2007–08 Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League
Season	2007–08
Champions	Al Ittihad 14th Libyan Premier League title
Relegated	Al Tahaddy Al Urouba Nojom Ajdabiya
CAF Champions League 2009	Al Ittihad Al Ahly Tripoli
CAF Confederation Cup 2009	Khaleej Sirte (via Libyan Cup) Al Ahly Benghazi
Top goalscorer	Abdelhameed Zidane (21)
Biggest home win	Al Ahly Tripoli 10-2 Al Suqoor (2007-12-07)
Biggest away win	Al Wahda 1–5 Al Ittihad (2007-10-11) Al Suqoor 0-4 Al Ittihad (2008-07-19)
Highest scoring	Al Ahly Tripoli 10-2 Al Suqoor (2007-12-07)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Libyan Premier League 2007/2008 was the 40th edition of the Libyan Premier League, the highest division of Libyan football, organised by the Libyan Football Federation.

Season summary

In a more closely contested league contest than in recent seasons, Al Ittihad took until week 28 to secure their 14th league title. Al Ahly Tripoli challenged their close rivals all the way in the title race, but just four points from their last three games, including a humiliating 1-0 defeat to eventually relegated Al Tahaddy, ended their title hopes and their 29-game unbeaten record, which had lasted all year. Al Ittihad also went through the league season unbeaten. After just one defeat in the 2006-07 season, this shows signs that the Big Two are pulling even further away, proved by the 20-point gap between 2nd placed Al Ahly Tripoli and 3rd placed Al Ahly Benghazi.

2007-08 was a very successful season for Khaleej Sirte. The club won two trophies (its first major honours since the three Sirte clubs merged to form Khaleej Sirte). The club won the Libyan Confederation Cup, a newly created trophy similar to England's League Cup, before later lifting the Libyan Cup, beating Al Madina in a tense final 1-0.

At the bottom, Al Suqoor and Nojom Ajdabiya both had very poor seasons, with just 9 wins between the two sides. Al Suqoor suffered one of the worst defeats in Libyan history, as they were crushed 10-2 by A Ahli Tripoli. Al Urouba did put up a decent fight, winning 4 of their last 7 matches, nearly half of the number of wins they had obtained in their previous 23 matches. In the end, they paid the price for losing to relegation rivals.

The Relegation/Promotion Play Off place was an interesting battle. Three teams were on 33 points, and it was head-to-head record that sent Al Tahaddy to their eventual relegation.

In general, the league was pretty close, with just 10 points separating 5th placed Khaleej Sirte from 14th placed (and relegated) Al Urouba.

The competition

There are 16 clubs in the League. During the course of the season each clubs plays others two times, for a total of 30 games. At the end of season, the bottom three sides are automatically relegated to the Libyan Second Division, and the fourth bottom side goes into the Relegation Play-Off.

The winner of the LPL qualifies for the CAF Champions League, and the top two sides qualify for the Arab Champions League, while the Libyan Cup winner qualifies for the CAF Confederation Cup

Clubs

Club	City	Stadium
Ahly Benghazi	Benghazi	28 March Stadium
Ahly Tripoli	Tripoli	11 June Stadium
Akhdar	Bayda	Green Document Stadium
Jazeera	Zuwara	Zuwara Stadium
Nojom Ajdabiya	Ajdabiya	10 March Stadium
Ittihad	Tripoli	11 June Stadium
Madina	Tripoli	11 June Stadium
Nasr	Benghazi	28 March Stadium
Olomby	Zawiya	Zaawia Stadium
Al Shat	Tripoli	Ali Alsgozy Stadium
Suqoor	Tobruk	2 March Stadium
Tahaddy	Benghazi	28 March Stadium
Khaleej Sirte	Sirte	2 March Stadium
Wahda	Tripoli	GMR Stadium
Urouba	Ajaylat	Ajaylat Stadium
Tersanah	Tripoli	GMR Stadium

Statistics

First Match: Al Ahly Tripoli vs. Nojom Ajdabiya - September 20, 2007
First Referee: Naaji al Khabaat - Al Ahly Tripoli vs. Nojom Ajdabiya - September 20, 2007
First Goal Scored: Ali Hussein Rehema for Al Ahly Tripoli against Nojom Ajdabiya - September 20, 2007
Last Goal Scored: Reyad Ellafi for Al Ittihad against Nojom Ajdabiya - July 22, 2008
First Sending Off: Aqila Bousedrah for Nojom Ajdabiya against Al Ahly Tripoli - September 20, 2007
Total Number of Goals Scored: 618 (480 matches played - average 1.2875 goals per game)
Most Goals Scored by One Team: 77 goals - Al Ahly Tripoli
Least Goals Conceded by One Team: 16 goals - Al Ittihad
Most Goals Conceded by One Team: 69 goals - Al Suqoor
Biggest Scoreline: Al Ahly Tripoli 10 - 2 Al Suqoor - December 12, 2007
Most Wins: 26 - Al Ittihad
Most Draws: 13 - Al Madina
Most Defeats: 23 - Nojom Ajdabiya

