Alittihad (Tripoli)

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Full nameAl-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club
FoundedJuly 29, 1944; 79 years ago (1944-07-29)
GroundTripoli Stadium
Capacity65,000
LeagueLibyan Premier League

Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, Libya. They have won the Libyan Premier League 18 times, the Libyan Cup 7 times and the Libyan SuperCup 10 times.

Al-ittihad reached the quarter-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

  • 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: 10
    • 1999, 2002, 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Performance in CAF competitions

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.

2000 – Semi-finals

Stadium

Alittihad play their home games at the Tripoli Stadium, 6 km from center of Tripoli. They share the 80,000 capacity ground with Al-Ahly 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.

Managers

Other sports

Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports. Al Ittihad's Handball, Volleyball and Basketball teams have won many national competitions.

References

  1. ^ "Account Suspended". www.alittihad.ly. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "UN BRINDISI A CASA DI GHEDDAFI - la Repubblica.it". Retrieved 9 July 2016.

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