Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)

Al-Ahli Sports Club (English: National Sports Club ; Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي‎), known as Al Ahli Tripoli, is a Libyan football club based in Tripoli, Libya.[1] The club is the second most successful Libyan club in history after Al-Ittihad, having won 12 Libyan Premier League titles, 6 Libyan Cups and 2 Libyan SuperCups. Alahly is known as the leader of Libyan Football clubs and has the largest number of fans in Libya.

Al-Ahli SC
Full nameAl Ahli Sports Club
النادي الأهلي الرياضي
Nickname(s)Alzaeem (The Boss)
Founded19 September 1950 (1950-09-19)
as Al-Ahli Sports Club
GroundTripoli Stadium
Capacity65,000
Chairman Sasi Abu Oun
Manager Jalel Kadri
LeagueLibyan Premier League
2018–191st
WebsiteClub website

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.

Alahli's main rivalry is with Al-Ittihad. The two clubs are the biggest in the country, and together, have won 28 of the 45 national championships that have been contested, as well as 10 of the 18 domestic cups. The rivalry's name is the Tripoli Derby.

The club won the first national championship in the 1963–64 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 was a very dire period for the club, as their own failure, coupled with Al Ittihad's success, meant that their rivals went into the 1990s with six titles to their own five. However, they reach 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 clubs and youth clubs in a political move to unite the youth of the country in order to fight for its independence, and drive out the British forces. A young 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 Alahly, meant as The People's Club, and chose the club's colours as green to signify independence, peace and hope for the country. The youngsters who put their names down for the first board meeting were:

  • Musbah Wanis (President and Owner)
  • Alaa Musbah Wanis (Vice-President)
  • Yousef Bin Abdallah (Treasurer)
  • Salem Bin Hussein (Board Member)
  • Mustafa Al Raqea'y (Board Member)
  • Mahmoud Bin Hadimah (Board Member)
  • Mohamed Sa'ad Bin Othman (Board Member)
  • Mustapha Al Khouga (Board Member)

The club was founded on 19 September 1950.

First squad

Crest
  • Former logo
  • Former logo

Honours
  • Libyan Premier League: 12
    • Champions 1963–64, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2000, 2013–14, 2015–16
    • First official tournament in the Libyan Premier League season 1963–64
    • First Cup in the Libyan Premier League Season 1976
    • The First Team in Libya To get The Gold Star: 10 Championships
    • The First Team To Win the Libyan League after 17 February Revolution
  • Libyan Cup: 6
    • Winners 1976, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2016
  • Libyan Super Cup: 2

Performance in CAF competitions

Supporter

Ahly is a very popular club. It has the largest fanbase in Libya..

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

Players

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

Current squad
As of 29 October 2018

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 Mosa Abubaker
3 DF  LBY Muadh Abdulbaset
4 DF  LBY Mahmoud Ben Wali
5 DF  LBY Mouadh Abboud (3rd captain)
6 MF  LBY Belgassem Rajab
7 FW  CGO Junior Makiesse
8 MF  LBY Abdulmoein Khmaj
9 FW  LBY Saleh Al Taher
10 FW  LBY Meftah Taktak
11 FW  LBY Ahmed Krawa'a
12 GK  LBY Hamza Alburgi
13 DF  LBY Muhammed Shokri
15 DF  LBY Mohamed Joudur
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  LBY Mohamed El-Tarhouni
18 DF  LBY Muhammad Makari
19 MF  LBY Abdulrhman Alamame
20 MF  LBY Yahya Al-Zaletni
21 MF  LBY Muhammed El-Houdai
22 GK  LBY Ahmed Alfitori
23 DF  LBY Ali Maatok
24 MF  LBY Badr Hassan
25 DF  LBY Muhammed Al-Jenan
26 DF  MLI Abdullay Dekite
28 FW  LBY Anis Saltou
29 FW  LBY Mohamed Al Ghanodi (captain)
30 FW  LBY Amer El-Tawrghi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  LBY Zakaria Alharaish (at Sutjeska Nikšić until 30 June 2019)
— DF  LBY Sanad Al Ouarfali (at Raja Casablanca until 30 June 2019)

Managers

References
  1. "Egyptian coach of Libya's largest football club survives shooting apparently targeting him – National". Globalnews.ca. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
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