Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)

Al Ahli Tripoli
Full name	Al Ahli SC Tripoli Sports Club ; نادي الأهلي طرابلس الرياضي
Nickname(s)	Bianco verde ; Club of the Century
Founded	19 September 1950; 74 years ago
Ground	Tripoli Stadium
Capacity	45,000
Chairman	Sasi Oun
Manager	Chokri Khatoui
League	Libyan Premier League
2023/24	3rd
Home colours	Away colours

Al Ahli Tripoli Sports Club (English: National Sports Club ; Arabic: النادي الأهلي طرابلس الرياضي), also known as Al Ahli Tripoli, is a Libyan professional football club based in Tripoli.^[1] It is the second most successful Libyan club in history after Al-Ittihad, having won 13 Libyan Premier League titles, 7 Libyan Cups and 2 Libyan Super Cups.

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. In the year 2000 Al Ahli Tripoli were involved in one of the world's most confusing seasons as they won the league title twice in one season. The club won the first national championship in the 1967–68 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 were a very dire period for the club, as their own failure, this meant that their rivals went into the 1990s with six titles to their own five. However, they reached 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 and youth clubs in a political move to unite the country and drive out the British forces. A 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 Al-Ahl Tripoli, in literal translation it means "Family", but it is also understood as The People's, meaning it's a club for the people. The club's colours is green to signify independence, peace and hope for the country. The club was founded on 19 September 1950.^{[citation needed]}

First ever squad

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

Honours

'Libyan Premier League: 13'
- Champions 1963–64, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2000, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2022–23
- First official tournament in the Libyan Premier League season 1963–64 winners
- First cup in the Libyan Premier League Season 1976
- The first team in Libya to get the Gold Star (10 Championships)
Libyan Cup: 7
- Winners 1976, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2016, 2023
- First Team in Libya to win the Libyan Cup
Libyan Super Cup: 2
- Winners 2000, 2017
- Runners Up 2024 Libyan Super Cup

Performance in CAF competitions

Al Ahli Tripoli are the only Libyan Club to ever reach a continental final, but were forced to withdraw due to political reasons.

CAF Champions League: 5 appearances
- 2000 – First Round
- 2009 – Second Round
- 2015 – Preliminary Round
- 2016 – Second Round
- 2017 – Quarter-finals
African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances
- First Round 1981
- First round 1983
- Quarter-finals 1972
CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
- Semi finals (withdrew from final) : 1984
- Second Round : 2002
CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances
- Premliminary Round 2007
- Intermediate Round 2009
- First Round 2010
- Premliminary Round 2014
- Group stage 2016 (Top 8)
- Semi Final 2022

Sponsorship

Official Sponsor

Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Eni are the official Sponsors for Al-Ahli
US Steel GT is the current Sponsors for Al-Ahli

Kit providers

Former kit providers of Al Ahli were Adidas and Diadora.
Current kit provider is Adidas.

Players

Libyan teams are limited to three players without North African citizenship.

Current squad

As of 8 July 2024 ^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LBY	Muhammad Nashnoush (vice-captain)
2	DF	LBY	Jihad Al-Ashhab
3	DF	LBY	Maab Shukri
4	DF	LBY	Abdelaziz Ali
5	MF	RWA	Thierry Manzi
6	MF	LBY	Ali Arqoub
7	FW	LBY	Ahmed Al-Gadeeri
8	MF	LBY	Noor Aldeen Al-Qulaib
9	FW	LBY	Ahmed Kraouaa (captain)
10	MF	LBY	Muaid Ellafi
11	MF	SDN	Eid Mugadam
12	DF	PLE	Samer Jondi
13	GK	LBY	Ayman Al-Tihar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	LBY	Abdallah Imhamad Al Orfi
16	FW	GHA	Isaac Mintah
18	DF	LBY	Ahmed El Trbi
19	DF	LBY	Mohamed El-Munir
21	MF	ANG	Herenilson
22	GK	LBY	Abdulhakim Al-Turki
23	DF	LBY	Muayid Jaddour
24	MF	TUN	Mourad Hedhli
25	MF	LBY	Abdulsamie Diab
26	MF	SDN	Ammar Taifour
27	DF	LBY	Abdalla Sherif
28	FW	LBY	Mohamed Anis Saltou
29	MF	PLE	Islam Batran
30	MF	TUN	Ayoub Ayed
—	FW	ANG	Mabululu