2007–08 Libyan Second Division

The 2007–08 Libyan Second Division football 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

Group B

Group C

League tables

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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 for Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
3 Abu Moliyana 25 14 6 5 35 23 +12 48
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 35[lower-alpha 1]
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 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 0[lower-alpha 2]
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.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Al Yarmouk deducted 2 points
  2. 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

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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 for Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
3 Salaam 24 15 4 5 47 24 +23 49
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 Libyan Third Division
12 Manshea (R) 24 6 3 15 23 49 −26 19[lower-alpha 1]
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.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Al Manshea deducted 2 points

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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 for Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
3 Darnes 29 17 9 3 61 20 +41 60
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 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 0[lower-alpha 1]
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.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Al Mukhtar Benghazi withdrew from the league, and therefore all matches played against them in the second half of the season were considered void.

Relegation/Promotion Playoff
Main article: 2007–08 Libyan relegation play-off

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
Source:

Fixtures and results
Sweahly0 – 1Aman al Aam
 2H'  1H'
 2H'
al Zikri  90'
Aman al Aam1 – 1Hilal
 90+3' al Ilwi  38'
Hilal4 – 1Sweahly
al Maqiny  1H'
al Arfi  2H'
 2H'
 2H'		  2H'
Aman al Aam3 – 3Sweahly
 2H'
 2H'
 2H'
Farhaat  67'		 al Deelawi  5'
Diop  1H'
 2H'
Hilal2 – 0Aman al Aam
al Buqrmaoui  69'  72'
Sweahly1 – 3Hilal
 5'
 30'
 75'
 80'
 90'
2007-08 Libyan Second Division Winners

Hilal
First title

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