Al Ahli Sports Club ( ; ), also known as Al Ahli Tripoli, is a Libyan professional football (soccer), football club based in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli. It is the second most successful Libyan club in history after Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), Al-Ittihad, having won 13 Libyan Premier League titles, 7 Libyan Football Cup, 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 Libyan-Egyptian War, 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

*Amir Al Mujraab *Mabrouk Al Misraty *Ahmed Al Taweel *Hassan Mohamed Al Amir *Mahmoud Abu Hadima *Mohamed Al Houny *Mohamed Al Yumni *Salem Bin Hussein *Mustafa Al Khouga *Al-hadi Al Khadaar *Mustafa Al Raqea'y *Mohamed Al Sadiq Abu Raqiqa *Ali Al Jundi *Abdesalam Bizaan *Ibrahim Kafaalah *Yousef Bin Abdallah Al Fazzani *Ali Al Jdeady *Manager: Othman Bizaan

Honours

*Libyan Premier League: 13 **Champions Libyan Premier League 1963-64, 1963–64, Libyan Premier League 1970-71, 1970–71, Libyan Premier League 1972-73, 1972–73, Libyan Premier League 1973-74, 1973–74, Libyan Premier League 1977-78, 1977–78, Libyan Premier League 1983-84, 1983–84, Libyan Premier League 1992-93, 1992–93, Libyan Premier League 1993-94, 1993–94, Libyan Premier League 1994-95, 1994–95, Libyan Premier League 2000, 2000, 2013–14 Libyan Premier League, 2013–14, 2015–16 Libyan Premier League, 2015–16, 2022–23 Libyan Premier League, 2022–23 **First official tournament in the Libyan Premier League season Libyan Premier League 1963-64, 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 Libyan Super Cup, 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 **CAF Champions League 2000, 2000 – First Round **CAF Champions League 2009, 2009 – Second Round **CAF Champions League 2015, 2015 – Preliminary Round **CAF Champions League 2016, 2016 – Second Round **CAF Champions League 2017, 2017 – Quarter-finals * African Cup of Champions Clubs: 3 appearances **First Round African Cup of Champions Clubs 1981, 1981 **First round African Cup of Champions Clubs 1983, 1983 **Quarter-finals African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972, 1972 *CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances **Semi finals (withdrew from final) : 1984 **Second Round : 2002 *CAF Confederation Cup: 5 appearances **Premliminary Round CAF Confederation Cup 2007, 2007 **Intermediate Round CAF Confederation Cup 2009, 2009 **First Round CAF Confederation Cup 2010, 2010 **Premliminary Round CAF Confederation Cup 2014, 2014 **Group stage CAF Confederation Cup 2016, 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

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) * Hossam El-Badry (2025-)

References

{{Tripoli Football clubs in Libya Association football clubs established in 1950 Sport in Tripoli, Libya 1950 establishments in Libya Al Ahli SC (Tripoli),