Akhaa Ahli Aley FC

Akhaa was first founded in 1962 by Adel Baz, who led the club till the early 1980s amid the Lebanese Civil War. The club obtained its license in 1966 and was close to promotion in 1971, failing to reach the Lebanese Premier League in the last match. The club halted its activities in 1982 during the Lebanese war and resumed in 1989.

Ahli Club was established in the 1970s by Ahmad Radwan, an educator and the owner of a school in Aley. Ahli Club obtained its license later and joined the Lebanese Third Division in 1987. Various players who would go on to play in the Lebanese Premier League played for Ahli Club, such as Walid Zeineddine, Fouad Sayegh, Riad Al Halabi, Yazeed Halimi and others. Ahli Club was ranked first in the American University of Beirut Football Cup twice in a row, in 1987 and 1988.

In 1990, Bahij Abou Hamzeh, the president of Akhaa, realized that promotion to the Lebanese Premier League would be difficult, so he decided to merge with Ahli Club. The merger added extra value to Akhaa Club as Ahli's team was full of young players of Aley, such as Zaher Andary, who represented the Lebanon national football from 1994 to 2001, Said Abu Muna and Raji Abi Said, who was elected captain of Ahkaa Ahli. Ahli's management found the merger to be of mutual interest as they needed physical and logistical support to get promoted to the Lebanese Second Division.

Akhaa Ahli won the Lebanese Second Division in 1992–93. The team managed to hit excellent results during its stay in the Lebanese Premier League, especially in its first appearance. It returned to the first division in 2010, staying there ever since.

As of 1 October 2020[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 2 DF  LBN Wael Khabbaz 3 DF  LBN Shadi Skaff 4 DF  LBN Nader Marrouche 5 DF  LBN Jad Abi Hana 6 FW  LBN Hatem Eid 7 DF  LBN Said Awada (captain) 8 DF  LBN Mohamad Korhani 9 FW  LBN Ibrahim Bahsoun 10 MF  LBN Moussa Zayyat 11 MF  LBN Habib Choueikh 13 GK  LBN Shaker Wehbe 17 MF  LBN Arij Hilal 18 DF  LBN Ahmad Atwi 21 MF  LBN Oussama Bou Fakhreddine

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  LBN Zaher Hassan 23 GK  LBN Mohamad Taha 31 MF  LBN Sari Chehayeb 38 FW  LBN Ali Merkabaoui 69 MF  LBN Ali Kharoubi 70 FW  LBN Daniel Abou Fakher 77 FW  LBN Dani Al Jurdi 97 GK  LBN Rabih Salha — GK  LBN Amir Hilal — DF  LBN Hani Chehayeb — DF  LBN Saad Fayyad — MF  LBN Ribal Abi Saab — MF  LBN Omar Hamzeh

Between 2020 and 2022, Akhaa Ahli Aley will not issue the squad number 20. It was retired in memory of Mohamed Atwi, who died on 18 September 2020 from a stray bullet to the head.[3]

• 20 Mohamed Atwi, midfielder (2018–2020) – posthumous honour (2020–2022)