Libyan Premier League

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Libyan Premier League 2006/2007

Libyan Premier League

Sport	Football (soccer)
Founded	1962
No. of teams	14
Country	Libya
Current champions	Al Ittihad

The Libyan Premier League is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation.

1 The Competition
2 Libyan Premier League 2006/2007 Season
3 Winners
- 3.1 Performance by club
4 Top scorers by season
- 4.1 Libyan Premier League 2006/2007 Goalscorers
5 External links

[edit] The Competition

There are 14 clubs in the league. During the course of the season, each club plays the others both at home and away totalling 26 games. At the end of the season, the bottom two teams are automatically relegated to the 1st division. The winners and runners up of the championship automatically take their place.

[edit] Libyan Premier League 2006/2007 Season

Main article: Libyan Premier League 2006/2007

[edit] Winners

1963/64 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1964/65 : Al Ittihad
1965/66 : Al Ittihad
1966/67 : Al Tahaddy
1967/68 : No Championship
1968/69 : Al Ittihad
1969/70 : Al Ahly Benghazi
1970/71 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1971/72 : Al Ahly Benghazi
1972/73 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1973/74 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1974/75 : Al Ahly Benghazi
1975/76 : Al Madina
1976/77 : Al Tahaddy
1977/78 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1978/79 : Championship not finished
1979/80 : No championship
1980/81 : No championship
1981/82 : No championship
1982/83 : Al Madina
1983/84 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1984/85 : Al Dhahra

1985/86 : Al Ittihad
1986/87 : Al Nasr
1987/88 : Al Ittihad
1988/89 : Al Ittihad
1989/90 : Al Ittihad
1990/91 : Al Ittihad
1991/92 : Al Ahly Benghazi
1992/93 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1993/94 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1994/95 : Al Ahly Tripoli
1995/96 : Al Shat Tripoli
1996/97 : Al Tahaddy
1997/98 : AL Mahalah
1998/99 : AL Mahalah
99/2000 : Al Ahly Tripoli
2000/01 : Al Madina
2001/02 : Al Ittihad
2002/03 : Al Ittihad
2003/04 : Al Olympic
2004/05 : Al Ittihad
2005/06 : Al Ittihad

[edit] Performance by club

Teams	Number of Trophies	Winning Years
Al Ittihad	12	1965, 1966, 1969, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Al Ahly Tripoli	10	1964, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000
Al Ahly Benghazi	4	1970, 1972, 1975, 1992
Al Madina	3	1976, 1983, 2001
Al Tahaddy	3	1967, 1977, 1997
AL Mahalah	2	1998, 1999
Al Dhahra	1	1985
Al Nasr	1	1987
Al Shat	1	1996
Al Olympic	1	2004

[edit] Top scorers by season

Year	Number of Goals	Player
1962/63	24 goals	Ahmed Ben Sawed (Al Ahly Benghazi)
2003/04	14 goals	Ahmad Saad (Al Ahly Tripoli)
2004/05	12 goals	Al Shek Sedao (Al Ouroba)
2005/06	18 goals	Samair Al Wahaj (Al Akhdar)