Al-Ahli Nabatieh
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| Full name | Al Ahly Sporting Club Nabatieh | ||
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| Founded | 1968 | ||
| Ground | Kfarjoz Municipal Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Jawad Wehbi | ||
| Manager | Hussein Hassoun | ||
| League | Lebanese Premier League | ||
| 2022–23 | Lebanese Second Division, 2nd of 12 (promoted) | ||
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Al Ahly Sporting Club Nabatieh (Arabic: نادي الأهلي الرياضي النبطية), known as Ahly Nabatieh or simply Nabatieh, is a football club based in Nabatieh, Lebanon. It was established in 1968 and competes in the Lebanese Premier League.
They were first promoted to the Lebanese Premier League in 2023, and finished runners-up in the Lebanese Federation Cup the same year.
History
On 3 March 2023, Ahly Nabatieh defeated Sporting 2–1 in the final matchday of the 2022–23 Lebanese Second Division, and were thus promoted to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time.[1] The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 2022–23 Lebanese FA Cup, losing 3–0 to Shabab Sahel.[2]
Ahly Nabatieh finished runners-up in the 2023 Lebanese Federation Cup as a newly-promoted Premier League club, after losing to league holders Ahed 4–0 in the final on 27 July 2023.[3]
Badge
On 2 August 2023, to commemorate Ahly Nabatieh's first season in the Lebanese Premier League and their 55th anniversary, the club unveiled a new logo featuring Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, a Nabatieh-born engineer, mathematician and inventor.[4]
Players
Current squad
- As of 13 February 2024[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Honours
- Lebanese Federation Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2023
See also
References
- ^ يوم تاريخي في ذاكرة النبطية وفريقها الأهلي [A historic day in the memory of Nabatieh and its Al Ahly team]. Al Akhbar (in Arabic). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Khaled, Nasser (18 March 2023). بيطار لكووورة: طموحنا البقاء في الدرجة الأولى [Bitar To Kooora: 'Our ambition is to stay in the first class']. Kooora (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "بالصور: العهد بطلًا لكأس الاتحاد اللبناني". كووورة. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ مدينة بدأت مسيرتها حاضرة العلم ومهبط العلماء ، فكان النابغة حسن كامل الصباح عنوانها ، ونادي الشعب نادي الناس ،نادي الأهلي عصارة نتاج شبابها على مدى أجيالنا... Al Ahly Nabatieh (in Arabic). 2 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Al Ahli SC Nabaṭīya". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
External links
- Club profile at Goalzz.com