View source for 2008–09 in Libyan football

The '''2008–09 season''' is the 96th season of competitive football in [[Libya]].

==Overview==
*[[Aman al Aam]], [[Wefaq Sabratha]] & [[Al Sweahly|Sweahly]] are all playing in the [[Libyan Premier League|Premier League]] after winning promotion from the [[Libyan Second Division]] [[Libyan Second Division 2007-08|last season]]. Sweahly and Wefaq are returning after a 3-year absence, while Aman al Aam are making their debut as a re-incarnation of [[Al-Shorta Tripoli]].
*[[Al Ahly Benghazi|Ahly Benghazi]], [[Al Hilal Benghazi|Hilal]] and [[Al Nasr Benghazi|Nasr]] are all playing at the [[Martyrs of February Stadium]], the new [[Libyan Dinar|LYD]] 20,000,000 project that opened on March 5, 2009

==Events==
On October 15, 2008, the [[2008 Libyan Super Cup|Libyan Super Cup]] was won [[Al Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]] as they defeated [[Khaleej Sirte]] 4–0 at [[11 June Stadium]].

On October 17, 2008, the [[Libyan Premier League 2008-09|2008–09]] [[Libyan Premier League]] season started at the [[Al Bayda Stadium|Green Document Stadium]], at 14:00 [[GMT]] where [[Al Akhdar|Akhdar]] defeated [[Al Tersanah|Tersanah]] by 3 goals to 1.

On November 4, 2008, the [[Libyan Second Division 2008/2009|2008–09]] [[Libyan Second Division]] season started.

On February 26, 2009, the [[Libyan Cup 2008-09|2008–09]] [[Libyan Cup]] competition started.

On May 28, 2009, [[Al Wahda Tripoli]]'s relegation from the [[Libyan Premier League]] was confirmed after a 4–1 away defeat to [[Ahly Benghazi]].

==National team==
The home team is on the left hand column; the away team is on the right hand column.

===Friendly Matches===
{{football box
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 20:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Libya|1977}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 2
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Senegal}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 August 2008
|time = 19:40 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Libya|1977}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Chad}}
|goals1 = [[Omar Daoud|Dawood]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Mohamed Esnany|Esnani]] {{goal|77}}<br />[[Nader Al Tarhouni|al Tarhouni]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 28 August 2008
|time = 20:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Libya|1977}}
|score = 6 &ndash; 2
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Niger}}
|goals1 = [[Mohammad al Maghrabi|al Maghrabi]] {{goal|25||76}}<br />[[Ahmed Faraj El Masli|al Masly]] {{goal|44}}<br />[[Nader Al Tarhouni|al Tarhouni]] {{goal|51}}<br />[[Mohamed Zubya|Zubya]] {{goal|87}}<br />[[Amadou Kader|Kader]] {{goal|90+1|o.g.}}
|goals2 = [[Souleymane Dela Sacko|Sacko]] {{goal|38||77}}
|stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|ALG}} '''Algerian Officials''' }}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 20:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Libya|1977}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 3
|report = [http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2824&archive=1 (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|Uruguay}}
|goals1 = [[Mohamed Esnany|Esnani]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Osama Al Fazzani|al Fazzani]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = [[Sebastián Eguren|Eguren]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Jorge Andrés Martínez|Martínez]] {{goal|70}}<br />[[Alvaro Pereira|Pereira]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 February 2009
|time = 14:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Libya|1977}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2863&archive=1 (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|Senegal}}
|goals1 = [[Mohamed Zubya|Zubya]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}

===World Cup Qualifiers===
Libya was in Group 4 of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] qualification process<ref name="wcqbrackets">[https://web.archive.org/web/20081028040343/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/standings/round2.html Groups and Standings] ''FIFA'' Retrieved 2009-05-07</ref>

