Al-Ahly Benghazi S.C.

Al-Ahly Benghazi (الأهــلــي بـنـغـازي)
Full name Al-Ahly Benghazi
Nickname(s) Long distance (المشوار الطويل)
(الجزارة)
Founded 1947
Ground March 28th Stadium, Benghazi
(Capacity: 65,000)
Chairman Nasir Elhusuni
Manager Tariq Thabit
League Libyan Premier League
2009-10 2nd
Home colours
Away colours
Current season
Active departments of Al-Ahly Benghazi

Basketball
Volleyball
Football

Al-Ahly Benghazi (Arabic: الأهلي بنغازي‎) is a Libyan football club based in Benghazi, Libya. Mohammed Bashir Al-Mogherbi was the first president of the club. Al-Ahly Benghazi has its roots in a political party, the Omar al Mukhtar society.

The club won 5 cups in a successful period from 1980 to 1996. Al-Ahly Benghazi was made a professional football club in 1947, although they had existed years before then. Al Ahly is the most supported club in Benghazi and is famous in Libya for its passionate, loyal and sometimes violent crowds, who stood by the club through frustrating times.

In 2000, the club's stadium was demolished by the Gaddafi-era government, destroying many old and traditional artifacts of the club.[1] The demolition was apparently carried out in response to fans insulting Saadi Gaddafi by dressing a donkey in a shirt baring his squad number.[1] The club was then given an indefinite ban which lasted until 2005.[1]

The club has been given 77 acres (310,000 m2) of land) for a new ground, although it cannot afford to develop it. Al Ahly is one of the biggest derbies in Bengazi, and along with Tripoli's derby, the most prevalent in Libya.

Contents

Squad

Current Squad

2010–11 season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Ahmed Al Ammari
3 DF Hamed Snousi
4 DF Ibrahim Al Abaidy
5 DF Adil Al Sha'iri
6 MF Idrees Al Qat'aani
7 MF Hussein Al Idrissy
8 MF Moataz Billah Al Miqrahi
9 FW Alaa Najm
13 DF Hashim Bin Dallah
14 DF Ali Salama
15 MF Jean-Louis Goua
17 MF Hussein Sultaan
18 MF Fraj Abdelhafeedh
21 MF Moataz Ben Amer (captain)
22 GK Walid Al Dirsi
No. Position Player
23 DF Mamour Baidan
24 DF Abdulrahman Al Amaami
- GK Nour Al Hasaadi
- GK Khalid Al Mismaari
- DF Anas Ghafir
- DF Ihaab Ghafir
- DF Abdulraouf Qjoom
- MF Mehdi Ben Nsira
- MF Ali Al Rafaadi
- MF Ibrahim Traoré
- FW Cheick Oumar Dabo
- FW Moataz Al Mehdi
- FW Stephen Worgu
- FW Ali Rizq
- FW Abdoulaye Koulibaly

Staff

  • Raziqallah Abdo (Under 19 Team), (Assistant Coach )
  • Muhammad Al Bousseffi (First Team), (Goalkeepers Coach)
  • Mohammed Al Sharef (Under 19 Team), (Head Coach)
  • Hashim Alfllah (First Team), (Team Doctor)
  • Wanis Kheir (First Team), (Assistant Coach)
  • Tariq Thabit (First Team), (Head Coach)

History

Former Players

  • Salem Al Bargathy
  • Ali Al Beshari
  • Abdelfatah Al Farjani
  • Saad Al Fazani
  • Mohammed Al Haddad (Qa'am)
  • Abdeljelil Al Hashani
  • Abdelkader Al Khateti
  • Ramzi Al Kowafi
  • Naji Al Ma'adani
  • Mostafa Al Makki
  • Emhamed Al Shrif
  • Ahmed Al Tharat (Beonedo)
  • Khaled Al Zawi
  • Ramadan Barnaoui
  • Ahmed Ben Sawed
  • Ali Boaod
  • Mahmod Al Zaroq Boseta
  • Abdelsalam Musa Goada
  • Ibrahim Kelfa
  • Wanes Khaer
  • Taher Khawaja
  • Ali Mersal
  • Housien Omran
  • Al Faitori Ragab
  • Faraj Sati

Head Coaches

  • Thomson (Late 60's)
  • Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh (1969-72)
  • Nicolae Oaida (1972-74)
  • Albert Flórián (1978-85)
  • Abdeljelil Al Hashani (1985-??)
  • Ahmed Ben Sawed (1987-88)
  •  ?? (19??-91)
  • Abdeljelil Al Hashani (1991-??)
  • Ahmed Ben Sawed (1994-95)
  • Saïd Amara (1996-99)
  • Hassan Shehata (1999)
  • Club not recognised by Libyan Football Federation (1999-04)
  • Ahmed Ben Sawed (2004-05)
  • Al Tayeb Abu Hafs (2005-07)
  • Abderrahmane Mehdaoui (2007-08)
  • Draghon (2008-09)
  • Dutra Santos (Aug 2009-Nov 09)
  • Helmi Toulan (Nov 2009-Dec 09)
  • Draghon (Dec 2009-)

Team Captains Since Foundation

  • Salem Al Bargathy (1950-56)
  • Ali Al Beshari
  • Abdelfatah Al Farjani
  • Saad Al Fazani
  • Mohammed Al Haddad (Qa'am)
  • Abdeljelil Al Hashani
  • Abdelkader Al Khateti
  • Ramzi Al Kowafi
  • Naji Al Ma'adani
  • Mostafa Al Makki (19??-67)
  • Emhamed Al Shrif
  • Ahmed Al Tharat (Beonedo)
  • Khaled Al Zawi
  • Moataz Ben Amer (2006-)
  • Ahmed Ben Sawed
  • Ali Boaod
  • Mahmod Al Zaroq Boseta (1956-??)
  • Abdelsalam Musa Goada
  • Ibrahim Kelfa
  • Wanes Khaer
  • Taher Khawaja
  • Ali Mersal
  • Housien Omran (2004-06)
  • Al Faitori Ragad
  • Faraj Sati

Honours

1969/70, 1971/72, 1974/75, 1991/92
Runners-up (11): 1963/64, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1984/85, 1987/88, 1998/99, 2008/09, 2009/10
Semi-Finals (7): 1963/64, 1975/76, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1990/91, 1995/96,
1984, 1996
1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970
1950, 1951, 1954, 1956

Performance in CAF competitions

2001 - First Round
2010 - Preliminary Round
2009 - Second Round
1971: First Round
1973: Second Round
1976: First Round
1999 - First Round
1981 - First Round
1992 - First Round

References

  1. ^ a b c Xan Rice (25 May 2011). "Libya: A donkey taunt, the Gaddafis and a fatal footballing rivalry". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/libya-gaddafi-al-ahly-football-benghazi. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  2. ^ Ahly squad at HTCI.ly (Arabic)
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