Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)

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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.

Al Ahli Tripoli
Full nameAl Ahli SC Tripoli Sports Club
نادي الأهلي طرابلس الرياضي
Nickname(s)Bianco verde
Club of the Century
Founded19 September 1950; 74 years ago (1950-09-19)
GroundTripoli Stadium
Capacity45,000
ChairmanSasi Oun
ManagerTunisia Chokri Khatoui
LeagueLibyan Premier League
2023/243rd

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

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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

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Honours

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Performance in CAF competitions

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

Sponsorship

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Official Sponsor

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  • 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

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Players

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

Current squad

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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

Managers

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References

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  1. ^ "Egyptian coach of Libya's largest football club survives shooting apparently targeting him - National | Globalnews.ca". Globalnews.ca. 13 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Al Ahli Tripoli | Total CAF Confederation Cup". Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2022.