{{football box
|date = 5 September 2008
|time = 21:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Libya|1977}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://www.lff-ly.com/default.asp?flag=articles&id=461 (Report) {{in lang|ar}}]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|team2 = {{fb|Ghana}}
|goals1 = [[Salem Ibrahim Al Rewani|al Rewani]] {{yel|5}}<br />[[Ahmed Saad Osman|Saad]] {{yel|44}} {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = [[Laryea Kingston|Kingston]] {{yel|26}}<br />[[Junior Agogo|Agogo]] {{yel|30}}
|stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Koman Coulibaly]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080908002920/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250418/match=300036626/index.html FIFA Match Report]</ref> }}
----
{{football box
|date = 11 October 2008
|time = 16:30 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Gabon}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2447&archive=1 (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|Libya|1977}}
|goals1 = [[Cedric Moubamba|Moubamba]] {{yel|41}}<br />[[Bruno Mbanangoye Zita|Mbanangoye]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Roguy Meye|Meye]] {{yel|89}}
|goals2 = [[Ali al Sbaay|al Sbaay]] {{yel|9}}<br />[[Khaled Hussein|Hussein]] {{yel|29}}<br />[[Osama Al Fazzani|al Fazzani]] {{yel|73}}<br />[[Hesham Shaban|Shaban]] {{yel|84}}
|stadium = [[Stade Omar Bongo|Omnisports President Omar Bongo]], [[Libreville]]
|attendance = 26,000
|referee = {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Daniel Bennett (referee)|Daniel Bennett]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081017153605/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=250418/match=300036624/index.html FIFA Match Report]</ref> }}

===African Nations Championship===
Libya was in the North Zone for qualification to the inaugural [[African Nations Championship]]<ref>[http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/1973-chan-2009-roll-call-complete.html CHAN 2009 roll call complete] ''CAF'' Retrieved on 11 May 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090217211444/http://cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/1973-chan-2009-roll-call-complete.html Archived] 2009-06-11.</ref>

====Qualifying - Final Round====

=====First leg=====
{{football box
|date = 29 November 2008
|time = 21:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Morocco}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Libya|1977}}
|goals1 = [[Mustapha Allaoui|Allaoui]] {{goal|11||61}}<br />[[Mohamed Madihi|Madihi]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Osama Al Fazzani|Fazzani]] {{goal|25}}
|stadium = [[Stade Mohamed V]], [[Casablanca]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}
----

=====Second leg=====
{{football box
|date = 13 December 2008
|time = 19:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Libya|1977}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 0
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|Morocco}}
|goals1 = [[Mohamed Zubya|Zubya]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Ahmed Zuway|Zuway]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Ahmed Saad Osman|Saad]] {{goal|62}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
|attendance =
|referee = }}
'''[[Libya national football team|Libya]]''' advance to [[2009 African Championship of Nations|CHAN 2009]] finals.

====Finals====
Libya were drawn in Group B, along with [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]], [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] and [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&idrub=98785&idnews=84138| title= CHAN draw concluded today 26 of December 2008 |publisher= CAF |date=2008-12-26 |access-date=2008-12-26}}
</ref>

{{football box
|date = 2009-02-23
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COD}}
|score =  2 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/2289-dr-congo-beat-libya-top-of-group-b.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
|goals1 = [[Dioko Kaluyituka|Kaluyituka]] {{goal|58}}<br />[[Serge Lofo Bongeli|Lofo]] {{goal|67|pen.}}<br />[[Joel Kimuaki|Kimuaki]] {{yel|85}}
|goals2 = [[Hesham Shaban|Shaban]] {{yel|66}}<br />[[Ahmed Saad Osman|Saad]] {{yel|73}}<br />[[Osama Al Fazzani|Fazzani]] {{yel|77}}
|stadium = [[Stade Bouaké]], [[Bouaké]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Desiré Doué Nomandiez]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/2282-officials-for-match-3-4.html| title= Officials for Match 3 and 4 |publisher= CAF |date=2009-02-23 |access-date=2009-05-11}}</ref> }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2009-02-26
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LBY|1977}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|report = [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/2322-ghana-libya-complete-group-b-stalemates.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
|goals1 = [[Ahmed Saad Osman|Saad]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Omar Daoud|Daoud]] {{yel|36}}
|goals2 = [[Francis Coffie|Coffie]] {{yel|30}}<br />[[Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu|Badu]] {{yel|62}}<br />[[Daniel Nana Yeboah|Yeboah]] {{yel|73}}<br />[[Edmund Owusu-Ansah|Owusu-Ansah]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium = [[Stade Bouaké]], [[Bouaké]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Cheick Ahmed Tidiane Seck]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/2298-officials-for-match-7-and-8.html| title= Officials for Match 7 and 8 |publisher= CAF |date=2009-02-25 |access-date=2009-05-11}}</ref> }}
----
{{football box
|date = 2009-03-01
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ZIM}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/2351-ghana-dr-congo-qualify-for-semis.html (Report)]
|team2 = {{fb|LBY|1977}}
|goals1 = [[Ovidy Karuru|Karuru]] {{yel|18}}<br />[[Elvis Meleka|Meleka]] {{yel|37}}<br />[[Carrington Gomba|Gomba]] {{yel|86}}
|goals2 = [[Mohamed Esnany|Esnani]] {{yel|17}}
|stadium = [[Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], [[Abidjan]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|Togo}} [[Kokou Djaoupe]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-nations-championship_2009/news/2344-officials-for-match-11-and-12.html| title= Officials for Match 11 and 12 |publisher= CAF |date=2009-03-01 |access-date=2009-05-11}}</ref> }}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|Ghana}}'''
|3||1||2||0||6||3||+3||'''5'''
|- bgcolor="ccffcc"
|align=left|'''{{fb|Congo DR}}'''
|3||1||1||1||3||4||-1||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=#ffcccc
|align=left|''{{fb|Zimbabwe}}''
|3||0||3||0||3||3||0||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=#ffcccc
|align=left|''{{fb|Libya|1977}}''
|3||0||2||1||1||3||-2||'''2'''
|}

