Al Khums Sports Cultural Social Club ( ar, نادي الخمس الرياضي الثقافي الإجتماعي) is a

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

n football club based in

Al Khums Al-Khums or Khoms ( ar, الخمس) is a city, port and the de jure capital of the Murqub District on the Mediterranean coast of Libya with an estimated population of around 202,000. The population at the 1984 census was 38,174. Between 1983 and 19 ...

which plays in the

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. The club plays its home games at Al Khums Stadium in Alriadya

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History

At the end of the 1950s, there was an urgent necessity and urgent need for the emergence of culture, sports and the arts in the city of Khoms, a city that had a distinct wealth of ambitious young people who were jealous of their city, and amid the four walls of what was known as "Ghuma's shop". The spark for the beginning of sports activities, especially football, as a football team was made to become legitimate and entitled to participate in sports courses. These were undertaked for the benefit of sport. The required documentation & licences were given to the young people of this city. Listed below were among the founders of the club: *Mohammed Hadaar *Rajab Mohammed Dhuwaila *Sadiq Muftah Morjane *Mohammed Yahya Ali *Mahmoud Harati *Achour Abdel'aaly *Mohamed Hadiya *Abdulrahman Abu 'Amoud A base of operations, a transport station, was found, although this did not last long, as the club used the hotel in Khoms, between 1965 and 1966. The club changed location again, this time behind the

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in Khoms, where it remains today. In 2012, the club changed its name from Al Harati Sports Cultural Social Club to Al Khums Sports Cultural Social Club. In 2016 the club promoted to the

for the first time in its history.

League positions

{{Libyan Premier League Football clubs in Libya