2008–09 Libyan Second Division

The 2008/2009 edition of the Libyan Second Division began on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. 45 clubs (shown below in their respective groups) will attempt to win promotion to the Libyan Premier League for the 2009-10 season.

System

The clubs are sorted by their geographical location in Libya. Groups A & B contain 23 teams that hail from Tripoli, Misrata, Zawiya and Sabha. Groups C & D contain 22 teams that hail from Benghazi, Sirte, Jabal al Akhdar and Al Butnan.

The top two in each group progress to the Final Qualification stage, making 8 teams. These eight teams will be placed in one group, and will play each other, home and away, to determine the two clubs that win promotion to the Libyan Premier League for the 2009-10 season. The club that finishes top of the Final Qualification group claims the Libyan Second Division title for the 2008-09 season. Any bookings, sendings-off or other punishments will be carried forward to the Final Qualification stage.

The two clubs that finish bottom of their respective groups are directly relegated to the Libyan Third Division for the 2009-10 season.

If two or more teams are tied for a particular position, the tie-breaker is as follows:
I) Head-to-Head record between the team(s) in question:
i) Total number of goals scored in meetings between team(s) in question
ii) Total number of away goals scored in meetings between team(s) in question
II) Goal difference
III) Total number of goals scored
IV) Play-off match at neutral venue.

Promotion and Relegation

Promoted from Libyan Third Division 2007-08

Libya Railway
Wefaq Ajdabiya
Al Dhahra B.
Al Ittihad G.
Al Mahdeeya
Al Anwaar
Shamaal Benghazi
Al Hilal Tobruk
Al Qairawaan
Nusoor al Khaleej

Relegated to Libyan Third Division 2008-09

Al Tahaddy Misratah
Al Ikhaa
Ghawt al Sha'al
Al Qurthabia
Al Manshea
Al Taraabet
Al Tayaraan
Al Buraaq
Al Shalaal
Al Mukhtar B.

Relegated from Libyan Premier League 2007-08

Al Suqoor
Al Urouba
Nojom Ajdabiya
Al Tahaddi

Participating clubs

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

League Tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Mahalla (C) (A)	22	15	5	2	44	23	+21	50	Qualification to Championship Stage
2	Urouba (A)	22	15	4	3	47	26	+21	49
3	Rafiq Sorman	22	13	4	5	42	25	+17	43		HRT 1-2 RFQ RFQ 2-1 HRT
4	Harati	22	13	4	5	40	22	+18	43
5	Yarmouk	22	11	7	4	36	18	+18	40
6	Mahdeeya	22	10	5	7	25	23	+2	35
7	Jamarek	22	6	6	10	33	37	−4	24
8	Hiyad	22	7	4	11	29	32	−3	023^*
9	Abi al Ashar	22	5	5	12	24	36	−12	20
10	Ittihad Gheryan	22	3	6	13	23	33	−10	15
11	Dhahra Bani Walid (R)	22	2	4	16	11	52	−41	10	Relegation to the Libyan Third Division
12	Sikat Hadid (R)	22	4	2	16	18	49	−31	09^**

Updated to games played on May 25, 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
^* Hiyad deducted two points ^**Sikat Hadid deducted five 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 B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Dhahra Tripoli (C) (A)	19	10	7	2	26	11	+15	37	Qualification to Championship Stage
2	Tala'e (A)	19	9	4	6	30	19	+11	31		TLA 1-0 MUS MUS 1-3 TLA
3	Mustaqbal	19	8	7	4	20	14	+6	31
4	Shmoo'e	19	6	9	4	22	19	+3	27
5	Majd	19	6	7	6	22	18	+4	25		QLA 1-2 MJD MJD 1-1 QLA
6	Qal'aa	19	6	7	6	18	24	−6	25
7	Nojoom al Baazah	19	7	3	9	24	25	−1	24
8	Abu Moliyana	19	5	8	6	14	15	−1	23
9	Sharrara	19	6	4	9	19	24	−5	22
10	Faaluja (R)	19	1	8	10	10	34	−24	07^*	Relegation to the Libyan Third Division
11	Shabab (R)	10	2	4	4	8	10	−2	010^**