==Performance in CAF competitions==

===Qualified Teams===
* [[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]] - [[CAF Champions League 2009]] (as [[Libyan Premier League 2007-08]] winners)
* [[Ahly Tripoli]] - [[CAF Champions League 2009]] (as [[Libyan Premier League 2007-08]] runners-up)
* [[Ahly Benghazi]] - [[CAF Confederation Cup 2009]] (as [[Libyan Premier League 2007-08]] third-placed team)
* [[Khaleej Sirte]] - [[CAF Confederation Cup 2009]] (as [[Libyan Cup]] 2007-08 winners)

===Fixtures & Results===

====First round====
NB: [[Al Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]] received bye to Round of 32
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date = January 31, 2009 <br />18:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[CAF Champions League 2009|Champions League]]<br />Preliminary Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = [[Al Ahly Tripoli]]
  | score =  6 &ndash; 0
  | report =  <ref>{{cite news|author=Tripoli Post |url=http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2773&archive=1 |title=Al-Ahli Hit CAF Champions League Opponents for Six |publisher=Tripoli Post |date=2009-02-01 |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401044309/http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2773&archive=1 |archive-date=2011-04-01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Niger}} [[AS Police (Niamey)|AS Police]]
  | goals1 = [[Koko'o|Pierre Koko'o]] {{goal|14||41||90+5}}<br />Waleed Sba'ai {{goal|69}}<br />[[Nader Kara]] {{goal|89||90+6}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Khalid Ramsis]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions">{{cite news|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2063-fixttures-and-officials-champions-league-2009.html |title=Fixtures and officials: Champions League |publisher=CAFonline.com |date=2008-01-23 |access-date=2009-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308090241/http://cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2063-fixttures-and-officials-champions-league-2009.html |archive-date=2009-03-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
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{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  February 15, 2009<br />15:30 GMT<br />Preliminary Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Niger}} [[AS Police (Niamey)|AS Police]]
  | score =  2 &ndash; 1
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2843&archive=1 | title = Al-Ahli Tripoli Qualify Comfortably Despite Away Loss | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-02-16 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Al Ahly Tripoli]]
  | goals1 = {{goal|55||58}}
  | goals2 = [[Ahmed Saad Osman|Ahmed Saad]] {{goal|72}}
  | stadium = [[Stade Général Seyni Kountché]], [[Niamey]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|BUR}} [[Jean-Baptiste Bassono]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions"/>
}}

'''[[Al Ahly Tripoli]]''' ''go through with an aggregate score of 7-2''
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{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  February 1, 2009<br />15:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Preliminary Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Prisons FC]]
  | score =  0 &ndash; 2
  | report = <ref name="prisons_khaleej">{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2787&archive=1 | title = Away Success for Al-Ahli of Benghazi, Khaleej Sirte in Confederation Cup | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-02-02 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Khaleej Sirte]]
  | goals1 =
  | goals2 = Abdallah al Sheikhy {{goal|3}}<br />Sheikh Sedao {{goal|59}}
  | stadium = [[Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium]], [[Dar-es-Salaam]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Alfred Ndinya]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials">{{cite news | url = http://www.cafonline.com/competition/confederation-cup_2009/news/2064-fixtures-and-officials-preliminaries.html | title = Fixtures and officials: Confederation Cup | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2008-01-23 | access-date = 2009-04-19 }}</ref>
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  February 14, 2009<br />13:30 GMT<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Preliminary Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = [[Khaleej Sirte]]
  | score =  4 &ndash; 0
  | report = <ref name= "khaleej_prisons">{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2844&archive=1 | title = Penalty Shoot-out Quaifies Benghazi's Al-Ahli; Easy for Khaleej Sirte  | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-02-16 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Prisons FC]]
  | goals1 = [[Sa'ad Abdelhafeedh]] {{goal|24||69}}<br />Sheikh Sedao {{goal|30}}<br />Achour Majeed {{goal|80}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[Sirte Stadium|2 March Stadium]], [[Sirte]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Abderraouf Younis]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials"/>
}}

