2024–25 in Libyan football

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Last updated December 19, 2025

The following is an article detailing Libyan football activity, covering national team and club competitions domestically and internationally.

National teams

Senior

2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Final tournament	—	3–0	1–2	1–0
2	Benin	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8^[a]	Final tournament	1–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	Rwanda	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8^[a]		0–0	2–1	—	0–1
4	Libya	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5		0–3 ^[b]	0–0	1–1	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head points: Benin 3, Rwanda 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Benin +2, Rwanda –2.
↑ Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 win after the match did not take place: upon their arrival in Libya, the Nigerian team were stranded at the airport for over 12 hours, with their federation ultimately refusing to play the match before flying the team back home.^[1]

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)1	Libya	1–1	Rwanda	Tripoli ^[2]
18:00 UTC+2	Al-Dhawi 16'	Report	Nshuti 49'	Stadium: Tripoli International Stadium Referee: Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)2	Benin	2–1	Libya	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
19:00 UTC+0	Mounié 50' Olaitan 62' (pen.)	Report	Al Badri 9' (pen.)	Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
Note: The match was held at a neutral venue due to the lack of suitable facilities in Benin.^[3]

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)3	Nigeria	1–0	Libya	Uyo, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Dele-Bashiru 86'	Report		Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)4	Libya	0–3 Awarded	Nigeria	Benghazi
21:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Benina Martyrs Stadium

14 November 20245	Rwanda	0–1	Libya	Kigali, Rwanda
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Al-Mesmari 84'	Stadium: Amahoro Stadium Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

18 November 20246	Libya	0–0	Benin	Tripoli
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Tripoli International Stadium Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cape Verde	10	7	2	1	16	8	+8	23	2026 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0
2	Cameroon	10	5	4	1	17	5	+12	19	Second round	4–1	—	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–0
3	Libya	10	4	4	2	12	10	+2	16		3–3	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	2–0
4	Angola	10	2	6	2	9	8	+1	12		1–2	1–1	0–1	—	3–1	1–0
5	Mauritius	10	1	3	6	7	17	−10	6		0–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1
6	Eswatini	10	0	3	7	6	19	−13	3		0–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–3	—

Source: FIFA

March 2025

Libya

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Angola

Libya

March 2025

Cameroon

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Libya

Cameroon

Friendlies

31 August 2024^[4]	Libya	1–0	Botswana	Tripoli
	Krawa'a 54'	Report		Stadium: Tripoli International Stadium

U23

U20

17 October 2024Hybrid friendly	Libya	1–2	Al-Hilal Benghazi	Benghazi
17:00 UTC+2			Ben Abdi Al-Mariami	Stadium: Benina Martyrs Stadium

14 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Libya	1–2	Tunisia	Ismailia, Egypt
17:00 UTC+2	Al Harak 40'		Mahmoud 21' Becha 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

20 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Libya	1–2	Egypt	Ismailia, Egypt
17:00 UTC+2	Mansour 77'		Kabaka 75' (pen.) Bustangi 90'	Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

23 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Morocco	4–0	Libya	Ismailia, Egypt
20:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

26 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Algeria	4–0	Libya	Ismailia, Egypt
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium

U17

14 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Tunisia	2–1	Libya	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Saidi 44' Chaabane 76' (pen.)		Abdulwahhab 60'

17 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Libya	2–3	Algeria	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Al Shawish 26' Abdulwahhab 64' (pen.)		Fettouche 37' Boudouab 40', 67'

20 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Morocco	2–0	Libya	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	El Aoud 7' Baha 62' (pen.)

23 November 2024 UNAF Tournament	Egypt	7–1	Libya	Casablanca, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1

International competitions

CAF Champions League

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly Benghazi	1–2	Al-Hilal	0–1	1–1
Al-Nasr	0–2	Al-Merrikh SC	0–0	0–2

CAF Confederation Cup

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uhamiaji FC	1–5	Al-Ahli Tripoli	0–2	1–3
Kitara FC	4–6	Al-Hilal Benghazi	2–3	2–3

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–3	Simba	0–0	1–3
Al-Hilal Benghazi	5–5 (3–5 p)	Al Masry	3–2	2–3

Domestic competitions

Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Nasr	16	9	5	2	20	9	+11	32	Qualification for the second round
2	Al-Akhdar	16	9	4	3	25	11	+14	31
3	Al-Tahaddy	16	6	7	3	20	14	+6	25
4	Al-Anwar	16	5	4	7	18	26	−8	19
5	Al-Suqoor	16	5	4	7	16	20	−4	19
6	Al-Borouq	16	3	9	4	14	15	−1	18
7	Khaleej Sirte	16	4	5	7	15	21	−6	17	Relegation play-offs
8	Al-Ansar^[a]	16	5	2	9	17	24	−7	16	Relegation play-offs
9	Al-Wefaq Ajdabiya^[b](R)	16	4	4	8	9	14	−5	13	Relegation to First Division

