2008–09 in Libyan football

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The 2008-09 season is the 96th season of competitive football in Libya.

Overview[]

  • Aman al Aam, Wefaq Sabratha & Sweahly are all playing in the Premier League after winning promotion from the Libyan Second Division last season. Sweahly and Wefaq are returning after a 3-year absence, while Aman al Aam are making their debut as a re-incarnation of Al-Shorta Tripoli.
  • Ahly Benghazi, Hilal and Nasr are all playing at the Martyrs of February Stadium, the new LYD 20,000,000 project that opened on March 5, 2009

Events[]

On October 15, 2008, the Libyan Super Cup was won Ittihad as they defeated Khaleej Sirte 4-0 at 11 June Stadium

On October 17, 2008, the 2008-09 Libyan Premier League season started at the Green Document Stadium, at 14:00 GMT where Akhdar defeated Tersanah by 3 goals to 1.

On November 4, 2008, the 2008-09 Libyan Second Division season started.

On February 26, 2009, the 2008-09 Libyan Cup competition started

On May 28, 2009, Al Wahda Tripoli's relegation from the Libyan Premier League was confirmed after a 4-1 away defeat to Ahly Benghazi.

National team[]

The home team is on the left hand column; the away team is on the right hand column.

Friendly Matches[]

Libya 2 – 2 Senegal
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 3 – 0 Chad
Dawood 19'
Esnani 77'
80'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 6 – 2 Niger
al Maghrabi 25', 76'
al Masly 44'
51'
Zubya 87'
Kader 90+1' (o.g.)		 Sacko 38', 77'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Algeria Algerian Officials
Libya 2 – 3 Uruguay
Esnani 31'
al Fazzani 57'		 (Report) Eguren 14'
Martínez 70'
Pereira 74'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Libya 1 – 0 Senegal
Zubya 74' (Report)
11 June Stadium, Tripoli

World Cup Qualifiers[]

Libya was in Group 4 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process[1]

Libya 1 – 0 Ghana
al Rewani Yellow card 5'
Saad Yellow card 44' 86'		 (Report) (in Arabic)[permanent dead link] Kingston Yellow card 26'
Agogo Yellow card 30'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 45,000
Gabon 1 – 0 Libya
Moubamba Yellow card 41'
Mbanangoye 83'
Meye Yellow card 89'		 (Report) Yellow card 9'
Hussein Yellow card 29'
al Fazzani Yellow card 73'
Shaban Yellow card 84'
Attendance: 26,000

African Nations Championship[]

Libya was in the North Zone for qualification to the inaugural African Nations Championship[4]

Qualifying - Final Round[]

First leg[]
Morocco 3 – 1 Libya
Allaoui 11', 61'
Madihi 85'		 Fazzani 25'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Second leg[]
Libya 3 – 0 Morocco
Zubya 18'
Zuway 47'
Saad 62'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Libya advance to CHAN 2009 finals.

Finals[]

Libya were drawn in Group B, along with DR Congo, Ghana and Zimbabwe.[5]

DR Congo 2 – 0 Libya
Kaluyituka 58'
Lofo 67' (pen.)
Yellow card 85'		 (Report) Shaban Yellow card 66'
Saad Yellow card 73'
Fazzani Yellow card 77'
Referee: Ivory Coast [6]
Libya 1 – 1 Ghana
Saad 26'
Daoud Yellow card 36'		 (Report) Coffie Yellow card 30'
Badu Yellow card 62'
Yeboah Yellow card 73'
Owusu-Ansah 76'
Referee: Senegal [7]
Zimbabwe 0 – 0 Libya
Karuru Yellow card 18'
Meleka Yellow card 37'
Gomba Yellow card 86'		 (Report) Esnani Yellow card 17'
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
 DR Congo 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
 Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
 Libya 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2

Performance in CAF competitions[]

Qualified Teams[]

  • Ittihad - CAF Champions League 2009 (as Libyan Premier League 2007-08 winners)
  • Ahly Tripoli - CAF Champions League 2009 (as Libyan Premier League 2007-08 runners-up)
  • Ahly Benghazi - CAF Confederation Cup 2009 (as Libyan Premier League 2007-08 third-placed team)
  • Khaleej Sirte - CAF Confederation Cup 2009 (as Libyan Cup 2007-08 winners)

Fixtures & Results[]

First round[]

NB: Ittihad received bye to Round of 32

Al Ahly Tripoli6 – 0Niger AS Police
Pierre Koko'o 14', 41', 90+5'
Waleed Sba'ai 69'
Nader Kara 89', 90+6'		 [9]
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Morocco [10]
Niger AS Police2 – 1Al Ahly Tripoli
55', 58' [11] Ahmed Saad 72'
Referee: Burkina Faso [10]

Al Ahly Tripoli go through with an aggregate score of 7-2

Tanzania Prisons FC0 – 2Khaleej Sirte
[12] Abdallah al Sheikhy 3'
Sheikh Sedao 59'
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam
Referee: Kenya [13]
Khaleej Sirte4 – 0Tanzania Prisons FC
24', 69'
Sheikh Sedao 30'
Achour Majeed 80'		 [14]
Referee: Egypt [13]

Khaleej Sirte go through with an aggregate score of 6-0

Sudan Hay al Arab0 – 1Al Ahly Benghazi
[12] Ifeanyi Frederick Onuigbo 36'
Red card 77'
Stade Port Sudan, Port Sudan
Referee: Burundi [13]
Al Ahly Benghazi0 – 1(a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 pen.)		Sudan Hay al Arab
[14] 45+1'
Referee: Algeria [13]

Al Ahly Benghazi go through 3-2 on penalty kicks, after an aggregate score of 1-1.

