2018–19 in Libyan football

The 2018–19 season is the 46th season of competitive association football in Libya.

Football in Libya

Season	2018–19
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Promotion and relegation

Preseason

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Libyan Premier League	Al-Sadaqa Abu Salem	Qurdabia Al-Andalus Ascharara Abi al Ashhar Al-Tarsana Annajma

National teams

Libya national football team

Main article: Libya national football team

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications

Main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Group E

Main article: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13	Final tournament		—	0–2	4–0	3–1
2	South Africa	6	3	3	0	11	2	+9	12			1–1	—	0–0	6–0
3	Libya	6	2	1	3	16	11	+5	7			2–3	1–2	—	5–1
4	Seychelles	6	0	1	5	3	25	−22	1			0–3	0–0	1–8	—

Source: CAF

Libya  v  Seychelles

9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)	Libya	5-1	Seychelles	Cairo, Egypt [note 1]
22:00 UTC+2	Saltou 22' Benali 26' (pen.) Elhouni 45+1' Zubya 65' Ellafi 82'	Report	Coralie 90'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)

South Africa  v  Libya

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)	South Africa	0-0	Libya	Durban, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Nigeria  v  Libya

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)	Nigeria	4-0	Libya	Uyo, Nigeria
16:00 UTC+1	Ighalo 4' (pen.), 57', 68' Kalu 89'	Report		Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Libya  v  Nigeria

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)	Libya	2-3	Nigeria	Sfax, Tunisia [note 1]
19:00 UTC+1	Zubya 34' Benali 73'	Report	Ighalo 13', 80' Musa 16'	Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Seychelles  v  Libya

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)	Seychelles	1-8	Libya	Victoria, Seychelles
16:30 UTC+4	Monnaie 71'	Report	Sabbou 2' Saltou 20', 31', 62' Majdi 55' Elmslaty 58' Al-Shadi 85' Elhouni 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Linité Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)

Libya  v  South Africa

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	Libya	v	South Africa	Tunisia[note 1]
TBD				Stadium: TBD

1. Libya will play their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.

CAF Competitions

2018–19 CAF Champions League

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Nouadhibou	2–3	Al-Ahly Benghazi	2–1	0–2
Al-Nasr	9–3	Al-Hilal Wau	5–1	4–2

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly Benghazi	0–4	Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0	0–4
Al-Nasr	5–6	Horoya	3–0	2–6

2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Miracle Club	w/o[w/o 1]	Al-Ittihad	0–8	—

1. Al-Ittihad won on walkover after Miracle Club withdrew prior to the second leg.^[1]

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RS Berkane	4–0	Al-Ittihad	3–0	1–0
Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–1 (a)	New Star	1–1	0–0

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly Benghazi	2–3	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	1–3
Al-Nasr	2–3	Salitas	1–0	1–3

Regular season

League season

Libyan Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Libyan Premier League

Group 1

Group 2