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Al-Ansar were deducted 1 point.
↑ Al-Wefaq Ajdabiya were deducted 3 points.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal Benghazi	14	11	1	2	30	12	+18	34	Qualification for the second round
2	Al-Ahli Benghazi	14	11	1	2	31	6	+25	34
3	Al-Sadaqa	14	7	3	4	16	13	+3	24
4	Al-Ta'awon	14	6	4	4	19	14	+5	22
5	Al-Andalus	14	5	3	6	17	18	−1	18
6	Al-Murooj	14	3	3	8	14	25	−11	12	Relegation play-offs
7	Al-Branes	14	2	2	10	11	28	−17	8	Relegation play-offs
8	Al-Mahdia (R)	14	1	3	10	8	30	−22	6	Relegation to First Division

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(R) Relegated

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Asswehly	16	12	4	0	36	12	+24	40	Qualification for the second round
2	Olympic Azzaweya	16	11	4	1	28	13	+15	37
3	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	16	8	4	4	24	10	+14	28
4	Al-Majd	16	6	3	7	25	29	−4	21
5	Abu Salim	16	6	2	8	20	24	−4	20
6	Al Bashaer	16	4	5	7	19	21	−2	17
7	Shabab Al Ghar	16	4	8	4	18	18	0	20	Relegation play-offs
8	Al Tarsana	16	3	6	7	22	22	0	15	Relegation play-offs
9	Al Nahda Sabha^[a](R)	16	0	0	16	5	48	−43	−3	Relegation to First Division

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Al Nahda Sabha were deducted 3 points.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ahli Tripoli	16	13	3	0	38	4	+34	42	Qualification for the second round
2	Al-Madina	16	10	4	2	27	14	+13	34
3	Alittihad Misurata	16	6	5	5	14	14	0	23
4	Al-Watan^[a]	16	5	5	6	19	22	−3	19
5	Al Malaab El Libby	16	3	9	4	13	15	−2	18
6	Al Khums	16	5	1	10	11	20	−9	16
7	Abi al Ashar	16	3	6	7	10	18	−8	15	Relegation play-offs
8	Al Dhahra	16	3	6	7	11	22	−11	15	Relegation play-offs
9	Asaria (R)	16	3	3	10	13	27	−14	12	Relegation to First Division

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Al-Watan were deducted 1 point.

Second Division

References

↑ "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" يقرر خسارة المنتخب الليبي أمام نظيره المنتخب النيجيري" [The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that the Libyan national team will lose to its Nigerian counterpart.]. beIN Sports (in Arabic). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
↑ "رواندا تفرض التعادل على ليبيا في تصفيات أمم إفريقيا". كورة بلس. September 4, 2024.
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↑ "المنتخب الوطني يواجه بوتسوانا وديا استعدادا لرواندا في تصفيات أمم أفريقيا".

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[table_hth_BEN0.98746486147282-1] 1 2 Head-to-head points: Benin 3, Rwanda 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Benin +2, Rwanda –2.

[table_note_LBY_NGA0.98746486147282-3] Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 win after the match did not take place: upon their arrival in Libya, the Nigerian team were stranded at the airport for over 12 hours, with their federation ultimately refusing to play the match before flying the team back home.^[1]

[table_note_ANS0.89614155138663-7] Al-Ansar were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_WFA0.89614155138663-8] Al-Wefaq Ajdabiya were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_NAH0.63739214308438-9] Al Nahda Sabha were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_WAT0.52355031460689-10] Al-Watan were deducted 1 point.

[2] "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" يقرر خسارة المنتخب الليبي أمام نظيره المنتخب النيجيري" [The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that the Libyan national team will lose to its Nigerian counterpart.]. beIN Sports (in Arabic). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[4] "رواندا تفرض التعادل على ليبيا في تصفيات أمم إفريقيا". كورة بلس. September 4, 2024.

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[6] "المنتخب الوطني يواجه بوتسوانا وديا استعدادا لرواندا في تصفيات أمم أفريقيا".

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2024–25 in Libyan football

Contents

National teams

Senior

2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Friendlies

U23

U20

U17

International competitions

CAF Champions League

CAF Confederation Cup

Domestic competitions

Premier League

Second Division

References