Libyan Premier League

The Libyan Premier League (Arabic: 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 Libyan Football Federation (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 relegated 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 17 times and Al-Ahly Tripoli 12 times being the dominating clubs of the tournament. Al-Ahly Tripoli won the inaugural Premier League in 1963. Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al-Ahly Benghazi 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 IFFHS as the 56th highest in the world for 2009, making it the sixth highest ranked league in the Arab world, after the Saudi Professional League (32nd), the Egyptian Premier League (34th), the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (48th), the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (54th) and the Sudan Premier League (55th), and the eighth highest in Africa, after the Nigerian Professional Football League (30th), Egyptian Premier League, the Girabola in Angola (42nd), Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Zambia Super League (53rd), Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and Sudan Premier League.

#	Club	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Al-Ittihad Al-Asskary	16	10	5	1	17	35
1	Al Ahli Tripoli	18	13	4	1	35	43
1	Al-Nasr Benghazi	14	11	2	1	21	35
1	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	16	13	3	0	26	42
2	Al-Hilal Benghazi	16	10	4	2	9	34
2	Asswehly	18	12	5	1	23	41
2	Al-Akhdar	14	8	4	2	7	28
2	Olympic Azzaweya	15	9	3	3	14	30
3	Al-Ittihad Misurata	15	7	5	3	10	26
3	Al-Ahly Benghazi	16	9	6	1	17	33
3	Assabah	19	7	5	7	-4	26
3	Al-Afreeki	14	7	2	5	11	23
4	Al Ta'awon	16	8	5	3	9	29
4	Khaleej Sirte	14	5	4	5	3	19
4	Al-Madina	18	6	5	7	-4	23
4	Al-Magd	16	6	5	5	1	23
5	Al-Shomooa	16	6	4	6	5	22
5	Al-Watan	18	6	5	7	-4	23
5	Al Sadaqa	16	5	4	7	0	19
5	Al-Tahaddi	13	4	6	3	6	18
6	Darnes	16	4	5	7	-4	17
6	Al-Wefaq	13	5	3	5	-3	18
6	Al-Qadisiyah	18	6	4	8	-10	22
6	Shabab Al-Ghar	16	4	6	6	-10	18
7	Al Khums	18	5	6	7	-11	21
7	Al-Tersana	16	3	7	6	-8	16
7	Al-Morooj	13	3	1	9	-11	10
7	Al Anwar	16	1	8	7	-11	11
8	Al-Borouq	16	2	4	10	-14	10
8	Al-Malaab Al-Libby	18	5	5	8	-6	20
8	Al-Andalus	13	0	0	13	-34	0
8	Ittihad Gharyan	16	2	4	10	-15	10
9	Al-Suqoor	16	1	3	12	-23	6
9	Abu Salem	19	3	6	10	-13	15
9	Abelashhar	16	1	3	12	-23	6
10	Al-Dhahra	18	2	7	9	-6	13

Tables are available for selected soccer competitions and seasons only. No positions are estimated.