AC Tripoli

Founded as Al Majd Sports Association (Arabic: جمعية المجد الرياضي), the club was renamed Olympic Beirut Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي اولمبيك بيروت الرياضي) on 4 April 2001,[3] by Taha Koleilat.[4] In 2001–02 the club won the Lebanese Second Division, and were promoted to the Lebanese Premier League.[4] Koleilat allocated a budget of USD$7 million, with the goal of winning the league and building a competitive team for the AFC Cup.[4] Having strengthened the team with the signings of Pierre Issa, Edílson, Faisal Antar, Youssef Mohamad, and Abbas Ali Atwi, among others, Olympic Beirut won the domestic double in 2002–03, winning both the league and FA Cup.[4]

On 14 February 2003, Al Medina Bank – which funded the club's activities – declared bankruptcy.[4] The decline was felt the following season, in 2003–04, with Olympic Beirut being knocked out of the 2004 AFC Cup in the quarter-finals against Singaporean club Home United, and finishing the league in third place.[4] In 2004–05 Olympic Beirut finished in fourth place.[4]

Prior to the 2005–06 season, Koleilat sold the club's license to former national team player Walid Kamareddine for $400,000, with the club being relocated to Tripoli.[4] The club was first renamed Olympic, then Olympic Tripoli, and finally AC Tripoli (Arabic: نادي طرابلس الرياضي).[4] The Lebanese Football Association (LFA) approved of the move on 24 November 2005.[5]

In 2014–15 Tripoli won the Lebanese FA Cup, their first trophy under their new name.[6] They participated in the 2016 AFC Cup where, after beating Kyrgyz club Alay Osh in the qualifying play-offs on penalty shoot-outs, they qualified to the group stage.[7][8] Drawn in group B, Tripoli finished in third place out of four with two wins, a draw, and three defeats.[9]

Starting from the 2016–17 season, Tripoli found themselves in financial issues due to Najib Mikati, the club's main funder, deciding to cut the club's salary year by year, leaving the club to rely on social donations and TV sponsorship payments.[10]

As of 29 August 2023[13]

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  LBN Ahmad Korhani 4 DF  LBN Obaida El Halabi 8 MF  LBN Ghazi El Hussein (captain) 9 FW  LBN Abdallah Ali 10 FW  LBN Fouad Eid 11 DF  LBN Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek — DF  LBN Saad Youssef — MF  LBN Taha Al Hussein 12 DF  PLE Omar Kayed 15  LBN Taha El Ahmad 17 MF  LBN Bilal Matar 19 DF  LBN Abdul Razzak Dakramanji 20 MF  LBN Bassam Zakaria 20 FW  LBN Jamal Itawi — FW  LBN Alaa Ezzo

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  LBN Adnan Kheir 22 MF  LBN Said Al Ali 23 DF  LBN Khaled Al Jasem 70 MF  LBN Mohamad Daher 77 DF  LBN Mohamad Korhani 90 GK  LBN Bassam Sleiman 90 GK  LBN Bahaa Mohammad El Abdallah 90 GK  LBN Ahmad Chammo — GK  LBN Ahmad Taktouk —  LBN Mohammad Zahed 99  PLE Yehya Ghafour —  SYR Mohammad Sharif Al Sibaai — FW  BRA Geronimo Da Silva — DF  NGA James Innocent — DF  JOR Suleiman Abu Zema — FW  PLE Ibrahim Abdelwahhab