2016 Libyan Premier League

The 2015-16 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).

Libyan Premier League

Season	2015-16
Champions	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Champions League	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Top goalscorer	Salem Roma (Al-Nasr) (8 goals)
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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.

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

Akhdar

Darnes

Shabab AlJabal

Khaleej Sirte

Asswehly

Charara

Ta'awon

Olympic

Ahli
Ittihad
Madina
Shat
Tersanah
Wahda
Mahala
Abi Ashhar

Ahly
Nasr
Hilal
Najma
Tahaddy

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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
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	Group B Template:Fb cl footer 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 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 Template:Fb cl footer References Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes 1 Al-Ahli (Tripoli) (C) 4 3 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 Libyan Premier League 2021−22 Group A Al-Ahly Benghazi Al-Akhdar Al-Hilal Benghazi Al Nasr Benghazi Al-Sadaqa Al-Ta'awon Al-Tahaddy Darnes Khaleej Sirte Shabaab Al-Jabal Group B Abu Salem Al-Ahly Tripoli Al-Ittihad Misurata Al-Ittihad Tripoli Al-Khums Al-Madina Al-Mahalla Aschat Asswehly Olympic Azzaweya Former teams Abi al Ashar Afriqi Al-Ahly Sabha Al-Amn Alaam Al-Andalus Al-Dhahra Al-Intilaaq Al-Jazeera Al-Murooj Al-Mustaqbal Al Sawa'ed Al-Suqoor Al-Yarmouk Annajma Ascharara Attahaddy Attayaran Attersana Al-Urouba Al-Wahda Majd Tripoli Nahdha Nojom Ajdabiya Qurdabia Sabha Wefaq Sabratha Rafik Sorman Seasons 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 (unfinished) 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1987 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2013–14 2016 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25