'''[[Khaleej Sirte]]''' ''go through with an aggregate score of 6-0''
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{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  February 1, 2009<br />17:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Preliminary Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Hay al-Arab Port Sudan|Hay al Arab]]
  | score =  0 &ndash; 1
  | report = <ref name="prisons_khaleej"/>
  | team2 = [[Al Ahly Benghazi]]
  | goals1 =
  | goals2 = [[Ifeanyi Frederick Onuigbo]] {{goal|36}}<br />[[Hussein Fathi Sultaan]] {{Sent off|0|77}}
  | stadium = [[Stade Port Sudan]], [[Port Sudan]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Burundi}} [[Jean-Claude Niyongabo]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials"/>
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  February 15, 2009<br />13:30 GMT<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Preliminary Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = [[Al Ahly Benghazi]]
  | score =  0 &ndash; 1<small>([[Extra-time|a.e.t.]])</small><br />(3 &ndash; 2 [[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]])
  | report = <ref name= "khaleej_prisons"/>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Hay al-Arab Port Sudan|Hay al Arab]]
  | goals1 =
  | goals2 = [[Ahmed Martin]] {{goal|45+1}}
  | stadium = [[28 March Stadium]], [[Benghazi]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Lamine Benaissa]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials"/>
}}

'''[[Al Ahly Benghazi]]''' go through 3-2 on penalty kicks, after an aggregate score of 1-1.

