Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli)
Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Premier League 18 times, the Libyan Cup 7 times and the Libyan SuperCup 10 times.
Full name | Al-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club | ||
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Founded | July 29, 1944 | ||
Ground | Tripoli Stadium | ||
Capacity | 65,000 | ||
League | Libyan Premier League | ||
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Al-ittihad reached the quarter-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup in 2010.
History
Al-Ittihad Club was founded on July 29, 1944, after a merger between three clubs, "Al Ummal", "Al Nahda" & "Al Shabab". Mohamed Al-Krewi (Arabic: محمد الكريو) was the founder and first president.[1]
Honours
Libyan Championships
- Libyan Premier League: 18
- 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2020–21, 2021-2022
- Libyan Cup: 7
- 1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2018
- Finalist: 1994, 1987, 2002, 2003
- Libyan SuperCup: 10
- 1999, 2002, 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs: 15 appearances
The club have 5 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1967 to 1992 and 10 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2003 till now.
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- CAF Confederation Cup: 11 appearances
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- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 2000 – Semi-finals
Stadium
Alittihad play their home games at the Tripoli Stadium, 6 km from center of Tripoli. They share the 80,000 capacity ground with Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al Madina. The club owns the 5,000 capacity Al Mala'b Al Baladi (Arabic: الملعب البلدي). Located in central Tripoli, the ground is now used for training.
Current squad
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
- Ion Moldovan (1995–96[2])
- Semen Osynovskyi (Aug 1998 – Nov 1998)
- Giuseppe Dossena (2002–03)
- Ion Moldovan (2005–06)
- Branko Smiljanić (July 2006 – June 8)
- Stefano Cusin (Dec 2008 – June 9)
- Miodrag Ješić (July 2009 – May 10)
- Anwar Salama (May 2010 – Oct 10)
- Baltemar Brito (2010–11)
- Marcos Paquetá (2011–12)
- José Vidigal (2012–13)
- Baltemar Brito (2013–14)
- Osama Al Hamadi (2020–21)
- Giuseppe Sannino (2021)
- Osama Al Hamadi (2021–22)
Other sports
Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports. Al Ittihad's Handball, Volleyball and Basketball teams have won many national competitions.
References
- "Account Suspended". www.alittihad.ly. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- "UN BRINDISI A CASA DI GHEDDAFI - la Repubblica.it". Retrieved 9 July 2016.
External links
- Al-Ittihad Photo Gallery
- Club Information at Goalzz.com
- (in Arabic) www.ittihad4ever.com – Fans Site
- (in Arabic) ittihad13
- (in Arabic) kooora.com – Libyan soccer forums
- Al Ittihad Photo Gallery @ Flickr
- (in Arabic) History of the Club