Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli)

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Full name	Al-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club
Founded	July 29, 1944; 80 years ago
Ground	Tripoli Stadium
Capacity	45,000
Chairman	Mahmoud Abouda
Manager	Moamen Soliman
League	Libyan Premier League
Home colours	Away colours

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]}

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.^[2]

Honours

Libyan Championships

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

CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs: 15 appearances

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.

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

CAF Confederation Cup: 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

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Ion Moldovan (1995–96^[3])
Semen Osynovskyi (Aug 1998 – Nov 1998)
Giuseppe Dossena (2002–03)
Ion Moldovan (2005–06)
Branko Smiljanić (July 2006 – June 8)
Stefano Cusin (Dec 2008 – June 9)
Miodrag Ješić (July 2009 – May 10)
Anwar Salama (May 2010 – Oct 10)
Baltemar Brito (2010–11)
Marcos Paquetá (2011–12)
José Vidigal (2012–13)
Baltemar Brito (2013–14)
Osama Al Hamadi (2020–21)
Giuseppe Sannino (2021)
Osama Al Hamadi (2021–22)
Milija Savović 2022–23)
Moamen Soliman (2023–24)
Jamal Khamis (2024–Now)

Other sports

Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports.

References

^ https://libyaupdate.com/tripoli-international-stadium-reopens-with-friendly-match-against-ac-milan-former-stars/
^ "Account Suspended". alittihad.ly. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ "UN BRINDISI A CASA DI GHEDDAFI – la Repubblica.it". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

External links

Al-Ittihad Photo Gallery
Club Information at Goalzz.com
(in Arabic) www.ittihad4ever.com – Fans Site
(in Arabic) ittihad13
(in Arabic) kooora.com – Libyan soccer forums
Al Ittihad Photo Gallery @ Flickr
(in Arabic) History of the Club

[1] ttps://libyaupdate.com/tripoli-international-stadium-reopens-with-friendly-match-against-ac-milan-former-stars/

[2] "Account Suspended". alittihad.ly. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[3] "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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v t e Libyan Premier League 2021−22
Group A	Al-Ahly Benghazi Al-Akhdar Al-Hilal Benghazi Al Nasr Benghazi Al-Sadaqa Al-Ta'awon Al-Tahaddy Darnes Khaleej Sirte Shabaab Al-Jabal
Group B	Abu Salem Al-Ahly Tripoli Al-Ittihad Misurata Al-Ittihad Tripoli Al-Khums Al-Madina Al-Mahalla Aschat Asswehly Olympic Azzaweya
Former teams	Abi al Ashar Afriqi Al-Ahly Sabha Al-Amn Alaam Al-Andalus Al-Dhahra Al-Intilaaq Al-Jazeera Al-Murooj Al-Mustaqbal Al Sawa'ed Al-Suqoor Al-Yarmouk Annajma Ascharara Attahaddy Attayaran Attersana Al-Urouba Al-Wahda Majd Tripoli Nahdha Nojom Ajdabiya Qurdabia Sabha Wefaq Sabratha Rafik Sorman
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 (unfinished) 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1987 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2013–14 2016 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25