2003–04 Libyan Premier League

Libyan Premier League

Season	2003–04
Champions	Olomby
Relegated	Al Charara (via Playoff) Wahda Tersanah
2005 CAF Champions League	Olomby
2005 CAF Confederation Cup	Ittihad
Matches played	182
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Sa'ad (14 )
Biggest home win	Olomby 5–1 Hilal (2004-04-20)
Biggest away win	Nasr 0–5 Olomby (2003-10-24)
Highest scoring	Tahaddy 3–5 Olomby (2003-12-12) Ahly Tripoli 4–4 Nasr (2004-01-09) Sweahly 2–6 Nasr (2004-04-16)
Longest winning run	Olomby (9 matches) (2003-09-26 – 2004-01-09)
Longest unbeaten run	Olomby (13 matches)
Longest losing run	Wahda (7 matches)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003-04 Libyan Premier League was the 36th edition of Libyan top-flight football, organised by the Libyan Football Federation. History was made this season, as Olomby of Zawiya, became the first side outside of the two biggest cities in the country (Tripoli and Benghazi) to win the premier division. Their feat is yet to be beaten. They also prevented Ittihad from winning a treble of Libyan Premier League titles. This was the first time since that the Big Two had not won the league, since Mahalla achieved this in the 1998–99 season. Olomby have failed to come close to winning the league since, their best finish being 3rd in the 2004–05 season.

Teams

Benghazi

Tripoli

Akhdar

Al Charara

Rafik

Wefaq

Sweahly

Olomby

Ahly
Ittihad
Madina
Tersanah
Wahda

Hilal
Nasr
Tahaddy

Location of teams in Libyan Premier League 2003–04

Club	City	Stadium
Ahly	Tripoli	11 June Stadium
Akhdar	Bayda	Green Document Stadium
Hilal	Benghazi	28 March Stadium
Al Ittihad	Tripoli	11 June Stadium
Madina	Tripoli	11 June Stadium
Nasr	Benghazi	28 March Stadium
Olomby	Zawiya	Zaawia Stadium
Al Charara	Sabha	Sabha Stadium
Sweahly	Misrata	9 July Stadium
Tahaddy	Benghazi	28 March Stadium
Tersanah	Tripoli	GMR Stadium
Wahda	Tripoli	GMR Stadium
Wefaq	Sabratha	Ajaylat Stadium
Rafik Sorman	Sorman	Sorman Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Olomby (C)	26	17	6	3	42	16	+26	57	2005 CAF Champions League
2	Ittihad	26	14	10	2	30	8	+22	52	2005 CAF Confederation Cup
3	Ahly Tripoli	26	15	7	4	38	20	+18	051^*
4	Nasr	26	12	9	5	32	25	+7	45
5	Hilal	26	11	9	6	30	24	+6	42
6	Tahaddy	26	8	8	10	24	26	−2	32		THD 0–0 RFQ RFQ 0–0 THD
7	Rafik Sorman	26	6	14	6	19	21	−2	32
8	Madina	26	7	10	9	23	25	−2	31
9	Akhdar	26	6	11	9	26	28	−2	29
10	Wefaq Sabratha	26	6	8	12	17	23	−6	26		SWE 0–1 WFQ WFQ 0–1 SWE
11	Sweahly	26	7	6	13	22	37	−15	026^*
12	Sharrara (R)	26	5	10	11	28	36	−8	25	Promotion/Relegation Playoff
13	Wahda (R)	26	4	6	16	17	38	−21	18	Relegation to Libyan Second Division 2004–05
14	Tersanah (R)	26	2	10	14	17	38	−21	16

Source: RSSSF
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
^* Ahly Tripoli and Sweahly deducted one point
(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.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

AHLT

AKH

HIL

ITT

MAD

NSR

OLY

RFK

SHR

SWE

THD

TER

WAH

WFQ

Ahly Tripoli

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

4–4

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

Akhdar

1–1

1–0

0–1

2–2

0–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–3

3–1

3–0

2–1

Hilal

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

3–2

0–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

0–0

3–1

2–1

0–0

Ittihad

1–0

3–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–1

2–1

0–0

3–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

Madina

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–2

1–2

0–1

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

0–1

Nasr

0–0

0–0

0–0

0–0

3–1

0–5

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

Olomby

2–3

1–0

5–1

0–1

2–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

Rafik Sorman

0–3

0–0

0–0

0–0

1–1

2–0

1–2

0–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

2–2

1–1

Sharrara

1–3

1–1

1–1

0–3

0–1

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

4–1

2–3

0–1

Sweahly

1–2

1–1

1–4

0–3

1–1

2–6

0–0

1–0

4–1

0–3

2–0

1–2

0–1

Tahaddy

2–0

1–0

1–3

0–0

0–0

0–1

3–5

0–0

0–1

1–3

2–0^2

1–0

0–1

Tersanah

0–1

1–1

0–1

0–0

1–3

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–2

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

Wahda

2–4

1–3

0–1

0–2

0–2

1–2

0–1

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–2

0–0

1–1

Wefaq Sabratha

0–0

2–1

3–0

0–1

0–1

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

Source: goalzz.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

• ²Match awarded 2–0 to Tahaddy after Tersanah played a banned player.

Golden Boot

• 14 goals
  • Ahmad Saad - Al Nasr
• 13 goals
  • Haitham Abu Shah - Al Akhdar
• 11 goals
  • Aleya Soumah Maneah - Al Olomby
• 10 goals
  • Mara Kaba Abdoulaye - Al Olomby
• 9 goals
  • Ahmed al Masly - Al Ittihad
  • Abdelhameed al Zidane - Al Charara

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

This was played between the 3rd-placed side in the Libyan Second Division, Al Shat, and this season's 12th-placed side, Al Charara. The winner would compete in next season's Libyan Premier League, while the loser would compete in the 2004–05 Libyan Second Division.

Al Charara v Al Shat

May 21, 2004 17:00

Al Charara	1 – 1 (2 – 4 pen.)	Al Shat
Ahmed Ali Milaad  63'		Ahmed Abdelqadir  90+3'

28 March Stadium

Al Shat are therefore promoted to next season's Libyan Premier League.