Libyan Premier League
The Libyan Premier League 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, Libyan Premier League is contested by 24 teams divided into two groups of 12, 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 16 times and Al-Ahly Tripoli 12 times being the dominating clubs of the tournament. 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, the Egyptian Premier League, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Sudan Premier League, and the eighth highest in Africa, after the Nigerian Professional Football League, Egyptian Premier League, the Girabola in Angola, Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Zambia Super League, Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and Sudan Premier League.
History
The Libyan Premier League was founded in 1963. Prior to that, there were three Provincial Championships, one each for the Eastern, Western and Southern provinces. The first league season at national level was the 1963-64 season, in which participated the Western Province champion Al Ahly, the Eastern Province champion Al Ahly and the Southern Province champion Hilal Sabha. After the withdrawal of Hilal Sabha due to lack of resources, the league was limited to just two teams. Al Ahly defeated Al Ahly 2-0 over two matches to become the first Libyan Premier League champions.Winners
are the most successful Libyan club, having won 16 titles, including 6 straight titles have won it 12 times.The last team to win the title from outside the capital was al-Olomby, who won the league in the 2003-04 season. The Big Two have won 27 of the 43 titles that have been contested since 1964.
Champions by season
Winners are:Performance by club
Titles by city
2013–14 Clubs
Top scorers by season
Top scorers are:| Season | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1963-64 |  Ahmed Ben Sawed | Al Ahly | 19 |
| 1964-65 | Ahmed Ben Sawed | Al Ahly | 18 |
| 1965-66 | Ahmed Al Ahwal | Al Ittihad | 14 |
| 1966-67 | Hassan Snousi | Al Ahli | 12 |
| 1968-69 | Mohamed Boughalia | Al Ahli | 16 |
| 1970-71 |  Yousef Sidqi | Al Nasr | 15 |
| 1971-72 | Yousef Sidqi | Al Nasr | 12 |
| 1972-73 |  Nouri Alsirri | Al Madina | 17 |
| 1973-74 | Nouri Alsirri | Al Madina | 13 |
| 1974-75 | Nouri Alsirri | Al Madina | 17 |
| 1975-76 | Mustafa Belhaaj | Al Madina | 19 |
| 1976-77 | Abubakr Douzan | Al Madina | 15 |
| 1977-78 |  Fahim Raqs | Al Ahli | 8 |
| 1982-83 | Nouri Alsirri | Al Madina | 17 |
| 1983-84 | Abdulraouf Ferjany | Al Dhahra | 11 |
| 1984-85 | Ramadan Barnaoui | Al Ahly | 9 |
| 1985-86 | Salim Bou Jarrad | Al Ittihad | 11 |
| 1986-87 | Faraj Bar'asi | Al Nasr | 12 |
| 1987-88 | Salim Bou Jarrad | Al Ittihad | 11 |
| 1988-89 | Faraj Meeloud | Al Tahaddi | 6 |
| 1989-90 | Ali Bashary Nasr Badr | Al Ahly Afriqi | 11 |
| 1990-91 | Idris Mikraaz | Darnes | 11 |
| 1991-92 | Abdelhakeem Suwayyah | Al Tirsana | 12 |
| 1992-93 | Abdelhakeem Suwayyah | Al Tirsana | 14 |
| 1993-94 | Idrees Mikraaz | Al Ahli | 19 |
| 1994-95 | Mohamed Milaad Hassan Othman | Ittihad Gheryan Al Morooj | 6 |
| 1995-96 | Muammar Masoud | Al Shat | 10 |
| 1996-97 | Khalifa Maqinny | Al Hilal | 12 |
| 1997-98 | Khalifa Maqinny | Al Hilal | 14 |
| 1998-99 | Mustafa Ramadan Abdelaaty Qubay | Al Ahly Al Intilaaq | 13 |
| 2000 | Ahmed Saad | Benghazi Al Jadeeda | 8 |
| 2000-01 | Ashraf Muammar Ali Melyaan | Al Tahaddi Al Madina | 14 |
| 2001-02 | Al-Saadi Gaddafi | Al Ittihad | 19 |
| 2002-03 | Ahmed El Masli Khaled Shallabi | Al Nasr Al Madina | 13 |
| 2003-04 | Ahmed Saad | Al Nasr | 14 |
| 2004-05 |  Sheikh Sedao | Al Urouba | 12 |
| 2005-06 | Samir Al Wahaj | Al Wahda | 18 |
| 2006-07 | Walid Shebli | Al Madina | 13 |
| 2007-08 | Abdelhameed Zidane | Al Akhdar | 21 |
| 2008-09 | Samir Al Wahaj | Al Tirsana | 19 |
| 2009-10 |  Rasheed al Deasy | Al Shat | 15 |
| 2015-16 |  Salem Roma | Al Nasr | 8 |