2017–18 Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League
Season 2017–18
Dates 15 August 2017 – 13 Jun 2018
Champions Al-Nasr
(2nd title)
Relegated Annajma
Al Tarsana
Abi al Ashhar
Ascharara
Al-Andalus
Al-Qurdabia
2018 CAF Champions League Al Tahaddy (as CAF competitions play-off winner)1
2018 CAF Confederation Cup Al-Ittihad T (as CAF competitions play-off runners-up)1
2018–19 CAF Champions League Al Nasr (as league winners)1
Al-Ahly (Benghazi) (as league runners-up)1
2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup Al-Ahli (Tripoli) (as league 3rd placed team)1
Al-Ittihad T (as 2018 Libyan Cup winners)1
Matches played 168
Goals scored 462 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer Amer Eltawrghi
(10 goals)
Biggest home win Al-Ahli (Tripoli) 7–1 Rafik
(13 October 2017)
Biggest away win Qurdabia 0–5 Al Ta'awon
(26 October 2017)
Highest scoring Al-Ahli (Tripoli) 7–1 Rafik
(13 October 2017)
Longest winning run 8 matches
Al Tahaddy
Longest unbeaten run 9 matches
Al-Ittihad T
Al-Ahli (Tripoli)
Al-Madinah
Longest winless run 12 matches
Al-Qurdabia
Al-Andalus
Longest losing run 8 matches
Al-Qurdabia
← 2016
All statistics correct as of 13 Jun 2018.

The 2017–18 Libyan Premier League was the 45th season of the Libyan Premier League, the top Libyan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1963. The season started on 15 August 2017 and concluded on 13 June 2018.

1 The 2017-18 season was used to determine the teams that will compete in 2018 and 2018-19 CAF competitions due to change in CAF system switching from February-November to August-May.

Teams

Due to the continued security situation in Libya in 2017 and the difficulty in air-travel for most teams, the participating teams were grouped by their geographical location into four groups of seven teams. Teams from each group were scheduled to play every team from their group in a home-and-away round robin format with 3 points given for a win and 1 point for a draw.

Team Location
Group 1 Al-Ahly (Benghazi) Benghazi
Al-Hilal Benghazi
Annajma Benghazi
Al-Anwar Al-Abyar
Darnes Derna
Al Ta'awon Ajdabiya
Qurdabia Sabha
Group 2 Al-Nasr Benghazi
Al Tahaddy Benghazi
Al Akhdar Bayda
Shabaab al Jabal Shahhat
Annujoum Ajdabiya Ajdabiya
Al-Andalus Musaid
Khaleej Sirte Sirte
Group 3 Alittihad T Tripoli
Aschat Tripoli
Al Tarsana Tripoli (Souq al Jum'aa)
Olympic Azzaweya Zawiya
Asswehly Misurata
Alittihad M Misurata
Ascharara Sabha
Group 4 Al-Ahli (Tripoli) Tripoli
Al-Madina Tripoli
Al-Wahda Tripoli
Almahalla Tripoli
Abi al Ashhar Tripoli (Tajura)
Al Khums SC Al-Khums
Rafik Sorman

Stadiums

Neutral stadiums were identified within each region to host group games. Matches are to be played without spectators.

Stadium Location
11 June Stadium Tripoli
Martyrs of Benina Stadium Benghazi (Benina)
Misurata Stadium Misurata
Janzour Academy Stadium Tripoli
Sabha Stadium Sabha
Musaid Stadium Musaid
Al-Khums Stadium Al-Khums
Sheikh Al-Shouhada Stadium Al-Bayda
Tarhouna Municipal Stadium Tarhuna
Zuwarah Stadium Zuwarah
Zaawia Stadium Zawiya

First round

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Ahly (Benghazi) (Q) 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Qualification to CAF competitions playoff
2 Al-Hilal 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
3 Al Ta'awon 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
4 Al-Anwar 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8
5 Darnes 6 1 2 3 3 4 −1 5
6 Annajma 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4
7 Al-Qurdabia 6 0 1 5 4 17 −13 1
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al Tahaddy 6 6 0 0 12 3 9 18 Qualified for CAF competition playoff
2 Al-Nasr 6 3 2 1 9 5 4 11
3 Al Akhdar 6 2 2 2 8 7 1 8
4 Shabaab Al-Jabal 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 7
5 Khaleej Sirte 6 1 3 2 5 7 -2 6
6 Annujoum Ajdabiya 6 1 2 3 4 8 -4 5
7 Al-Andalus 6 0 1 5 3 11 -8 1
THDY NASR SHBJ ANJ-A AKDR ANDS KLJ-S
- 25-Sep 2-1
- 24-Sep 2-2
- 2-1
0-0 -
0-1 0-0 -
0-0 0-1 -
0-2 26-Sep -

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alittihad T 6 6 0 0 16 2 14 18 Qualified for CAF competition playoff
2 Asswehly 6 4 4 1 8 3 5 13
3 Olympic Azzaweya 6 3 2 1 3 3 0 11
4 Alittihad M 6 1 3 2 4 5 -1 6
5 Aschat 6 1 2 3 5 8 -3 5
6 Al Tarsana 6 1 1 4 4 9 -5 4
7 Ascharara 6 0 1 5 0 10 -10 1
ITHD OLAZ SWHL TRSN ITMS SHAT CHAR
- 3-1 2-1
- 1-0 1-0
- 2-1
22-Sep - 2-0
0-0 0-1 -
2-2 23-Sep -
25-Sep -

