2008–09 Libyan Third Division

The 2008–09 Libyan Third Division sees the clubs in the Northern, Eastern and Southern sections play for places in the Libyan Second Division for the 2009–2010 season.

Regional Champions[edit]

Eastern Section[edit]

Benghazi[edit]

Southern Section[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qurthabia (Q)	12	10	1	1	30	7	+23	31	Playoffs
2	Asamah	12	9	0	3	29	16	+13	27
3	Nahdha	12	7	1	4	27	15	+12	22
4	Faris	12	5	2	5	25	21	+4	17
5	Tahaddy Haj Hajail	12	4	2	6	17	24	−7	14
6	Tumouh	12	2	0	10	15	28	−13	6
7	Widad	12	1	1	10	9	31	−22	4

Updated to match(es) played on March 23, 2009. Source: kooora.com
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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ASM	FRS	NHD	QRH	THDH	TMH	WDD
Asamah		2–1	1–2	0–2	5–0	2–1	7–3
Faris	0–1		0–2	2–0	2–2	4–2	5–1
Nahdha	1–3	5–1		0–1	2–0	3–2	6–3
Qurthabia	3–1	2–0	2–0		3–1	4–2	7–0
Tahaddy Haj Hajail	2–3	1–1	3–2	1–3		4–2	1–1
Tumouh	1–3	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–1		1–0
Widad	0–1	0–6	1–0	0–4	0–1	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2009. Source: kooora.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs[edit]

The top team in each regional group qualify to the final stage. The eight teams are split up into two groups of four teams; the first group is made up of the champions of the Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and Sabha regions, and the second group is made up of the champions of the Benghazi, Sirte, Jabal al Akhdar and Butnan regions. The four teams in each group will play each other once. The top team in each group wins promotion to the Libyan Second Division for the 2009–10 season. These two teams will then play a play-off match to decide winner of the Libyan Third Division for the 2009–10 season.^[1]

Group A[edit]

Home \ Away	AML	QRH	SHI
Amaal			0–0
Qurthabia	1–1
Reaf	3–2	0–0	5–0
Shati		0–2^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2009. Source: kooora.com (in Arabic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Awarded after Shati did not show

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Reaf (P)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	2009–10 Libyan Second Division
2	Qurthabia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
3	Amaal	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Shati	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	−2^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2009. Source: kooora.com (in Arabic)
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.
(P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Shati deducted three points for not showing for match against Qurthabia

Fixtures[edit]

Round 1[edit]

May 31, 2009
17:00

Al Reaf	0 – 0	Qurthabia

2 March Stadium

Referee: Adil al Abani

May 31, 2009
17:00

Al Amaal	0 – 0	Al Shati

23 October Stadium

Referee: Mohammad al Zurooq

Round 2[edit]

Fixtures announced June 2, 2009^[2]

June 6, 2009
17:00

Al Reaf	5 – 0	Al Shati

GMR Stadium

June 6, 2009
17:00

Al Qurthabia	1 – 1	Al Amaal
Abdesalam Mohammad Bashir 71'		Abdelmuttalib Ibrahim 76'

2 March Stadium

Round 3[edit]

Fixtures announced June 7, 2009^[3]

June 11, 2009
17:30

Al Reaf	3 – 2	Al Amaal

GMR Stadium

June 11, 2009
17:30

Al Shati	0 – 2 Shati did not show	Qurthabia

2 March Stadium

Group B[edit]

Home \ Away	BRQ	HRR	NSRM	SHBJ
Buraaq		0–0
Hurriya			1–0	1–3
Nusoor Murtoubah	2–0			2–1
Shabaab al Jabal	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2009. Source: kooora.com (in Arabic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Nusoor Murtoubah (P)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	2009–10 Libyan Second Division
2	Hurriya	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
2	Buraaq	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	Shabaab al Jabal	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3

Updated to match(es) played on June 11, 2009. Source: kooora.com (in Arabic)
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.
(P) Promoted