Libyan Premier League 2007/2008 was the 41st edition of the

Libyan Premier League The Libyan Premier League () is the men's top professional football division of the Libyan football league system. Administered by the Competition Organizing Committee in the Libyan Football Federation, Libyan Premier League is contested by 22 t ...

, the highest division of

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

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, organised by the

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Season summary

In a more closely contested league contest than in recent seasons, Al Ittihad took until week 28 to secure their 14th league title.

Al Ahly Tripoli Al Ahli Sports Club ( ; ), also known as Al Ahli Tripoli, is a Libyan professional football (soccer), football club based in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli. It is the second most successful Libyan club in history after Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), Al-I ...

challenged their close rivals all the way in the title race, but just four points from their last three games, including a humiliating 1-0 defeat to eventually relegated Al Tahaddy, ended their title hopes and their 29-game unbeaten record, which had lasted all year. Al Ittihad also went through the league season unbeaten. After just one defeat in the 2006-07 season, this shows signs that the Big Two are pulling even further away, proved by the 20-point gap between 2nd placed

and 3rd placed Al Ahly Benghazi. 2007-08 was a very successful season for

Khaleej Sirte Khaleej Sirte is a Libyan football club based in Sirte, Libya. They play in the Libyan first division . They play their home matches at the 2 March Stadium in Sirte. The stadium holds around 2,000 people. History Sirte was founded on 5 May 196 ...

. The club won two trophies (its first major honours since the three Sirte clubs merged to form Khaleej Sirte). The club won the Libyan Confederation Cup, a newly created trophy similar to England's League Cup, before later lifting the

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, beating Al Madina in a tense final 1-0. At the bottom, Al Suqoor and Nojom Ajdabiya both had very poor seasons, with just 9 wins between the two sides. Al Suqoor suffered one of the worst defeats in Libyan history, as they were crushed 10-2 by A Ahli Tripoli. Al Urouba did put up a decent fight, winning 4 of their last 7 matches, nearly half of the number of wins they had obtained in their previous 23 matches. In the end, they paid the price for losing to relegation rivals. The Relegation/Promotion play-off place was an interesting battle. Three teams were on 33 points, and it was head-to-head record that sent Al Tahaddy to their eventual relegation. In general, the league was pretty close, with just 10 points separating 5th placed

from 14th placed (and relegated) Al Urouba.

The competition

There are 16 clubs in the League. During the course of the season each clubs plays others two times, for a total of 30 games. At the end of season, the bottom three sides are automatically relegated to the

Libyan Second Division The Libyan Second Division is the second tier of the Libyan soccer, football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. Winners list

*Libyan Second Division 2004-05, 2004-05 – Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi), Al Ahly (Benghazi) *Libyan S ...

, and the fourth bottom side goes into the Relegation play-off. The winner of the LPL qualifies for the

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, and the top two sides qualify for the

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, while the

winner qualifies for the

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Clubs

Statistics

*First Match:

vs. Nojom Ajdabiya - September 20, 2007 *First Referee: Naaji al Khabaat -

vs. Nojom Ajdabiya - September 20, 2007 *First Goal Scored: Ali Hussein Rehema for

against Nojom Ajdabiya - September 20, 2007 *Last Goal Scored: Reyad Ellafi for Al Ittihad against Nojom Ajdabiya - July 22, 2008 *First Sending Off: Aqila Bousedrah for Nojom Ajdabiya against

- September 20, 2007 *Total Number of Goals Scored: 618 (480 matches played - average 1.2875 goals per game) *Most Goals Scored by One Team: 77 goals -

*Fewest Goals Conceded by One Team: 16 goals - Al Ittihad *Most Goals Conceded by One Team: 69 goals - Al Suqoor *Biggest Scoreline:

10 - 2 Al Suqoor - December 12, 2007 *Most Wins: 26 - Al Ittihad *Most Draws: 13 - Al Madina *Most Defeats: 23 - Nojom Ajdabiya

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

; 21 goals * Abdelhameed Zidane ''(

Akhdar Al-Akhdar Sports Club (, ''Nādī al-ʾAkhḍar al-Riyāḍī'') is a Libyan professional football club based in Bayda, Libya, Bayda. Honours *Libyan Cup **Runners-up (3): 1976, 2005, 2007 *Libyan SuperCup **Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007 Performan ...

)'' ;18 goals * William de Souza ''( Al Tahaddy)'' ;16 goals * Ahmed Saad ''( Ahly Tripoli)'' ;13 goals *

Abdelmajid Eddine Abdelmajid Eddine () (born April 17, 1979) is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays for Ittihad Khemisset in the top division in Morocco Botola. Biography Eddine came to prominence when he scored 13 goals for Olomby during the 2007–08 s ...

''(

Olomby Olympic Azzaweya Sports Club () is a Libyan football club based in Zawiya, Libya. The club did compete in the CAF Champions League once in 2005, where they went out in the first round to USM Alger, 7–0 on aggregate, having beaten Renaissa ...

)'' ;12 goals * Pierre Koulibaly ''( Ittihad)'' * Osama al Fazzani ''( Ahly Tripoli)'' * Mohamed Zubya ''( Ittihad)'' ;11 goals *

Mahdi Karim Mahdi Karim Ajeel (, born December 10, 1983) is an Iraqi former footballer. He last played as a winger for Al-Talaba and the Iraq national football team. Player info Mahdi Kareem Ajeel's successful conversion to a right winger initially came ...

''( Ahly Tripoli)''

Awards

*Best Foreign Player (sponsored by Libyana & Al Madar) -

(

) *Golden Boot - Abdelhameed Zidane ( Al Akhdar) - 21 goals *Goal of the Season -

for

vs. Al Madina - January 4, 2008 *Young Player of the Year - Sapol Mani of Al Ittihad

External links

LPL 2007/2008 Standing @ Goalzz.com
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