2009–10 Libyan Second Division

This article details the 2009-10 Libyan Second Division season.

Format

This year, 47 teams will participate in the competition, split up into 5 groups depending on their geographical location. The top team in each group will progress to the Championship Play-off, where the five teams will play each other home and away to determine the automatic promotion place to the 2010-11 edition of the Libyan Premier League. The second-placed team in this promotion stage will face a two-legged playoff against the 11th placed Premier League team from this season to determine the 12th and final spot in next season's Premier League competition. The bottom team in each of the five groups will be relegated to the Libyan Third Division^[1]

Promotion & Relegation

Teams relegated from Libyan Premier League 2008-09

• Al Wahda, relegated after losing 4-1 to Al Ahly Benghazi on May 28, 2009
• Wefaq Sabratha, relegated after Aman al Aam's 2-1 victory over Al Ahly Tripoli on June 18, 2009
• Aljazeera, relegated after losing 4-1 to Wefaq Sabratha on June 18, 2009
• Aman al Aam, relegated after Al Hilal's 0-0 draw with Sweahly on June 24, 2009

Teams promoted from Libyan Third Division 2008-09^[2]

• Reaf
• Amal Tarhouna
• Shati
• Shabab Al Jabal
• Qurthabia
• Al Hurriya
• Nusoor Mertouba

Promotion Stage

Group Winners

• Group A - Aljazeera
• Group B - Al Wahda (Tripoli)
• Group C - Harati
• Group D - Benghazi al Jadeeda
• Group E - Darnes

Table

Updated to games played on May 25, 2010
Source: kooora.com (Arabic)
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.
(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

Updated to games played on 25 May 2010
Source: kooora.com (Arabic)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References