Second round[]

First Legs to be played over March 13-March 15, 2009
Second Legs to be played over April 3-April 5, 2009

Algeria JS Kabylie1 – 2Ahly Tripoli
Idrissa Coulibaly 79' (pen.) [15] Ahmed Saad 55'
Osama Al Fazzani 74'
Stade 1er Novembre, Tizi Ouzou
Referee: Egypt [16]
Ahly Tripoli1 – 0Algeria JS Kabylie
Omar Dawood 39' [17][18]
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Tunisia [16]

Ahly Tripoli advance to the next stage of the competition with an aggregate score of 3–1.

Ittihad1 – 1Sudan Al-Merreikh
Mohamed Zubya 47' [19] Haytham Tambal 74'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Algeria [16]
Sudan Al-Merreikh3 – 0Ittihad
Endurance Idahor 9', 26'
Raji Abdel-Aati 38'		 [17]
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Malawi [16]

Ittihad are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 4–1

Tunisia CS Sfaxien4 – 1Ahly Benghazi
Hamza Younes 28', 70'
50'
Issam Merdassi 81' (pen.)		 [20] Ahmed al Masli 90+4'
Referee: Nigeria [21]
Ahly Benghazi2 – 1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Ibrahim al Khalil 14'
Ifeanyi Frederick Onuigbo 82'		 [22] Issam Merdassi 25'
Hachem Abbes Yellow card 45'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Uganda [21]

Ahly Benghazi are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 5–3

Khaleej Sirte0 – 1Algeria ES Sétif
[23] Abdelmalek Ziaya 13'
Referee: Sudan [21]
Algeria ES Sétif5 – 0Khaleej Sirte
Amine Aksas 30'
Abdelmalek Ziaya 46'
Lamouri Djediat 47', 55'
Mohamed Seguer 83'		 [22]
Referee: Tunisia [21]

Khaleej Sirte are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 6–0

Third round[]

First legs to be played over April 17-April 19, 2009
Second legs to be played over May 1-May 3, 2009

Ahly Tripoli0 – 0Tunisia ES Sahel
Ahmed Saad soccer ball with red X [24]
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Guinea [25]
Tunisia ES Sahel2 – 0Ahly Tripoli
Sadat Bukari 17'
Ammar Jemal 43'		 [26]
Referee: Sudan Khalid Abdul Rahman[25]

Ahly Tripoli are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 2–0

Fourth round[]

First legs to be played over May 17-May 19, 2009
Second legs to be played over May 29-May 31, 2009[27][28][29]

Ahly Tripoli0 – 0Egypt Haras El Hodood
[30][31]
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Morocco
Egypt Haras El Hodood2 – 1Ahly Tripoli
Ahmed Salama 58', 88' [32][33] Nader Kara 37'
Referee: Tunisia [34]

Ahly Tripoli are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 2–1

Performance in UAFA Competitions[]

Qualified Teams[]

  • Ittihad - Arab Champions League 2008-09 (as Libyan Premier League 2007-08 winners)
  • Ahly Tripoli - Arab Champions League 2008-09 (as Libyan Premier League 2007-08 runners-up)

Fixtures & Results[]

First legs to be played over October 27-October 29, 2008
Second legs to be played over November 24-November 26, 2008[35]

Ittihad1 – 1Tunisia US Monastirienne
Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway 83' [36][37] 75'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Tunisia US Monastirienne2 – 1Ittihad
1'
8'		 [38][39] Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway 86'

Ittihad are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 3–2

Tunisia ES Tunis0 – 0Ahly Tripoli
[36][40]
Ahly Tripoli0 – 0
(8 – 9 pen.)		Tunisia ES Tunis
[38][39]
11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Al Ahly Tripoli are eliminated from the competition after losing a penalty shootout 9–8, after an aggregate score of 0–0

Performance in UNAF Competitions[]

Qualified Teams[]

Fixtures & Results[]

Morocco Maghreb Fez3 – 0Khaleej Sirte
Kader Fall 9', 56'
69'		 [41]
Complexe Hassan II, Fez
Attendance: 15,000
Khaleej Sirte0 – 1Morocco Maghreb Fez
[41] Bouabid Bouden 90+2'
Attendance: 1,500

Khaleej Sirte are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 4–0

Tunisia Club Africain2 – 1Al Ittihad
Oussama Sellami 26'
Wissem Ben Yahia 61' (pen.)		 Reyad Ellafi 68'
Attendance: 25,000
Ittihad1 – 1Tunisia Club Africain
Mohammad Esnani 14' [42] Lassaad Ouertani 57'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Egypt Essam Abdelfattah

Ittihad are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 3–2

Al Ittihad1 – 1Algeria JS Kabylie
Ali Rahuma 20'
Mohammad Za'abia soccer ball with red X 90+1'		 Adlène Bensaid 79'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Tunisia

There was an ongoing feud as to who would take 3rd place. Ittihad were originally given 3rd place as JS Kabylie did not play a penalty shootout, as they claim they won the tie on away goals. The Algerian club also said that Ittihad had an unfair advantage playing at home in a one-off match. As a result, UNAF met on January 19 to discuss the case. The UNAF later decided that the two clubs would share 3rd place, and therefore share the $75,000 prize fund.[43]

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