Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: نادي إتحاد طرابلس الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as 'Al-Ittihad, is a 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 name | Al-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club | ||
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| Founded | July 29, 1944 | ||
| Ground | Tripoli Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 65,000 | ||
| Chairman | Mahmoud Abouda | ||
| Manager | Moamen Soliman | ||
| League | Libyan Premier League | ||
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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.
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.
- CAF Confederation Cup: 11 appearances
- 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player
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|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | FW | LBY | Salah Altaher |
| 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 | Adam Aliyu |
| 28 | FW | LBY | Moataz Al-Mehdi |
| 30 | MF | LBY | Omar Alkhoja |
| 32 | MF | LBY | Ahmed Alharam (Alkori) |
Managers
- Ion Moldovan (1995–96)
- 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
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