Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a

Libyan Demographics of Libya is the demography of Libya, specifically covering population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, and religious affiliations, as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. The ...

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club based in Bab Ben Gashier,

Tripoli, Libya Tripoli (; ar, طرابلس الغرب, translit= Ṭarābulus al-Gharb , translation=Western Tripoli) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwest of Libya o ...

. They have won the Libyan Premier League 19 times, the Libyan Cup 7 times and the

Libyan SuperCup The Libyan Super Cup is a Libyan football championship contested between the winners of the Libyan Premier League and the Libyan Cup, Alfatih Cup. The game is played at the beginning of the following season, and signals the beginning of the domestic ...

10 times. Al-ittihad reached the semi-finals of the

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

in 2010.

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 ( ar, محمد الكريو) was the founder and first president.

Honours

Libyan Championships

* Libyan Premier League: 18 (Libyan Record) ::1965, 1966, 1969, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2021, 2022 * Libyan Cup: 7 (Libyan Record) :: ,1992, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2018 ::''Finalist'': 1994, 1987, 2002, 2003 *

: 10 (Libyan Record) **1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 * Tripoli Championship: 13 (competition founded 1948) ::48/49 - 49/50 - 50/51 - 51/52 - 52/53 - 53/54 - 54/55 - 55/56 - 56/57 - 57/58 - 58/59 - 61/62 - 62/63

Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Champions League / African Cup of Champions Clubs: 15 appearances The club have 5 appearances in

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from 1967 to 1992 and 10 appearances in

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from 2003 till now. ::

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

– Quarter-finals ::

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

– First round ::

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

– First round ::

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

– First round ::

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

– First round ::

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

– First round ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

– Preliminary round ::

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

– Preliminary round ::

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

– Semi-finals ::

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– Second round ::

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

– First round ::

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

– Second round ::

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

– Second round ::

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

– Preliminary round :: 2021–22 – First round *

: 11 appearances :: 2005 – Second round ::

– Play-off round :: 2010 – Semi-finals :: 2011 – Play-off round :: 2015 – First round ::

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

– First round ::

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

– First round :: 2018–19 – First round :: 2019–20 – First round ::

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– First round :: 2021–22 – Quarter-finals * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance ::

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

– Semi-finals

Supporters

Al Ittihad is one of the most well supported football clubs in Libya. They held the record for the 2nd highest Libyan club attendance in the CAF Champions League 2007, The

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of Al Ittihad Fans is (RED Aurora Supporters) & ( Tiha Supporters). Image:Tehaa-Fans-BenTaher.jpg, CAF CL 2007 Image:Tehaa-BenTaher-Fans.jpg, CAF CL 2007 Image:Tehaa-Fans-SuperCup-BenTaher.jpg, Libyan SuperCup 2006 Image:BenTaher-Tehaa-Fans.jpg, LPL 2006–07

Stadium

Alittihad play their home games at the

Tripoli Stadium The Tripoli International Stadium ( ar, ملعب طرابلس) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tripoli, Libya. It can hold 65,000 spectators. It is the main venue used by the Libyan national football team in its FIFA World Cup and African Nations ...

, 6 km from center of

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. They share the 80,000 capacity ground with Al-Ahly Tripoli and Al Madina. The club owns the 5,000 capacity Al Mala'b Al Baladi ( ar, الملعب البلدي). Located in central Tripoli, the ground is now used for training.

Current squad

Managers

* Ion Moldovan (1995–96) * Semen Osynovskyi (Aug 1998 – Nov 1998) * Giuseppe Dossena (2002–03) * Ion Moldovan (2005–06) *

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(July 2006 – June 8) * Stefano Cusin (Dec 2008 – June 9) *

Miodrag Ješić Miodrag Ješić ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Јешић, ; 30 November 1958 – 8 December 2022) was a Serbian football manager and player. Playing career Born in Osečenica, Ješić played for Partizan between 1974 and 1985, taking part in 342 m ...

(July 2009 – May 10) *

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(May 2010 – Oct 10) *

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(2010–11) * Marcos Paquetá (2011–12) *

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(2012–13) *

(2013–14) * Osama Al Hamadi (2020–21) * Giuseppe Sannino (2021) * Osama Al Hamadi (2021–22)

Other sports

Al Ittihad has got teams competing in different other sports. Al Ittihad's Handball, Volleyball and Basketball teams have won many national competitions.

Sponsorship

Official Sponsor

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, Al-Madar Al-Jadid Telecomm and Total are the current official sponsors for Al Ittihad Sporting Club

Kit providers

* Adidas: 1995–06 *

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: 2006–08 *

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: 2008– * Adidas: 2011

References

Ittihad The Ittihad Party ( az, İttihad firqəsi) was a radical Islamist party in the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1917–1920. It was formed in September 1917 in opposition to the secular Musavat Party and proposed political unity of all the Musl ...

Association football clubs established in 1944 Sport in Tripoli 1944 establishments in Libya

History

Honours

Libyan Championships

Performance in CAF competitions

Supporters

Stadium

Current squad

Managers

Other sports

Sponsorship

Official Sponsor

Kit providers

References

External links