Khaleej Sirte SC

Khaleej Sirte is a Libyan football club based in Sirte, Libya. They play in the Libyan Premier League. They play their home matches at the 2 March Stadium in Sirte. The stadium holds around 2,000 people.

Khaleej Sirte
Full nameKhaleej Sirte
Founded5 May 1963
Ground2 March Stadium
Sirte, Libya
Capacity2,000
ManagerTunisia Tariq Thabit
LeagueLibyan Premier League
2007–08Libyan Premier League, 5th

History

Sirte was founded on 5 May 1963. It continued under this name, and on 29 July 1999, the two other clubs in Sirte, Al-Najm Al-Sate and Al-Intilaaq, merged to form Khaleej Sirte

Recent years

Having gained promotion to the Premier League in 2005–06, they managed to stay up in their first season, achieving a respectable 7th-place finish. They finished 5th in 2007–08, and manager Abdulhafeedh Arbeesh managed to guide the club to their first pieces of silverware, the Libyan League Cup and the Libyan Cup, after a 1–0 win over Madina.

They therefore gained qualification to the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup. After a 6–0 aggregate win over Tanzanian side Prisons FC in the first round, they were handed a tricky draw against Algerian giants ES Sétif. Having been narrowly defeated 1–0 in the home leg, they were crushed 5–0 in Sétif, as they bowed out to the eventual finalists. In the 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup, they were defeated 4–0 on aggregate by Moroccan side Maghreb Fez.

Despite another top half finish in 2008–09, Arbeesh left to join Hilal, and Tunisian Tariq Thabit joined from Wefaq Sabratha. New signings Hussein al Idrissy, Tariq al Aqrabi, Mehdi ben Nsira and Maher Nayili led the side to a top three finish in 2009–10, and Thabit's contract was renewed for a second year.

Achievements

2008
Runners-up: 2008
2008

CAF Competitions

2009 – First Round

Current squad

2009–10 season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Libya LBY Salim Al Jaaly
2 DF Libya LBY Tariq Al Jemal
5 DF Libya LBY Issam Al Dughaili
6 DF Libya LBY Hussein Al Ammari
7 MF Libya LBY Hussein Al Idrissy
8 MF Libya LBY Hamza Al Juhaimi
9 FW Libya LBY Anwar Al Tahir
10 FW Senegal SEN Sheikh Sedaolai
11 DF Libya LBY Muhammad Khalifa
12 GK Libya LBY Saif Eddine Al Waa'er
13 MF Libya LBY Tariq Q'tait
14 MF Libya LBY Mas'oud Al Ghunaay
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Tunisia TUN Maher Nayili
16 MF Libya LBY Fathi Raheel
17 FW Nigeria NGA Dumaka Francis
18 MF Libya LBY Akram Al Azzabi
19 MF Libya LBY Ibrahim Heballu
20 MF Tunisia TUN Muhammad Rizqi
21 FW Tunisia TUN Tariq Al Aqrabi
22 GK Libya LBY Hassan Ashkaal
23 FW Libya LBY Waleed Al Shebli
24 DF Libya LBY Muhammad Abu Raqiqah (Captain)
25 MF Libya LBY Sa'ad Belaid

Coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerTunisia Mukhtar Taleely
Assistant managerLibya Abdul 'Atee Qubay
Team doctorLibya Mohammed Khalifa


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