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Al Ahli Tripoli
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Full name Al Ahli SC Tripoli Sports Club
نادي الأهلي طرابلس الرياضي
Nickname(s) bianco verde نادي القرن في ليبيا (Club Of the Century In Libya)
Founded 19 September 1950; 74 years ago (1950-09-19)
as Al-Ahl Tripoli Sports Club
Ground Tripoli Stadium
Ground Capacity 80,000
Chairman Sasi Oun
Manager Tarek Jaraea (Not officially licensed)
League Libyan Premier League
2022-23 1st , Champions

Al Ahli Tripoli Sports Club (English: National Sports Club ; Arabic: النادي الأهلي طرابلس الرياضي), also known as Al Ahl Tripoli, is a Libyan football club based in Tripoli, Libya. It is the second most successful Libyan club in history after Al-Ittihad, having won 13 Libyan Premier League titles, 7 Libyan Cups and 2 Libyan Super Cups.

The club's crest consists of a green and white background, with a torch placed on an outline of Libya. The torch is meant to signify independence for the nation, as it was achieved just months after the club was founded. The club's crest changed after it won its 10th Libyan Premier League title in 2000, with a star being placed on top. In the year 2000 Al Ahli Tripoli were involved in one of the worlds most confusing seasons as they won the league title twice in one season. The club won the first national championship in the 1967–68 season, but then suffered a period of seven years until its next win in 1970–71. The club won two of the next three titles, and picked up the last before the cancellation of the league in 1977–78. The 1980s were a very dire period for the club, as their own failure, this meant that their rivals went into the 1990s with six titles to their own five. However, they reached the final of the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1984, where they withdrew from facing Al-Ahly Cairo, as the bad Libyan relationship with Egypt at that time meant that Libyan clubs were banned from facing Egyptian clubs.

Foundation

In the middle of the 20th century, Libya, a country still looking for its independence, started to found many sporting and youth clubs in a political move to unite the country and drive out the British forces. A group of youngsters from Tripoli decided to name their club Al Istiqlal, meaning Independence, but the British administration, uncomfortable with this name as it may have caused a revolt against their power, refused it. The club was therefore named Al-Ahl Tripoli, in literal translation it means "Family", but it is also understood as The People's, meaning it's a club for the people. The club's colours is green to signify independence, peace and hope for the country. The club was founded on 19 September 1950.

First ever squad

Honours

  • 'Libyan Premier League: 13'
    • Champions 1963–64, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2000, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2022–23
    • First official tournament in the Libyan Premier League season 1963–64 winners
    • First cup in the Libyan Premier League Season 1976
    • The first team in Libya to get the Gold Star (10 Championships)
  • Libyan Cup: 7
    • Winners 1976, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2016, 2023
    • First Team in Libya to win the Libyan Cup
  • Libyan Super Cup: 2
    • Winners 2000, 2017
    • Runners Up 2024 Libyan Super Cup

Performance in CAF competitions

Al Ahli Tripoli are the only Libyan Club to ever reach a continental final, but were forced to withdraw due to political reasons.

  • CAF Champions League: 5 appearances
    • 2000 – First Round
    • 2009 – Second Round
    • 2015 – Preliminary Round
    • 2016 – Second Round
    • 2017 – Quarter-finals
  • African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances
    • First Round 1981
    • First round 1983
    • Quarter-finals 1972
  • CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
    • Semi finals (withdrew from final) : 1984
    • Second Round : 2002
  • CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances
    • Premliminary Round 2007
    • Intermediate Round 2009
    • First Round 2010
    • Premliminary Round 2014
    • Group stage 2016 (Top 8)
    • Semi Final 2022

Sponsorship

Official Sponsor

  • Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Eni are the official Sponsors for Al-Ahli
  • US Steel GT is the current Sponsors for Al-Ahli

Kit providers

  • Former kit providers of Al Ahli were Adidas and Diadora.
  • Current kit provider is Adidas.

Players

Libyan teams are limited to three players without North African citizenship.

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Libya GK Muhammad Nashnoush (vice-captain)
2 Libya DF Mosa Abubaker
2 Libya DF Mohammed Al-Shiteewi
3 Libya DF Maab Shukri
4 Libya DF Jihad Al-Ashhab
5 Libya MF Ahmed El-Trbi
6 Libya MF Ali Arqoub
7 Libya FW Saleh Al Taher
9 Libya FW Khalid Al-Maryami
10 Libya FW Mohammad Al-Journi (on loan from CS Sfaxien)
11 Libya FW Muetazballah Abousheenah
12 Libya DF Badr Hassan
13 Libya MF Amhimmid Miftah Mohamed
14 Tunisia MF Wissam Bousnina
15 Libya DF Mohamed Joudur
15 Libya GK Ayman Al-Tihar
16 Libya DF Mohamed El-Tarhouni
17 Libya FW Muetaz Husayn
No. Position Player
18 Libya FW Talha Risk
18 Libya MF Mohamed Makkari
19 Libya DF Mohamed El-Munir
20 Libya DF Ali Maatouk Omran
22 Libya GK Abdulhakim Al-Turki
23 Libya DF Muayid Jaddour
24 Libya DF Mahmoud Okashah
25 Libya MF Abdulrauf Al-Shoushan
26 Libya DF Mansour Makkari
27 Libya FW Mohamed Saltou
28 Libya DF Ossama Chtiba
29 Libya FW Mohamed Al Ghanodi (captain)
29 Jordan MF Mohammad Abu Zrayq
34 Tunisia MF Ayoub Ayed (on loan from ES Sahel)
35 Morocco MF Mohammad El Fakih (on loan from Maghreb de Fès)
37 Libya MF Mohammed Al-Tabbal
Tunisia MF Mourad Hedhli
Morocco MF Mohsine Moutaouali

Managers

  • Netherlands Piet Hamberg (2000)
  • Germany Theo Bücker (2007–08)
  • Ukraine Yuriy Sevastyanenko (2008)
  • Algeria Noureddine Saâdi (2008–09)
  • Egypt Hossam El-Badry (2013)
  • Egypt Talaat Youssef (2014)
  • Netherlands Ruud Krol (2014)
  • Libya Jamal Abu Nawara (2016)
  • Egypt Tarek El-Ashry (2016)
  • Egypt Talaat Youssef (2017)
  • Libya Reda Atia (2018)
  • Tunisia Tariq Thabit (2019)
  • Egypt Talaat Youssef (2021)
  • France Bernard Simondi (2021–22)
  • Tunisia Fathi Jabal (2022)
  • Tunisia Tarek Jaraea (2023)

See also

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