====Second round====
''First Legs to be played over March 13-March 15, 2009<br />Second Legs to be played over April 3-April 5, 2009''
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  March 15, 2009<br />15:00 [[GMT]]<br />[[CAF Champions League 2009|Champions League]]<br />First Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[JS Kabylie]]
  | score =  1 &ndash; 2
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2945&archive=1 | title = Pleasant Surprise as Al-Ahli Tripoli Beat JS Kabylie in Algeria | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-03-16 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | goals1 = [[Idrissa Coulibaly]] {{goal|79|pen.}}
  | goals2 = [[Ahmed Saad Osman|Ahmed Saad]] {{goal|55}}<br />[[Osama Al Fazzani]] {{goal|74}}
  | stadium = [[Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou)|Stade 1er Novembre]], [[Tizi Ouzou]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Osman Samir]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions_1st">{{cite news | url = http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2399-fixtures-and-officials-of-caf-champions-league.html | title = Fixtures and officials of CAF Champions League | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2008-03-10 | access-date = 2009-04-19 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090313234550/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2399-fixtures-and-officials-of-caf-champions-league.html| archive-date= 13 March 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
}}
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{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  April 4, 2009<br />18:00 [[GMT]]<br />[[CAF Champions League 2009|Champions League]]<br />First Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | score =  1 &ndash; 0
  | report = <ref name="ahli_jsk">{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3006&archive=1 | title = Al-Ahli Tripoli Achieve Double to Ease into Last 16 | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-04-05 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3010&archive=1 | title = Al-Ahli Tripoli's Success Pits Them Against Etoile du Sahel in Next Round of CAF Champions League| publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-04-06 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[JS Kabylie]]
  | goals1 = [[Omar Daoud|Omar Dawood]] {{goal|39}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Aouaz Trabelsi]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions_1st"/>
}}
'''[[Ahly Tripoli]]''' advance to the next stage of the competition with an aggregate score of 3&ndash;1.
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{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  March 13, 2009<br />17:30 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[CAF Champions League 2009|Champions League]]<br />First Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = [[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]
  | score =  1 &ndash; 1
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2942&archive=1 | title = Al-Ittihad Held by Sudanese in CAF Champions League Home Tie | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-03-14 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Al-Merreikh]]
  | goals1 = [[Mohamed Zubya]] {{goal|47}}
  | goals2 = [[Haytham Tambal]] {{goal|74}}
  | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[Mohamed Bichari]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions_1st"/>
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  April 4, 2009<br />18:00 [[GMT]]<br />[[CAF Champions League 2009|Champions League]]<br />First Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Al-Merreikh]]
  | score =  3 &ndash; 0
  | report =  <ref name="ahli_jsk"/>
  | team2 = [[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]
  | goals1 = [[Endurance Idahor]] {{goal|9||26}}<br />[[Raji Abdel-Aati]] {{goal|38}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[Al Merreikh Stadium]], [[Omdurman]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Malawi|1964}} [[Kalyoto Ngosi]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions_1st"/>
}}
'''[[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 4&ndash;1''
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  March 14, 2009<br />16:00 [[GMT]]<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Second Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Club Sportif Sfaxien|CS Sfaxien]]
  | score =  4 &ndash; 1
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2946&archive=1 | title = Benghazi's Al-Ahli Disappoint in convincing Defeat in Tunisia | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-03-16 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Ahly Benghazi]]
  | goals1 = [[Hamza Younes]] {{goal|28||70}}<br />[[Hamdi Rouid]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Issam Merdassi]] {{goal|81|pen.}}
  | goals2 = [[Ahmed al Masli]] {{goal|90+4}}
  | stadium = [[Stade Taïeb Mhiri]], [[Sfax]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Bunmi Ogunkolade]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Confederation_1st">{{cite news | url = http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2399-fixtures-and-officials-of-caf-champions-league.html | title = Fixtures and officials: Confederation Cup | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2008-03-10 | access-date = 2009-04-19 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090313234550/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2399-fixtures-and-officials-of-caf-champions-league.html| archive-date= 13 March 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  April 4, 2009<br />16:00 GMT<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Second Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = [[Ahly Benghazi]]
  | score =  2 &ndash; 1
  | report = <ref name="ahli_b_css">{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3007&archive=1 | title = Benghazi's Al-Ahli and Khaleej Sirte Eliminated | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-04-05 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Club Sportif Sfaxien|CS Sfaxien]]
  | goals1 = Ibrahim al Khalil {{goal|14}}<br />[[Ifeanyi Frederick Onuigbo]] {{goal|82}}
  | goals2 = [[Issam Merdassi]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Hachem Abbes]] {{yel|45}}
  | stadium = [[Martyrs of February Stadium]], [[Benina]]
  | attendance = 11,000
  | referee = {{flagicon|Uganda}} [[Ali Kalyango]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Confederation_1st"/>
}}
'''[[Ahly Benghazi]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 5&ndash;3''
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date = March 13, 2009<br />14:30 [[GMT]]<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Second Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = [[Khaleej Sirte]]
  | score =  0 &ndash; 1
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2943&archive=1 | title = Khaleej Sirte Lose Confederation Cup Home Leg | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-03-14 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[ES Sétif]]
  | goals1 =
  | goals2 = [[Abdelmalek Ziaya]] {{goal|13}}
  | stadium = [[Sirte Stadium|2 March Stadium]], [[Sirte]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[El Fadil Mohamed]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Confederation_1st"/>
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  April 3, 2009<br />20:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|CAF Cup]]<br />Second Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[ES Sétif]]
  | score =  5 &ndash; 0
  | report = <ref name="ahli_b_css"/>
  | team2 = [[Khaleej Sirte]]
  | goals1 = [[Amine Aksas]] {{goal|30}}<br />[[Abdelmalek Ziaya]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Lamouri Djediat]] {{goal|47||55}}<br />[[Mohamed Seguer]] {{goal|83}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[Stade 8 Mai 1945]], [[Sétif]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Yosr Saadallah]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Confederation_1st"/>
}}

'''[[Khaleej Sirte]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 6&ndash;0''

====Third round====
''First legs to be played over April 17-April 19, 2009<br />Second legs to be played over May 1-May 3, 2009''