Updated to games played on May 26, 2009.
Source: Libyan Second Division at 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
^* Faaluja deducted four points
^**Shabab al Wahdawi withdrew from the league after Round 10, and therefore did not compete in the second half of the season. Shown is the record after Round 10. Each team will only play 19 games. This is taking into account games played against Shabab al Wahdawi in the first half of the season.
(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	Head-to-head
1	Darnes (C) (Q)	20	14	5	1	49	10	+39	47	Qualification to Championship Stage
2	Najma (Q)	20	13	7	0	29	8	+21	46
3	Benghazi al Jadeeda	20	8	7	5	26	23	+3	029^*		MRJ 1-3 BNGJ BNGJ 2-0 MRJ
4	Murooj	20	8	5	7	30	26	+4	29
5	Suqoor	20	6	8	6	21	21	0	26
6	Ansaar	20	5	8	7	18	27	−9	23
7	Mukhtar Tobruk	20	6	4	10	17	27	−10	22		WAHB 0-1 MKHT MKHT 3-0 WAHB
8	Wahda Benghazi	20	5	7	8	14	19	−5	22
9	Anwaar	20	5	5	10	16	28	−12	20
10	Nusoor al Khaleej (R)	20	4	7	9	19	27	−8	19	Relegation to the Libyan Third Division
11	Wefaq Ajdabiya (R)	20	1	7	12	17	40	−23	10

Updated to games played on May 25, 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
^*Benghazi al Jadeeda deducted two points for financial irregularities
(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 D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Tahaddy (C) (A)	20	14	4	2	41	6	+35	46	Qualification to Championship Stage
2	Nojom Ajdabiya (A)	20	13	3	4	40	10	+30	42
3	Andalus	20	9	6	5	28	19	+9	33
4	Sawa'ed	20	7	5	8	23	30	−7	26		BRN 1-2 SWD SWD 1-0 BRN
5	Baranes	20	7	5	8	22	19	+3	26
6	Shamaal Benghazi	20	6	7	7	15	15	0	25		TWN 0-1 SHMB SHMB 2-1 TWN
7	Ta'awon	20	7	4	9	28	28	0	25
8	Afriqi	20	6	6	8	19	22	−3	24
9	Qairawaan	20	5	5	10	16	45	−29	20
10	Hadaf (R)	20	6	5	9	22	29	−7	019^*	Relegation to the Libyan Third Division
11	Hilal Tobruk (R)	20	2	4	14	14	47	−33	07^**

Updated to games played on May 24, 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
^*Hadaf deducted four points
^**Hilal Tobruk deducted three 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.

Championship Stage

The top two teams in each group will qualify to this stage of the competition, making 8 teams. These 8 teams will play each other home and away, and the top two sides at the end of these 14 matches will be promoted to the Libyan Premier League for the 2009-10 season. The top team will be crowned champions for this season.

The draw for the Championship Stage will take place on May 27, 2009, at 11:00 EET^[1]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Najma (C)	14	8	4	2	20	12	+8	28	Promotion to Libyan Premier League 2009-10
2	Tahaddy (P)	14	7	6	1	15	8	+7	27
3	Mahalla	14	7	4	3	20	14	+6	25
4	Darnes	14	6	5	3	26	16	+10	23
5	Dhahra Tripoli	14	5	3	6	20	23	−3	18
6	Urouba	14	4	5	5	20	23	−3	17
7	Nojom Ajdabiya	14	1	5	8	13	24	−11	8
8	Tala'e	14	0	4	10	10	24	−14	02^*

Updated to games played on July 31, 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
^*Tala'e deducted two 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.

References

1. Info for playoff stage (Arabic)