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Full name	Al-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club
Founded	July 29, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-07-29)
Ground	Tripoli Stadium
Capacity	65,000
Chairman	Mahmoud Abouda
Manager	Moamen Soliman
League	Libyan Premier League
Home colours Away colours

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. Al-ittihad reached the semi-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.

Honours

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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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LBY Ahmed Alburji 2 DF  LBY Emad Alsweri 3 DF  LBY Sobhi Adawi 4 DF  ALG Ibrahim Hchoud 5 DF  LBY Ahmed Salah vice-captain 6 MF  TUN Moez Ali 7 FW  LBY Waled Almarghni 8 MF  LBY Mohomed Aljorni 10 FW  LBY Malek Alhasi 11 FW  DOM Edarlyn Reyes 12 GK  LBY Moad Allafi 13 DF  LBY Talal Farhat captain 14 MF  LBY Alaa Alqichdar 15 FW  LBY Salah Altaher

No. Pos. Nation Player 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 Aliyu Adam 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

1. "Account Suspended". alittihad.ly. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
2. "UN BRINDISI A CASA DI GHEDDAFI – la Repubblica.it". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

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

v t e Libyan Premier League 2021−22
Group A	Al-Ahly Benghazi Al-Akhdar Al-Hilal Benghazi Al Nasr Benghazi Al-Sadaqa Al-Ta'awon Al-Tahaddy Darnes Khaleej Sirte Shabaab Al-Jabal
Group B	Abu Salem Al-Ahly Tripoli Al-Ittihad Misurata Al-Ittihad Tripoli Al-Khums Al-Madina Al-Mahalla Aschat Asswehly Olympic Azzaweya
Former teams	Abi al Ashar Afriqi Al-Ahly Sabha Al-Amn Alaam Al-Andalus Al-Dhahra Al-Intilaaq Al-Jazeera Al-Murooj Al-Mustaqbal Al Sawa'ed Al-Suqoor Al-Yarmouk Annajma Ascharara Attahaddy Attayaran Attersana Al-Urouba Al-Wahda Majd Tripoli Nahdha Nojom Ajdabiya Qurdabia Sabha Wefaq Sabratha Rafik Sorman
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 (unfinished) 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1987 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2013–14 2016 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

• Football clubs in Libya
• Association football clubs established in 1944
• Sport in Tripoli, Libya
• 1944 establishments in Libya