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]

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Full nameAl-Ittihad Sports and Cultural Social Club
FoundedJuly 29, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-07-29)
GroundTripoli Stadium
Capacity65,000
ChairmanMahmoud Abouda
ManagerMoamen Soliman
LeagueLibyan Premier League
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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: 11
    • 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2022, 2024
    • Runners Up 2021

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 (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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Managers

Other sports

Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports.

References

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