikraaz	Darnes	11
1991-92	Abdelhakeem Suwayyah	Al Tirsana	12
1992-93	Abdelhakeem Suwayyah	Al Tirsana	14
1993-94	Idrees Mikraaz	Al Ahli (Tripoli)	19
1994-95	Mohamed Milaad Hassan Othman	Ittihad Gheryan Al Morooj	6
1995-96	Muammar Masoud	Al Shat	10
1996-97	Khalifa Maqinny	Al Hilal	12
1997-98	Khalifa Maqinny	Al Hilal	14
1998-99	Mustafa Ramadan Abdelaaty Qubay	Al Ahly (Benghazi) Al Intilaaq	13
2000	Ahmed Saad	Benghazi Al Jadeeda	8
2000-01	Ashraf Muammar Ali Melyaan	Al Tahaddi Al Madina	14
2001-02	Al-Saadi Gaddafi	Al Ittihad	19
2002-03	Ahmed El Masli Khaled Shallabi	Al Nasr Al Madina	13
2003-04	Ahmed Saad	Al Nasr	14
2004-05	Sheikh Sedao	Al Urouba	12
2005-06	Samir Al Wahaj	Al Wahda	18
2006-07	Walid Shebli	Al Madina	13
2007-08	Abdelhameed Zidane	Al Akhdar	21
2008-09	Samir Al Wahaj	Al Tirsana	19
2009-10	Rasheed al Deasy	Al Shat	15
2015-16	Salem Roma	Al Nasr	8
2017-18	Ahmed Krawa'a	Al Ittihad	11
2018-19	Moataz Al-Mehdi	Al Nasr	4
2021-22	Ary Papel	Al Akhdar SC	12
2022-23	Ahmed Krawa'a	Al Ahly	15

Regulations

The rules can be found on the official LFF website.^[7]

References

External links

• League at FIFA (archived 21 August 2007)
• Libyan Premier League – Hailoosport (in Arabic)
• Libyan Premier League – Hailoosport

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Libyan Premier League 2021−22

Group A

• Al-Ahly Benghazi
• Al-Akhdar
• Al-Hilal Benghazi
• Al Nasr Benghazi
• Al-Sadaqa
• Al-Ta'awon
• Al-Tahaddy
• Darnes
• Khaleej Sirte
• Shabaab Al-Jabal

Group B

• Abu Salem
• Al-Ahly Tripoli
• Al-Ittihad Misurata
• Al-Ittihad Tripoli
• Al-Khums
• Al-Madina
• Al-Mahalla
• Aschat
• Asswehly
• Olympic Azzaweya

Former teams

• Abi al Ashar
• Afriqi
• Al-Ahly Sabha
• Al-Amn Alaam
• Al-Andalus
• Al-Dhahra
• Al-Intilaaq
• Al-Jazeera
• Al-Murooj
• Al-Mustaqbal
• Al Sawa'ed
• Al-Suqoor
• Al-Yarmouk
• Annajma
• Ascharara
• Attahaddy
• Attayaran
• Attersana
• Al-Urouba
• Al-Wahda
• Majd Tripoli
• Nahdha
• Nojom Ajdabiya
• Qurdabia Sabha
• Wefaq Sabratha
• Rafik Sorman

Seasons

• 1963–64
• 1964–65
• 1965–66
• 1966–68
• 1968–69
• 1969–70
• 1970–71
• 1971–72
• 1972–73
• 1973–74
• 1974–75
• 1975–76
• 1976–77
• 1977–78
• 1978–79 (unfinished)
• 1982–83
• 1983–84
• 1984–85
• 1985–86
• 1987
• 1987–88
• 1988–89
• 1989–90
• 1990–91
• 1991–92
• 1992–93
• 1993–94
• 1994–95
• 1995–96
• 1996–97
• 1997–98
• 1998–99
• 2000
• 2000–01
• 2001–02
• 2002–03
• 2003–04
• 2004–05
• 2005–06
• 2006–07
• 2007–08
• 2008–09
• 2009–10
• 2010–11
• 2013–14
• 2016
• 2017–18
• 2018–19
• 2019–20
• 2020–21
• 2021–22
• 2022–23