2017–18 Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League

Season2017–18

Dates15 August 2017 – 13 Jun 2018

ChampionsAl-Nasr (2nd title)

RelegatedAnnajma Al Tarsana Abi al Ashhar Ascharara Al-Andalus Al-Qurdabia

2018 CAF Champions LeagueAl Tahaddy (as CAF competitions play-off winner)1

2018 CAF Confederation CupAl-Ittihad (as CAF competitions play-off runners-up)1

2018–19 CAF Champions LeagueAl Nasr (as league winners)1 Al-Ahly (Benghazi) (as league runners-up)1

2018–19 CAF Confederation CupAl-Ahli (Tripoli) (as league 3rd placed team)1 Al-Ittihad (as 2018 Libyan Cup winners)1

Matches168

Goals462 (2.75 per match)

Top goalscorerAhmed Krawa'a (11 goals)

Biggest home winAl-Ahli (Tripoli) 7–1 Rafik (13 October 2017)

Biggest away winQurdabia 0–5 Al Ta'awon (26 October 2017)

Highest scoringAl-Ahli (Tripoli) 7–1 Rafik (13 October 2017)

Longest winning run8 matches Al-Tahaddy

Longest unbeaten run9 matches Al-Ittihad Al-Ahly Tripoli Al-Madinah

Longest winless run12 matches Al-Qurdabia Al-Andalus

Longest losing run8 matches Al-Qurdabia

← 2016 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 13 Jun 2018.

The 2017–18 Libyan Premier League was the 47th 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.

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-Anwar	Al-Abyar
Al-Hilal	Benghazi
Al Ta'awon	Ajdabiya
Annajma	Benghazi
Darnes	Derna
Qurdabia	Sabha
Group 2	Al-Akhdar	Bayda
Al-Andalus	Musaid
Al-Nasr	Benghazi
Al-Tahaddy	Benghazi
Khaleej Sirte	Sirte
Nojom Ajdabiya	Ajdabiya
Shabaab al Jabal	Shahhat
Group 3	Al-Ittihad	Tripoli
Al-Ittihad Misurata	Misurata
Al-Tarsana	Tripoli (Souq al Jum'aa)
Ascharara	Sabha
Aschat	Tripoli
Asswehly	Misurata
Olympic Azzaweya	Zawiya
Group 4	Abi al Ashhar	Tripoli (Tajura)
Al-Ahly Tripoli	Tripoli
Al-Khums	Al-Khums
Al-Madina	Tripoli
Al-Mahalla	Tripoli
Al-Wahda	Tripoli
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

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Tahaddy (Q)	6	6	0	0	12	3	+9	18	Qualification to CAF competitions 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	Nojom Ajdabiya	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5
7	Al-Andalus	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ittihad (Q)	6	6	0	0	16	2	+14	18	Qualification to CAF competitions playoff
2	Asswehly	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13
3	Olympic Azzaweya	6	3	2	1	3	3	0	11
4	Al-Ittihad Misurata	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

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ahli Tripoli (Q)	6	4	2	0	17	5	+12	14	Qualification to CAF competitions playoff
2	Al-Madina	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13
3	Al-Khums	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
4	Al-Mahalla	6	2	0	4	4	10	−6	6
5	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

CAF competitions 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

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

Al-Ittihad Tripoli 1-2 Al-Tahaddi

Second round

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

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ahly Benghazi (Q)	12	9	3	0	24	6	+18	30	Qualification to 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 (Q)	12	3	1	8	14	20	−6	10	Qualification to Relegation playoff
7	Al-Qurdabia (R)	12	0	2	10	8	3	+5	2	Relegation to 2018–19 Libyan First Division

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Nasr (Q)	12	8	2	2	21	10	+11	26	Qualification to Championship playoff
2	Al Tahaddy	12	8	1	3	18	10	+8	25
3	Al Akhdar	12	5	4	3	14	11	+3	19
4	Khaleej Sirte	12	4	5	3	14	11	+3	17
5	Shabaab Al-Jabal	12	3	5	4	11	12	−1	14
6	Nojom Ajdabiya (Q)	12	2	3	7	8	17	−9	9	Qualification to Relegation playoff
7	Al-Andalus (R)	12	0	4	8	7	22	−15	4	Relegation to 2018–19 Libyan First Division

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ittihad (Q)	12	11	1	0	33	4	+29	34	Qualification to Championship playoff
2	Asswehly	12	7	3	2	17	9	+8	24
3	Olympic Azzaweya	12	5	5	2	10	6	+4	20
4	Al-Ittihad Misurata	12	3	6	3	12	12	0	15
5	Aschat	12	3	2	7	12	17	−5	11
6	Al Tarsana (Q)	12	2	2	8	7	21	−14	8	Qualification to Relegation playoff
7	Ascharara (R)	12	1	1	10	4	26	−22	4	Relegation to 2018–19 Libyan First Division

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ahli Tripoli (Q)	12	7	5	0	24	8	+16	26	Qualification to Championship playoff
2	Al-Madina	12	7	4	1	20	8	+12	25
3	Al-Wahda	12	4	4	4	10	8	+2	16
4	Al-Khums	12	4	3	5	9	10	−1	15
5	Al-Mahalla	12	2	4	6	11	23	−12	10
6	Rafik (Q)	12	2	4	6	12	24	−12	10	Qualification to Relegation playoff
7	Abi al Ashhar (R)	12	1	6	5	8	13	−5	9	Relegation to 2018–19 Libyan First Division

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		1–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Al-Ittihad	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	2		2–2	2–1	2–3	—

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

External links

, Goalzz.com