2008–09 Libyan Trophy Explained

The 2008-09 Libyan Trophy, known as the Libyana Cup for sponsorship reasons, was contested between the sixteen sides playing in the 2008-09 Libyan Premier League. It is the second edition of the competition.

Rules

[1] This is a competition aimed at under-21 players. However, each club is permitted to enter three members of its senior side, as long as they are not foreign players. The 16 clubs will be split into three groups, depending on their geographic location. The sides in each group will play each other once. The winner of each group will enter a Championship Group. The three sides in this group will play each other home and away to determine the title.

Prizes

Draw

The draw was made by the Libyan Football Federation on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 in Benghazi.[2] The 16 sides in the Libyan Premier League for the 2008-09 season were drawn into three groups, two of 5 and one group of 6. They were sorted according to geographic location.

Group A (Eastern Section)

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Khaleej Sirte42203128
Al Hilal421145-17
Al Akhdar41214405
Al Ahly Benghazi41126604
Al Nasr410356-13

Fixtures

Week 1
--------Week 2
----Week 3
----Week 4
----Week 5

Group B (Western Section A)

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al Madina110042+23
Al Tersana110021+13
Al Jazeera00000000
Al Ittihad00000000
Wefaq Sabratha100112-10
Al Wahda100124-20

Fixtures

Week 1
--------Week 2
---Week 3
Tersana vs. Madina
Ittihad vs. Wefaq

Week 4
Jazeera vs. Madina
Wahda vs. Wefaq
Tersana vs. Ittihad

Week 5
Jazeera vs. Wefaq
Madina vs. Ittihad
Wahda vs. Tersana

Group C (Western Section B)

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al Sweahly110010+13
Al Olomby00000000
Al Ahly Tripoli00000000
Aman al Aam00000000
Al Shat100101-10

Week 1
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Week 2
Aman al Aam vs. Ahly Tripoli
Sweahly vs. Olomby

Week 3
Shat vs. Olomby
Aman al Aam vs. Sweahly

Week 4
Ahly Tripoli vs. Sweahly
Shat vs. Aman al Aam

Week 5
Olomby vs. Aman al Aam
Ahly Tripoli vs. Shat

Final stage

Khaleej Sirte, Aman al Aam and Ittihad Tripoli qualified from the groups[3]

Fixtures & Results

1.Ittihad 4 3 0 1 11 - 4 9 Champions 2.Aman al Aam 4 2 0 2 5 - 7 6 3.Khaleej Strt 4 1 0 3 5 - 10 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: منتديات كووورة.
  2. Web site: منتديات كووورة.
  3. https://archive.today/20130201131907/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/libcup09.html Libya Cups 08-09 (RSSSF)