Libyan Second Division 2007–08

The 2007–08 Libyan Second Division 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 Qualification or relegation Head-to-head 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 to 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 +1 035^* 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 the 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 00^** 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 ^* Al Yarmouk deducted 2 points ^** 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 (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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams. Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Head-to-head 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 to 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 the Libyan Third Division 12 Manshea (R) 24 6 3 15 23 49 −26 019^* 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 ^* Al Manshea deducted 2 points (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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams. Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Head-to-head 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 to 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 the 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 00^* 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 ^* Al Mukhtar Benghazi withdrew from the league, and therefore all matches played against them in the second half of the season were considered void. (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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams. Relegation/Promotion Playoff 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 Fixtures & Results Sweahly v Aman al Aam May 21, 2008 17:00 Sweahly 0 – 1 Aman al Aam  2H'  1H'  2H' al Zikri  90' 9 July Stadium Aman al Aam v Hilal May 23, 2008 17:00 Aman al Aam 1 – 1 Hilal  90+3' al Ilwi  38' GMR Stadium Hilal v Sweahly May 27, 2008 17:00 Hilal 4 – 1 Sweahly al Maqiny  1H' al Arfi  2H'  2H'  2H'  2H' First Statement Stadium Aman al Aam v Sweahly May 31, 2008 17:00 Aman al Aam 3 – 3 Sweahly  2H'  2H'  2H' Farhaat  67' al Deelawi  5' Diop  1H'  2H' GMR Stadium Hilal v Aman al Aam June 4, 2008 17:00 Hilal 2 – 0 Aman al Aam al Buqrmaoui  69'  72' First Statement Stadium Sweahly v Hilal June 7, 2008 17:00 Sweahly 1 – 3 Hilal  5'  30'  75'  80'  90' 9 July Stadium 2007-08 Libyan Second Division Winners Hilal First title References http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?&t=8025576