The Libyan Premier League ( ar, الدوري الليبي الممتاز) is the men's top professional football division of the Libyan football league system. Administered by the Competition Organizing Committee in the

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(Arabic: لجنة تنظيم المسابقات بالإتحاد الليبي لكرة القدم), Libyan Premier League is contested by 24 teams divided into two groups of 12, with the two lowest-placed teams of each group

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to the First Division. 51 have competed in Libyan Premier League since its inception. Ten teams have been crowned champions, with Al-Ittihad winning the title a record 18 times and

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12 times being the dominating clubs of the tournament. Al-Ahly Tripoli won the inaugural Premier League in 1963. Al-Ahly Tripoli and

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dominated the championship in the 1970s, winning four titles and two titles respectively throughout the decade. Al-Ittihad dominated the League through the 2000s, winning 8 titles. The league has been ranked by the

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(48th), the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (54th) and the

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in Angola (42nd), Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Zambia Super League (53rd), Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and Sudan Premier League.

History

The Libyan Premier League was founded in 1963. Prior to that, there were three Provincial Championships, one each for the ''Eastern'', ''Western'' and ''Southern'' provinces. The first league season at national level was the 1963-64 season, in which participated the ''Western Province'' champion

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(Tripoli), the ''Eastern Province'' champion

(Benghazi) and the ''Southern Province'' champion Hilal Sabha. After the withdrawal of Hilal Sabha due to lack of resources, the league was limited to just two teams.

(Tripoli) defeated

(Benghazi) 2-0 over two matches (1-0 home and away) to become the first Libyan Premier League champions.

Winners

Al Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

are the most successful Libyan club, having won 18 titles, including 6 straight titles (from 2004–05 to 2009–10. Their arch rivals

(Tripoli) have won it 12 times. The last team to win the title from outside the capital was al- Naser fc, who won the league in the 2018 season. The Big Two (

(Tripoli) &

) have won 30 of the 47 titles that have been contested since 1964.

Champions by season

Winners are:

Performance by club

Titles by city

2022–23 Clubs

Group 1 Group 2

Top scorers by season

Top scorers are:

Regulations

The rules can be found on the official LFF website.Regulations at LFF

References

External links

at FIFA
Libyan Premier League - Hailoosport.com
(Arabic)
Libyan Premier League - Hailoosport.com
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Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Su ...