Al-Ahli SC (Tripoli)

This article is about the Libyan football team. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).
Alahli SC
Full name Alahli Sports Club
Nickname(s) Alzaeem
Founded 19 September 1950 (1950-09-19)
as
Ground Tripoli International Stadium
Tripoli, Libya
Ground Capacity 80,000
Chairman Libya Sasi Abu Oun
Manager Libya Jamal AbuNawara
League Libyan Premier League
2013–14 1st
Website Club home page

Alahli Sports Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي‎) ("National Sports Club") is a Libyan football club based in Tripoli, Libya.[1] The club is the second most successful Libyan club in history, having won 11 Libyan Premier League titles, five Libyan Football Cups and a Libyan SuperCup. Alahli is known as the leader of Libyan Football clubs and has the largest number of fans in Libya. The club has endured a poor period in the last 10 years. They have not won the title since the 1999–2000 season.

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.

Alahli's main rivalry is with Al-Ittihad. The two clubs are the biggest in the country, and together, have won 28 of the 41 national championships that have been contested, as well as 10 of the 18 domestic cups. The rivalry's name is the Tripoli Derby. In the last five meetings, there have been four red cards.

The club won the first national championship in the 1963–64 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 was a very dire period for the club, as their own failure, coupled with Al Ittihad's success, meant that their rivals went into the 1990s with six titles to their own five. However, they reach 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 clubs and youth clubs in a political move to unite the youth of the country in order to fight for its independence, and drive out the British forces. A young 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 Alahli, meant as The People's Club, and chose the club's colours as green to signify independence, peace and hope for the country. The youngsters who put their names down for the first board meeting were:

The club was founded on 19 September 1950.

The club's first squad was:

  • Amir Al Mujraab
  • Mabrouk Al Misraty
  • Ahmed Al Taweel
  • Hassan Mohamed Al Amir
  • Mahmoud Abu Hadima
  • Mohamed Al Houny
  • Mohamed Al Yumni
  • Salem Bin Hussein
  • Mustafa Al Khouga
  • Al-hadi Al Khadaar
  • Mustafa Al Raqea'y
  • Mohamed Al Sadiq Abu Raqiqa
  • Ali Al Jundi
  • Abdesalam Bizaan
  • Ibrahim Kafaalah
  • Yousef Bin Abdallah Al Fazzani
  • Ali Al Jdeady
  • Manager: Othman Bizaan

Crest

Honours

Winners 2000

Performance in CAF competitions

Supporter

Alahli have the largest number of fans in Libya and the club has fans in almost every city in Libya. There are about 1.5 million Alahli fans in Libya.

Sponsorship

Official Sponsor

Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Eni are the official Sponsors for Al-Ahli

Kit providers

Former kit providers of Al Ahli were Adidas.

Current kit provider is Adidas.

2013–14 season

Current squad

As of 5 December 2013

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

No. Position Player
1 Libya GK Muhammad Nashnoush
4 Egypt DF Milo
6 Libya MF Khaled Aldelawi
7 Libya MF Mohamed Essa
8 Libya DF Gabrael Begrmawy
9 Egypt FW Ahmed Hassan Mekky
11 Libya MF Mohammad Al Maghrabi
12 Libya GK Hamza Alburgi
13 Libya MF Fouad Al Traiki
14 Libya DF Ali Salama
15 Libya MF Khaled Al Delawi
15 Libya MF Zakaria Al Lafee
17 Libya FW Tarik Alsaid
21 Libya GK Ahmed Alfitori
No. Position Player
22 Libya FW Hamdo Almasri
23 Libya MF Mohamed Alshibli
25 Libya MF Zakaria Alafi
27 Libya DF Ali Almiri
28 Libya DF Rabie Al Lafi
29 Libya FW Mohamed Al Ghanodi
30 Libya DF Mahmod Bohairi
30 Libya MF Moaid Alafi
31 Libya FW Salem Ablo
32 Libya MF Almahdi Almasri
33 Libya MF Mohi Eddin Abo Sharb
34 Libya FW Ala Alhag
77 Libya MF Firas Goma'a
99 Libya DF Sadin Al Muqrani

Managers

References

  1. ↑ "Egyptian coach of Libya’s largest football club survives shooting apparently targeting him - National". Globalnews.ca. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2014-02-25.

External links

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