{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  April 18, 2009<br />19:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[CAF Champions League 2009|Champions League]]<br />Second Round, 1st Leg
  | team1 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | score =  0 &ndash; 0
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3062 | title = Al-Ahli Tripoli Miss a Penalty in Home CAF Champions League Tie with ESS | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-04-22 | access-date = 2009-04-26 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[ES Sahel]]
  | goals1 = [[Ahmed Saad Osman|Ahmed Saad]] {{penmiss|64}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|GUI}} [[Yakhouba Keita]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions_2nd">{{cite news | url = http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2575-fixtures-and-officials-champions-league.html | title = Fixtures and officials: Champions League | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2008-04-07 | access-date = 2009-04-19 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090410074928/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2009/news/2575-fixtures-and-officials-champions-league.html| archive-date= 10 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  May 2, 2009<br />17:00 [[GMT]]<br />[[CAF Champions League 2009|Champions League]]<br />Second Round, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[ES Sahel]]
  | score =  2 &ndash; 0
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3108 | title = Libya's Al-Ahli Tripoli Crash Out of CAF Champions League; So do Reigning Champions | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2009-05-03 | access-date = 2009-05-04 }}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | goals1 = [[Sadat Bukari]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Ammar Jemal]] {{goal|43}}
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[Stade Olympique de Sousse]], [[Sousse]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|SUD}} [[Khalid Abdul Rahman]]<ref name="fixtures_and_officials_Champions_2nd"/>
}}
'''[[Ahly Tripoli]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 2&ndash;0''

====Fourth round====
''First legs to be played over May 17-May 19, 2009<br />Second legs to be played over May 29-May 31, 2009''<ref>{{cite news | author = CAF | url = http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/PR_CC_eng.pdf | title = Draw of the 2nd Round of 16 of CC 2009 | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2009-05-06 | access-date = 2009-05-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = CAF | url = http://www.cafonline.com/competition/confederation-cup_2009/news/2719-match-fixtures-caf-confederation-cup.html | title = Match fixtures : CAF Confederation Cup | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2009-05-13 | access-date = 2009-05-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090517125939/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/confederation-cup_2009/news/2719-match-fixtures-caf-confederation-cup.html| archive-date= 17 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = CAF | url = http://www.cafonline.com/competition/confederation-cup_2009/news/2777-match-fixtures-caf-confederation-cup.html | title = Match fixtures : CAF Confederation Cup | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2009-05-27 | access-date = 2009-05-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090531083512/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/confederation-cup_2009/news/2777-match-fixtures-caf-confederation-cup.html| archive-date= 31 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  May 15, 2009<br />19:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|Confederation Cup]]<br />Second Round of 16, 1st Leg
  | team1 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | score =   0 &ndash; 0
  | report = <ref name="Ahli_t_haras">{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3148 | title = Al-Ittihad Once Again Take Advantage of Al-Ahli's Absence to Take Control   | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2008-10-15 | access-date = 2009-05-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = DPA | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=50563&obj=4145 | title =  الحدود المصري يتعادل مع مضيفه أهلي طرابلس ويقترب من دور الثمانية بالكونفيدرالية - Haras al Hodood gain away draw at Ahly Tripoli and are one step closer to the CAF Confederation Cup group stages| publisher = kooora.com | date = 2009-05-15 | access-date = 2009-05-19 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Haras El Hodood]]
  | goals1 =
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abdellah El Achiri]]
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date =  May 31, 2009<br />19:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[CAF Confederation Cup 2009|Confederation Cup]]<br />Second Round of 16, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Haras El Hodood]]
  | score = 2 &ndash; 1
  | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = DPA | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=51180&obj=4145
| script-title=ar:حرس الحدود وإنبي المصريان في دور الثمانية لبطولة الكونفيدرالية |trans-title=Egyptian clubs Haras al Hodood and ENPPI qualify for CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage |language=ar  | publisher = kooora.com | date = 2009-05-31 | access-date = 2009-05-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |author=Tripoli Post 
 |url=http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3242 
 |title=Last-Gasp Goal KOs Al-Ahli Tripoli from CAF Competition 
 |publisher=Tripoli Post 
 |date=2009-06-07 
 |access-date=2009-06-07 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717105215/http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=3242
 |archive-date=2011-07-17
 |url-status=live
}}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | goals1 = [[Ahmed Salama]] {{goal|58||88}}
  | goals2 = [[Nader Kara]] {{goal|37}}
  | stadium = [[El Max Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
  | attendance =
  | referee = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Kacem Benacceur]]<ref>{{cite news | author = CAF | url = http://www.cafonline.com/competition/confederation-cup_2009/news/2777-match-fixtures-caf-confederation-cup.html | title = Fixtures and match officials: CAF Confederation Cup | publisher = CAFonline.com | date = 2009-05-27 | access-date = 2009-05-29 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090531083512/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/confederation-cup_2009/news/2777-match-fixtures-caf-confederation-cup.html| archive-date= 31 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
}}

'''[[Ahly Tripoli]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 2&ndash;1''

