Al Ahed
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| Full name | Al-Ahed S.C. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Promise | ||
| Founded | 1966 | ||
| Ground |
Beirut Municipal Stadium Beirut, Lebanon | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Chairman |
 Ousama Helbawi | ||
| Manager |
Mohammad Hammoud | ||
| League | Lebanese Premier League | ||
| 2013–14 | 4th | ||
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Al-Ahed S.C. (Arabic: نادي العهد الرياضي) is a Lebanese football team playing in Lebanon's top soccer division. It was founded in 1966 and it is based in Beirut. It competes in the Lebanese Premier League. It is supported by the Shiah community and has ties to Hezbollah.[1][2] Al-Ahed won their first Lebanese Premier League crown in 2008.
History
In 1964, the launch of the New Testament after the club that won the science and story number 145 / a. D. Was Mohiuddin Aanote president in that period, in addition to the membership of Ramez Mohamed Mansour, Itani. He played a star of the New Testament in the third degree, and then the players pay their own money eighth equipment.
With the beginning of the seventies, March team in the hobby Musaitbah Club under the banner of Islamic guidance (non-licensed), and after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, ceased activity exclusively.
In 1984 he bought Aanote, a former member of the Referees Committee and values the affairs of the club license as the "Star Club New Testament" without the presence of her club.
After the Union of May 2, 1985, elections were held a management team and completed the required documents, he decided to Union re-organic "Star of the New Testament" Hence, the club enthusiastically sign after the presidency of Haj Mohammed Assi with reference to that club members were players in the team along with their duties of administrative .
In the 1988–89 season, the Union conducted a May 2 cycle classification qualify through Club Star of the New Testament to a playoff to qualify Quartet session was the confrontation with Glory team, but that the meeting is over (1–1) and the draw was the interest of the glory. He played the club in the second division where he is struggling to rise to the first class but the physical conditions and transitions of some players to the activity the official stressed the need to complete some regulatory procedures before reaching the top flight.
In 1992, the form of club management headed by Abdo Saad In this period, change the name of the club of "Star of the New Testament" to "Prince" because of the desire of the bosses of the club to choose a name that has meaning of Qur'anic was the name of the Covenant taken from the verse honest, "The Prince was in charge."
In 1996, Haj Abdo Saad resigned from the presidency of the club after problems with the Lebanese Association of football that day and did not qualify the team to first class, despite his participation in the rating cycle Quartet, and he signed the check on Haj Amin Sherri to the club in difficult circumstances unenviable. In the first year of receiving the tasks, the team managed to qualify for class "excellent" on December 20, 1996. In his first season in the "first", the team managed to book a seat among the elite teams. But the luck in the following season did not fare well with the team that returned him to the injustices which periodically by the club did not stay only for one year after the team returned to the "lights", where the results of the club is still on the rise.
Subsequently submitted his resignation to its association with Shri Municipal Council of the city of Beirut left the Club Secretariat in the hands of his successor, Al-Hajj Usama Helbawi, "the current president."
During the reign of Al-Hajj Usama Helbawi managed the club in achieving qualitative development at the level of achievements, stallion and summer to the holder of the Lebanese Cup in season 2001–02 and Usiva the reigning Elite Cup in 2002 and third in the league championship for the Lebanese of the 43 for the 2002–03 season after he had retained the first position for the first time in its history for a period of 14 weeks continuously. The first historic achievement for the club at the level of local tournaments was in the form of the 2003–04 season where the team made a quantum leap in the Cup of Lebanon in addition to the Fed Cup for the season in question.
He was also a club Testament greatly affect the ball Lebanese in general, electrodes detect a change in the election 23 September 2001 in advance the ball in the service of a prominent Lebanese administrative cadres Mr. Moussa Makki, who became and remains Treasurer of Lebanese Association of Football.
The New Era
After winning their first crown, Al-Ahed became one of the strongest teams in Lebanon and they won 2 other crowns which made the dominant in Lebanon and one of the teams that everyone fears.
Sponsors
- Lotto
- Al-Manar TV (Shirt Sponsors)
Achievements
- 2008, 2010, 2011.
- 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011.
- 2004, 2006.
- 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013.
- 2008, 2010, 2011.
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Cup: 6 appearances
- 2005: Quarter-final
- 2006: Group Stage
- 2009: Group Stage
- 2010: Group Stage
- 2011: Round of 16
- 2012: Group Stage
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
Sister Clubs
These clubs are sister clubs affiliated with Al-Ahed:[3]
References
- ↑ Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Alami, Mona (1 September 2009). "Religious about football". Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ [Khabare Varzeshi Newspaper, Number 3400, January 31, 2009]
External links
- (Arabic) Official site
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