2008–09 Libyan Third Division

The 2008-09 Libyan Third Division sees the clubs in the Northern, Eastern and Southern sections play for places in the Libyan Second Division for the 2009-2010 season.

Regional Champions

• Benghazi - Hurriya
• Tripoli - Al Amaal
• Jabal al Akhdar - Shabaab al Jabal
• Khaleej Sirte - Buraaq
• Southern - Qurthabia

Eastern Section

Benghazi

• Al Hurriya
• Al Sulfiyoom
• Al Tayaraan
• Al Sha'la
• Al Mujahid
• Nojoom Selmani
• Khalid ben Walid (Benghazi)

Southern Section

Updated to games played on March 23, 2009
Source: kooora.com
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 23 March 2009
Source: kooora.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The top team in each regional group qualify to the final stage. The eight teams are split up into two groups of four teams; the first group is made up of the champions of the Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and Sabha regions, and the second group is made up of the champions of the Benghazi, Khaleej Sirte, Jabal al Akhdar and Butnaan regions. The four teams in each group will play each other once. The top team in each group wins promotion to the Libyan Second Division for the 2009-10 season. These two teams will then play a play-off match to decide winner of the Libyan Third Division for the 2009-10 season.^[1]

Group A

• Al Reaf
• Qurthabia
• Al Amaal
• Al Shati'

Updated to games played on 6 June 2009
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.

² Awarded after Shati did not show

Updated to games played on 6 June 2009
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.
^*Shati deducted three points for not showing for match against Qurthabia
(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.

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Fixtures announced June 2, 2009^[2]

Round 3

Fixtures announced June 7, 2009^[3]

Group B

• Nusoor Murtoubah
• Shabaab al Jabal
• Al Buraaq
• Hurriya

Updated to games played on 11 June 2009
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.

Updated to games played on June 11, 2009
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.

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Fixtures announced on June 2, 2009^[2]

Round 3

Play-off Final

Al Reaf 3 - 0 Nusoor al Murtoubah

References