Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi)

Al-Ahly Benghazi
الأهلي بنغازي

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Full name	Al-Ahly Sports Cultural & Social Club النادي الأهلي الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي
Nickname(s)	The Long Journey The Butchers
Founded	1937, 1947 as "Al Ahly"
Ground	March 28 Stadium
Capacity	55,000
Chairman	Khaled Mohamed
Manager	Rachid Belhout
League	Libyan Premier League
2017–18	2nd
Home colours Away colours

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. 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. The club was then given an indefinite ban which lasted until 2005. Saadi Gadafi had denied all the allegations.

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

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  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

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	Jawad Rizg
2	DF	LBY	Tarek Al Gamal
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	Moataz Al Mehdi
13	DF	LBY	Hashim Bin Dallah
14	MF	NGA	Moses Orkuma

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

Staff

• Abdellatif Masoud (Under 19 Team), (Assistant Coach)
• Muhammad Al Bousseffi (First Team), (Goalkeepers Coach)
• Masoud Abdellatif (Under 19 Team), (Head Coach)
• Hashim Alfllah (First Team), (Team Doctor)
• Wanis Kheir (First Team), (Assistant Coach)
• Tarek Thabet (First Team), (Head Coach)

History

Former players

Salem Al Bargathy Ali Al Beshari Abdelfatah Al Farjani Saad Al Fazani Mohammed Al Haddad (Qa'am) Abdeljelil Al Hashani Abdelkader Al Khateti Ramzi Al Kowafi Naji Al Ma'adani

Mostafa Al Makki Emhamed Al Shrif Ahmed Al Tharat (Beonedo) Khaled Al Zawi Ramadan Barnaoui Ahmed Ben Sawed Ali Boaod Mahmod Al Zaroq Boseta Abdelsalam Musa Goada

Ibrahim Kelfa Wanes Khaer Taher Khawaja Ali Mersal Housien Omran Al Faitori Ragab Faraj Sati

Head coaches

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

Hassan Shehata (1999) Club not recognised by Libyan Football Federation (1999–04) Ahmed Ben Sawed (2004–05) Al Tayeb Abu Hafs (2005–07) Abderrahmane Mehdaoui (2007–08) Draghon (2008–09) Dutra Santos (August 2009 – November 2009) Draghon (Dec 2009–??) Tariq Thabit (2010-2011) Faissal Aboshala (2012)

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

Team captains since founding

Salem Al Bargathy (1950–56) Ali Al-Beshari Abdelfatah Al Farjani Saad Al Fazani Mohammed Al Haddad (Qa'am) Abdeljelil Al Hashani Abdelkader Al Khateti Ramzi Al Kowafi Naji Al Ma'adani Mostafa Al Makki (19??-67) Emhamed Al Shrif Ahmed Al Tharat (Beonedo) Khaled Al Zawi

Moataz Ben Amer (2006–) Ahmed Ben Sawed Ali Boaod Mahmod Al Zaroq Boseta (1956–??) Abdelsalam Musa Goada Ibrahim Kelfa Wanes Khaer Taher Khawaja Ali Mersal Housien Omran (2004–06) Al Faitori Ragad Faraj Sati

Honours

• Libyan Premier League: 4

1969/70, 1971/72, 1974/75, 1991/92

Runners-up (11): ( 1964/63 - 1969/68 - 1971/70 - 1973/72 - 1976/75 - 1985/84 - 1991/90 - 1996/95 - 1998/97 - 2009/08 - 2010/09 )

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

• Libyan Cup: 4

1985, 1988, 1991, 1996

• Libyan Eastern Championship - League of Cyrenaica: 6

1957, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970

• Benghazi Championship: 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

External links

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