2017–18 Libyan Premier League

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.

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 (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 (as 2018 Libyan Cup winners)1
Matches played	168
Goals scored	462 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Krawa'a (11 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 Al-Ahly Tripoli Al-Madinah
Longest winless run	12 matches Al-Qurdabia Al-Andalus
Longest losing run	8 matches Al-Qurdabia
← 2016 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 13 Jun 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.

Benghazi

Tripoli

Darnes

Ta'awon

Qurdabia

Al-Anwar

Ahly Benghazi
Al-Hilal
Annajma

Al-Akhdar

Shabaab al Jabal

Khaleej Sirte

Al-Andalus

Al-Nasr
Al-Tahaddy

Asswehly
Al-Ittihad Misurata

Ascharara

Olympic Azzaweya

Al-Ittihad
Aschat
Al-Tarsana

Al-Khums

Rafik

Al-Ahly Tripoli
Al-Mahalla
Al-Madina
Al-Wahda
Abi Ashhar

Location of teams in 2017–18 Libyan Premier League

	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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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^[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.

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) 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[a]		1–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Al-Ittihad	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	2[b]			2–2	2–1	2–3	—

Source:
Rules for classification: 1 ) Points; 2 ) Head-to-Head Points; 3 ) Goal Difference 4 ) Goals Scored
(C) Champions
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 withdrawal 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