Back الدوري الليبي الممتاز Arabic Lliga líbia de futbol Catalan Premier League (Libyen) German Πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Λιβύης Greek Liga Premier de Libia Spanish Libyan Valioliiga Finnish Championnat de Libye de football French ליגת העל הלובית בכדורגל HE Líbiai labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) Hungarian Prima Lega (Libia) Italian
| Organising body | Libyan Football Federation (LFF) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1963 |
| Country | Libya |
| Confederation | CAF |
| Number of teams | 22 (currently 21, Darnes Derna have been suspended for one season and will be reinstated into the league the following season due to the aftermath of Storm Daniel) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Libyan First Division |
| Domestic cup(s) | Libyan Cup Libyan SuperCup |
| International cup(s) | CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup |
| Current champions | Al-Ahli (13 titles) |
| Most championships | Al-Ittihad (18 titles) |
| TV partners | Libya Sport TV |
| Current: 2023–24 | |
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 22 teams divided into two groups of 11 (previously 20, split into groups of 10. changed as of the 23/24 season), 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 18[1] times and Al-Ahly Tripoli 13 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.[2]
- ^ "Al-Ittihad beat Al-Ahly Tripoli to win Libyan League title for the 18th time in their history". Footballghana. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ IFFHS. Archived from the original.
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