Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi)

Al-Ahly Benghazi
الأهلي بنغازي
Full name	Al-Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club; النادي الأهلي الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي
Nickname(s)	The Long Journey; The Butchers
Founded	1947; 74 years ago
Ground	Martyrs of February Stadium
Capacity	10,550
Chairman	Khaled Mohamed
League	Libyan Premier League
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Al-Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي‎) known as Al-Ahly SCSC is a Libyan Sports club based in Benghazi, Libya. Al-Ahly SC has its roots in a political party, the Omar al Mukhtar society.

History[]

Al-Ahly SC Libya was made a professional football club in 1947, although they had existed years before then. Al Ahly is the most supported club in Benghazi and is famous in Libya for its passionate, loyal and sometimes violent crowds, who stood by the club through frustrating times.

In 2000, the club's headquarters and training complex was demolished by the Libyan government, supposedly destroying records, trophies and medals of the club.^[1] The demolition was allegedly carried out in response to Al-Ahly fans insulting Saadi Gaddafi by dressing a donkey in a shirt baring his squad number, but other sources pointed to the burning a few days before of the Libyan Football Federation offices in Benghazi by angry Al-Ahly fans as the matter.^[1]^[2] The club was then given an indefinite ban which lasted until 2005. Saadi Gadafi had denied all the allegations.^[1]

The club has been given 77 acres (310,000 m²) of land for a new ground by the Libyan Jamahiriya government, although it cannot afford to develop it. Al Ahly is one of the biggest clubs in Libya, and along with Tripoli's two big clubs.

Crest[]

Former logo

Note: Alahly SC (Benghazi) is the only club in Libya which has a star in its logo before reaching 10 league titles.

Squad[]

Current squad[]

The 2013–14 season^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LBY
2	DF	LBY
3	DF	LBY	Hamed Snousi
4	DF	LBY	Ibrahim Al Abaidy
5	DF	LBY	Ahmed Al Alwani
7	MF	LBY	Hussein Al Idrissy
8	FW	NGA	Victor Namo
9	FW	LBY
13	DF	LBY
14	MF	NGA	Moses Orkuma


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	LBY	Ahmed Al Ammari
17	MF	LBY
18	MF	LBY
19	FW	LBY	Ahmed Zuway
20	FW	LBY	Mohamed Bettamer
21	MF	LBY	Moataz Ben Amer (captain)
22	GK	LBY
23	MF	NGA	Solomon Jabason
24	DF	LBY	Abdelrahman Fetori (vice-captain)
25	DF	LBY
27	FW	LBY

Staff[]

(Under 19 Team), (Assistant Coach)
(First Team), (Goalkeepers Coach)
(Under 19 Team), (Head Coach)
(First Team), (Team Doctor)
(First Team), (Assistant Coach)
Tarek Thabet (First Team), (Head Coach)

History[]

Head coaches[]

(Late 60's)
Mohamed Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh (1969–72)
Nicolae Oaidă (1972–74)
Ivan Deyanov (1977–78)
Albert Flórián (1978–85)
(1985–??)
(1987–88)
?? (19??–91)
(1991–??)
(1994–95)
Saïd Amara (1996–99)

Hassan Shehata (1999)
Club not recognised by Libyan Football Federation (1999–04)
(2004–05)
(2005–07)
Abderrahmane Mehdaoui (2007–08)
(2008–09)
Dutra Santos (August 2009 – November 2009)
(Dec 2009–??)
Tariq Thabit (2010-2011)
(2012)

Nasreddine Nabi(2013)
Tarek El Ashry(2013-2014)
Tariq Thabit (2015-2016)

Team captains since founding[]

(1950–56)
(1956–??)
(Qa'am)
(19??-67)
(Beonedo)

Ali Al-Beshari

Former players[]

Ali Al-Beshari
(Qa'am)

(Beonedo)

Honours[]

Libyan Premier League:

Winners (4):1969/70, 1971/72, 1974/75, 1991/92

Runners-up (11): 1963/64, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1975/76, 1984/85, 1987/88, 1998/99, 2008/09, 2009/10

Semi-finals (7): 1963/64, 1975/76, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1990/91, 1995/96,

Libyan Cup: 3

1987, 1991, 1996

: 6

1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970

: 4

1950, 1951, 1954, 1956

Performance in CAF competitions[]

African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League: 5 appearances

1971 – First Round

1973 – Second Round

1976 – First Round

2010 – Preliminary Round

2014 – Group stage – Quarter-finals

CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2009 – First Round

CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1999 – First Round

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Xan Rice (25 May 2011). "Libya: A donkey taunt, the Gaddafis and a fatal footballing rivalry". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
^ Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi, His Son and the Politics of Libyan Soccer Bleacher Report, 23 February 2011
^ Ahly squad at HTCI.ly Archived 1 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)

External links[]

Official website
[1] Windows App
[2] Windows Phone App

[Rice-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Xan Rice (25 May 2011). "Libya: A donkey taunt, the Gaddafis and a fatal footballing rivalry". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

[2] Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi, His Son and the Politics of Libyan Soccer Bleacher Report, 23 February 2011

[3] Ahly squad at HTCI.ly Archived 1 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)

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