▁season ▁began ▁on ▁ 9 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 2 ▁teams ▁agreed ▁upon ▁by ▁the ▁L FF , ▁but , ▁after ▁several ▁r ounds ▁of ▁tal ks , ▁Ah ly ▁Tri pol i ▁were ▁re - inst ated ▁following ▁their ▁withdraw al ▁from ▁the ▁league ▁last ▁season , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁T ah addy , ▁Naj ma ▁and ▁W ah da , ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁sides ▁re leg ated ▁and ▁last ▁season ' s ▁Second ▁Division ▁run ners - up , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁The ▁season ▁was ▁abandoned ▁half - way ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁Lib yan ▁Civil ▁War . ▁ ▁Teams ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁twelve ▁teams ▁were ▁to ▁contest ▁the ▁league , ▁meaning ▁the ▁league ▁has ▁been ▁reduced ▁in ▁size ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁consecutive ▁season , ▁with ▁eleven ▁teams ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 ▁season ▁and ▁one ▁promoted ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 ▁Lib yan ▁Second ▁Division . ▁However , ▁after ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁sides , ▁the ▁league ▁returned ▁to ▁a ▁ 1 6 - team ▁format . ▁ ▁Ah ly ▁Tri pol i , ▁T ah addy ▁and ▁Naj ma ▁were ▁re leg ated ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 ▁Lib yan ▁Premier ▁League ▁after ▁finishing ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁three ▁places ▁in ▁the ▁table . ▁T ah addy ▁and ▁Naj ma ▁were ▁re leg ated ▁after ▁just ▁one ▁year ▁each ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁flight , ▁while ▁Ah