Olympic Azzaweya S.C.

Al-Olympique Azzaweya
Full name Olympic Azzaweya Sports Club
Founded 1947
Ground Olympic Stadium
Zawiya, Libya
Capacity 8,000
League Libyan Premier League
2007-08 8th

Olympic Azzaweya Sports Club (Arabic: نادي أولمبي الزاوية الرياضي) is a Libyan football club based in Zawiya, Libya.

They are the only club from outside Tripoli or Benghazi to win the Libyan Premier League title. They achieved this in the 2003-04 season. The club boasts former players such as Nader Kara, Marei Al Ramly and Younes Al Shibani. The club did compete in the CAF Champions League once in 2005, where they went out in the first round to USM Alger, 7-0 on aggregate, having beaten Renaissance FC of Chad 3-2 in the Preliminary Round.

Honours

2003–04

Performance in CAF competitions

2005 - First Round

Current squad

As of December 7, 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Libya DF Hesham Musbah Al-Ajnaf
3 Brazil DF Artur da Silva
4 Libya DF Younes Salmaan
5 Libya DF Hamza Ali
6 Libya DF Ashraf Abdusalam Al-Gheryani
7 Libya MF Abdulbaset Shahaat
8 Libya MF Abdelmu'een Mohamed Mawloud Khmaaj
9 Libya FW Saleh Al Tawerghe
10 Libya MF Marwan Mohamed Ibrahim Mabrouk
12 Libya GK Ali Mukhtar Ali Sheawah
13 Libya MF Faraj Salah Abdallah Al-Jamet
14 Guinea DF Al-Ameen Seesi
No. Position Player
15 Libya DF Ahmed Al-Sheebani Mohamed Shbeal Al-Nuwairi
16 Libya GK Mansour Abdallah Mansour 'Akay
17 Algeria MF Yacine Belaid
18 Libya FW Ramzi Kakaweah
19 Morocco FW Ayoob Al Saba
20 Ivory Coast MF Niksan Bado Arthur
21 Libya MF Hussein Deamas
23 Libya DF Ahmed Fawzi Ahmed Al-Mazoughi
24 Libya FW Abdusalam Hassan
25 Libya FW Khalifa Qarira Ali Abdallah Al-Nuwairi
- Brazil MF Nuno Carlos
- Libya FW Nadir Al-Tariqi

Transfers

Summer 2008

Players In

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

No. Position Player
3 Brazil DF Artur da Silva (From Al-Mustaqbal)
4 Libya DF Younes Salmaan (From Al Nasr)
5 Libya DF Hamza Ali (From Al Akhdar)
7 Libya MF Abdulbaset Shahaat (From Al Akhdar)
9 Libya FW Saleh Al Tawerghe (From Ittihad Al Aman Al 'Aam)
18 Libya FW Ramzi Kakaweah (From Al-Mustaqbal)
No. Position Player
19 Morocco FW Ayoob Al Saba (From Morocco Olympique Khouribga)
21 Libya MF Hussein Deamas (From New Benghazi)
24 Libya FW Abdusalam Hassan (From Nojom Ajdabiya)
? Senegal FW Tiam Bamba (From Senegal unknown team)
? Libya FW Ahmed Abdul Kader (From Al Madina)

Players Out

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

No. Position Player
? Libya DF Mansour Al Ajaylah (Released)
? Libya DF Osama Al Ghashim (To Al Shat)
? Libya DF Abubakr Al Hrak (To Al Ahly Tripoli)
? Libya DF Siraj Al Swea'ee (To Al Akhdar)
? Libya DF Abdul Raouf Faheema (To Al Madina)
? Libya DF Osama Zaqlaam (Loaned to Wefaq Sabratha)
No. Position Player
? Mali DF Bakayoko Seko (To Algeria MC Saïda)
? Guinea MF Ismail Bangoura (To Al Madina)
? Libya MF Marei Al Ramly (To Al Akhdar)
? Libya MF Najeeb Al Tarhouni (To Al Tersana)
? Libya FW Abdul Majeed Al Jilany (To Al Nasr)
? Libya FW Rabee' Abu Saif (To Ittihad Al Aman Al 'Aam)

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