Al Ahly Sporting Club Nabatieh (Arabic: نادي الأهلي الرياضي النبطية), known as Ahly Nabatieh or simply Nabatieh, is a football club based in Nabatieh, Lebanon. It was established in 1968 and competes in the Lebanese Second Division.

Ahly Nabatieh
Full nameAl Ahly Sporting Club Nabatieh
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
GroundKfarjoz Municipal Stadium
Capacity2,000
ChairmanVacant
ManagerMalek Hassoun
LeagueLebanese Second Division
2023–24Lebanese Premier League, 11th of 12 (relegated)
Current season

They were first promoted to the Lebanese Premier League in 2023, and finished runners-up in the Lebanese Federation Cup the same year. They however got relegated back to the Second Division at the end of the season.

History

On 3 March 2023, Ahly Nabatieh defeated Sporting 2–1 in the final matchday of the 2022–23 Lebanese Second Division, and were thus promoted to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time.[1] The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 2022–23 Lebanese FA Cup, losing 3–0 to Shabab Sahel.[2]

Ahly Nabatieh finished runners-up in the 2023 Lebanese Federation Cup as a newly promoted Premier League club, after losing to league holders Ahed 4–0 in the final on 27 July 2023.[3] They were relegated back to the Second Division, after finishing the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League season in 11th place.[4]

Badge

On 2 August 2023, to commemorate Ahly Nabatieh's first season in the Lebanese Premier League and their 55th anniversary, the club unveiled a new logo featuring Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, a Nabatieh-born engineer, mathematician and inventor.[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 13 February 2024[6]

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   LBN Afif Zreik
2 DF   LBN Raed Sabbah
3 DF   LBN Hussein Fahes
4 DF   LBN Abdallah Fahes
6 FW   LBN Ali Ibrahim
7 MF   LBN Ali Sbeity
8 MF   LBN Mohammad Ghamlouch
9 FW   LBN Haidar Awada
10 MF   LBN Hassan Kadi
11 DF   LBN Ahmad El Lhaf
13 FW   LBN Imad Ghaddar
15 FW   GHA Godfred Yeboah
17 MF   LBN Hussein Jradi
20 FW   LBN Mohammad Halawi
21 GK   LBN Abed Sbeity
22 DF   LBN Hussein Reda
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 FW   NGA Ifeanyi Eze
55 MF   LBN Jawad Reda
66 DF   LBN Mohammad Nehme
70 DF   LBN Ali Reda
71 MF   LBN Hussein Zeineddine
77 FW   LBN Shadi Jouni
88 DF   LBN Shadi Al-Hajj
90 MF   LBN Khaled Sati
96 GK   LBN Ali Daher
99 FW   LBN Haidar Abou Zeid
MF   LBN Haidar Khreis
MF   LBN Talal Dahrouj
GK   LBN Hassan Nahli
MF   TUN Hamza Zaak
FW   SYR Rafat Mohtadi

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ يوم تاريخي في ذاكرة النبطية وفريقها الأهلي [A historic day in the memory of Nabatieh and its Al Ahly team]. Al Akhbar (in Arabic). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ Khaled, Nasser (18 March 2023). بيطار لكووورة: طموحنا البقاء في الدرجة الأولى [Bitar To Kooora: 'Our ambition is to stay in the first class']. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ "بالصور: العهد بطلًا لكأس الاتحاد اللبناني". كووورة. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "طرابلس يودع الدوري اللبناني بتعادل أبيض". كووورة. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ مدينة بدأت مسيرتها حاضرة العلم ومهبط العلماء ، فكان النابغة حسن كامل الصباح عنوانها ، ونادي الشعب نادي الناس ،نادي الأهلي عصارة نتاج شبابها على مدى أجيالنا... Al Ahly Nabatieh (in Arabic). 2 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via Facebook.
  6. ^ "Al Ahli SC Nabaṭīya". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2023.