==Performance in UAFA Competitions==

===Qualified Teams===
*[[Al Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]] - [[Arab Champions League 2008-09]] (as [[Libyan Premier League 2007-08]] winners)
*[[Al Ahly Tripoli|Ahly Tripoli]] - [[Arab Champions League 2008-09]] (as [[Libyan Premier League 2007-08]] runners-up)

===Fixtures & Results===
''First legs to be played over October 27-October 29, 2008''<br />''Second legs to be played over November 24-November 26, 2008''<ref>{{cite news | author = al Matairi, Omar | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=40104&obj=3776 | title = Arab Champions League 2008-09 - Draw for Round of 32 |language=ar | publisher = kooora.com | date = 2009-08-16 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref>
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date = October 29, 2008 <br />18:00 [[GMT]]<br />[[Arab Champions League 2008-09|Arab Champions League]]<br />Round of 32, 1st Leg
  | team1 = [[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]
  | score =  1 &ndash; 1
  | report =  <ref name="acl_ahli_ittihad">{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2500&archive=1 | title = Libya's Arab Champions League Representatives Draw Ties Against Tunisian Opposition | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-11-01 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = DPA | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=42477&obj=3776 | title = US Monastirienne draw with Al Ittihad of Libya in Arab Champions League Tie |language=ar | publisher = kooora.com | date = 2008-10-29 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Union Sportive Monastir|US Monastirienne]]
  | goals1 = [[Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway]] {{goal|83}}
  | goals2 = [[Hicham Essifi]] {{goal|75}}
  | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
  | attendance =
  | referee =
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date = November 26, 2008 <br />14:30 [[GMT]]<br />[[Arab Champions League 2008-09|Arab Champions League]]<br />Round of 32, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Union Sportive Monastir|US Monastirienne]]
  | score =  2 &ndash; 1
  | report =  <ref name="acl_ahli_ittihad_2">{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2576&archive=1 | title = Tunisian Clubs Halt Libyans’ March in Arab Champions League | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2009-11-27 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref><ref name="acl_kooora">{{cite news | author = DPA | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=43304&obj=3776 | title = US Monastirienne and ES Tunis defeat Libyan representatives |language=ar | publisher = kooora.com | date = 2008-11-26 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]
  | goals1 = [[Fraj Saasi]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Hicham Essifi]] {{goal|8}}
  | goals2 = [[Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway]] {{goal|86}}
  | stadium = [[Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet]], [[Monastir, Tunisia|Monastir]]
  | attendance =
  | referee =
}}
'''[[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 3&ndash;2''
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date = October 29, 2008 <br />18:30 [[GMT]]<br />[[Arab Champions League 2008-09|Arab Champions League]]<br />Round of 32, 1st Leg
  | team1 = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|ES Tunis]]
  | score =  0 &ndash; 0
  | report =  <ref name="acl_ahli_ittihad"/><ref>{{cite news | author = DPA | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=42479&obj=3776 | title = ES Tunis draw with Al Ittihad of Libya in Arab Champions League Tie |language=ar | publisher = kooora.com | date = 2008-10-29 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref>
  | team2 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | goals1 =
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[Stade El Menzah]], [[Tunis]]
  | attendance =
  | referee =
}}
----
{{football box
  | bg = #eeeeee
  | date = October 29, 2008 <br />18:00 [[GMT]]<br />[[Arab Champions League 2008-09|Arab Champions League]]<br />Round of 32, 2nd Leg
  | team1 = [[Ahly Tripoli]]
  | score =  0 &ndash; 0<br />(8 &ndash; 9 [[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]])
  | report =  <ref name="acl_ahli_ittihad_2"/><ref name="acl_kooora"/>
  | team2 = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|ES Tunis]]
  | goals1 =
  | goals2 =
  | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
  | attendance =
  | referee =
}}
'''[[Al Ahly Tripoli]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition after losing a penalty shootout 9&ndash;8, after an aggregate score of 0&ndash;0''

==Performance in UNAF Competitions==

===Qualified Teams===
*[[Al Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]] - [[North African Cup of Champions 2008|North African Cup of Champions]] ([[Libyan Premier League 2007-08]] winners)
*[[Khaleej Sirte]] - [[North African Cup Winners Cup]] ([[Libyan Cup]] 2007-08 winners)

