2006–07 Libyan Premier League
Libyan Premier League 2006\2007 was the 39th edition of The Libyan Premier League, the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation.
The competition
There were 14 clubs in the League for this season. During the course of the season each club plays each other home and away, for a total of 26 games. However, after Al Charara had all of its matches canceled by the LFF, all teams played 24 games. At the end of season, the lowest two placed teams were automatically relegated to the Libyan Second Division, with the winner of the LSD automatically taking its place. However, because of the troubles of Al Charara, three clubs were promoted from the Second Division for 2007/2008
2006/2007 Team Summary
Final Standing
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ittihad (C) | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 55 | 2008 CAF Champions League |
2 | Ahly Tripoli | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 49 | |
3 | Madina | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 43 | |
4 | Akhdar (Q) | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 40* | 2008 CAF Confederation Cup |
5 | Ahly Benghazi | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 35 | |
6 | Nasr | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 31‡ | |
7 | Khaleej Sirte | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 28 | |
8 | Olomby | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 24 | |
9 | Suqoor | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 24 | |
10 | Shat | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 24 | |
11 | Tahaddy | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 22 | |
12 | Hilal (R) | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 22 | Relegation to the Libyan Second Division |
13 | Rafiq Sorman (R) | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 20¶ | |
14 | Sharrara (R) | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7~ |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Akhdar qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup via the Libyan Cup (as beaten finalists - winners Ittihad had already qualified for the CAF Champions League)
‡Nasr deducted one point after a pitch invasion in the 68th minute during their 0–2 defeat to Ittihad.[1][2]
¶ Rafik Sorman deducted 2 points after their supporters attacked Nasr players[3]
~ Al Charara had all matches annulled on January 8, 2007, and were relegated to the Libyan Second Division.[4]
(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.