2003–04 Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League
Season 2003–04
Champions Olomby
Relegated Sharrara (via Playoff)
Wahda
Tersanah
2005 CAF Champions League Olomby
2005 CAF Confederation Cup Ittihad
Matches played 182
Top goalscorer Ahmed Sa'ad (14 )
Biggest home win Olomby 5–1 Hilal (2004-04-20)
Biggest away win Nasr 0–5 Olomby (2003-10-24)
Highest scoring Tahaddy 3–5 Olomby (2003-12-12)
Ahly Tripoli 4–4 Nasr (2004-01-09)
Sweahly 2–6 Nasr (2004-04-16)
Longest winning run Olomby (9 matches) (2003-09-26 – 2004-01-09)
Longest unbeaten run Olomby (13 matches)
Longest losing run Wahda (7 matches)

The 2003-04 Libyan Premier League was the 36th edition of Libyan top flight football, organised by the Libyan Football Federation. History was made this season, as Olomby of Zawiya, became the first side outside of the two biggest cities in the country (Tripoli and Benghazi) to win the premier division. Their feat is yet to be beaten. They also prevented Ittihad from winning a treble of Libyan Premier League titles. This was the first time since that the Big Two had not won the league, since Mahalla achieved this in the 1998–99 season. Olomby have failed to come close to winning the league since, their best finish being 3rd in the 2004–05 season.

Contents

Teams

Club City Stadium
Ahly Tripoli 11 June Stadium
Akhdar Bayda Green Document Stadium
Hilal Benghazi 28 March Stadium
Al Ittihad Tripoli 11 June Stadium
Madina Tripoli 11 June Stadium
Nasr Benghazi 28 March Stadium
Olomby Zawiya Zaawia Stadium
Sharrara Sabha Sabha Stadium
Sweahly Misrata 9 July Stadium
Tahaddy Benghazi 28 March Stadium
Tersanah Tripoli GMR Stadium
Wahda Tripoli GMR Stadium
Wefaq Sabratha Ajaylat Stadium
Rafik Sorman Sorman Sorman Stadium

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Olomby (C) 26 17 6 3 42 16 +26 57 2005 CAF Champions League
2 Ittihad 26 14 10 2 30 8 +22 52 2005 CAF Confederation Cup
3 Ahly Tripoli 26 15 7 4 38 20 +18 051*
4 Nasr 26 12 9 5 32 25 +7 45
5 Hilal 26 11 9 6 30 24 +6 42
6 Tahaddy 26 8 8 10 24 26 −2 32 THD 0–0 RFQ
RFQ 0–0 THD
7 Rafiq Sorman 26 6 14 6 19 21 −2 32
8 Madina 26 7 10 9 23 25 −2 31
9 Akhdar 26 6 11 9 26 28 −2 29
10 Wefaq Sabrata 26 6 8 12 17 23 −6 26 SWE 0–1 WFQ
WFQ 0–1 SWE
11 Sweahly 26 7 6 13 22 37 −15 026*
12 Sharrara (R) 26 5 10 11 28 36 −8 25 Promotion/Relegation Playoff
13 Wahda (R) 26 4 6 16 17 38 −21 18 Relegation to the Libyan Second Division 2004–05
14 Tersanah (R) 26 2 10 14 17 38 −21 16

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
* Ahly Tripoli and Sweahly deducted one point
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home \ Away1 AHLT AKH HIL ITT MAD NSR OLY RFQ SHR SWE THD TER WAH WFQ
Ahly Tripoli 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Akhdar 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–1
Hilal 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0
Ittihad 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0
Madina 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Nasr 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Olomby 2–3 1–0 5–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Rafiq Sorman 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Sharrara 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 0–1
Sweahly 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 2–6 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–1
Tahaddy 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–5 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–02 1–0 0–1
Tersanah 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0
Wahda 2–4 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Wefaq Sabrata 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0

Source: goalzz.com
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Golden Boot

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

This was played between the 3rd-placed side in the Libyan Second Division, Al Shat, and this season's 12th-placed side, Al Sharrara. The winner would compete in next season's Libyan Premier League, while the loser would compete in the 2004–05 Libyan Second Division.

May 21, 2004
17:00
Sharrara 1 – 1
(2 – 4 pen.)
Shat 28 March Stadium
Ahmed Ali Milaad  63' Ahmed Abdelqadir  90+3'

Shat are therefore promoted to next season's Libyan Premier League.