# Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)

Al Ahli Sports Club Tripoli (English: National Sports Club ; Arabic: النادي الأهلي طرابلس الرياضي), also known as Al Ahli Tripoli, is a Libyan professional football club based in Tripoli. It is the second most successful Libyan club in history after Al-Ittihad, having won 13 Libyan Premier League titles, 7 Libyan Cups and 2 Libyan Super Cups.
The club's crest consists of a green and white background, with a torch placed on an outline of Libya. The torch is meant to signify independence for the nation, as it was achieved just months after the club was founded. The club's crest changed after it won its 10th Libyan Premier League title in 2000, with a star being placed on top. In the year 2000 Al Ahli Tripoli were involved in one of the world's most confusing seasons as they won the league title twice in one season. The club won the first national championship in the 1967–68 season, but then suffered a period of seven years until its next win in 1970–71. The club won two of the next three titles, and picked up the last before the cancellation of the league in 1977–78. The 1980s were a very dire period for the club, as their own failure, this meant that their rivals went into the 1990s with six titles to their own five. However, they reached the final of the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1984, where they withdrew from facing Al-Ahly Cairo, as the bad Libyan relationship with Egypt at that time meant that Libyan clubs were banned from facing Egyptian clubs.

## Foundation

In the middle of the 20th century, Libya, a country still looking for its independence, started to found many sporting and youth clubs in a political move to unite the country and drive out the British forces. A group of youngsters from Tripoli decided to name their club Al Istiqlal, meaning Independence, but the British administration, uncomfortable with this name as it may have caused a revolt against their power, refused it. The club was therefore named Al-Ahl Tripoli, in literal translation it means "Family", but it is also understood as The People's, meaning it's a club for the people. The club's colours is green to signify independence, peace and hope for the country. The club was founded on 19 September 1950.

### First ever squad
## Honours

* Libyan Premier League: 13
** Champions 1963–64, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2000, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2022–23
** First official tournament in the Libyan Premier League season 1963–64 winners
** First cup in the Libyan Premier League Season 1976
** The first team in Libya to get the Gold Star (10 Championships)
* Libyan Cup: 7
** Winners 1976, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2016, 2023
** First Team in Libya to win the Libyan Cup
* Libyan Super Cup: 2
** Winners 2000, 2017
** Runners Up 2024 Libyan Super Cup

## Performance in CAF competitions

Al Ahli Tripoli are the only Libyan Club to ever reach a continental final, but were forced to withdraw due to political reasons.
* CAF Champions League: 5 appearances
** 2000 – First Round
** 2009 – Second Round
** 2015 – Preliminary Round
** 2016 – Second Round
** 2017 – Quarter-finals
* African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances
** First Round 1981
** First round 1983
** Quarter-finals 1972
* CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
** Semi finals (withdrew from final) : 1984
** Second Round : 2002
* CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances
** Premliminary Round 2007
** Intermediate Round 2009
** First Round 2010
** Premliminary Round 2014
** Group stage 2016 (Top 8)
** Semi Final 2022

## Sponsorship
### Official Sponsor

* Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Eni are the official Sponsors for Al-Ahli
* US Steel GT is the current Sponsors for Al-Ahli

### Kit providers

* Former kit providers of Al Ahli were Adidas and Diadora.
* Current kit provider is Adidas.

## Players

Libyan teams are limited to three players without North African citizenship.

### Current squad

    As of 8 July 2024
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 | Muhammad Nashnoush (captain) |
| 2 | DF | LBY | |
| 3 | | LBY | |
| 4 | DF | | Abdelaziz Ali Al Suwaii |
| 5 | DF | LBY | Sanad Al Warfali |
| 6 | DF | SDN | Bakhit Khamees |
| 7 | FW | LBY | Muaid Ellafi |
| 8 | MF | LBY | Noor Aldeen Al-Qulaib |
| 9 | FW | LBY | Ahmed Kraouaa (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | LBY | Hamdou Elhouni (third-captain) |
| 11 | MF | LBY | Tarek Beshara |
| 12 | FW | LBY | Ahmed Naser |
| 13 | GK | LBY | Ayman Al-Tihar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | LBY | Abdallah Al Orfi |
| 15 | DF | LBY | Mohamed Al-Ajnaf |
| 16 | MF | LBY | Bashir Al-Hubaish |
| 17 | DF | RWA | Thierry Manzi |
| 18 | DF | LBY | Ahmed El Trbi |
| 19 | DF | LBY | Mohamed El-Munir |
| 20 | MF | LBY | Al Dokali Al Seyed (on loan from Al-Shamal SC) |
| 21 | FW | SDN | Al-Jezoli Nouh |
| 22 | GK | LBY | Abdulhakim Al-Turki |
| 23 | MF | RWA | Djihad Bizimana |
| 24 | MF | TUN | Mourad Hedhli |
| 25 | MF | TUN | Ghailene Chaalali |
| 26 | MF | LBY | Belgasem Rajab |
| 27 | DF | LBY | Abdallah Sherif |
| 28 | | LBY | |
| 29 | FW | ANG | Mabululu |
| 30 | FW | ALG | Ismaïl Belkacemi |
| 31 | FW | | |

## Managers

* Piet Hamberg (2000)
* Theo Bücker (2007–08)
* Yuriy Sevastyanenko (2008)
* Noureddine Saâdi (2008–09)
* Hossam El-Badry (2013)
* Talaat Youssef (2014)
* Ruud Krol (2014)
* Jamal Abu Nawara (2016)
* Tarek El-Ashry (2016)
* Talaat Youssef (2017)
* Reda Atia (2018)
* Tariq Thabit (2019)
* Talaat Youssef (2021)
* Bernard Simondi (2021–22)
* Fathi Jabal (2022)
* Tarek Jaraea (2023-2024)
* Didier Gomes Da Rosa (2024–)