The Libyan Premier League () 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, Libyan Premier League is contested by 36 teams split into 4 groups. 2 designated for each region, with the three lowest-placed teams of each group relegated to the First Division.
51 teams have competed in Libyan Premier League since its inception. Ten teams have been crowned champions, with Al-Ittihad winning the title a record 18 times and Al-Ahly Tripoli 14 times. 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.IFFHS. Archived from the original.
History The Libyan Premier League was founded in 1963. Prior to that, there were three Provincial Championships, one each for the Eastern, Western and Southern provinces. The first league season at national level was the 1963-64 season, in which participated the Western Province champion Al Ahly (Tripoli), the Eastern Province champion Al Ahly (Benghazi) and the Southern Province champion Hilal Sabha. After the withdrawal of Hilal Sabha due to lack of resources, the league was limited to just two teams. Al Ahly (Tripoli) defeated Al Ahly (Benghazi) 2-0 over two matches (1-0 home and away) to become the first Libyan Premier League champions.
Winners Al Ittihad are the most successful Libyan club, having won 18 titles, including 6 straight titles (from 2004–05 to 2009–10. Their arch rivals Al Ahly (Tripoli) have won it 14 times.
The last team to win the title from outside the capital was Asswehly SC, who won the league in the 2025/26 season. The Big Two (Al Ahly (Tripoli) & Al Ittihad) have won 32 of the 51 titles that have been contested since 1964.
Champions by season Winners are: 1963–64 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1964–65 - Al Ittihad 1965–66 - Al Ittihad 1966–68 - Al Tahaddi 1968–69 - Al Ittihad 1969–70 - Al Ahly (Benghazi) 1970–71 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1971–72 - Al Ahly (Benghazi) 1972–73 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1973–74 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1974–75 - Al Ahly (Benghazi) 1975–76 - Al Madina 1976–77 - Al Tahaddi 1977–78 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1978–79 - Darnes SC (after a vote by the LFF) 1979–82 - No championship 1982–83 - Al Madina 1983–84 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1984–85 - Al Dhahra 1985–86 - Al Ittihad 1987 - Al Nasr 1987–88 - Al Ittihad 1988–89 - Al Ittihad 1989–90 - Al Ittihad 1990–91 - Al Ittihad 1991–92 - Al Ahly (Benghazi) 1992–93 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1993–94 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1994–95 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1995–96 - Al Shat 1996–97 - Al Tahaddi 1997–98 - Al Mahala 1998–99 - Al Mahala 2000 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 2000–01 - Al Madina 2001–02 - Al Ittihad 2002–03 - Al Ittihad 2003–04 - Al Olympique 2004–05 - Al Ittihad 2005–06 - Al Ittihad 2006–07 - Al Ittihad 2007–08 - Al Ittihad 2008–09 - Al Ittihad 2009–10 - Al Ittihad 2010–11 - Abandoned due to Libyan Civil War 2011–13 - No championship 2013–14 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 2014–15 - No championship 2015–16 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 2016–17 - No championship 2017–18 - Al Nasr 2018–19 - Abandoned 2019–20 - No championship 2020–21 - Al-Ittihad 2021–22 - Al-Ittihad 2022–23 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 2023–24 - Al Nasr 2024–25 - Al Ahli (Tripoli) 2025–26 - Asswehly SC
Qualification for CAF competitions Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.
Legend CL: CAF Champions League CC: CAF Confederation Cup ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
Rank Association 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 Total 2025 2024 Mvt CL CC CL CC CL CC CL CC CL CC11 —837482.57710422 —469582245534 +182544341.59343 -1657165235556 +130.50234602465 -14351426130.578 +110502031.52287 -1400312402099 —30303020301011 +100010330121110 -100.50500.503001212 —0200020201
