Al Ahly SCSC (Benghazi) facts for kids

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Al Ahly Benghazi
الأهلي بنغازي

Full name	Al Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club النادي الأهلي الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي
Nickname(s)	The Long Journey The Butchers
Founded	19 April 1947; 78 years ago (1947-04-19)
Ground	Martyrs of February Stadium
Ground Capacity	10,550
Chairman	Khaled Mohamed
Manager	Dejan Arsov
League	Libyan Premier League
Home colours Away colours

Al Ahly Sports Cultural and Social Club, also known as Al Ahly SCSC, is a famous sports club from the city of Benghazi in Libya. The club is well-known for its football team. It started from a group called the Omar al Mukhtar society.

Club History

Al Ahly SCSC officially became a professional football club on April 19, 1947. Even before that, the club had been active for many years.

A Difficult Time

The year 2000 was very challenging for the club. The Libyan government at the time demolished the team's headquarters. This building held the club's training center, historical records, trophies, and medals.

This happened after some fans expressed their anger in ways the government disliked. As a result, the club was banned from playing for five years, until 2005. This was a tough period for the team and its supporters.

Later, the government gave the club a large piece of land (about 77 acres) to build a new home ground.

The Club's Crest

The crest, or logo, is an important symbol for the team.

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  The club's logo

A fun fact about Al Ahly's logo is that it's the only one in Libya to have a star on it before winning 10 league championships.

The Team

Current Squad

Here are the players for the 2024–25 season.

No. Position Player 1 GK Murad Al-Wuheeshi (captain) 2 MF Mohamed Abuaagla 3 DF Al Bahlul Bousahmin 4 DF Mansour Makkari 6 MF Osama Al-Sarit 7 MF Zakaria Mansouri 8 MF Abdallah Dagou 9 FW Boubacar Traoré 10 MF Muftah Taktak 11 MF Taha Al-Shalawi 12 GK Redwan Tawfiq 13 DF Ahmad Fakroon 14 MF Suhaib Shafshuf 15 FW Guily Manziba 16 MF Mohammed Al-Tarhouni

No. Position Player 17 FW Gabriel Orok 18 MF Hussain Taktak 19 FW John Mano 20 MF Osama Belaid 21 MF Elyes Jelassi 22 DF Mustafa Hamza 24 DF Salah Fakroun 25 MF Richard Boadu 26 FW Fadel Mansour 27 FW Zaid Qunbar 28 MF Almuetasim Allafi 29 GK Faraj Fakroun 30 DF Jumaa Abu Raqiqah DF Mouad Hadded MF Oday Kharoub

Coaching Staff

The head coach is the person in charge of training the team and deciding game strategy.

• Moamen Soliman Head coach

Trophies and Achievements

Al Ahly has won many championships over the years. Here are some of their biggest wins.

National Titles

• Libyan Premier League

Winners (4 times): 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1991–92 Runners-up (11 times): 1963–64, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2009–10

• Libyan Cup

Winners (3 times): 1987, 1991, 1996

• Libyan Eastern Championship

Winners (6 times): 1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970

• Benghazi Championship

Winners (4 times): 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956

International Titles

• North African Cup Winners Cup

Runners-up: 2009

Performance in African Competitions

Al Ahly has also competed in major tournaments against top clubs from all over Africa. These are organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

• CAF Champions League (7 appearances)

1971: First Round 1973: Second Round 1976: First Round 2010: Preliminary Round 2014: Group Stage (Quarter-finals) 2018–19: First Round 2020–21: First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup (1 appearance)

2009: First Round

• CAF Cup (1 appearance)

1999: First Round

See also

In Spanish: Al-Ahly Benghazi para niños