2008–09 Libyan Trophy

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

  • Winner - LYD 100,000
  • 2nd Place - LYD 50,000
  • 3rd Place- LYD 25,000

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)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Khaleej Sirte 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 8
Al Hilal 4 2 1 1 4 5 -1 7
Al Akhdar 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
Al Ahly Benghazi 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
Al Nasr 4 1 0 3 5 6 -1 3

Fixtures

Week 1

Al Hilal0 – 0Khaleej Sirte
Al Ahly Benghazi1 – 1Al Akhdar
al Houta 55' Boukteaf 62'

Week 2

Al Nasr1 – 2Al Hilal
Khaleej Sirte2 – 1Al Ahly Benghazi

Week 3

Al Ahly Benghazi3 – 1Al Nasr
Al Akhdar0 – 0Khaleej Sirte

Week 4

Al Hilal2 – 1Al Ahly Benghazi
Al Nasr3 – 0Al Akhdar

Week 5

Al Akhdar3 – 0Al Hilal
Khaleej Sirte1 – 0Al Nasr

Group B (Western Section A)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Madina 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 3
Al Tersana 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Al Jazeera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wefaq Sabratha 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Al Wahda 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0

Fixtures

Week 1

Wefaq Sabratha1 – 2Al Tersana
2H' al Bhairy
Mohamed Ar'arah
Al Madina4 – 2Al Wahda
al Amary 1H'
al Swea'y 1H' 48'
bin Dallah 79'		 Abu Shnaaf 51' 73'
Al Ittihad5 - 1Al Jazeera
Amer 15'
al Haasy 35' (pen.)
57' (pen.)
Araiby 69'
Krawa'a 86'		 43'

Week 2

Al Ittihad3 – 1Al Wahda
Referee: Ahmad Jalloul
Al Madina2 – 0Wefaq Sabratha
Al Jazeera0 – 0Al Tersanah

--- Week 3

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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)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Sweahly 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
Al Olomby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Ahly Tripoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aman al Aam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Shat 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

Week 1

Al Shat0 – 1Al Sweahly
al Ghuwail 25'
Al Olomby1 – 2Al Ahly Tripoli
Khalifa Qarira 71' Mohammad Salah-al-Din 83' 88'

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

  • 13-07-09 : Ittihad 3 - 1 Khaleej Sirte
  • 16-07-09 : Khaleej Sirte 1 - 3 Aman al Aam
  • 19-07-09 : Aman al Aam 0 - 1 Ittihad
  • 23-07-09 : Khaleej Sirte 3 - 2 Ittihad
  • 26-07-09 : Aman al Aam 2 - 0 Khaleej Sirte
  • 29-07-09 : Ittihad 5 - 0 Aman al Aam
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

References

  1. ^ "منتديات كووورة".
  2. ^ "منتديات كووورة".
  3. ^ Libya Cups 08-09 (RSSSF)