Quick facts for kids
Al-Ittihad Sc
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| Full name |
Al-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club |
| Founded |
July 29, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-07-29) |
| Ground |
Tripoli Stadium |
| Ground Capacity |
65,000 |
| Chairman |
Mahmoud Abouda |
| Manager |
Moamen Soliman |
| League |
Libyan Premier League |
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Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as 'Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Premier League 19 times, the Libyan Cup 7 times and the Libyan SuperCup 11 times. Al-ittihad reached the semi-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.
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: 11
- 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022, 2024
- Runners Up 2021
Performance in CAF competitions
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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- 1967 – Quarter-finals
- 1985 – First round
- 1990 – First round
- 1991 – First round
- 1992 – First round
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- 2003 – Second round
- 2004 – Preliminary round
- 2006 – Preliminary round
- 2007 – Semi-finals (third place)
- 2008 – Second round
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- 2009 – First round
- 2010 – Second round
- 2011 – Second round
- 2013 – Preliminary round
- 2021–22 – First round
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- CAF Confederation Cup: 11 appearances
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- 2005 – Second round
- 2008 – Play-off round
- 2010 – Semi-finals (third place)
- 2011 – Play-off round
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- 2015 – First round
- 2016 – First round
- 2018 – First round
- 2018–19 – First round
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- 2019–20 – First round
- 2020–21 – First round
- 2021–22 – Quarter-finals
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- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
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- 2000 – Semi-finals (third place)
Stadium
Al ittihad play their home games at the Tripoli Stadium, 6 km from center of Tripoli. They share the 80,000 capacity ground with Al-Ahl 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
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 1 |
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GK |
Ahmed Alburji |
| 2 |
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DF |
Emad Alsweri |
| 3 |
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DF |
Sobhi Adawi |
| 4 |
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DF |
Ibrahim Hchoud |
| 5 |
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DF |
Ahmed Salah vice-captain |
| 6 |
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MF |
Moez Ali |
| 7 |
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FW |
Waled Almarghni |
| 8 |
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MF |
Mohomed Aljorni |
| 10 |
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FW |
Malek Alhasi |
| 11 |
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FW |
Edarlyn Reyes |
| 12 |
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GK |
Moad Allafi |
| 13 |
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DF |
Talal Farhat captain |
| 14 |
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MF |
Alaa Alqichdar |
| 15 |
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FW |
Salah Altaher |
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 16 |
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DF |
Wail Esdeira |
| 17 |
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MF |
Altohami |
| 18 |
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FW |
Abdulati Alabasi |
| 19 |
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FW |
Moad Essa |
| 20 |
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DF |
Faraj Alawaj (Koba) |
| 21 |
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GK |
Ahmed Abelasher |
| 22 |
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DF |
Aboubakr Alhashani |
| 23 |
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FW |
Yousef Karah |
| 24 |
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DF |
Moad Alamami |
| 26 |
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MF |
Aliyu Adam |
| 28 |
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FW |
Moataz Al-Mehdi |
| 30 |
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MF |
Omar Alkhoja |
| 32 |
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MF |
Ahmed Alharam (Alkori) |
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Managers
Ion Moldovan (1995–96)
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)
Milija Savović 2022–23)- Moamen Soliman (2023–24)
- Jamal Khamis (2024–Now)
Other sports
Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports.
See also
In Spanish: Al-Ittihad Club (Trípoli) para niños
