Al-Hilal SC (Benghazi)

Al-Hilal SCSC
Full name	Al-Hilal Sports Cultural & Social Club
Nickname(s)	Hila-Hop
Founded	23 March 1952; 72 years ago
Ground	Martyrs of February Stadium, Benina, Libya
Capacity	10,550
Chairman	Nader Bushnaf
Manager	Tarek Thabet
League	Libyan Premier League
2023–24	4th
	Home colours
	Home colours

Al-Hilal Sports Cultural & Social Club (Arabic: نادي الهلال الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) also known as Al-Hilal Benghazi is a Libyan professional association football club based in Benghazi, Libya that competes in the Libyan Premier League.

The club has witnessed huge development milestones at the level of infrastructure, strategic development plans and marketing under the leadership of the new board of directors (Nader Bushnaf) and the sports director Hossamedin Bedier.^[1]

Bedier joined Al Hilal SC, as one of the biggest clubs in Libya. and became the youngest Director of Sports Development in Africa. This role was also in the difficult postwar context of the country.^[2]^[3][1]^[4]

Former logo
Current logo

Honours

Libyan Premier League

Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 2000

Libyan Cup

Winners (1): 2000–02

Runners-up (4): 1976–77, 1997–98, 2003–04, 2016-17, 2017-18

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

2001 – First Round

2003 – Second Round

Current players

(in alphabetical order by surname)

Basketball team

Al-Hilal SC has a basketball team that competes in the Libyan Division I Basketball League.^[5]

References

^ "Hossamedin Bedier appointed as sports director of Libya's AlHilal". EgyptToday. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Al Hilal begin Libyan bid to host international games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Gor Mahia hope to spread love and unity in Libya - Polack | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "CAF lifts restriction to host official matches on Libyan territory". CAFOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Al Hilal Benghazi". afrobasket.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

External links

Team profile – Soccerway.com
Official Facebook Page

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[1] "Hossamedin Bedier appointed as sports director of Libya's AlHilal". EgyptToday. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

[2] "Al Hilal begin Libyan bid to host international games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

[3] "Gor Mahia hope to spread love and unity in Libya - Polack | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

[4] "CAF lifts restriction to host official matches on Libyan territory". CAFOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

[5] "Al Hilal Benghazi". afrobasket.com. Retrieved 26 May 2024.

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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