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Ahli (Tripoli) 6 4 2 0 17 5 12 14 Qualified for CAF competition playoff
2 Al-Madina 6 4 1 1 10 5 5 13
3 Al-Khums 6 3 1 2 7 5 2 10
4 Almahalla 6 2 0 4 4 10 -6 6
6 Rafik 6 2 0 4 7 16 -9 6
6 Al-Wahda 6 1 2 3 4 5 -1 5
7 Abi al Ashhar 6 1 2 3 3 6 -3 5
KHMS MDNA AHLI RAFK WHDA ABAS MHLA
- 2-0
- 29-Sep
- TBA 4-1
- 2-1 21-Sep
21-Sep 0-0 - 0-0
0-1 -
0-2 -

CAF competition playoff

The leader of the four groups after the first round at the end of 2017 compete in the CAF competition playoff (also known as quadruple round), which is used to determine the Libyan teams which qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League and 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.

Semifinals

November 16[1]

Al-Ahli Tripoli 0-2 Al-Tahaddi

Al-Ahli Benghazi 1-2 Al-Ittihad Tripoli

Final

Winner qualified for 2018 CAF Champions League. Loser qualified for 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.

November 25[2]

Al-Ittihad Tripoli 1-2 Al-Tahaddi

Second round

The second round of the Libyan Premier League started on 20 January 2018.[3] Results are combined with first round.

Final table.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Ahly (Benghazi) 12 9 3 0 24 6 18 30 Qualified for Championship playoff
2 Al-Hilal 12 7 3 2 21 12 9 24
3 Al Ta'awon 12 6 4 2 20 12 8 22
4 Al-Anwar 12 4 3 5 11 18 -7 15
5 Darnes 12 3 4 5 10 10 0 13
6 Annajma 12 3 1 8 14 20 -6 10 Qualified for Relegation playoff
7 Al-Qurdabia 12 0 2 10 8 30 -22 2 Relegated

Group B

1.Al-Nasr                12   8  2  2  21-10  26       Championship Playoff
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2.Al-Tahaddi             12   8  1  3  18-10  25
3.Al-Akhdar              12   5  4  3  14-11  19
4.Khaleej Surt           12   4  5  3  14-11  17
5.Shabab Al-Jabal        12   3  5  4  11-12  14
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6.Ngom Ajdabiya          12   2  3  7   8-17   9       Relegation Playoff
-------------------------------------------------
7.Al-Andalus             12   0  4  8   7-22   4       Relegated

Group C

1.Al-Ittihad (Tripoli)   12  11  1  0  33- 4  36       Championship Playoff
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2.Al-Swihli              12   7  3  2  17- 9  24
3.Al-Olympique           12   5  5  2  10- 6  20
4.Al-Ittihad (Misrata)   12   3  6  3  12-12  15
5.Al-Shat                12   3  2  7  12-17  11
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6.Al-Tirsana             12   2  2  8   7-21   8       Relegation Playoff
-------------------------------------------------
7.Al-Charara             12   1  1 10   4-26   4       Relegated

Group D

1.Al-Ahli (Tripoli)      12   7  5  0  24- 8  26       Championship Playoff
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2.Al-Madina              12   7  4  1  20- 8  25
3.Al-Wahda               12   4  4  4  10- 8  16
4.Al-Khums               12   4  3  5   9-10  15  [P]
5.Al-Mahala              12   2  4  6  11-23  10  [2 1 1 0 4-2 4]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6.Rafik (Sorman)         12   2  4  6  12-24  10  [2 0 1 1 2-4 1]  Relegation Playoff
-------------------------------------------------
7.Abe Al-Ashhar          12   1  6  5   8-13   9       Relegated

Championship playoff

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ANB AHB AAT AIT
1 Al-Nasr (C) 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 2018-19 CAF Champions League — 1–0 1–1 2–0
2 Al-Ahly (Benghazi) 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8 2–0 — 1–1 2–0
3 Al-Ahli Tripoli 6 1 4 1 8 8 0 7 2018-19 CAF Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 1–1 — 1–1
4 Al-Ittihad 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 2[lower-alpha 2] 2–2 2–1 2–3 —
Source:
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Al-Ittihad qualified to the Confederation Cup by winning the 2018 Libyan Cup.
  2. ↑ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points due to their withdrawl in their last game against Al-Nasr.

Relegation playoff

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Rafik 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11
2 Nojom Ajdabiya 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 10
3 Annajma (R) 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 Relegation to 2018–19 Libyan First Division
4 Al Tarsana (R) 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4
Source:
Rules for classification: 1 ) Points; 2) Head-to-Head Points; 3) Goal Difference; 4) Goals Scored
(R) Relegated.

References

  1. ↑ "Al-Ittihad, Al-Tahadi to play Libyan quadruple round's final". Libyan Observer. 18 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Al-Tahadi beats Al-Ittihad, secures Libya's ticket to CAF Champions League". Libyan Observer. 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "LFF sets date for second round of Libyan Premier League". Libyan Observer. 6 December 2017.
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