Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli)
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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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
[edit]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
[edit]Libyan Championships
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
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- CAF Confederation Cup: 11 appearances
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- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 2000 – Semi-finals (third place)
Stadium
[edit]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
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
[edit]Ion Moldovan (1995–96[2])
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
[edit]Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports.
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- 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