Libyan Trophy 2008–09

The 2008-09 Libyan Trophy, known as the Libyana Cup for sponsorship reasons, will be contested between the sixteen sides currently playing the 2008-09 Libyan Premier League. It is the second edition of the competition.

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Rules

[1] This is a competition aimed at under-21 players. However, each club is permitted to enter three members of its senior side, as long as they are not foreign players. The 16 clubs will be split into three groups, depending on their geographic location. The sides in each group will play each other once. The winner of each group will enter a Championship Group. The three sides in this group will play each other home and away to determine the title.

Prizes

Draw

The draw was made by the Libyan Football Federation on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 in Benghazi.[2] The 16 sides in the Libyan Premier League for the 2008-09 season were drawn into three groups, two of 5 and one group of 6. They were sorted according to geographic location.

Group A (Eastern Section)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Khaleej Sirte 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 8
Al Hilal 4 2 1 1 4 5 -1 7
Al Akhdar 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
Al Ahly Benghazi 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
Al Nasr 4 1 0 3 5 6 -1 3

Fixtures

Week 1

March 6, 2009
15:30
 Al Hilal 0 – 0 Khaleej Sirte Bayaan al Awal Stadium
Referee: Ahmed al Jroushi
March 9, 2009
15:30
 Al Ahly Benghazi 1 – 1 Al Akhdar Bayaan al Awal Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Shuaib
al Houta  55' Boukteaf  62'

Week 2

March 15, 2009
16:00
 Al Nasr 1 – 2 Al Hilal GMR Stadium
Referee: Snousi Belqasim
March 19, 2009
16:00
 Khaleej Sirte 2 – 1 Al Ahly Benghazi 2 March Stadium
Referee: Walid al Tijani

Week 3

March 23, 2009
15:30
 Al Ahly Benghazi 3 – 1 Al Nasr Martyrs of February Stadium
March 24, 2009
15:30
 Al Akhdar 0 – 0 Khaleej Sirte Al Bayda Stadium

Week 4

April 6, 2009
16:00
 Al Hilal 2 – 1 Al Ahly Benghazi First Statement Stadium
April 7, 2009
16:00
 Al Nasr 3 – 0 Al Akhdar First Statement Stadium

Week 5

April 13, 2009
16:00
 Al Akhdar 3 – 0 Al Hilal Al Bayda Stadium
April 13, 2009
16:00
 Khaleej Sirte 1 – 0 Al Nasr 2 March Stadium

Group B (Western Section A)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Madina 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 3
Al Tersana 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Al Jazeera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wefaq Sabrata 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Al Wahda 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0

Fixtures

Week 1

March 6, 2009
15:30
 Wefaq Sabrata 1 – 2 Al Tersana Sabratah Stadium
Referee: Hassan al Mounir
 2H' al Bhairy
Mohamed Ar'arah
March 6, 2009
18:00
 Al Madina 4 – 2 Al Wahda GMR Stadium
Referee: Abdallah al Jerbi
al Amary  1H'
al Swea'y  1H'  48'
bin Dallah  79'		 Abu Shnaaf  51'  73'
March 9, 2009
16:00
 Al Ittihad 5 - 1 Al Jazeera GMR Stadium
Referee: Khalid Abu Sitta
Amer  15'
al Haasy  35' (pen.)
 57' (pen.)
Araiby  69'
Krawa'a  86'		  43'

Week 2

March 15, 2009
16:00
 Al Ittihad 3 – 1 Al Wahda GMR Stadium
Referee: Ahmad Jalloul
March 16, 2009
16:00
 Al Madina 2 – 0 Wefaq Sabrata GMR Stadium
Referee: Ismail Mabrouk
March 16, 2009
16:00
 Al Jazeera 0 – 0 Al Tersanah Zwarah Stadium
Referee: Majdi al Zwaghi

--- Week 3

March 23, 2009
15:30
 – Stadium

Tersana vs. Madina
Ittihad vs. Wefaq

Week 4
Jazeera vs. Madina
Wahda vs. Wefaq
Tersana vs. Ittihad

Week 5
Jazeera vs. Wefaq
Madina vs. Ittihad
Wahda vs. Tersana

Group C (Western Section B)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Sweahly 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
Al Olomby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Ahly Tripoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aman al Aam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Shat 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

Week 1

March 5, 2009
16:00
 Al Shat 0 – 1 Al Sweahly GMR Stadium
Referee: Lutfi al Mabrouk
al Ghuwail  25'
March 9, 2009
15:30
 Al Olomby 1 – 2 Al Ahly Tripoli Zaawia Stadium
Referee: Abdelrahman al Hraizy
Khalifa Qarira  71' Mohammad Salah-al-Din  83'  88'

Week 2
Aman al Aam vs. Ahly Tripoli
Sweahly vs. Olomby

Week 3
Shat vs. Olomby
Aman al Aam vs. Sweahly

Week 4
Ahly Tripoli vs. Sweahly
Shat vs. Aman al Aam

Week 5
Olomby vs. Aman al Aam
Ahly Tripoli vs. Shat

Final stage

Khaleej Sirte, Aman al Aam and Ittihad Tripoli qualified from the groups[3]

Fixtures & Results

1.Ittihad		 4  3  0  1  11 -  4  9  Champions
2.Aman al Aam	         4  2  0  2   5 -  7  6
3.Khaleej Strt          4  1  0  3   5 - 10  3

References

  1. ^ http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=14923195&pg=2
  2. ^ http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=15083094
  3. ^ Libya Cups 08-09 (RSSSF)
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