2016 Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League
Season	2017
Champions	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Champions League	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Top goalscorer	Salem Roma (Al-Nasr) (8 goals)
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The 2016 season of the Libyan Premier League is the forty-fourth edition of the country's top level association football league since its inception in 1963. It came two and a half years after the last competition was held by the Libyan Football Federation (LFF) due to the security concerns and general unrest throughout the country during the Libyan Crisis and Libyan civil war (2014–present).^[1]

Several meeting between the LFF and club representatives were held in the beginning of 2016 to arrange for the re-launch of the competition and it was agreed that the league would commence on the 15th of May with 21 participating teams. In contrast to the previous seasons, the league is divided into two groups; one for clubs from the eastern region of Libya and one for the clubs from the western region with a Playoffs system held to determine the champion.^[1]

Teams

Due to the situation in Libya in mid-2016 and the difficulty in air-travel, the participating teams were grouped by their geographical location. Teams from each group were scheduled to play every team from their group in a one-legged match with 3 points given for a win and 1 point for a draw. The two teams from group A and the three teams from group B with the highest ranking within their group would then face off in a Single-elimination tournament to determine the champions.

Benghazi

Tripoli

Ahli
Ittihad
Madina
Shat
Tersanah
Wahda
Mahala
Abi Ashhar

Ahly
Nasr
Hilal
Najma
Tahaddy

Location of teams in 2016 Libyan Premier League

Group A		Group B
Team	Location	Team	Location
Al-Ahly (Benghazi)	Benghazi	Al-Ahli (Tripoli)	Tripoli
Al-Nasr	Benghazi	Al-Ittihad	Tripoli
Al-Hilal	Benghazi	Al-Madina	Tripoli
Annajma	Benghazi	Al-Shat	Tripoli
Al Tahaddy	Benghazi	Al Tarsana	Tripoli (Souq al Jum'aa)
Al Akhdar	Bayda	Al-Wahda	Tripoli
Darnes	Derna	Almahalla	Tripoli
Shabaab al Jabal	Shahhat	Olympic Azzaweya	Zawiya
Al Ta'awon	Ajdabiya	Asswehly	Misrata
		Khaleej Sirte	Sirte
		Al Charara	Sabha
		Abi Ashhar	Tripoli (Tajura)

Stadiums

Neutral stadiums were identified within each region to host group games.

Stadium	Location	Capacity^[2]
11 June Stadium	Tripoli	65,000
Martyrs of February Stadium	Benghazi	10,550
9th July Stadium	Misrata	10,000
Janzour Academy Stadium	Janzur
North Benghazi Stadium	Benghazi

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/Relegation
1	Al-Ahly (Benghazi) (Q)	8	5	3	0	14	8	6	18	Qualified to Championship Round
2	Al-Nasr (Q)	8	5	2	1	16	5	11	17	Qualified to Championship Round
3	Al-Hilal	8	4	3	1	12	5	7	15
4	Al Akhdar	8	4	3	1	10	5	5	15
5	Annajma	8	2	3	3	9	14	-5	9
6	Shabaab al Jabal	8	2	2	4	9	12	-3	8
7	Al Ta'awon	8	2	1	5	8	13	-5	7
8	Darnes	8	1	2	5	5	15	-10	5
9	Al Tahaddy	8	1	1	6	8	14	-6	4

Updated to games played on 15 August 2016.
Source: http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=libya-league-division-1-2000000161/index.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/Relegation
1	Al-Madina (Q)	11	7	4	0	16	4	12	25	Qualified to Championship Round
2	Al-Ahli (Tripoli) (Q)	11	4	3	1	18	8	10	24	Qualified to Championship Round
3	Asswehly (Q)	11	5	5	0	15	4	11	23	Qualified to Championship Round
4	Al-Ittihad	11	7	2	2	22	10	12	23
5	Al-Shat	11	5	3	3	16	10	6	18
6	Abi Ashhar	11	5	3	3	12	8	4	18
7	Olympic Azzaweya	11	3	6	2	8	7	1	15
8	Khaleej Sirte	11	3	2	6	14	22	-8	11
9	Al-Wahda	11	3	1	7	14	16	-2	10
10	Al Charara	11	2	2	7	9	21	-12	8
11	Almahalla	11	1	1	9	7	19	-2	4
12	Al Tarsana	11	0	2	9	4	26	-22	2

Updated to games played on 25 September 2016.
Source: http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=libya-league-division-1-2000000161/index.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Championship Round

After 9 rounds in Group A, the two highest ranking teams move on to the Championship Round. Similarly, after 11 rounds in Group B, the three highest ranking teams move on to the Championship Round. The first matches in the Championship Round was played in 28 October.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Al-Ahli (Tripoli) (C)	4	2	1	0	8	1	7	10	Qualification for the CAF Champions League
2	Asswehly	4	1	3	0	3	1	2	6
3	Al-Ahly (Benghazi)	4	1	2	1	2	4	-2	5
4	Al-Madina	4	1	1	2	3	4	-1	4
5	Al-Nasr	4	0	1	3	3	9	-6	1

Updated to games played on 24 November 2016.
Source: http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=libya-league-division-1-2000000161/index.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

References

1 2 "Libyan league to start in May". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
↑ "Goalzz.com Libyan Stadiums Information". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.

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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