Libyan Second Division 2007–08

The 2007–08 Libyan Second Division championship took place between November 2007 and July 2008. The first round of matches were played between November 3 and November 5, 2007. The final round of games were played in July 2008.

Competition

43 sides competed in this edition of the competition, split into three groups. Groups A and B contained 27 sides from the surrounding areas of Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and Sabha. These were split into two groups, Group A with 14 sides, Group B with 13 sides. Group C contained 16 teams from the surrounding areas of Butnan, Benghazi, Jabal al Akhdar and Sirte.

Every side in each group played each other home and away; therefore, each team in Group A played 26 games, Group B 24 games, and Group C 32 games.

Promotion & Relegation

The team that finished top of each of the three groups won direct promotion to the Libyan Premier League, and would enter a mini-league at the end of the season to decide the winner of the competition. The team that finished second in each of the three groups entered a Relegation Promotion Play-Off League, along with the 13th-placed side in the 2007-08 edition of the Libyan Premier League.

The bottom three sides in each of Group A and Group B, along with the bottom four sides in Group C were relegated to the Libyan Third Division.^[1]

Teams

Group A

Wefaq Sabratha
Rafik Sorman
Alharaty
Attahaddy Misrata
Al Yarmouk
Al Jamarek
Ghawt al Sha'al
Al Ikhaa
Al Talae'e
Al Faaluja
Majd
Abu Moliyana
Asswehly

Group B

Abi al Ashar
Al Shouraa
Al Manshea
Hiyad
Mahalla
Dhahra
Al Salaam
Qurthabia
Aman al Aam
Al Taraabet
Al Charara
Nojoom al Baazah
Al Mustaqbal

Group C

Al Buraaq
Najma
Al Shalaal
Mukhtar B.
Afriqi
Darnes
Al Ta'awon
Al Sawa'ed
Al Tayaraan
Hilal
Al Murooj
Andalus
Benghazi al Jadeeda
Al Baranes
Mukhtar T.
Wahda B.

League Tables

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sweahly (P)	25	18	3	4	62	21	+41	57	Promotion to Libyan Premier League
2	Wefaq Sabratha (Q)	25	16	6	3	46	23	+23	54	Qualification to Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
3	Abu Moliyana	25	14	6	5	35	23	+12	48	rowspan=8 style="background-color:white;"\|
4	Rafiq Sorman	25	13	8	4	47	25	+22	47
5	Shmoo'e	25	10	6	9	39	28	+11	36
6	Yarmouk	25	10	7	8	31	30	+1	035^*
7	Jamarek	25	8	10	7	30	26	+4	34
8	Tala'e	25	9	6	10	40	26	+14	33
9	Majd	25	6	14	5	27	25	+2	32
10	Harati	25	6	9	10	22	28	−6	27
11	Faaluja	25	2	11	12	27	52	−25	17
12	Tahaddy Tumeanah (R)	25	0	10	15	20	56	−36	10	Relegation to the Libyan Third Division
13	Ikhaa (R)	25	0	7	18	17	61	−44	7
14	Ghawt al Sha'al (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00^**

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
^* Al Yarmouk deducted 2 points
^** Ghawt al Sha'al withdrew from the league, and therefore all matches played against them in the second half of the season were deemed void matches
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aman al Aam (P)	24	20	3	1	57	15	+42	63	Promotion to Libyan Premier League
2	Mustaqbal (Q)	24	16	3	5	42	16	+26	51	Qualification to Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
3	Salaam	24	15	4	5	47	24	+23	49	rowspan=7 style="background-color:white;"\|
4	Dhahra Tripoli	24	14	4	6	37	21	+16	46
5	Mahalla	24	11	7	6	33	18	+15	40
6	Nojoom al Baazah	24	9	5	10	26	28	−2	32
7	Hiyad	24	8	4	12	34	36	−2	28
8	Charara	24	7	6	11	32	38	−6	27
9	Shouraa	24	6	6	12	26	43	−17	24
10	Abi al Ashar	24	5	6	13	29	42	−13	21
11	Qurthabia (R)	24	4	8	12	22	41	−19	20	Relegation to the Libyan Third Division
12	Manshea (R)	24	6	3	15	23	49	−26	019^*
13	Taraabet (R)	24	3	5	16	20	47	−27	14

