2007–08 Libyan Second Division

The 2007–08 Libyan Second Division football championship took place between November 2007 and July 2008. The first round of matches were played between November 3 and November 5, 2007. The final round of games were played in July 2008.

Competition

43 sides competed in this edition of the competition, split into three groups. Groups A and B contained 27 sides from the surrounding areas of Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and Sabha. These were split into two groups, Group A with 14 sides, Group B with 13 sides. Group C contained 16 teams from the surrounding areas of Butnan, Benghazi, Jabal al Akhdar and Sirte.

Every side in each group played each other home and away; therefore, each team in Group A played 26 games, Group B 24 games, and Group C 32 games.

Promotion & Relegation

The team that finished top of each of the three groups won direct promotion to the Libyan Premier League, and would enter a mini-league at the end of the season to decide the winner of the competition. The team that finished second in each of the three groups entered a Relegation promotion play-off League, along with the 13th-placed side in the 2007–08 edition of the Libyan Premier League.

The bottom three sides in each of Group A and Group B, along with the bottom four sides in Group C were relegated to the Libyan Third Division.^[1]

Teams

Group A

• Wefaq Sabratha
• Rafik Sorman
• Alharaty
• Attahaddy Misrata
• Al Yarmouk
• Al Jamarek
• Ghawt al Sha'al
• Al Ikhaa
• Al Talae'e
• Al Faaluja
• Majd
• Abu Moliyana
• Asswehly

Group B

• Abi al Ashar
• Al Shouraa
• Al Manshea
• Hiyad
• Mahalla
• Dhahra
• Al Salaam
• Qurthabia
• Aman al Aam
• Al Taraabet
• Al Charara
• Nojoom al Baazah
• Al Mustaqbal

Group C

• Al Buraaq
• Najma
• Al Shalaal
• Mukhtar B.
• Afriqi
• Darnes
• Al Ta'awon
• Al Sawa'ed
• Al Tayaraan
• Hilal
• Al Murooj
• Andalus
• Benghazi al Jadeeda
• Al Baranes
• Mukhtar T.
• Wahda B.

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sweahly (P)	25	18	3	4	62	21	+41	57	Promotion to Libyan Premier League
2	Wefaq Sabratha (Q)	25	16	6	3	46	23	+23	54	Qualification for Promotion/relegation playoffs
3	Abu Moliyana	25	14	6	5	35	23	+12	48
4	Rafiq Sorman	25	13	8	4	47	25	+22	47
5	Shmoo'e	25	10	6	9	39	28	+11	36
6	Yarmouk	25	10	7	8	31	30	+1	35[a]
7	Jamarek	25	8	10	7	30	26	+4	34
8	Tala'e	25	9	6	10	40	26	+14	33
9	Majd	25	6	14	5	27	25	+2	32
10	Harati	25	6	9	10	22	28	−6	27
11	Faaluja	25	2	11	12	27	52	−25	17
12	Tahaddy Tumeanah (R)	25	0	10	15	20	56	−36	10	Relegation to Libyan Third Division
13	Ikhaa (R)	25	0	7	18	17	61	−44	7
14	Ghawt al Sha'al (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[b]

Source: 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.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al Yarmouk deducted 2 points
2. Ghawt al Sha'al withdrew from the league, and therefore all matches played against them in the second half of the season were deemed void matches

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aman al Aam (P)	24	20	3	1	57	15	+42	63	Promotion to Libyan Premier League
2	Mustaqbal (Q)	24	16	3	5	42	16	+26	51	Qualification for Promotion/relegation playoffs
3	Salaam	24	15	4	5	47	24	+23	49
4	Dhahra Tripoli	24	14	4	6	37	21	+16	46
5	Mahalla	24	11	7	6	33	18	+15	40
6	Nojoom al Baazah	24	9	5	10	26	28	−2	32
7	Hiyad	24	8	4	12	34	36	−2	28
8	Charara	24	7	6	11	32	38	−6	27
9	Shouraa	24	6	6	12	26	43	−17	24
10	Abi al Ashar	24	5	6	13	29	42	−13	21
11	Qurthabia (R)	24	4	8	12	22	41	−19	20	Relegation to Libyan Third Division
12	Manshea (R)	24	6	3	15	23	49	−26	19[a]
13	Taraabet (R)	24	3	5	16	20	47	−27	14

Source: 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.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al Manshea deducted 2 points

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hilal (P)	29	23	4	2	78	12	+66	73	Promotion to Libyan Premier League
2	Sawa'ed (Q)	29	21	5	3	65	21	+44	68	Qualification for Promotion/relegation playoffs
3	Darnes	29	17	9	3	61	20	+41	60
4	Najma	29	18	4	7	58	28	+30	58
5	Baranes	29	15	6	8	52	33	+19	51
6	Murooj	29	13	8	8	66	37	+29	47
7	Andalus	29	13	7	9	51	38	+13	46
8	Benghazi al Jadeeda	29	13	4	12	46	33	+13	43
9	Afriqi	29	12	4	13	35	42	−7	40
10	Wahda Benghazi	29	10	8	11	42	43	−1	38
11	Ta'awon	29	9	5	15	34	47	−13	32
12	Mukhtar Tobruk	29	6	4	19	23	61	−38	22
13	Tayaraan (R)	29	5	4	20	28	56	−28	19	Relegation to Libyan Third Division
14	Buraaq (R)	29	5	3	21	21	68	−47	18
15	Shalaal (R)	29	2	0	27	19	116	−97	6
16	Mukhtar Benghazi (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]

Source: 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.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al Mukhtar Benghazi withdrew from the league, and therefore all matches played against them in the second half of the season were considered void.

Relegation/Promotion Playoff

Main article: 2007–08 Libyan relegation play-off

Championship stage

This contained the three sides that topped each group. They had already won promotion to the Libyan Premier League.

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hilal	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10
Aman al Aam	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5
Sweahly	4	0	1	3	5	11	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Fixtures and results

Sweahly	0 – 1	Aman al Aam
2H'		1H'  2H' al Zikri  90'

May 21, 2008
17:00

9 July Stadium

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Aman al Aam	1 – 1	Hilal
90+3'		al Ilwi 38'

May 23, 2008
17:00

GMR Stadium

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Hilal	4 – 1	Sweahly
al Maqiny 1H' al Arfi 2H' 2H' 2H'		2H'

May 27, 2008
17:00

First Statement Stadium

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Aman al Aam	3 – 3	Sweahly
2H' 2H' 2H' Farhaat  67'		al Deelawi 5' Diop 1H' 2H'

May 31, 2008
17:00

GMR Stadium

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Hilal	2 – 0	Aman al Aam
al Buqrmaoui 69' 72'

June 4, 2008
17:00

First Statement Stadium

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Sweahly	1 – 3	Hilal
5'  30'		75' 80' 90'

June 7, 2008
17:00

9 July Stadium

2007-08 Libyan Second Division Winners
Hilal First title