2006–07 Libyan Premier League

The 2006–07 Libyan Premier League was the 40th edition of The Libyan Premier League, the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation.

Libyan Premier League
Season2006–07

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

Teams
Club City Stadium
Al Ahly Benghazi Benghazi, Libya 28 March Stadium
Al Ahly Tripoli Tripoli, Libya 11 June Stadium
Al Akhdar Bayda, Libya Al Bayda Stadium
Al Charara Sabha, Libya Sabha Stadium
Al Hilal Benghazi, Libya 28 March Stadium
Al Ittihad Tripoli, Libya 11 June Stadium
Al Madina Tripoli, Libya 11 June Stadium
Al Nasr Benghazi, Libya March 28 Stadium
Al Olympic Zawiya, Libya Al-Olympic Stadium
Al Shat Tripoli, Libya The Industrial River Stadium
Al Soukour Tobruk, Libya
Al Tahaddy Benghazi, Libya March 28 Stadium
Khaleej Sirte Sirte, Libya Sirte Stadium
Rafik Sorman Sorman, Libya Rafik Sorman Stadium

Final standings
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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2]
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 Libyan Second Division
13 Rafiq Sorman (R) 24 4 10 10 23 39 −16 20[lower-alpha 3]
14 Sharrara (R) 12 1 4 7 9 15 −6 7[lower-alpha 4]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Akhdar qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup via the Libyan Cup (as beaten finalists - winners Ittihad had already qualified for the CAF Champions League)
  2. Nasr deducted one point after a pitch invasion in the 68th minute during their 0–2 defeat to Ittihad.[1][2]
  3. Rafik Sorman deducted 2 points after their supporters attacked Nasr players[3]
  4. Al Charara had all matches annulled on January 8, 2007, and were relegated to the Libyan Second Division.[4]

References
  1. Nasr-Ittihad match abandoned (in Arabic) - kooora.com
  2. LFF punishes Nasr (in Arabic) - kooora.com
  3. LFF punishes Rafiq Sorman (in Arabic) - kooora.com
  4. Sharrara relegated, has all results annulled by LFF (in Arabic) - kooora.com


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