Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)
Al Ahli Sports Club (English: National Sports Club ; Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي), also known as Al Ahli Tripoli, is a Libyan football club based in Tripoli, Libya.[1] It is the second most successful Libyan club in history after Al-Ittihad, having won 13 Libyan Premier League titles, 7 Libyan Cups and 2 Libyan Super Cups.
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| Full name | Al Ahli Sports Club النادي الأهلي الرياضي | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Leader (الزعيم) biancoverde felisha | ||
| Founded | 19 September 1950 as Al-Ahli Sports Club | ||
| Ground | Tripoli Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 65,000 | ||
| Chairman | Sasi Oun | ||
| Manager | Tarek Jaraea | ||
| League | Libyan Premier League | ||
| 2022-23 | 1st (Champions) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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The club's crest consists of a green and white background, with a torch placed on an outline of Libya. The torch is meant to signify independence for the nation, as it was achieved just months after the club was founded. The club's crest changed after it won its 10th Libyan Premier League title in 2000, with a star being placed on top.
The club won the first national championship in the 1967–68 season, but then suffered a period of seven years until its next win in 1970–71. The club won two of the next three titles, and picked up the last before the cancellation of the league in 1977–78. The 1980s were a very dire period for the club, as their own failure, this meant that their rivals went into the 1990s with six titles to their own five. However, they reached the final of the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1984, where they withdrew from facing Al-Ahly Cairo, as the bad Libyan relationship with Egypt at that time meant that Libyan clubs were banned from facing Egyptian clubs.
Foundation
In the middle of the 20th century, Libya, a country still looking for its independence, started to found many sporting and youth clubs in a political move to unite the country and drive out the British forces. A group of youngsters from Tripoli decided to name their club Al Istiqlal, meaning Independence, but the British administration, uncomfortable with this name as it may have caused a revolt against their power, refused it. The club was therefore named Al-Ahly, in literal translation it means "Family", but it is also understood as The People's, meaning it's a club for the people. The club's colours is green to signify independence, peace and hope for the country. The youngsters who put their names down for the first board meeting were:
- Musbah Wanis (President and owner)
- Alaa Musbah Wanis (Vice-president)
- Yousef Bin Abdallah (Treasurer)
- Salem Bin Hussein (Board member)
- Mustafa Al Raqea'y (Board member)
- Mahmoud Bin Hadimah (Board member)
- Mohamed Sa'ad Bin Othman (Board member)
- Mustapha Al Khouga (Board member)
The club was founded on 19 September 1950.
First ever squad
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Crest history
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Former crest
Honours
- Libyan Premier League: 13
- Champions 1963–64, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2000, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2022–23
- First official tournament in the Libyan Premier League season 1963–64 winners
- First cup in the Libyan Premier League Season 1976
- The first team in Libya to get the Gold Star (10 Championships)
- Libyan Cup: 7
- Winners 1976, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2016, 2022
- Libyan Super Cup: 2
- Winners 2000, 2017
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 5 appearances
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
- Semi finals (withdrew from final) : 1984
- Second Round : 2002
- CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances
Sponsorship
Official Sponsor
- Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Eni are the official Sponsors for Al-Ahli
- US Steel GT is the current Sponsors for Al-Ahli
Players
Libyan teams are limited to three players without North African citizenship.
Current squad
- As of 30 April 2022 [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Piet Hamberg (2000)
Theo Bücker (2007–08)
Yuriy Sevastyanenko (2008)
Noureddine Saâdi (2008–09)
Hossam El-Badry (2013)- Talaat Youssef (2014)
- Ruud Krol (2014)
Jamal Abu Nawara (2016)- Tarek El-Ashry (2016)
- Talaat Youssef (2017)
- Reda Atia (2018)
Tariq Thabit (2019)- Talaat Youssef (2021)
Bernard Simondi (2021–22)- Fathi Jabal (2022)
- Tarek Jaraea (2023)
References
- "Egyptian coach of Libya's largest football club survives shooting apparently targeting him – National". Globalnews.ca. 13 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- "Al Ahli Tripoli | Total CAF Confederation Cup". Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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