Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli)

Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as 'Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Premier League 19 times, the Libyan Cup 7 times and the Libyan SuperCup 11 times.[citation needed] Al-ittihad reached the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup in 2010.[citation needed]

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Full nameAl-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club
FoundedJuly 29, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-07-29)
GroundTripoli Stadium
Capacity65,000
ChairmanMahmoud Abouda
ManagerMoamen Soliman
LeagueLibyan Premier League

History

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Al-Ittihad Club was founded on July 29, 1944, after a merger between three clubs, "Al Ummal", "Al Nahda" & "Al Shabab". Mohamed Al-Krewi (Arabic: محمد الكريو) was the founder and first president.[1]

Honours

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Libyan Championships

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  • Libyan Premier League: 18
    • 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2020–21, 2021–2022
  • Libyan Cup: 7
    • 1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2018
    • Finalist: 1994, 1987, 2002, 2003
  • Libyan SuperCup: 11
    • 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022, 2024
    • Runners Up 2021

Performance in CAF competitions

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The club have 5 appearances in African Cup of Champions Clubs from 1967 to 1992 and 10 appearances in CAF Champions League from 2003 till now.

2000 – Semi-finals (third place)

Stadium

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Al ittihad play their home games at the Tripoli Stadium, 6 km from center of Tripoli. They share the 80,000 capacity ground with Al-Ahl Tripoli and Al Madina. The club owns the 5,000 capacity Al Mala'b Al Baladi (Arabic: الملعب البلدي). Located in central Tripoli, the ground is now used for training.

Current squad

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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 Ahmed Alburji
2 DF   LBY Emad Alsweri
3 DF   LBY Sobhi Adawi
4 DF   ALG Ibrahim Hchoud
5 DF   LBY Ahmed Salah vice-captain
6 MF   TUN Moez Ali
7 FW   LBY Waled Almarghni
8 MF   LBY Mohomed Aljorni
10 FW   LBY Malek Alhasi
11 FW   DOM Edarlyn Reyes
12 GK   LBY Moad Allafi
13 DF   LBY Talal Farhat captain
14 MF   LBY Alaa Alqichdar
15 FW   LBY Salah Altaher
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   LBY Wail Esdeira
17 MF   LBY Altohami
18 FW   LBY Abdulati Alabasi
19 FW   LBY Moad Essa
20 DF   LBY Faraj Alawaj (Koba)
21 GK   LBY Ahmed Abelasher
22 DF   LBY Aboubakr Alhashani
23 FW   LBY Yousef Karah
24 DF   LBY Moad Alamami
26 MF   NGA Aliyu Adam
28 FW   LBY Moataz Al-Mehdi
30 MF   LBY Omar Alkhoja
32 MF   LBY Ahmed Alharam (Alkori)

Managers

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Other sports

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Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports.

References

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  1. ^ "Account Suspended". alittihad.ly. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "UN BRINDISI A CASA DI GHEDDAFI – la Repubblica.it". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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