Performance by club Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Al Ittihad (Tripoli) 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2020–21, 2021–22 Al Ahli (Tripoli) 1963–64, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2000, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2022–23, 2024–25 Al Ahly (Benghazi) 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1991–92 Al Nasr (Benghazi) 1986–87, 2017–18, 2023–24 Al Madina (Tripoli) 1975–76, 1982–83, 2000–01 Al Tahaddi (Benghazi) 1966–68, 1976–77, 1996–97 Al Mahala (Tripoli) 1997–98, 1998–99 Darnes 1978–79 Al Dhahra 1984–85 Aschat 1995–96 Al Olympique 2003–04 Asswehly SC 2025–26
Titles by city City Titles Winning clubs Tripoli Al Ittihad (18), Al Ahli (14), Al Madina (3), Al Mahala (2), Al Dhahra (1), Aschat (1) Benghazi Al Ahly (4), Al Tahaddi (3), Al Nasr (3) Derna Darnes (1) Zawiya Al Olympique (1) Misrata Asswehly SC (1)
2023–24 clubs
Group 1
TeamLocationSha'biyahStadiumCapacityAl-AhlyBenghaziBenghaziMartyrs of February Stadium10,550Al-HilalBenghaziBenghaziMartyrs of February Stadium10,550Al-Sadaqa SCShahhatShahhatShahhat Stadium10,000Al-Ta'awonAjdabyaAjdabya10 June StadiumAl-AkhdarBaydaBaydaSheikh Chadae Stadium10,000Al NasrBenghaziBenghaziMartyrs of February Stadium10,550Al-SuqoorTobrukTobrukTobruk Stadium8,000Al-TahaddyBenghaziBenghaziMarch 28 Stadium55,000Al-Morouj SCMarjMarjAl Marj StadiumAl-AnwarAl-AbyarAl-AbyarMartyrs of Al-Abyar Stadium
Group 2
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityAbu Salem SCTripoliAbu Salem StadiumAl-AhliTripoliGMR Stadium4,000Al-IttihadTripoliJumayl StadiumAl-KhumsAl KhumsAl-Khums StadiumAl-MadinaTripoliGMR Stadium4,000Al-Ittihad MisrataMisrataAl-Shumooa StadiumAl-BashayrMisrataAl-Shumooa StadiumAsaria SCZawiyaOlympic Stadium8,000AsswehlyMisrataAl-Shumooa StadiumOlympic AzzaweyaZawiyaOlympic Stadium8,000Libyan Stadium SCTripoliGMR Stadium4,000
Top scorers by season Top scorers are: +SeasonPlayerClubGoals1963–64 Ahmed Ben SoueidAl Ahly (Benghazi)191964–65 Ahmed Ben SoueidAl Ahly (Benghazi)181965–66 Ahmed Al AhwalAl Ittihad141966–67 Hassan Al-SanoussiAl Ahli (Tripoli)121968–69 Mohamed BoughaliaAl Ahli (Tripoli)161970–71 Yousef SidqiAl Nasr151971–72 Yousef SidqiAl Nasr121972–73 Nouri AlsirriAl Madina171973–74 Nouri AlsirriAl Madina131974–75 Nouri AlsirriAl Madina171975–76 Mustafa BelhaajAl Madina191976–77 Abubakr DouzanAl Madina151977–78 Fahim RaqsAl Ahli (Tripoli)81982–83 Nouri AlsirriAl Madina171983–84 Abdulraouf FerjanyAl Dhahra111984–85 Ramadan BarnaouiAl Ahly (Benghazi)91985–86 Salim Bou JarradAl Ittihad111986–87 Faraj Bar'asiAl Nasr121987–88 Salim Bou JarradAl Ittihad111988–89 Faraj MeeloudAl Tahaddi61989–90 Ali Bashary Nasr BadrAl Ahly (Benghazi) Afriqi111990–91 Idris MikraazDarnes111991–92 Abdelhakeem SuwayyahAl Tirsana121992–93 Abdelhakeem SuwayyahAl Tirsana141993–94 Idrees MikraazAl Ahli (Tripoli)191994–95 Mohamed Milaad Hassan OthmanIttihad Gheryan Al Morooj61995–96 Muammar MasoudAl Shat101996–97 Khalifa MaqinnyAl Hilal121997–98 Khalifa MaqinnyAl Hilal141998–99 Mustafa Ramadan Abdelaaty QubayAl Ahly (Benghazi) Al Intilaaq132000 Ahmed SaadBenghazi Al Jadeeda82000–01 Ashraf Muammar Ali MelyaanAl Tahaddi Al Madina142001–02 Al-Saadi GaddafiAl Ittihad192002–03 Ahmed El Masli Khaled ShallabiAl Nasr Al Madina132003–04 Ahmed SaadAl Nasr142004–05 Cheikh SeydoulyAl Urouba122005–06 Samir Al WahajAl Wahda182006–07 Walid ShebliAl Madina132007–08 Abdelhameed ZidaneAl Akhdar212008–09 Samir Al WahajAl Tirsana192009–10 Rasheed al DeasyAl Shat152013–14 Mohamed Al GhanodiAl Ahli (Tripoli)122015–16 Salem RomaAl Nasr82017–18 Ahmed Krawa'aAl Ahly112018–19 Anas Al MusratiAl Hilal82020–21 Anas Al MusratiAl Hilal102021–22 Ary PapelAl Akhdar SC122022–23 Ahmed Krawa'aAl Ahly152023–24 Ary PapelAl Akhdar SC172024–25 MabululuAl Ahli (Tripoli)18
All-time top scorers
RankNatNameYearsGoals1Ahmed Ben Soueid1963–19781282Nouri Alsirri3Ahmed Saad Osman1997–20141034Ali Al-Biski5Ali Alasswad836Saad AlFazzani1970-1985797Ahmed Al Masli778Ahmed Krawa'a759Samir Al Wahaj6910Woness Khair67Cheikh Seydouly2004-201464Abdul Hamid Al-Zaidani62Nader Kara61Abdel Jalil Heshani61Osama Fezzani59Ahmed Zuway53Omar Diop53Kamara Sanosar51Ary Papel51Pierre Koulibaly29
Regulations The rules can be found on the official LFF website.Regulations at LFF
References
External links League at FIFA (archived 21 August 2007) – Hailoosport (in Arabic) – Hailoosport