Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) Explained

Clubname:Al-Ittihad Sc
Fullname:Al-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club
Ground:Tripoli Stadium
Capacity:65,000
Chairman:Mahmoud Abouda
Mgrtitle:Manager
Manager:Moamen Soliman
League:Libyan Premier League
Season:2023-2024
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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. Al-ittihad reached the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup in 2010.

History

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

Libyan Championships

18

7

11

Performance in CAF competitions

15 appearancesThe 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.

1967 – Quarter-finals

1985 – First round

1990 – First round

1991 – First round

1992 – First round

2003 – Second round

2004 – Preliminary round

2006 – Preliminary round

2007 – Semi-finals (third place)

2008 – Second round

2009 – First round

2010 – Second round

2011 – Second round

2013 – Preliminary round

2021–22 – First round

11 appearances

2005 – Second round

2008 – Play-off round

2010 – Semi-finals (third place)

2011 – Play-off round

2015 – First round

2016 – First round

2018 – First round

2018–19 – First round

2019–20 – First round

2020–21 – First round

2021–22 – Quarter-finals

1 appearance

2000 – Semi-finals (third place)

Stadium

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

vice-captaincaptain

Managers

Other sports

Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Account Suspended. https://web.archive.org/web/20211010094235/http://www.alittihad.ly/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=30%7B%7BDead+link%7Cdate=October+2018+%7Cbot=InternetArchiveBot+%7Cfix-attempted=yes+%7D%7D. dead. October 10, 2021. alittihad.ly. August 27, 2019.
  2. Web site: UN BRINDISI A CASA DI GHEDDAFI – la Repubblica.it. 9 July 2016. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225130/http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1995/12/30/un-brindisi-casa-di-gheddafi.html. live.