2003–04 Libyan Premier League

The 2003-04 Libyan Premier League was the 36th edition of Libyan top-flight football, organised by the Libyan Football Federation. History was made this season, as Olomby of Zawiya, became the first side outside of the two biggest cities in the country (Tripoli and Benghazi) to win the premier division. Their feat is yet to be beaten. They also prevented Ittihad from winning a treble of Libyan Premier League titles. This was the first time since that the Big Two had not won the league, since Mahalla achieved this in the 1998–99 season. Olomby have failed to come close to winning the league since, their best finish being 3rd in the 2004–05 season.

Libyan Premier League
Season2003–04
ChampionsOlomby
RelegatedAl Charara (via Playoff)
Wahda
Tersanah
2005 CAF Champions LeagueOlomby
2005 CAF Confederation CupIttihad
Matches played182
Top goalscorerAhmed Sa'ad (14 )
Biggest home winOlomby 5–1 Hilal (2004-04-20)
Biggest away winNasr 0–5 Olomby (2003-10-24)
Highest scoringTahaddy 3–5 Olomby (2003-12-12)
Ahly Tripoli 4–4 Nasr (2004-01-09)
Sweahly 2–6 Nasr (2004-04-16)
Longest winning runOlomby (9 matches) (2003-09-26 – 2004-01-09)
Longest unbeaten runOlomby (13 matches)
Longest losing runWahda (7 matches)

Teams
Benghazi
Tripoli
Al Charara
Ahly
Ittihad
Madina
Tersanah
Wahda
Hilal
Nasr
Tahaddy
Location of teams in 2003–04 Libyan Premier League
Club City Stadium
Ahly Tripoli 11 June Stadium
Akhdar Bayda Green Document Stadium
Hilal Benghazi 28 March Stadium
Al Ittihad Tripoli 11 June Stadium
Madina Tripoli 11 June Stadium
Nasr Benghazi 28 March Stadium
Olomby Zawiya Zaawia Stadium
Al Charara Sabha Sabha Stadium
Sweahly Misrata 9 July Stadium
Tahaddy Benghazi 28 March Stadium
Tersanah Tripoli GMR Stadium
Wahda Tripoli GMR Stadium
Wefaq Sabratha Ajaylat Stadium
Rafik Sorman Sorman Sorman Stadium

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olomby (C) 26 17 6 3 42 16 +26 57 2005 CAF Champions League
2 Ittihad 26 14 10 2 30 8 +22 52 2005 CAF Confederation Cup
3 Ahly Tripoli 26 15 7 4 38 20 +18 51[lower-alpha 1]
4 Nasr 26 12 9 5 32 25 +7 45
5 Hilal 26 11 9 6 30 24 +6 42
6 Tahaddy 26 8 8 10 24 26 −2 32[lower-alpha 2]
7 Rafik Sorman 26 6 14 6 19 21 −2 32[lower-alpha 2]
8 Madina 26 7 10 9 23 25 −2 31
9 Akhdar 26 6 11 9 26 28 −2 29
10 Wefaq Sabratha 26 6 8 12 17 23 −6 26[lower-alpha 3]
11 Sweahly 26 7 6 13 22 37 −15 26[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 1]
12 Sharrara (R) 26 5 10 11 28 36 −8 25 Qualification for Promotion/Relegation Playoff
13 Wahda (R) 26 4 6 16 17 38 −21 18 Relegation to 2004–05 Libyan Second Division
14 Tersanah (R) 26 2 10 14 17 38 −21 16
Source: RSSSF
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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Ahly Tripoli and Sweahly deducted one point
  2. THD 0–0 RFQ; RFQ 0–0 THD
  3. SWE 0–1 WFQ; WFQ 0–1 SWE

Results
Home \ Away AHLT AKH HIL ITT MAD NSR OLY RFK SHR SWE THD TER WAH WFQ
Ahly Tripoli 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Akhdar 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–1
Hilal 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0
Ittihad 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0
Madina 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Nasr 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Olomby 2–3 1–0 5–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Rafik Sorman 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Sharrara 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 0–1
Sweahly 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–3 1–1 2–6 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–1
Tahaddy 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–5 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 0–1
Tersanah 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0
Wahda 2–4 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Wefaq Sabratha 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: goalzz.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match awarded 2–0 to Tahaddy after Tersanah played a banned player.

Golden Boot
  • 14 goals
  • 13 goals
    • Haitham Abu Shah - Al Akhdar
  • 11 goals
    • Aleya Soumah Maneah - Al Olomby
  • 10 goals
    • Mara Kaba Abdoulaye - Al Olomby
  • 9 goals
    • Ahmed al Masly - Al Ittihad
    • Abdelhameed al Zidane - Al Charara

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

This was played between the 3rd-placed side in the Libyan Second Division, Al Shat, and this season's 12th-placed side, Al Charara. The winner would compete in next season's Libyan Premier League, while the loser would compete in the 2004–05 Libyan Second Division.

Al Charara1 – 1
(2 – 4 pen.)		Al Shat
Ahmed Ali Milaad  63' Ahmed Abdelqadir  90+3'
28 March Stadium

Al Shat are therefore promoted to next season's Libyan Premier League.

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