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Ittihad (C)	30	26	4	0	68	16	+52	82	CAF Champions League 2009
2	Ahly Tripoli	30	23	6	1	77	28	+49	75	CAF Champions League 2009
3	Ahly Benghazi	30	15	10	5	44	20	+24	55	CAF Confederation Cup 2009
4	Akhdar	30	15	8	7	48	33	+15	050^*
5	Khaleej Sirte	30	11	8	11	34	35	−1	41	CAF Confederation Cup 2009	NSR 0–1 KHA KHA 1–1 NSR
6	Nasr	30	11	9	10	39	29	+10	041^**		NSR 0–1 KHA KHA 1–1 NSR
7	Madina	30	9	13	8	29	28	+1	40
8	Olomby	30	9	12	9	36	34	+2	39
9	Shat	30	11	3	16	34	47	−13	36
10	Jazeera	30	9	8	13	27	37	−10	35
11	Tersanah	30	8	9	13	32	40	−8	33		TER: 10 pts 5–2 WAH: 3 pts 3–4 THD: 2 pts 5–7
12	Wahda	30	9	6	15	38	48	−10	33
13	Tahaddy (R)	30	8	9	13	37	42	−5	33	Qualification to Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
14	Urouba (R)	30	9	4	17	29	47	−18	31	Relegation to the Libyan Second Division
15	Suqoor (R)	30	6	3	21	23	69	−46	020^***
16	Nojom Ajdabiya (R)	30	3	4	23	25	67	−42	13

Updated to games played on July 22, 2008.
Source: Libyan Premier League at kooora.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
^* Al Akhdar deducted 3 points for cancelling their match with Al Ittihad
^** Al Nasr deducted 1 point for failing to show up for their match against Al Shat
^*** Al Suqoor deducted one point for abandoning their match with Al Ahly Tripoli
Khaleej Sirte qualify for CAF Confederation Cup as Libyan Cup winners
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AHLB	AHLT	AKH	ITT	JAZ	KHA	MAD	NSR	NJMA	OLY	SHT	SQR	THD	TER	URO	WAH
Ahly Benghazi		1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	5–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	2–1
Ahly Tripoli	3–1		4–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	10–2	3–0	5–2	3–1	5–1
Akhdar	0–1	2–2		0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
Ittihad	2–1	1–1	5–2		2–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	6–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0
Jazeera	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–3		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Khaleej Sirte	0–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	4–1		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	4–2	3–1	2–2
Madina	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0		0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1
Nasr	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–1		4–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–2
Nojom Ajdabiya	0–1	0–2	1–4	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–2		1–3	2–1	1–2	2–4	2–3	0–0	2–0
Olomby	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	5–0		0–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–3	1–2
Shat	0–2	1–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1		3–2	2–3	3–5	1–0	1–3
Suqoor	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–4	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0		1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Tahaddy	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	5–1	1–1	0–1	3–1		0–1	0–0	3–3
Tersanah	0–0	3–4	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2		0–1	1–0
Urouba	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–4	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2		2–1
Wahda	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–5	2–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	6–1	0–0	0–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 28 July 2008.
Source: Libyan Premier League @ goalzz.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

21 goals

Abdelhameed Zidane (Akhdar)

18 goals

William de Souza (Al Tahaddy)

16 goals

Ahmed Saad (Ahly Tripoli)

13 goals

Abdelmajid Eddine (Olomby)

12 goals

11 goals

Mahdi Karim (Ahly Tripoli)

Awards

Best Foreign Player (sponsored by Libyana & Al Madar) - Mahdi Karim (Al Ahly Tripoli)
Golden Boot - Abdelhameed Zidane (Al Akhdar) - 21 goals
Goal of the Season - Mahdi Karim for Al Ahly Tripoli vs. Al Madina - January 4, 2008
Young Player of the Year - Sapol Mani of Al Ittihad

External links

Libyan Premier League

2016 teams	Al Ahly Al Ahly Abi al Ashar Al Akhdar Al Charara Al Hilal Al Ittihad Al Madina Almahalla Tripoli Al Najma Al Nasr Al Olympique Shabaab al Jabal Al Shat Al Swihli Al Tahaddi Al Ta'awon Al Tirsana Al Wahda Darnes Khaleej Sirte

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