Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi)

Al-Ahly Benghazi
الأهلي بنغازي
Full name Al-Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club
النادي الأهلي الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي‎‎
Nickname(s) The long journey (المشوار الطويل)
Founded 1938 (1947 as "Ahly Benghazi" )
Ground March 28 Stadium, Benghazi
Ground Capacity 55,000
Chairman Aref ِAli Al Nayed
Manager Tarek Thabet
League Libyan Premier League
2013–14 5th
Active departments of Al-Ahly Benghazi

Basketball

Volleyball

Football

Al-Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) known as Al-Ahly Benghazi 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 Libyan government, supposedly destroying records, trophies and medals of the club.[1] The demolition was allegedly carried out in response to Al-Ahly fans insulting Saadi Gaddafi by dressing a donkey in a shirt baring his squad number, but other sources pointed to the burning a few days before of the Libyan Football Federation offices in Benghazi by angry Al-Ahly fans as the matter.[1][2] The club was then given an indefinite ban which lasted until 2005. Saadi Gadafi had denied all the allegations.[1]

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

Ahly Benghazi have the second largest football popularity in Libya. It has a big amount of fans in Libya. There are about 1 million Ahly Benghazi fans in the country.

Squad

Current squad

The 2013–14 season[3]

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 Wisam El Boudi
2 Libya DF Tarek Al Gamal
3 Libya DF Hamed Snousi
4 Libya DF Ibrahim Al Abaidy
5 Libya DF Ahmed Al Alwani
7 Libya MF Hussein Al Idrissy
8 Nigeria FW Victor Namo
9 Libya FW Moataz Al Mehdi
11 Zimbabwe FW Edward Sadomba
13 Libya DF Hashim Bin Dallah
14 Nigeria MF Moses Orkuma
15 Egypt MF Ahmed Eid (on loan from Zamalek)
No. Position Player
16 Libya GK Ahmed Al Ammari
17 Libya MF Hussein Sultaan
18 Libya MF Farag Mbarak
19 Libya FW Ahmed Zuway
20 Libya FW Mohamed Bettamer
21 Libya MF Moataz Ben Amer (captain)
22 Libya GK Walid Al Dirsi
23 Nigeria MF Solomon Jabason
24 Libya DF Abdelrahman Fetori (vice-captain)
25 Libya DF Ahmed Muftah
27 Libya FW Ali Awgaly
–– Cameroon MF Léandre Tawamba

Staff

  • Morocco Abdellatif Masoud (Under 19 Team), (Assistant Coach)
  • Libya Muhammad Al Bousseffi (First Team), (Goalkeepers Coach)
  • Libya Masoud Abdellatif (Under 19 Team), (Head Coach)
  • Libya Hashim Alfllah (First Team), (Team Doctor)
  • Libya Wanis Kheir (First Team), (Assistant Coach)
  • Tunisia Tarek Thabet (First Team), (Head Coach)

History

Former players

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

Head coaches

  • England Thomson (Late 60's)
  • Egypt Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh (1969–72)
  • Romania Nicolae Oaida (1972–74)
  • Hungary Albert Flórián (1978–85)
  • Libya Abdeljelil Al Hashani (1985–??)
  • Libya Ahmed Ben Sawed (1987–88)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ?? (19??–91)
  • Libya Abdeljelil Al Hashani (1991–??)
  • Libya Ahmed Ben Sawed (1994–95)
  • Algeria Saïd Amara (1996–99)

Team captains since founding

  • Libya Salem Al Bargathy (1950–56)
  • Libya Ali Al-Beshari
  • Libya Abdelfatah Al Farjani
  • Libya Saad Al Fazani
  • Libya Mohammed Al Haddad (Qa'am)
  • Libya Abdeljelil Al Hashani
  • Libya Abdelkader Al Khateti
  • Libya Ramzi Al Kowafi
  • Libya Naji Al Ma'adani
  • Libya Mostafa Al Makki (19??-67)
  • Libya Emhamed Al Shrif
  • Libya Ahmed Al Tharat (Beonedo)
  • Libya Khaled Al Zawi
  • Libya Moataz Ben Amer (2006–)
  • Libya Ahmed Ben Sawed
  • Libya Ali Boaod
  • Libya Mahmod Al Zaroq Boseta (1956–??)
  • Libya Abdelsalam Musa Goada
  • Libya Ibrahim Kelfa
  • Libya Wanes Khaer
  • Libya Taher Khawaja
  • Libya Ali Mersal
  • Libya Housien Omran (2004–06)
  • Libya Al Faitori Ragad
  • Libya 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,
1988, 1991, 1996
1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970
1950, 1951, 1954, 1956

Performance in CAF competitions

The club have 3 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1971 to 1976 and 2 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2010 till now.

1971 – First Round
1973 – Second Round
1976 – First Round

2010 – Preliminary Round
2014 – Group stage – Quarter-finals

2009 – First Round
1999 – First Round

References

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