===Fixtures & Results===
{{football box
 | bg = #eeeeee
 | date = November 19, 2008<br />15:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]<br />[[North African Cup Winners Cup|Cup Winners Cup]]<br />Qualifying Round, 1st Leg
 | team1 = {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Maghreb Fez]]
 | score = 3 &ndash; 0
 | report = <ref name="fez_khaleej">{{cite news | author = al Kadawi, Ayoob | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=43562&obj=4135 | title = Maghreb Fez defeat Khaleej Sirte and qualify for semi-finals|language=ar | publisher = kooora.com | date = 2008-12-03 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref>
 | team2 = [[Khaleej Sirte]]
 | goals1 = [[Kader Fall]] {{goal|9||56}}<br />[[Mustapha Mraini]] {{goal|69}}
 | goals2 =
 | stadium = [[Complexe Hassan II]], [[Fes, Morocco|Fez]]
 | attendance = 15,000
 | referee =
}}
----
{{football box
 | bg = #eeeeee
 | date = December 3, 2008<br /> 15:00 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />[[North African Cup Winners Cup|Cup Winners Cup]]<br />Qualifying Round, 2nd Leg
 | team1 = [[Khaleej Sirte]]
 | score = 0 &ndash; 1
 | report = <ref name="fez_khaleej"/>
 | team2 = {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Maghreb Fez]]
 | goals1 =
 | goals2 = [[Bouabid Bouden]] {{goal|90+2}}
 | stadium = [[Sirte Stadium|2 March Stadium]], [[Sirte]]
 | attendance = 1,500
 | referee =
}}
'''[[Khaleej Sirte]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 4&ndash;0''
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{{football box
 | bg = #eeeeee
 | date = December 17, 2008<br /> 14:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]<br />[[North African Cup of Champions 2008|Champions' Cup]]<br />Semi-Final, 1st Leg
 | team1 = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Club Africain]]
 | score = 2 &ndash; 1
 | team2 = [[Ittihad Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]
 | goals1 = [[Oussama Sellami]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Wissem Ben Yahia]] {{goal|61|pen.}}
 | goals2 = [[Reyad Ellafi]] {{goal|68}}
 | stadium = [[Stade Olympique d'El Menzah]], [[Tunis]]
 | attendance = 25,000
 | referee =
}}
----
{{football box
 | bg = #eeeeee
 | date = December 24, 2008<br /> 15:30 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]<br />[[North African Cup of Champions 2008|Champions' Cup]]<br />Semi-Final, 2nd Leg
 | team1 = [[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]
 | score = 1 &ndash; 1
 | report = <ref>{{cite news | author = Tripoli Post | url = http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=2656&archive=1 | title = Al-Ittihad Fail in Bid to Reach Final of North African Competition | publisher = Tripoli Post | date = 2008-12-26 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref>
 | team2 = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Club Africain]]
 | goals1 = [[Mohammad Esnani]] {{goal|14}}
 | goals2 = [[Lassaad Ouertani]] {{goal|57}}
 | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
 | attendance = 35,000
 | referee = {{flagicon|EGY}} Essam Abdelfattah
}}
'''[[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]]''' ''are eliminated from the competition with an aggregate score of 3&ndash;2''
----
{{football box
 | bg = #eeeeee
 | date = January 8, 2009<br />15:00 GMT<br />[[North African Cup of Champions 2008|Champions' Cup]]<br />3rd&ndash;4th Place Play-off
 | team1 = [[Al Ittihad Tripoli|Al Ittihad]]
 | score = 1 &ndash; 1
 | team2 = {{flagicon|ALG}} [[JS Kabylie]]
 | goals1 = [[Ali Rahuma]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Mohammad Za'abia]] {{penmiss}} <small>90+1'</small>
 | goals2 = [[Adlène Bensaid]] {{goal|79}}
 | stadium = [[11 June Stadium]], [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]
 | attendance =
 | referee = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Qasim Belnasir]]
}}

There was an ongoing feud as to who would take 3rd place. [[Ittihad Tripoli|Ittihad]] were originally given 3rd place as [[JS Kabylie]] did not play a penalty shootout, as they claim they won the tie on away goals. The Algerian club also said that Ittihad had an unfair advantage playing at home in a one-off match. As a result, [[UNAF]] met on January 19 to discuss the case. The UNAF later decided that the two clubs would share 3rd place, and therefore share the $75,000 prize fund.<ref>{{cite news | author = Sheikhy, Mohammad | url = http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=44883&obj=4133 | title = FNAF to meet on January 19 to discuss case for 3rd place prize fund |language=ar | publisher = kooora.com | date = 2009-01-10 | access-date = 2009-04-27 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{2008–09 in Libyan football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 In Libyan Football}}
[[Category:2008–09 in Libyan football| ]]