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
^* Al Manshea deducted 2 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Group C


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hilal (P)	29	23	4	2	78	12	+66	73	Promotion to Libyan Premier League
2	Sawa'ed (Q)	29	21	5	3	65	21	+44	68	Qualification to Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
3	Darnes	29	17	9	3	61	20	+41	60	rowspan=9 style="background-color:white;"\|
4	Najma	29	18	4	7	58	28	+30	58
5	Baranes	29	15	6	8	52	33	+19	51
6	Murooj	29	13	8	8	66	37	+29	47
7	Andalus	29	13	7	9	51	38	+13	46
8	Benghazi al Jadeeda	29	13	4	12	46	33	+13	43
9	Afriqi	29	12	4	13	35	42	−7	40
10	Wahda Benghazi	29	10	8	11	42	43	−1	38
11	Ta'awon	29	9	5	15	34	47	−13	32
12	Mukhtar Tobruk	29	6	4	19	23	61	−38	22
13	Tayaraan (R)	29	5	4	20	28	56	−28	19	Relegation to the Libyan Third Division
14	Buraaq (R)	29	5	3	21	21	68	−47	18
15	Shalaal (R)	29	2	0	27	19	116	−97	6
16	Mukhtar Benghazi (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00^*

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
^* Al Mukhtar Benghazi withdrew from the league, and therefore all matches played against them in the second half of the season were considered void.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Championship Stage

This contained the three sides that topped each group. They had already won promotion to the Libyan Premier League.

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hilal	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10
Aman al Aam	4	1	2	1	5	6	-1	5
Sweahly	4	0	1	3	5	11	-6	1

Fixtures & Results

Sweahly v Aman al Aam

May 21, 2008
17:00

Sweahly	0 – 1	Aman al Aam
2H'		1H' 2H' al Zikri 90'

9 July Stadium

Aman al Aam v Hilal

May 23, 2008
17:00

Aman al Aam	1 – 1	Hilal
90+3'		al Ilwi 38'

GMR Stadium

Hilal v Sweahly

May 27, 2008
17:00

Hilal	4 – 1	Sweahly
al Maqiny 1H' al Arfi 2H' 2H' 2H'		2H'

First Statement Stadium

Aman al Aam v Sweahly

May 31, 2008
17:00

Aman al Aam	3 – 3	Sweahly
2H' 2H' 2H' Farhaat 67'		al Deelawi 5' Diop 1H' 2H'

GMR Stadium

Hilal v Aman al Aam

June 4, 2008
17:00

Hilal	2 – 0	Aman al Aam
al Buqrmaoui 69' 72'

First Statement Stadium

Sweahly v Hilal

June 7, 2008
17:00

Sweahly	1 – 3	Hilal
5' 30'		75' 80' 90'

9 July Stadium

2007-08 Libyan Second Division Winners
Hilal First title

References

↑ http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?&t=8025576

Libyan Second Division

Seasons

2007-08
2008-09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–11
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15

2009–10 clubs

Group A	Aljazeera Al Mustaqbal Urouba Tala'e Wefaq Sabratha Rafik Sorman Yarmouk Alittihad Gheryan Al Shati'

Group B	Wahda Aman al Aam Mahalla Dhahra Tripoli Majd Jamarek Abu Moliyana Abi al Ashar Amal

Group C	Harati Alhiyad Nojoom al Baazah Aschmoo'e Reef Sharrara Mahdeeya Qal'aa Qurthabia

Group D	Benghazi al Jadeeda Wahda Benghazi Shamaal Benghazi Al Sawa'ed Alanwaar Nojom Ajdabiya Al Ta'awon Buraaq Al Murooj Hurriya

Group E	Al-Suqoor Afriqi Darnes Mukhtar Tobruk Baranes Qairawaan Ansaar Andalus Shabaab al Jabal Nusoor

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